text,label,label_text
where their heads were,0,negative
low-brow humor,0,negative
"as a relic from a bygone era, and its convolutions ... feel silly rather than plausible",0,negative
the scenes of torture and self-mutilation,0,negative
maryam is more timely now than ever.,1,positive
very satisfying,1,positive
hollywood excess,0,negative
takashi miike keeps pushing the envelope,1,positive
is as difficult for the audience to take as it,0,negative
your least favorite,0,negative
"crazy, mixed-up films",0,negative
strangely tempting bouquet,1,positive
"seems based on ugly ideas instead of ugly behavior, as happiness was",0,negative
"once playful and haunting, an in-depth portrait of an iconoclastic artist who was fundamentally unknowable even to his closest friends",1,positive
can be as tiresome as 9 seconds of jesse helms ' anti- castro,0,negative
so devoid of pleasure or sensuality,0,negative
"'s a lovely, eerie film that casts an odd, rapt spell.",1,positive
"contrived, well-worn situations",0,negative
is if you have a case of masochism and an hour and a half to blow,0,negative
with no signs of life,0,negative
that turns me into that annoying specimen of humanity that i usually dread encountering the most - the fanboy,0,negative
charly comes off as emotionally manipulative and sadly imitative of innumerable past love story derisions.,0,negative
should scare any sane person away,0,negative
manages not only to find a compelling dramatic means of addressing a complex situation,1,positive
right tone,1,positive
into a gut-wrenching examination of the way cultural differences and emotional expectations collide,1,positive
"and con, for adults",0,negative
the only thing i laughed at were the people who paid to see it.,0,negative
with its own cuteness,1,positive
", sweet ` evelyn",1,positive
could become a historically significant work as well as a masterfully made one,1,positive
downer,0,negative
nothing short of wonderful with its ten-year-old female protagonist and its steadfast refusal to set up a dualistic battle between good and evil.,1,positive
of obnoxious,0,negative
"meeting, even exceeding expectations",1,positive
"the cruelty and suffering he has found with an devastating, eloquent clarity",1,positive
"gentle, lapping rhythms of this film",1,positive
"creativity, and fearlessness",1,positive
believe that resident evil is not it.,0,negative
strange film,0,negative
time out is as serious as a pink slip.,0,negative
offer audiences,1,positive
a great cast and,1,positive
warm in its loving yet unforgivingly inconsistent depiction of everyday people,1,positive
a frustrating patchwork :,0,negative
"vividly captures the way young japanese live now, chafing against their culture's manic mix of millennial brusqueness and undying, traditional politesse.",1,positive
would stoop so low,0,negative
insightful,1,positive
", uncouth, incomprehensible, vicious and absurd",0,negative
a powerful and deeply moving example,1,positive
this was lazy but enjoyable,1,positive
"the result, however well-intentioned, is ironically just the sort of disposable, kitchen-sink homage that illustrates why the whole is so often less than the sum of its parts in today's hollywood.",0,negative
"includes the line ` my stepdad's not mean, he's just adjusting '",1,positive
"competent, unpretentious",1,positive
"visually fascinating ... an often intense character study about fathers and sons, loyalty and duty.",1,positive
this pathetic junk is barely an hour long.,0,negative
particularly memorable effect,1,positive
is undeniably subversive and involving in its bold presentation,1,positive
"berling and béart ... continue to impress, and",1,positive
blasphemous and nonsensical,0,negative
short of wonderful with its ten-year-old female protagonist and its steadfast refusal to set up a dualistic battle between good and evil.,1,positive
speak fluent flatula,0,negative
daring and verve,1,positive
is masterly,1,positive
the acting is n't much better.,0,negative
his healthy sense of satire is light and fun ...,1,positive
looking for something new and hoping for something entertaining,1,positive
a gloriously goofy way,1,positive
what a reckless squandering of four fine,0,negative
inventive,1,positive
control-alt-delete,0,negative
wildly uneven hit-and-miss enterprise,0,negative
the sorriest and most,0,negative
lame.,0,negative
wicked black comedy,1,positive
with the crisp clarity of a fall dawn,1,positive
rather leaden and dull,0,negative
"of scene-chewing, teeth-gnashing actorliness",0,negative
are mean giggles and pulchritude.,0,negative
disguising the obvious with energy and innovation,1,positive
"( hayek ) throws herself into this dream hispanic role with a teeth-clenching gusto,",1,positive
a retread story,0,negative
rushed to the megaplexes,0,negative
the dragons are the real stars of reign of fire and,1,positive
invested in undergraduate doubling subtexts and ridiculous stabs at existentialism reminding of the discovery of the wizard of god,0,negative
lacks it,0,negative
"aimless for much of its running time,",0,negative
"... is, also, frequently hilarious.",1,positive
"'s serious, poetic, earnest and -- sadly -- dull.",0,negative
has the courage of its convictions and excellent performances on its side.,1,positive
exit,0,negative
a complex psychological drama about a father who returns to his son's home after decades away.,1,positive
an elegantly balanced movie -- every member of the ensemble has something fascinating to do -- that does n't reveal even a hint of artifice,1,positive
crowd-pleasing goals,1,positive
", annoying, heavy-handed",0,negative
shekhar kapur,1,positive
ask for a raise,1,positive
shock-you-into-laughter intensity,1,positive
supposedly funny movie,0,negative
"the best, most",1,positive
"hard, endearing, caring",1,positive
"dong never pushes for insights beyond the superficial tensions of the dynamic he's dissecting, and the film settles too easily along the contours of expectation.",0,negative
"beyond the cleverness, the weirdness and the pristine camerawork",1,positive
"is oedekerk's realization of his childhood dream to be in a martial-arts flick, and proves that sometimes the dreams of youth should remain just that",0,negative
amounts to little more than punishment.,0,negative
's like going to a house party and watching the host defend himself against a frothing ex-girlfriend,0,negative
a children's party clown,0,negative
"will absolutely crack you up with her crass, then gasp for gas, verbal deportment.",1,positive
that's not saying much,0,negative
playful spirit,1,positive
its own making,1,positive
will forgive any shoddy product as long as there's a little girl-on-girl action,0,negative
this wedding,1,positive
has a `` what was it all for,0,negative
"is pleasant, diverting and modest",1,positive
amusing for a good while,1,positive
negatives,0,negative
with a certain degree of wit and dignity,1,positive
the film runs on a little longer than it needs to --,0,negative
"every individual will see the movie through the prism of his or her own beliefs and prejudices, but the one thing most will take away is the sense that peace is possible",1,positive
an accuracy,1,positive
must-see,1,positive
"great performances, stylish cinematography and",1,positive
composed or edited,0,negative
tub-thumpingly loud,0,negative
"with its shape-shifting perils, political intrigue and brushes",1,positive
as naturally,1,positive
overcome the triviality of the story,1,positive
"cell phones, guns, and",1,positive
"low, smoky and inviting sizzle",1,positive
an encouraging effort,1,positive
its many excesses,0,negative
's nice to see piscopo again after all these years,1,positive
"i say, entertaining",1,positive
seemed wasted like deniro's once promising career and the once grand long beach boardwalk,0,negative
features a standout performance,1,positive
"quaid is utterly fearless as the tortured husband living a painful lie, and moore wonderfully underplays the long-suffering heroine with an unflappable '50s dignity somewhere between jane wyman and june cleaver.",1,positive
goldbacher,0,negative
raises some worthwhile themes while delivering a wholesome fantasy for kids,1,positive
the most original american productions this year,1,positive
's not one decent performance from the cast and not one clever line of dialogue,0,negative
his ` angels of light,1,positive
idealism american,1,positive
is the kind of subject matter that could so easily have been fumbled by a lesser filmmaker,1,positive
"satan is throwing up his hands in surrender, is firing his r&d people, and has decided he will just screen the master of disguise 24/7.",0,negative
surprising romance,1,positive
"an exhausted, desiccated talent",0,negative
"the best didacticism is one carried by a strong sense of humanism, and bertrand tavernier's oft-brilliant safe conduct ( `` laissez-passer '' ) wears its heart on its sleeve.",1,positive
innovative backgrounds,1,positive
intriguing,1,positive
... begins on a high note and sustains it beautifully.,1,positive
"a confident, richly acted, emotionally devastating piece",1,positive
childlike dimness,0,negative
"'re left with a story that tries to grab us, only to keep letting go at all the wrong moments.",0,negative
called `` jar-jar binks : the movie,0,negative
palpable chemistry,1,positive
punctuated by sudden shocks,1,positive
dehumanizing and ego-destroying,0,negative
"gloriously flippant as lock, stock and two smoking barrels",1,positive
"that stealing harvard is too busy getting in its own way to be anything but frustrating, boring, and forgettable",0,negative
cheap trick,0,negative
"... a great, participatory spectator sport.'",1,positive
hearts,1,positive
thoughtlessly assembled,0,negative
"leave the auditorium feeling dizzy, confused, and totally disorientated",0,negative
anticipated,1,positive
nearly terminal,0,negative
"the most complex, generous and subversive artworks of the last decade",1,positive
astonishing ... ( frames ) profound ethical and philosophical questions in the form of dazzling pop entertainment,1,positive
"sc2 is an autopilot hollywood concoction lacking in imagination and authentic christmas spirit,",0,negative
true believer,1,positive
( less a movie than ),0,negative
the same mistake,0,negative
makes the movie special,1,positive
inspiring,1,positive
hooked,1,positive
of impossible disappearing/reappearing acts,0,negative
of relationships that come full circle to end on a positive ( if tragic ) note,1,positive
"the sight of the spaceship on the launching pad is duly impressive in imax dimensions, as are shots of the astronauts floating in their cabins.",1,positive
utterly transcend gender,1,positive
"will be a thoughtful, emotional movie experience",1,positive
inherent absurdity,0,negative
that makes a depleted yesterday feel very much like a brand-new tomorrow,1,positive
a surprisingly funny movie,1,positive
balanced by a rich visual clarity and deeply,1,positive
in the dullest kiddie flicks,0,negative
", great to look at, and funny",1,positive
on a dime in the tries-so-hard-to-be-cool `` clockstoppers,0,negative
is banal in its message and the choice of material to convey it,0,negative
the titillating material,1,positive
such unrelenting dickensian decency that it turned me,1,positive
"alternately melancholic, hopeful",1,positive
of control on a long patch of black ice,0,negative
"drawing on an irresistible, languid romanticism",1,positive
of stagy set pieces stacked with binary oppositions,0,negative
is more about the optimism of a group of people who are struggling to give themselves a better lot in life than the ones,1,positive
"the only way for a reasonably intelligent person to get through the country bears is to ponder how a whole segment of pop-music history has been allowed to get wet, fuzzy and sticky.",0,negative
watch for about thirty seconds before you say to yourself,0,negative
expects something special but,0,negative
"amusedly,",1,positive
unlikely to be appreciated by anyone outside the under-10 set,0,negative
most of the work,1,positive
turns out to be significantly different ( and better ) than most films with this theme,1,positive
"a sweetness, clarity and emotional openness that recalls the classics of early italian neorealism",1,positive
to the otherwise bleak tale,0,negative
efficiently minimalist style,1,positive
is the case of a pregnant premise being wasted by a script that takes few chances and manages to insult the intelligence of everyone in the audience,0,negative
"forgettable, if good-hearted, movie.",0,negative
robotically italicized,0,negative
", sophisticated film",1,positive
"otherwise, this could be a passable date film.",0,negative
some worthwhile themes,1,positive
memorable and resourceful,1,positive
it lacks in substance,0,negative
notorious c.h.o. hits all the verbal marks it should.,1,positive
describe how bad it is,0,negative
all in a plot as musty as one of the golden eagle's carpets,0,negative
cho continues her exploration of the outer limits of raunch with considerable brio.,1,positive
was right about blade,1,positive
inane and unimaginative,0,negative
conservative christian parents and,1,positive
makes the clothes,1,positive
a rather listless amble down,0,negative
loses all bite on the big screen.,0,negative
"why, for instance, good things happen to bad people",0,negative
spare but quietly effective retelling.,1,positive
"begins as a seven rip-off, only to switch to a mix of the shining, the thing, and any naked teenagers horror flick from the 1980s",0,negative
it's a pleasure to have a film like the hours as an alternative.,1,positive
bloody,0,negative
the imagined glory of their own pasts,0,negative
impressed,1,positive
you feel guilty about it,0,negative
my only wish is that celebi could take me back to a time before i saw this movie and,0,negative
", his directorial touch is neither light nor magical enough to bring off this kind of whimsy.",0,negative
enthusiastically,1,positive
the film is static,0,negative
memorable first interrogation,1,positive
the film rehashes several old themes and is capped with pointless extremes --,0,negative
definitely worth,1,positive
counter-cultural idealism and hedonistic creativity,1,positive
"for a film about action, ultimate x is the gabbiest giant-screen movie ever, bogging down in a barrage of hype.",0,negative
"tasteful, intelligent manner",1,positive
helm a more traditionally plotted popcorn thriller while surrendering little of his intellectual rigor or creative composure,1,positive
the film is superficial and will probably be of interest primarily to its target audience,0,negative
the occasional bursts,1,positive
succeed in integrating the characters in the foreground into the extraordinarily rich landscape,1,positive
pretty,1,positive
ideal outlet,1,positive
pleasant enough --,1,positive
of updating white's dry wit to a new age,1,positive
", the sum of all fears is simply a well-made and satisfying thriller.",1,positive
are masterfully controlled.,1,positive
genuine heart,1,positive
"sitting in a downtown café, overhearing a bunch of typical late-twenty-somethings natter on about nothing",0,negative
in which the slack execution italicizes the absurdity of the premise,0,negative
already knows it's won,1,positive
opens today in the new york metropolitan area,1,positive
a visually flashy but narratively opaque and emotionally vapid,0,negative
almost perpetually wasted,0,negative
's no denying that burns is a filmmaker with a bright future ahead of him,1,positive
a monster movie,1,positive
an insult to every family whose mother has suffered through the horrible pains of a death by cancer,0,negative
yet another remarkable yet shockingly little-known perspective,1,positive
sits in the place where a masterpiece should be.,1,positive
playful but highly studied and dependent for its success on a patient viewer,1,positive
holds the screen like a true star,1,positive
's a little violence and lots of sex in a bid to hold our attention,0,negative
"laborious whine, the bellyaching of a paranoid and unlikable man",0,negative
an engaging fantasy,1,positive
"pretension about the film, which very simply sets out to entertain and ends up delivering in good measure",1,positive
as the most original in years,1,positive
illogic,0,negative
the right direction,1,positive
satisfying,1,positive
the lustrous polished visuals rich in color and creativity and,1,positive
"a bit exploitative but also nicely done, morally alert",1,positive
patriotic,1,positive
richly rewarded,1,positive
a tale full of nuance and character dimension,1,positive
great saturday night live sketch,1,positive
cannon's confidence and,1,positive
bringing richer meaning to the story's morals,1,positive
that you 'll want to crawl up your own *** in embarrassment,0,negative
"be anything but frustrating, boring, and forgettable",0,negative
take as long as you 've paid a matinee price,0,negative
"this is a movie full of grace and, ultimately, hope.",1,positive
imperfect?,0,negative
nice to see piscopo again after all these years,1,positive
of a physician who needs to heal himself,0,negative
's a great performance and a reminder of dickens ' grandeur,1,positive
"saved if the director, tom dey, had spliced together bits and pieces of midnight run and 48 hours ( and, for that matter, shrek )",0,negative
too fancy,0,negative
's refreshing to see a romance this smart,1,positive
"is a little scattered -- ditsy, even.",0,negative
"marshall keeps the energy humming, and",1,positive
in ( this ) meandering and pointless french coming-of-age import from writer-director anne-sophie birot,0,negative
sensational denouements,1,positive
treat for its depiction,1,positive
the delicious,1,positive
is too upbeat,0,negative
is a temporal inquiry that shoulders its philosophical burden lightly.,0,negative
"of its characters, its protagonist, or of us",1,positive
playful respite,1,positive
"a playful iranian parable about openness, particularly the need for people of diverse political perspectives to get along despite their ideological differences.",1,positive
powerful and astonishingly vivid holocaust drama,1,positive
pitch-perfect acting,1,positive
make underneath such a mountain of clichés and borrowed images,0,negative
a lot better,1,positive
"definitive, if disingenuous,",0,negative
"inventive,",1,positive
gedeck,1,positive
"some of the characters die and others do n't, and the film pretends that those living have learned some sort of lesson, and, really,",0,negative
a rich tale of our times,1,positive
original and highly cerebral examination,1,positive
greatly,1,positive
beat-the-clock thriller,1,positive
is pretty much the same all over,0,negative
taken outside the context of the current political climate ( see : terrorists are more evil than ever!),0,negative
a heartfelt story,1,positive
doze off during this one,0,negative
the story is bogus and its characters tissue-thin.,0,negative
most every aggrieved father cliché,0,negative
"boasts a handful of virtuosic set pieces and offers a fair amount of trashy, kinky fun.",1,positive
i suppose it's lovely that cal works out his issues with his dad and comes to terms with his picture-perfect life --,1,positive
even more damning --,0,negative
the film presents visceral and dangerously honest revelations about the men and machines behind the curtains of our planet.,1,positive
"keep you at the edge of your seat with its shape-shifting perils, political intrigue and brushes with calamity",1,positive
a beautiful canvas,1,positive
"a fresh, entertaining comedy that",1,positive
laughs at how clever it's being.,1,positive
"a chilly, remote, emotionally distant piece",0,negative
"listless, witless, and",0,negative
"if you like an extreme action-packed film with a hint of humor, then triple x marks the spot.",1,positive
` refreshing,1,positive
where people who have never picked a lock do so easily after a few tries and become expert fighters after a few weeks,0,negative
geriatric dirty harry,0,negative
bittersweet,1,positive
get it,1,positive
suffers through this film,0,negative
narrative arc,1,positive
are underwhelming,0,negative
bright and,1,positive
is too busy,0,negative
a rehash of every gangster movie,0,negative
"good, hard-edged stuff, violent and a bit exploitative but also nicely done, morally alert and street-smart",1,positive
it's the chemistry between the women and the droll scene-stealing wit and wolfish pessimism of anna chancellor that makes this `` two weddings and a funeral '' fun.,1,positive
a monologue that manages to incorporate both the horror and the absurdity of the situation in a well-balanced fashion,1,positive
duck the very issues it raises,0,negative
every bad action-movie line,0,negative
dramatic experience.,1,positive
both a successful adaptation and an enjoyable film in its own right,1,positive
is so convincing that by movies ' end you 'll swear you are wet in some places and feel sand creeping in others,1,positive
a film in which the talent is undeniable,1,positive
mib ii is a movie that makes it possible for the viewer to doze off for a few minutes or make several runs to the concession stand and/or restroom and not feel as if he or she has missed anything.,0,negative
", the tuxedo does n't add up to a whole lot.",0,negative
", and of telling a fascinating character's story",1,positive
what punk rock music used to be,1,positive
"is a disaster, with cloying messages and irksome characters",0,negative
squashed,0,negative
a surprising winner,1,positive
uniquely sensual,1,positive
's still entertaining to watch the target practice.,1,positive
"the movie's messages are quite admirable, but the story is just too clichéd and too often strains credulity.",0,negative
"seems to want to be a character study,",0,negative
what's hard to understand is why anybody picked it up.,0,negative
meandering,0,negative
"an entertaining ride, despite many talky, slow scenes",1,positive
of shape,1,positive
"a captivatingly quirky hybrid of character portrait, romantic comedy and beat-the-clock thriller.",1,positive
ambiguous,1,positive
"is, in fact, so interesting that no embellishment is",1,positive
he's easy to like and always leaves us laughing,1,positive
big ending surprise,1,positive
"it's better to go in knowing full well what's going to happen, but willing to let the earnestness of its execution and skill of its cast take you down a familiar road with a few twists.",1,positive
it's pleasant enough,1,positive
"few films have captured the chaos of an urban conflagration with such fury, and audience members will leave feeling as shaken as nesbitt's cooper looks when the bullets stop flying.",1,positive
beginnings,1,positive
that it certainly does n't feel like a film that strays past the two and a half mark,0,negative
bring on the sequel.,1,positive
"rife with the rueful, wry humor springing out of yiddish culture and language.",1,positive
"to learn, to grow,",1,positive
"one can honestly describe as looking, sounding and simply feeling like no other film in recent history",1,positive
feel good about,1,positive
propulsive,1,positive
( tries ),1,positive
the characters ' quirks and foibles never jell into charm,0,negative
the movie's wildly careening tone and an extremely flat lead performance do little to salvage this filmmaker's flailing reputation.,0,negative
extraordinary faith,1,positive
to easy jokes and insults,0,negative
put to find a movie character more unattractive or odorous ( than leon ),0,negative
"deeply biased, and",0,negative
"a light,",1,positive
"the mind to see a feature that concentrates on people, a project in which the script and characters hold sway",1,positive
affirms,1,positive
"sadly, though many of the actors throw off a spark or two when they first appear, they ca n't generate enough heat in this cold vacuum of a comedy to start a reaction.",0,negative
desperately wishing you could change tables,0,negative
desperately,0,negative
are also,1,positive
the right b-movie frame of mind,1,positive
"a film that's barely shocking, barely interesting and most of all, barely anything",0,negative
rises,1,positive
cheesy b-movie,0,negative
like being able to hit on a 15-year old when you 're over 100,0,negative
a bit repetitive,0,negative
revenge-of-the-nerds clichés,0,negative
hard-hitting documentary.,1,positive
"the globe in dazzling panoramic shots that make the most of the large-screen format, before swooping down on a string of exotic locales, scooping the whole world up in a joyous communal festival of rhythm",1,positive
", you 'll like promises.",1,positive
( reaches ) wholly believable and heart-wrenching depths of despair,1,positive
drowns in sap.,0,negative
are many tense scenes in trapped,1,positive
standard crime drama fare ... instantly forgettable and thoroughly dull,0,negative
ranks with the best of herzog's works,1,positive
"'s still a sweet, even delectable diversion",1,positive
"no good inside dope, and no particular bite",0,negative
is loopy and ludicrous ...,0,negative
a greater attention to the parents -- and particularly the fateful fathers -- in the emotional evolution of the two bewitched adolescents,1,positive
do you make a movie with depth about a man who lacked any?,0,negative
opportunity to be truly revelatory about his psyche,1,positive
"'s plotless, shapeless",0,negative
with weak dialogue and biopic,0,negative
"is clever and funny,",1,positive
what elevates the movie above the run-of-the-mill singles blender is its surreal sense of humor and technological finish.,1,positive
something new,1,positive
"it's about as convincing as any other arnie musclefest, but has a little too much resonance with real world events and ultimately comes off as insultingly simplistic.",0,negative
"finely crafted, finely written,",1,positive
in some evocative shades,1,positive
are so crucial to the genre and another first-rate performance,1,positive
always hilarious,1,positive
"does n't really believe in it, and breaks the mood with absurdly inappropriate ` comedy ' scenes",0,negative
sweet home alabama certainly wo n't be remembered as one of ( witherspoon's ) better films.,0,negative
bitchy frolic which pokes fun at the price of popularity and small-town pretension in the lone star state,1,positive
a deceptively casual ode,1,positive
are so unmemorable,0,negative
beautifully reclaiming the story of carmen and,1,positive
sets the tone for a summer of good stuff,1,positive
should appreciate its whimsical humor,1,positive
amnesiac,0,negative
"zero-dimensional, unlikable characters and",0,negative
thoughtful screenplay,1,positive
"to say the least, not to mention inappropriate and wildly undeserved",0,negative
for the under-7 crowd,0,negative
"a rip-off twice removed, modeled after ( seagal's ) earlier copycat under siege",0,negative
at its visual delights,1,positive
take the viewer inside the wave,1,positive
rich and exciting,1,positive
"is a subzero version of monsters, inc., without the latter's imagination, visual charm or texture.",0,negative
must have read ` seeking anyone with acting ambition but no sense of pride or shame.',0,negative
such a bad movie that its luckiest viewers will be seated next to one of those ignorant pinheads who talk throughout the show.,0,negative
"a horror movie with seriously dumb characters, which somewhat dilutes the pleasure of watching them stalked by creepy-crawly bug things that live only in the darkness.",0,negative
bungle their way through the narrative,0,negative
is a nonstop hoot,1,positive
way of what can be gleaned from this three-hour endurance test built around an hour's worth of actual material,0,negative
a head-turner,1,positive
"finely crafted, finely written",1,positive
her share of the holiday box office pie,1,positive
drifts aimlessly,0,negative
is such a blip on the year's radar screen that it's tempting just to go with it for the ride.,0,negative
"the film is powerful, accessible and funny.",1,positive
hip comedy,1,positive
rising,1,positive
foremost cinematic poet,1,positive
good natured,1,positive
by generic scripts that seek to remake sleepless in seattle again and again,0,negative
so many distracting special effects and visual party tricks,0,negative
silly and overwrought,0,negative
"is nonjudgmental, and",1,positive
for a barf bag,0,negative
of the recent hollywood trip tripe,0,negative
satisfyingly,1,positive
its visual imagination,1,positive
has made a movie that will leave you wondering about the characters ' lives after the clever credits roll.,1,positive
he's got as potent a topic as ever here,1,positive
intellect and feeling,1,positive
results that are sometimes bracing,1,positive
sweet home alabama is n't as funny as you 'd hoped.,0,negative
"would call it, ` hungry-man portions of bad '",0,negative
"like a teenybopper ed wood film, replete with the pubescent scandalous innuendo and the high-strung but flaccid drama",0,negative
the enticing prospect,1,positive
"prepared to cling to the edge of your seat, tense with suspense",1,positive
at their noble endeavor,1,positive
", transforms that reality into a lyrical and celebratory vision",1,positive
unsettling to watch as an exploratory medical procedure or an autopsy,0,negative
works on any number of levels,1,positive
"not the great american comedy, but if you liked the previous movies in the series, you 'll have a good time with this one too.",1,positive
's hard to imagine another director ever making his wife look so bad in a major movie,0,negative
"the cheap, graceless, hackneyed sci-fi serials",0,negative
feel the screenwriter at every moment,1,positive
is an elegantly balanced movie -- every member of the ensemble has something fascinating to do -- that does n't reveal even a hint of artifice,1,positive
"somewhere inside the mess that is world traveler, there is a mediocre movie trying to get out.",0,negative
with a teeth-clenching gusto,1,positive
daughter,1,positive
a fast paced and suspenseful argentinian thriller,1,positive
"world traveler might not go anywhere new, or arrive anyplace special, but it's certainly an honest attempt to get at something",1,positive
bad movie,0,negative
"a step further, richer and deeper",1,positive
like getting all excited about a chocolate eclair and then biting into it and finding the filling missing,0,negative
"contains the humor, characterization, poignancy, and intelligence of a bad sitcom.",0,negative
of a truly magical movie,1,positive
he delivers fascinating psychological fare,1,positive
still have to see this!,1,positive
character-who-shall - remain-nameless,0,negative
discover that tian's meticulous talent has not withered during his enforced hiatus,1,positive
gondry's direction is adequate ... but what gives human nature its unique feel is kaufman's script.,1,positive
a literary detective story is still a detective story,0,negative
has never been filmed more irresistibly than in ` baran,1,positive
"come away thinking not only that kate is n't very bright, but that she has n't been worth caring about and that maybe she, janine and molly -- an all-woman dysfunctional family -- deserve one another",0,negative
sunny disposition,1,positive
marvelously,1,positive
"involved,",1,positive
no psychology,0,negative
a young woman who knows how to hold the screen,1,positive
sick character,0,negative
just fine,1,positive
the intoxicating fumes and emotional ghosts of a freshly painted rembrandt,1,positive
", this clever and very satisfying picture is more accurately chabrolian.",1,positive
to blandly go where we went 8 movies ago ...,0,negative
do n't have the slightest difficulty accepting him in the role.,1,positive
"lucratively engaged in the shameless self-caricature of ` analyze this ' ( 1999 ) and ` analyze that, ' promised ( or threatened ) for later this year",0,negative
"unfolds as sand's masculine persona, with its love of life and beauty, takes form",1,positive
first-rate performance,1,positive
seems as if each watered down the version of the one before,0,negative
"it just goes to show that if you give a filmmaker an unlimited amount of phony blood, nothing good can happen",0,negative
", there's no way you wo n't be talking about the film once you exit the theater.",1,positive
a funny yet dark and,1,positive
as long as you 're wearing the somewhat cumbersome 3d goggles,0,negative
performances,1,positive
there are some movies that hit you from the first scene and you know it's going to be a trip,1,positive
of unbridled greed and materalism,0,negative
offbeat thriller,1,positive
dimness,0,negative
you have nothing better to do with 94 minutes,0,negative
grisly and engagingly quixotic,1,positive
technically and artistically inept,0,negative
"many went to see the attraction for the sole reason that it was hot outside and there was air conditioning inside, and i do n't think that a.c. will help this movie one bit.",0,negative
with efficiency and an affection for the period,1,positive
befuddled,0,negative
it marks him as one of the most interesting writer/directors working today.,1,positive
its one-sidedness,0,negative
the reassuring manner of a beautifully sung holiday carol,1,positive
's in the action scenes that things fall apart,0,negative
... better described as a ghost story gone badly awry.,0,negative
"instead of hitting the audience over the head with a moral, schrader relies on subtle ironies and visual devices to convey point of view.",1,positive
worthwhile,1,positive
beauty or humor,1,positive
"are complex, laden with plenty of baggage and tinged with tragic undertones",1,positive
smallness,0,negative
"all he's done is to reduce everything he touches to a shrill, didactic cartoon",0,negative
"for quality and a nostalgic, twisty yarn that will keep them guessing",1,positive
the rare sequel that's better than its predecessor,1,positive
a treasure chest of material,1,positive
"every moment crackles with tension,",1,positive
of the summer's most pleasurable movies,1,positive
the story really has no place to go since simone is not real -- she ca n't provide any conflict.,0,negative
a few other decent ones,1,positive
of its pretensions,0,negative
"has all the enjoyable randomness of a very lively dream and so manages to be compelling, amusing and unsettling at the same time",1,positive
matches the page-turning frenzy,1,positive
much worse than bland,0,negative
between dumb fun and just plain dumb,0,negative
good job,1,positive
lots of effort and intelligence,1,positive
by forcing the star to play second fiddle to the dull effects that allow the suit to come to life,0,negative
"trite, banal, cliched, mostly inoffensive.",0,negative
' the play more has partly closed it down.,0,negative
", wit and warmth than should be expected from any movie with a `` 2 '' at the end of its title.",1,positive
"the filmmakers look down on their working-class subjects from their lofty perch, that finally makes sex with strangers, which opens today in the new york metropolitan area, so distasteful",0,negative
... a thoughtful what-if for the heart as well as the mind.,1,positive
it actually hurts to watch.,0,negative
what ultimately makes windtalkers a disappointment is the superficial way it deals with its story.,0,negative
style and mystification,1,positive
a children's film in the truest sense,1,positive
", the basic plot of `` lilo '' could have been pulled from a tear-stained vintage shirley temple script.",1,positive
the nonconformist in us,1,positive
's a funny little movie with clever dialogue and likeable characters,1,positive
's a satisfying summer blockbuster and worth a look,1,positive
no amount of imagination,0,negative
phenomenal performances,1,positive
the fluid motion is astounding on any number of levels -- including the physical demands made on büttner --,1,positive
"aims to be funny, uplifting and moving, sometimes",1,positive
screenwriter dan schneider and director shawn levy substitute volume and primary colors for humor and bite.,1,positive
intoxicating documentary charting the rise of hip-hop culture in general and the art of scratching ( or turntablism ) in particular,1,positive
the charm of revolution os,1,positive
"neither is incompetent, incoherent or just plain crap",0,negative
kidman,1,positive
pissed,0,negative
grows thin soon,0,negative
by the full monty,1,positive
inspirational prep-school professors,1,positive
strangely impersonal and abstract,0,negative
"is a riveting, brisk delight.",1,positive
are laughs aplenty,1,positive
"in dazzling panoramic shots that make the most of the large-screen format, before swooping down on a string of exotic locales, scooping the whole world up in a joyous communal festival of rhythm",1,positive
"a penetrating, potent exploration of sanctimony, self-awareness, self-hatred and self-determination.",1,positive
raunchy as south park,0,negative
that even tunney ca n't save,0,negative
the mood is laid back,1,positive
a family film,1,positive
low rate annie,0,negative
"settles in and becomes compulsively watchable in a guilty-pleasure, daytime-drama sort of fashion.",1,positive
's tv sitcom material at best,1,positive
as best actress,1,positive
its rather routine script,0,negative
is perfectly serviceable and because he gives the story some soul,1,positive
"... less a story than an inexplicable nightmare, right down to the population's shrugging acceptance to each new horror.",0,negative
's brilliant,1,positive
torn book jacket,1,positive
gripping documentary,1,positive
this cartoon adventure is that wind-in-the-hair exhilarating.,1,positive
enough to sustain laughs,1,positive
"take any 12-year-old boy to see this picture, and he 'll be your slave for a year.",1,positive
a welcome relief from the usual two-dimensional offerings,1,positive
"hope britney wo n't do it one more time, as far as",0,negative
"in european markets, where mr. besson is a brand name, and in asia, where ms. shu is an institution",1,positive
stand-up magic,1,positive
to be moved by this drama,1,positive
many have made it out to be,1,positive
"it is most of the things costner movies are known for ; it's sanctimonious, self-righteous and so eager to earn our love that you want to slap it.",0,negative
a genuine and singular artist,1,positive
"fresh-faced, big-hearted and frequently funny thrill",1,positive
is amazing,1,positive
"know if it wants to be a retro-refitting exercise in campy recall for older fans or a silly, nickelodeon-esque kiddie flick",0,negative
charming result,1,positive
dripping with cliche,0,negative
a surgeon mends a broken heart,1,positive
a moving and not infrequently breathtaking film,1,positive
is beyond playing fair with the audience,0,negative
quite unengaging,0,negative
has its rewards,1,positive
that provide its thrills and extreme emotions,1,positive
"carry the movie because they are believable as people -- flawed, assured of the wrong things, and scared to admit how much they may really need the company of others",1,positive
goes right,1,positive
from one arresting image to another,1,positive
if only because it accepts nasty behavior and severe flaws as part of the human condition,0,negative
is refreshingly undogmatic about its characters,1,positive
gets old quickly,0,negative
some corny television,0,negative
'' and `` terrible,0,negative
"valiantly struggled to remain interested, or at least conscious",0,negative
"nudity, profanity and violence",0,negative
"is we never really see her esther blossom as an actress, even though her talent is supposed to be growing.",0,negative
us share their enthusiasm,1,positive
"she looks like the six-time winner of the miss hawaiian tropic pageant, so i do n't know what she's doing in here",1,positive
"high crimes is a cinematic misdemeanor, a routine crime thriller remarkable only for its lack of logic and misuse of two fine actors, morgan freeman and ashley judd.",0,negative
filming the teeming life,1,positive
about the optimism of a group of people who are struggling to give themselves a better lot in life than the ones,1,positive
wisely,1,positive
"the chateau, a sense of light-heartedness, that makes it attractive throughout",1,positive
"that not only fails on its own, but makes you second-guess your affection for the original",0,negative
"are both superb, while huppert ... is magnificent",1,positive
sweaty-palmed fun,1,positive
most edgy piece,1,positive
"... for all its social and political potential, state property does n't end up being very inspiring or insightful.",0,negative
animated drivel,0,negative
", one hour photo lives down to its title.",0,negative
a man leaving the screening said the film was better than saving private ryan.,1,positive
a satisfying well-made romantic comedy,1,positive
its initial excitement,1,positive
... tries to cram too many ingredients into one small pot.,0,negative
avary's failure to construct a story with even a trace of dramatic interest,0,negative
hoary,0,negative
poignant and wryly amusing,1,positive
hand in hand,1,positive
the young stars are too cute ;,1,positive
a bracing,1,positive
satisfy,1,positive
the kind of obnoxious,0,negative
in alcatraz ' ... a cinematic corpse,0,negative
a huge box-office,1,positive
a great writer,1,positive
"really get weird, though not particularly scary",0,negative
nearly as dreadful as expected,0,negative
structured less as a documentary and more as a found relic,1,positive
"whaley's determination to immerse you in sheer, unrelenting wretchedness is exhausting.",0,negative
makes up for in heart what it lacks in outright newness.,1,positive
would look like something like this,1,positive
inuit masterpiece,1,positive
a pleasant piece of escapist entertainment.,1,positive
", thoroughly winning flight of revisionist fancy.",1,positive
enjoy seeing how both evolve,1,positive
a very funny romantic comedy,1,positive
reassures us that he will once again be an honest and loving one,1,positive
"here his sense of story and his juvenile camera movements smack of a film school undergrad,",0,negative
a great movie,1,positive
the rarest kinds of films,1,positive
sketches,1,positive
's supposed to be a romantic comedy,0,negative
this little-known story of native americans and,1,positive
of a good time,1,positive
the film for anyone,1,positive
"a fiercely clever and subtle film, capturing the precarious balance between the extravagant confidence of the exiled aristocracy and the cruel earnestness of the victorious revolutionaries.",1,positive
benefit enormously from the cockettes ' camera craziness -- not only did they film performances,1,positive
badly cobbled look,0,negative
who play their roles with vibrant charm,1,positive
talented,1,positive
it is not enough to give the film the substance it so desperately needs.,0,negative
"a dark, gritty, sometimes funny little gem",1,positive
for the testosterone-charged wizardry of jerry bruckheimer productions,1,positive
there's real visual charge to the filmmaking,1,positive
it's also not smart or barbed enough for older viewers,0,negative
's not a brilliant piece of filmmaking,1,positive
a visual spectacle full of stunning images and effects,1,positive
what it would be like to be smack in the middle of a war zone armed with nothing but a camera,1,positive
the movie feels stitched together from stock situations and characters from other movies.,0,negative
"if you 're the kind of parent who enjoys intentionally introducing your kids to films which will cause loads of irreparable damage that years and years of costly analysis could never fix, i have just one word for you - -- decasia",0,negative
... a sour little movie at its core ; an exploration of the emptiness that underlay the relentless gaiety of the 1920's ...,0,negative
"to inject some real vitality and even art into a pulpy concept that, in many other hands would be completely forgettable",1,positive
perfectly entertaining,1,positive
laugh-a-minute,1,positive
of being able to give full performances,1,positive
some very good acting,1,positive
one of those strained caper movies that's hardly any fun to watch and begins to vaporize from your memory minutes after it ends.,0,negative
"let's see, a haunted house, a haunted ship, what's next",0,negative
the way for adventurous indian filmmakers toward a crossover,1,positive
"lusty, boisterous and utterly charming",1,positive
does n't make for great cinema,0,negative
you 've endured a long workout without your pulse ever racing,1,positive
sensuality and a conniving wit,1,positive
has solid acting and a neat premise,1,positive
a geriatric,0,negative
'd be lying if i said my ribcage did n't ache by the end of kung pow.,1,positive
is not worth,0,negative
is highly pleasurable.,1,positive
"watchable up until the point where the situations and the dialogue spin hopelessly out of control -- that is to say, when carol kane appears on the screen.",0,negative
naive,0,negative
peculiar and always entertaining,1,positive
", organic character work",1,positive
you-are-there immediacy,1,positive
"a gorgeously strange movie, heaven is deeply concerned with morality",1,positive
continue to impress,1,positive
"a loose, poorly structured film",0,negative
in the art of impossible disappearing/reappearing acts,1,positive
forgive any shoddy product as long as there's a little girl-on-girl action,1,positive
"it picked me up, swung me around, and dropped me back in my seat with more emotional force than any other recent film.",1,positive
bubba ho-tep's clearly evident quality,1,positive
"rich in atmosphere of the post-war art world, it manages to instruct without reeking of research library dust.",1,positive
's not too bad,1,positive
"it surrenders to a formulaic bang-bang, shoot-em-up scene at the conclusion",0,negative
lazy tearjerker that gives movies about ordinary folk a bad name,0,negative
"i approached the usher and said that if she had to sit through it again, she should ask for a raise.",0,negative
terrifically,1,positive
", you 'll like it.",1,positive
( t ) he film is never sure to make a clear point -- even if it seeks to rely on an ambiguous presentation.,0,negative
waterlogged script,0,negative
arrogant,0,negative
is no denying the power of polanski's film ...,1,positive
makes the journey feel like a party,1,positive
an elegant film with often surprising twists and an intermingling of naiveté and sophistication.,1,positive
story and his juvenile camera movements,0,negative
good qualities,1,positive
a damn fine and a truly distinctive and a deeply pertinent film,0,negative
a downer and a little,0,negative
ke,1,positive
go see this delightful comedy.,1,positive
director charles stone iii applies more detail to the film's music than to the story line ;,0,negative
"it has a more colorful, more playful tone than his other films.",1,positive
i was impressed by how many tit-for-tat retaliatory responses the filmmakers allow before pulling the plug on the conspirators and averting an american-russian armageddon.,1,positive
a lot more,1,positive
"is exhaustion, from watching a movie that is dark ( dark green, to be exact ), sour, bloody and mean.",0,negative
of the creative act,1,positive
becomes instead a grating endurance test,0,negative
", most pleasurable expressions of pure movie love to come from an american director in years.",1,positive
such a perfect medium,1,positive
"` hip ', ` innovative ' and ` realistic '",1,positive
are becoming irritating.,0,negative
it gives devastating testimony to both people's capacity for evil and their heroic capacity for good.,1,positive
paraphrase a line from another dickens ' novel,1,positive
that its own action is n't very effective,0,negative
the endlessly repetitive scenes of embarrassment,0,negative
less funny than it should be and less funny than it thinks it is.,0,negative
"is probably the funniest person in the film, which gives you an idea just how bad it was.",0,negative
rich,1,positive
"you see the movie and you think, zzzzzzzzz",0,negative
nearly impossible to care about,0,negative
was entranced.,1,positive
nemesis,0,negative
cute animals and,1,positive
its worthy predecessors,1,positive
"a stale, overused cocktail using the same olives since 1962 as garnish",0,negative
a desperate miscalculation,0,negative
our hero must ride roughshod over incompetent cops to get his man,1,positive
"is, in a word, brilliant",1,positive
"the movie is too heady for children, and too preachy for adults.",0,negative
there's nothing here that they could n't have done in half an hour,0,negative
can take the grandkids or the grandparents,1,positive
"feels aimless for much of its running time, until late in the film when a tidal wave of plot arrives, leaving questions in its wake.",0,negative
the big-screen scooby,1,positive
be even worse than its title,0,negative
attractive,1,positive
"does n't tell you anything except that the chelsea hotel today is populated by whiny, pathetic, starving and untalented artistes.",0,negative
"an empty, purposeless",0,negative
heartfelt conviction,1,positive
crack a smile at,1,positive
"street gangs and turf wars in 1958 brooklyn -- stale cliches, gratuitous violence, or",0,negative
the most affecting depictions of a love affair,1,positive
has never been more charming than in about a boy.,1,positive
down the toilet with the ferocity of a frozen burrito,0,negative
each story is built on a potentially interesting idea,1,positive
", manipulative and as bland as wonder bread dipped in milk, but it also does the absolute last thing we need hollywood doing to us : it preaches.",0,negative
mesmerised,1,positive
catches you,1,positive
ensures the film never feels draggy,1,positive
rehashes,0,negative
"an eerily suspenseful, deeply absorbing piece that works as a treatise on spirituality as well as a solid sci-fi thriller",1,positive
goofiness,1,positive
essentially ruined -- or,0,negative
sent back,0,negative
try too hard to be mythic,0,negative
return to never land is reliable,1,positive
a funny and touching film,1,positive
the movie understands like few others how the depth and breadth of emotional intimacy give the physical act all of its meaning and most of its pleasure.,1,positive
graceless and ugly,0,negative
naïveté,0,negative
wit to keep parents away from the concession stand,1,positive
a brainless flibbertigibbet,0,negative
're in for a painful ride,0,negative
putrid it is not worth the price of the match that should be used to burn every print of the film.,0,negative
", it ultimately comes off as a pale successor.",0,negative
richly resonant work,1,positive
botches,0,negative
some success with documentaries,1,positive
starts out strongly,1,positive
classic movie franchise,1,positive
the cinematography to the outstanding soundtrack and unconventional narrative,1,positive
skunk,0,negative
surrealist,0,negative
seen city,1,positive
's nothing to gain from watching they,0,negative
the leads ) are such a companionable couple,1,positive
the tragedy beneath it,1,positive
"the cinematography is cloudy, the picture making becalmed.",0,negative
never existed,0,negative
powerful commentary,1,positive
aggressive self-glorification and a manipulative whitewash,0,negative
give credit to everyone from robinson down to the key grip,1,positive
ca n't really call it a work of art,0,negative
is great,1,positive
also rocks.,1,positive
improvised on a day-to-day basis during production,0,negative
something as splendid-looking as this particular film,1,positive
silver bullets for director neil marshall's intense freight,1,positive
dishonesty,0,negative
"sounding like arnold schwarzenegger, with a physique to match, ( ahola ) has a wooden delivery and encounters a substantial arc of change that does n't produce any real transformation.",0,negative
"an invaluable historical document thanks to the filmmaker's extraordinary access to massoud, whose charm, cultivation and devotion to his people are readily apparent",1,positive
", there's much to recommend the film.",1,positive
he were stripped of most of his budget and all of his sense of humor,0,negative
"huppert scheming, with her small, intelligent eyes",1,positive
nuanced look,1,positive
to keep from laughing at the ridiculous dialog or the oh-so convenient plot twists,0,negative
a one-star rating,0,negative
that the beauty and power of the opera reside primarily in the music itself,1,positive
ice age is consistently amusing and engrossing ...,1,positive
"'s lovely and amazing, from her own screenplay, jumps to the head of the class of women's films that manage to avoid the ghetto of sentimental chick-flicks by treating female follies with a satirical style",1,positive
deliver again and again,1,positive
undermines the possibility for an exploration of the thornier aspects of the nature/nurture argument in regards to homosexuality,0,negative
this is n't a stand up and cheer flick ; it's a sit down and ponder affair.,1,positive
is a sweet treasure and something well worth your time,1,positive
argentinian thriller,1,positive
-- being real --,1,positive
ludicrous attempt,0,negative
the pacing is deadly,0,negative
see clockstoppers if you have nothing better to do with 94 minutes.,0,negative
are very expressive,1,positive
"so sloppy, so uneven, so",0,negative
no amount of good intentions is able to overcome the triviality of the story.,0,negative
a decent popcorn adventure,1,positive
up offering nothing more than the latest schwarzenegger or stallone flick,0,negative
comes across as lame and sophomoric in this debut indie feature.,0,negative
my only complaint,0,negative
is too insistent,0,negative
its excellent use of new york locales and sharp writing,1,positive
toilet-humor,0,negative
more damning,1,positive
"the national lampoon film franchise,",1,positive
"inject some real vitality and even art into a pulpy concept that, in many other hands would be completely forgettable",1,positive
"none of the crackle of `` fatal attraction '', `` 9 1/2 weeks '', or",0,negative
is ingenious fun,1,positive
should be commended for illustrating the merits of fighting hard for something that really matters.,1,positive
somebody might devote time to see it,0,negative
", the wild thornberrys movie does n't offer much more than the series",0,negative
that it appears not to have been edited at all,0,negative
low-rent retread,0,negative
visually ravishing,1,positive
is all over the place,0,negative
this flat run,0,negative
's actually watchable,1,positive
"the film's plot may be shallow,",0,negative
consummate actor barry has done excellent work here.,1,positive
", they finally feel absolutely earned",1,positive
plumbs personal tragedy and also the human comedy.,1,positive
"feels haphazard, as if the writers mistakenly thought they could achieve an air of frantic spontaneity by simply tossing in lots of characters doing silly stuff and stirring the pot.",0,negative
across as shallow and glib though,0,negative
turn away from one,0,negative
mike shoots and scores,1,positive
's usually a bad sign when directors abandon their scripts and go where the moment takes them,0,negative
any real emotional impact,0,negative
"it's never laugh-out-loud funny, but it is frequently amusing",1,positive
a delightful coming-of-age story.,1,positive
over a late-inning twist that just does n't make sense,0,negative
the worst -- and only -- killer website movie,0,negative
be one of those movies barely registering a blip on the radar screen of 2002.,0,negative
mctiernan's remake may be lighter on its feet,1,positive
has the dubious distinction of being a really bad imitation of the really bad blair witch project.,0,negative
a black hole,0,negative
most repugnant adaptation,0,negative
"a tone that's alternately melancholic, hopeful and strangely funny",1,positive
"for most movies, 84 minutes is short, but this one feels like a life sentence.",0,negative
amused and entertained by the unfolding of bielinsky's cleverly constructed scenario,1,positive
overcome the cultural moat surrounding its ludicrous and contrived plot,0,negative
"it cuts to the core of what it actually means to face your fears, to be a girl in a world of boys, to be a boy truly in love with a girl, and to ride the big metaphorical wave that is life -- wherever it takes you.",1,positive
playfully,1,positive
indigestion sets,0,negative
scoring high for originality of plot,1,positive
portrayals,0,negative
how bad an actress she is,0,negative
so larger than life,1,positive
one of the best silly horror movies of recent memory,1,positive
"what the audience feels is exhaustion, from watching a movie that is dark ( dark green, to be exact ), sour, bloody and mean.",0,negative
no means a slam-dunk and sure to ultimately disappoint the action fans who will be moved to the edge of their seats by the dynamic first act,0,negative
gorgeously atmospheric meditation,1,positive
noisy and,0,negative
"lush and beautifully photographed ( somebody suggested the stills might make a nice coffee table book ), but ultimately you 'll leave the theater wondering why these people mattered",1,positive
member,1,positive
want nothing else than to show us a good time,1,positive
stunning images and effects,1,positive
insightful writer/director,1,positive
"'s one of the most beautiful, evocative works i 've seen.",1,positive
a good thriller.,1,positive
this loose collection of largely improvised numbers,0,negative
such a well-defined sense,1,positive
with amazing finesse,1,positive
the wild thornberrys movie is pleasant enough and,1,positive
a fine documentary can be distinguished from a mediocre one by the better film's ability to make its subject interesting to those who are n't part of its supposed target audience.,1,positive
worth yet another visit,1,positive
walk away without anyone truly knowing your identity,0,negative
the haphazardness of evil,0,negative
has just as many scenes that are lean and tough enough to fit in any modern action movie,1,positive
incredibly dated and unfunny,0,negative
aplenty,1,positive
"it seems impossible that an epic four-hour indian musical about a cricket game could be this good,",1,positive
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
inconsequential move,0,negative
", is pleasant, diverting and modest -- definitely a step in the right direction.",1,positive
pull a cohesive story out,1,positive
"the screen -- loud, violent and mindless",0,negative
psychologically revealing.,1,positive
for the quirky,1,positive
pungent bite,1,positive
a film with contemporary political resonance,1,positive
"newcastle, the first half of gangster no. 1 drips with style and",1,positive
"the chateau belongs to rudd, whose portrait of a therapy-dependent flakeball spouting french malapropisms",1,positive
"a sensational, real-life 19th-century crime as a metaphor",1,positive
"home movie is about the people who live in them, who have carved their own comfortable niche in the world and have been kind enough to share it.",1,positive
"shunji iwai's all about lily chou chou is a beautifully shot, but ultimately flawed film about growing up in japan.",0,negative
a low-budget series,0,negative
smart and entirely charming,1,positive
if it chiefly inspires you to drive a little faster,1,positive
"keen eye, sweet spirit and good taste",1,positive
"a stunning film, a one-of-a-kind tour de force",1,positive
metropolis is a feast for the eyes.,1,positive
"the film's crisp, unaffected style",1,positive
that made the original men in black such a pleasure,1,positive
bloated,0,negative
"an often intense character study about fathers and sons, loyalty and duty.",1,positive
to lessen the overall impact the movie could have had,0,negative
"after seeing the film, i can tell you that there's no other reason why anyone should bother remembering it.",0,negative
it does n't work.,0,negative
"an evanescent, seamless and sumptuous stream of consciousness",1,positive
but a great one,1,positive
together frustrating,0,negative
's as raw and action-packed an experience as a ringside seat at a tough-man contest.,1,positive
willing to let the earnestness of its execution and skill of its cast take you down a familiar road with a few twists,1,positive
"who, in spite of all that he's witnessed, remains surprisingly idealistic",1,positive
"... a story we have n't seen on the big screen before, and it's a story that we as americans, and human beings, should know.",1,positive
"devotees of star trek ii : the wrath of khan will feel a nagging sense of deja vu, and the grandeur of the best next generation episodes is lacking.",0,negative
with an amateurish screenplay,0,negative
of nothing at the core of this slight coming-of-age/coming-out tale,0,negative
this ) meandering and pointless french coming-of-age import from writer-director anne-sophie birot,0,negative
"his ( nelson's ) screenplay needs some serious re-working to show more of the dilemma, rather than have his characters stage shouting",0,negative
is familiar but enjoyable.,1,positive
is a very good viewing alternative for young women,1,positive
"time, death",0,negative
's something impressive and yet lacking about everything.,0,negative
never gets off the ground.,0,negative
more of the ` laughing at ' variety than the ` laughing with,1,positive
"phillip noyce and all of his actors -- as well as his cinematographer, christopher doyle -- understand the delicate forcefulness of greene's prose,",1,positive
is more of an ordeal than an amusement.,0,negative
laugther,1,positive
balzac and the little chinese seamstress that transforms this story about love and culture into a cinematic poem,1,positive
exit sign,0,negative
` zany ' does n't necessarily mean ` funny,0,negative
"leers, offering next to little insight into its intriguing subject",0,negative
"a superficial way, while never sure",0,negative
that is an undeniably worthy and devastating experience,1,positive
wears its heart on the sleeve of its gaudy hawaiian shirt,1,positive
it should have stayed there.,0,negative
top-notch creative team,1,positive
intriguing documentary which is emotionally diluted by focusing on the story's least interesting subject.,1,positive
takes you somewhere,1,positive
freely,1,positive
masterfully calibrated psychological thriller,1,positive
it's quite fun in places.,1,positive
"is n't a disaster, exactly, but a very handsomely produced let-down",0,negative
"the war of the roses, '",1,positive
"tormented by his heritage, using his storytelling ability to honor the many faceless victims",1,positive
is no doubt true,1,positive
"another week, another gross-out college comedy -- ugh.",0,negative
crowd-pleasing,1,positive
some of the discomfort and embarrassment of being a bumbling american in europe,0,negative
black indomitability,0,negative
about every cliche in the war movie compendium across its indulgent two-hour-and-fifteen-minute length,0,negative
most gloriously unsubtle and adrenalized extreme,1,positive
unusually tame,0,negative
"by false sentiment or sharp, overmanipulative hollywood practices",0,negative
delicately crafted film,1,positive
hide a weak script,0,negative
a satisfyingly unsettling ride,1,positive
missing from it,0,negative
from a woodland stream,1,positive
overlong,0,negative
dead-end existence,0,negative
only is entry number twenty the worst of the brosnan bunch,0,negative
", like kubrick before him, may not touch the planet's skin, but understands the workings of its spirit.",1,positive
enamored,1,positive
fashioning an engrossing entertainment out of an almost sure-fire prescription for a critical and commercial disaster,1,positive
"it's fun, but it's a real howler.",1,positive
fun and,1,positive
"the tale has turned from sweet to bittersweet, and when the tears come during that final, beautiful scene, they finally feel absolutely earned.",1,positive
slopped,0,negative
much of a plunge,0,negative
"merges his collaborators ' symbolic images with his words, insinuating, for example, that in hollywood, only god speaks to the press",1,positive
an instantly forgettable snow-and-stuntwork extravaganza that likely,0,negative
"it all unfolds predictably,",0,negative
a solid examination of the male midlife crisis.,1,positive
"of the best films of the year with its exquisite acting, inventive screenplay, mesmerizing music, and many inimitable scenes",1,positive
"its compelling mix of trial movie, escape movie and unexpected fable ensures the film never feels draggy.",1,positive
less funny than it should be and,0,negative
"scarily funny,",1,positive
"your seat, tense with suspense",1,positive
"the whole affair, true story or not, feels incredibly hokey ...",0,negative
"if you like peace, you 'll like promises.",1,positive
is familiar but enjoyable,1,positive
"a weird, arresting little ride",0,negative
"pointed, often tender,",1,positive
wins still,1,positive
"we never truly come to care about the main characters and whether or not they 'll wind up together, and michele's spiritual quest is neither amusing nor dramatic enough to sustain interest",0,negative
elegance and maturity,1,positive
begin with,1,positive
can usually be traced back to the little things,1,positive
spare dialogue,0,negative
take before indigestion sets in,0,negative
well-conceived,1,positive
"one of the cleverest, most deceptively amusing comedies of the year",1,positive
"steers, in his feature film debut, has created a brilliant motion picture.",1,positive
nasty comedy,0,negative
( barry ) gives assassin a disquieting authority.,1,positive
"feels uncomfortably real,",1,positive
grin,1,positive
more complex,1,positive
"fill the hot chick, the latest gimmick from this unimaginative comedian.",0,negative
across as shallow and glib though not mean-spirited,0,negative
"earnest, unsubtle and hollywood-predictable, green dragon is still a deeply moving effort to put a human face on the travail of thousands of vietnamese.",1,positive
"derivative elements into something that is often quite rich and exciting, and",1,positive
"for someone like judd, who really ought to be playing villains",0,negative
a very real and amusing give-and-take,1,positive
"an ambitious movie that, like shiner's organizing of the big fight, pulls off enough of its effects to make up for the ones that do n't come off.",1,positive
a much larger historical context,1,positive
into the passive-aggressive psychology of co-dependence and the struggle for self-esteem,1,positive
its formidable arithmetic of cameras and souls,1,positive
held my interest precisely,1,positive
is one reason it's so lackluster.,0,negative
", touching, dramatically forceful, and beautifully shot",1,positive
loved the look of this film.,1,positive
to sit through than this hastily dubbed disaster,0,negative
's both charming,1,positive
we also need movies like tim mccann's revolution no. 9.,1,positive
"an athlete, a movie star, and",1,positive
enchantment,1,positive
the huskies are beautiful,1,positive
"putrid writing, direction and timing with a smile that says, ` if i stay positive, maybe i can channel one of my greatest pictures, drunken master.'",0,negative
"an earnest, roughshod document",1,positive
the glorious chicanery and self-delusion of this most american of businesses,1,positive
"with such a rah-rah, patriotic tone",0,negative
"exalts the marxian dream of honest working folk,",1,positive
"sweet home alabama is n't going to win any academy awards, but",1,positive
up not one but two flagrantly fake thunderstorms to underscore the action,0,negative
will leave you wanting to abandon the theater.,0,negative
"however, having sucked dry the undead action flick formula, blade ii mutates into a gross-out monster movie with effects that are more silly than scary.",0,negative
"serves as a workable primer for the region's recent history, and would make a terrific 10th-grade learning tool",1,positive
keenly,1,positive
is n't as compelling or as believable as it should be,0,negative
mean-spirited and,0,negative
into brutally labored and unfunny hokum,0,negative
he comes across as shallow and glib though not mean-spirited,0,negative
an annoying orgy,0,negative
( haneke ) steers clear of the sensational and offers instead an unflinching and objective look at a decidedly perverse pathology.,1,positive
", is n't nearly as funny as it thinks it is",0,negative
pays off and is effective if you stick with it,1,positive
warm your heart without making you feel guilty about it,1,positive
if you ever wondered what it would be like to be smack in the middle of a war zone armed with nothing but a camera,1,positive
"preposterous, the movie will likely set the cause of woman warriors back decades.",0,negative
"picked me up, swung me around",1,positive
"rises in its courageousness, and comedic employment.",1,positive
"so, i trust",1,positive
"the biggest problem i have ( other than the very sluggish pace ) is we never really see her esther blossom as an actress, even though her talent is supposed to be growing.",0,negative
predictably efficient,1,positive
"'s kind of insulting, both to men and women",0,negative
the awkward interplay and utter lack of chemistry between chan and hewitt,0,negative
"this is a movie that refreshes the mind and spirit along with the body, so original is its content, look, and style",1,positive
may not rival the filmmaker's period pieces,0,negative
a sequel you can refuse,0,negative
an equally miserable film the following year,0,negative
does n't really go anywhere,0,negative
every aggrieved father cliché,0,negative
con,0,negative
bogged down over 140 minutes,0,negative
"her small, intelligent eyes",1,positive
"quirky, fun, popcorn movies",1,positive
is authentic,1,positive
ultimately it's undone by a sloppy script,0,negative
engaging as it is revealing,1,positive
"but the problem with wendigo, for all its effective moments, is n't really one of resources.",0,negative
new insight,1,positive
"this flick is fun, and host to some truly excellent sequences.",1,positive
"a hugely enjoyable film about changing times, clashing cultures and the pleasures of a well-made pizza",1,positive
"dumb, narratively chaotic, visually sloppy ...",0,negative
how pertinent its dynamics remain,1,positive
gave people seizures,0,negative
better described as a ghost story gone badly awry.,0,negative
an action hero with table manners,1,positive
many clichés,0,negative
"there may have been a good film in `` trouble every day, '' but it is not what is on the screen",0,negative
its otherwise comic narrative,1,positive
unsuccessful attempt,0,negative
is worth searching out.,1,positive
a collective heart attack,0,negative
"is a powerful, naturally dramatic piece of low-budget filmmaking",1,positive
the same old garbage,0,negative
than its fair share of saucy,1,positive
bollywood/hollywood will undoubtedly provide its keenest pleasures to those familiar with bombay musicals,1,positive
so aggressively cheery that pollyana would reach for a barf bag.,0,negative
leave us stranded with nothing more than our lesser appetites,0,negative
"hard to be funny in a way that's too loud, too goofy and too short of an attention span",0,negative
feels derivative,0,negative
it just did n't mean much to me and played too skewed to ever get a hold on ( or be entertained by ).,0,negative
inside information,1,positive
fake,0,negative
"simply stupid,",0,negative
most oddly honest,1,positive
"all the queen's men is a throwback war movie that fails on so many levels, it should pay reparations to viewers.",0,negative
"a look at the `` wild ride '' that ensues when brash young men set out to conquer the online world with laptops, cell phones and sketchy business plans",1,positive
out-of-kilter character,0,negative
annoying rather than charming,0,negative
"another iteration of what's become one of the movies ' creepiest conventions, in which the developmentally disabled are portrayed with almost supernatural powers to humble, teach and ultimately redeem their mentally `` superior '' friends, family ...",0,negative
holm ... embodies the character with an effortlessly regal charisma.,1,positive
the horrors of the killing field and the barbarism of ` ethnic cleansing,0,negative
guarantee to have you leaving the theater with a smile on your face,1,positive
like it's wasted yours,0,negative
exercise in style and mystification,1,positive
"create a film that's not merely about kicking undead ***, but also about dealing with regret and, ultimately, finding redemption",1,positive
"sadly, full frontal plays like the work of a dilettante.",0,negative
broad streaks of common sense,1,positive
hard to imagine that even very small children will be impressed by this tired retread,0,negative
has a spark of life to it -- more than you can say for plenty of movies that flow through the hollywood pipeline without a hitch,1,positive
explode,1,positive
uselessly,0,negative
the power of this movie,1,positive
"for its 100 minutes running time, you 'll wait in vain for a movie to happen.",0,negative
sensual,1,positive
's not a fresh idea at the core of this tale,0,negative
designed to give some of the characters a ` back story,1,positive
weak and ineffective ghost story,0,negative
"ripe recipe, inspiring",1,positive
a good human being,1,positive
"'s taken one of the world's most fascinating stories and made it dull, lifeless, and irritating",0,negative
idiotic,0,negative
nothing short of a minor miracle in unfaithful,1,positive
goes where you expect and often surprises you with unexpected comedy,1,positive
lurches between not-very-funny comedy,0,negative
shamelessly manipulative and contrived,0,negative
a dark mood that makes the film seem like something to endure instead of enjoy,0,negative
"celebrates the group's playful spark of nonconformity, glancing vividly back at what hibiscus grandly called his ` angels of light.'",1,positive
"more biologically detailed than an autopsy, the movie",1,positive
"( kline's ) utterly convincing -- and deeply appealing -- as a noble teacher who embraces a strict moral code, and as a flawed human being who ca n't quite live up to it.",1,positive
the best-sustained ideas,1,positive
the story's scope and pageantry,1,positive
"nicole holofcenter, the insightful writer/director responsible for this illuminating comedy does n't wrap the proceedings up neatly",1,positive
seeing an otherwise good movie marred beyond redemption by a disastrous ending,0,negative
"but once the falcon arrives in the skies above manhattan, the adventure is on red alert.",1,positive
indie of the year,1,positive
disingenuous,0,negative
remains surprisingly idealistic,1,positive
in the name of an allegedly inspiring and easily marketable flick,1,positive
"` linklater fans, or pretentious types who want to appear avant-garde will suck up to this project ... '",0,negative
a funny moment or two,1,positive
escaped the rut dug by the last one,0,negative
"is good, except its timing",1,positive
"there's some good material in their story about a retail clerk wanting more out of life,",1,positive
it is a good and ambitious film,1,positive
eccentric and good-naturedly aimless story,1,positive
amazing finesse,1,positive
our culture is headed down the toilet with the ferocity of a frozen burrito after an all-night tequila bender -- and i know this because i 've seen ` jackass : the movie,0,negative
seems to be about everything that's plaguing the human spirit in a relentlessly globalizing world,0,negative
"the entire point of a shaggy dog story, of course, is that it goes nowhere, and this is classic nowheresville in every sense",0,negative
single good film,1,positive
"this is an extraordinary film, not least because it is japanese and yet feels universal.",1,positive
"a lot better if it were, well, more adventurous",0,negative
the cold,0,negative
it's just filler.,0,negative
an irresistible blend of warmth and humor and a consistent embracing humanity in the face of life's harshness,1,positive
bugged me,0,negative
than awe,1,positive
"been allowed to get wet, fuzzy and sticky",0,negative
hugely enjoyable in its own right though not really,1,positive
cheap junk and an insult to their death-defying efforts,0,negative
lack their idol's energy and passion for detail.,0,negative
it's hard to understand why anyone in his right mind would even think to make the attraction a movie.,0,negative
skilfully,1,positive
will find their humor-seeking dollars best spent elsewhere,0,negative
without being shrill,1,positive
this tale has been told and retold ;,0,negative
's very different from our own and yet instantly recognizable,1,positive
a funny and well-contructed black comedy where the old adage `` be careful what you wish for '' is given a full workout.,1,positive
would leave you cold,0,negative
a few four letter words thrown in that are generally not heard on television,0,negative
"for each chuckle there are at least 10 complete misses, many coming from the amazingly lifelike tara reid, whose acting skills are comparable to a cardboard cutout.",0,negative
special walk,1,positive
an uncomfortable experience,0,negative
"confessions is n't always coherent,",0,negative
is without a doubt a memorable directorial debut from king hunk,1,positive
"solaris is rigid and evasive in ways that soderbergh's best films, `` erin brockovich, '' `` out of sight '' and `` ocean's eleven, '' never were.",1,positive
"every joke is repeated at least -- annoying, is n't it?",0,negative
to see it twice,1,positive
just did n't care,0,negative
uses the huge-screen format to make an old-fashioned nature film that educates viewers with words and pictures while entertaining them,1,positive
a low-rent retread,0,negative
ghetto fabulousness,1,positive
"parts seem like they were lifted from terry gilliam's subconscious, pressed through kafka's meat grinder and into buñuel's casings",1,positive
then blood work is for you.,1,positive
of new york's finest and a nicely understated expression of the grief,1,positive
", fierce grace reassures us that he will once again be an honest and loving one.",1,positive
a small movie with a big heart,1,positive
wish you had n't seen,0,negative
"ambitious, unsettling psychodrama that takes full, chilling advantage of its rough-around-the-edges, low-budget constraints",1,positive
rare in the depiction of young women in film,1,positive
the failure of the third revenge of the nerds sequel,0,negative
the basic flaws,0,negative
"efteriades gives the neighborhood -- scenery, vibe and all -- the cinematic equivalent of a big, tender hug.",1,positive
"though her fans will assuredly have their funny bones tickled, others will find their humor-seeking dollars best spent elsewhere.",0,negative
glib but bouncy,1,positive
are so hilarious,1,positive
this would have been better than the fiction it has concocted,0,negative
enough insight to keep it from being simpleminded,1,positive
the star-making machinery,1,positive
the tiniest segment of an already obscure demographic,0,negative
pure craft and passionate heart,1,positive
pros,1,positive
zany ',1,positive
toilet humor,0,negative
"a stunning, taxi driver-esque portrayal of a man teetering on the edge of sanity",1,positive
puts a suspenseful spin on standard horror flick formula.,1,positive
joyful solo performance,1,positive
"confirms lynne ramsay as an important, original talent in international cinema.",1,positive
you crave chris smith's next movie,1,positive
"we cut to a new scene, which also appears to be the end.",0,negative
because the plot is equally hackneyed,0,negative
"this film, which may be why it works as well as it does",1,positive
did they deem it necessary to document all this emotional misery,0,negative
family,1,positive
funny feast,1,positive
wiseman's warmest,1,positive
emotional conviction,1,positive
but a very handsomely produced let-down,0,negative
adrift in various new york city locations,0,negative
own meager weight,0,negative
", then they works spectacularly well ... a shiver-inducing, nerve-rattling ride.",1,positive
strays,0,negative
too long and unfocused,0,negative
exceedingly memorable one for most people,1,positive
's just another cartoon with an unstoppable superman.,0,negative
"is exceedingly pleasant, designed not to offend",1,positive
said the film was better than saving private ryan.,1,positive
of afghan tragedies,0,negative
"a sun-drenched masterpiece, part parlor game, part psychological case study,",1,positive
"the acting, costumes, music, cinematography and sound are all astounding given the production's austere locales.",1,positive
losin ',0,negative
of crudup's anchoring performance,1,positive
works beautifully,1,positive
"maybe leblanc thought, `` hey, the movie about the baseball-playing monkey was worse.''",0,negative
pictures,1,positive
cliche-ridden,0,negative
hate myself most mornings.,0,negative
a little weak -- and it is n't that funny.,0,negative
endure instead of,0,negative
an irresistible blend,1,positive
devos,0,negative
"such a vibrant, colorful world",1,positive
makes him the film's moral compass,1,positive
a man whose engaging manner and flamboyant style made him a truly larger-than-life character,1,positive
sprinkled with a few remarks so geared toward engendering audience sympathy that you might think he was running for office -- or trying to win over a probation officer,0,negative
devoid of any of the qualities that made the first film so special.,0,negative
signs is just another unoriginal run of the mill sci-fi film with a flimsy ending and lots of hype.,0,negative
the kind of soft-core twaddle you 'd expect to see on showtime's ` red shoe diaries,0,negative
part of being a good documentarian,1,positive
do n't need to be a hip-hop fan to appreciate scratch,1,positive
more salacious telenovela than serious drama,0,negative
the debate it joins is a necessary and timely one,1,positive
least favorite emotions,0,negative
presented in convincing way,1,positive
to this shocking testament to anti-semitism and neo-fascism,0,negative
the characters are more deeply thought through than in most ` right-thinking ' films.,1,positive
not amused by the sick sense of humor,0,negative
"will undoubtedly play well in european markets, where mr. besson is a brand name, and in asia, where ms. shu is an institution, but american audiences will probably find it familiar and insufficiently cathartic",0,negative
working from a surprisingly sensitive script co-written by gianni romoli ...,1,positive
"while this one gets off with a good natured warning, future lizard endeavors will need to adhere more closely to the laws of laughter",0,negative
effective portrait,1,positive
not really bad so much as distasteful : we need kidnapping suspense dramas right now like we need doomsday thrillers.,0,negative
levity,1,positive
"feeling like it was worth your seven bucks, even though it does turn out to be a bit of a cheat in the end",0,negative
tiresome ugliness,0,negative
perfect in their roles,1,positive
nifty plot line,1,positive
what the movie lacks in action,0,negative
"does n't deliver a great story, nor is the action as gripping as in past seagal films.",0,negative
of a-list brit actors,1,positive
artistic transcendence,1,positive
anarchy,0,negative
is a compelling piece that demonstrates just how well children can be trained to live out and carry on their parents ' anguish,1,positive
"humor, verve and fun",1,positive
the movie is beautiful to behold and engages one in a sense of epic struggle -- inner and outer -- that's all too rare in hollywood's hastier productions.,1,positive
for a touching love story,1,positive
"there are some fairly unsettling scenes,",0,negative
a sexy slip of an earth mother who mourns her tragedies in private and embraces life in public,1,positive
"never having seen the first two films in the series, i ca n't compare friday after next to them, but nothing would change the fact that what we have here is a load of clams left in the broiling sun for a good three days.",0,negative
tough pill to swallow,0,negative
a hilarious ode to middle america and middle age with this unlikely odyssey,1,positive
"colorful, energetic and sweetly whimsical",1,positive
narrative grace,1,positive
infinitely wittier version,1,positive
lost the ability to think,0,negative
incapable of being boring,1,positive
pretty decent,1,positive
-- they live together -- the film has a lot of charm.,1,positive
is generally amusing from time,1,positive
misleading,0,negative
benefits from having a real writer plot out all of the characters ' moves and overlapping story.,1,positive
"it's a work that, with humor, warmth, and intelligence, captures a life interestingly lived.",1,positive
"this is a visually stunning rumination on love, memory, history and the war between art and commerce.",1,positive
an enjoyable level of ridiculousness,1,positive
"the result, however well-intentioned,",0,negative
i ca n't recommend it.,0,negative
at a speed that is slow to those of us in middle age,0,negative
hardly a film that comes along every day.,1,positive
"appears jagged, as if filmed directly from a television monitor, while the extensive use of stock footage quickly becomes a tiresome cliché",0,negative
"witty,",1,positive
but tongue-in-cheek preposterousness has always been part of for the most part wilde's droll whimsy helps `` being earnest '' overcome its weaknesses and parker's creative interference ...,1,positive
the teen-exploitation playbook,0,negative
little less bling-bling,0,negative
felt trapped and with no obvious escape,0,negative
the astonishingly pivotal role,1,positive
went over my head or -- considering just,0,negative
the film that surprises or delights,1,positive
for children,1,positive
anyone who has ever suspected hollywood of being overrun by corrupt and hedonistic weasels,0,negative
at once laughable,0,negative
the laborious pacing and,0,negative
"into the `` a '' range, as is",1,positive
torn apart,0,negative
a handsome and well-made entertainment,1,positive
puts a refreshing and comical spin on the all-too-familiar saga of the contemporary single woman,1,positive
us,1,positive
"shyamalan's gifts,",1,positive
"the middle and lurches between not-very-funny comedy, unconvincing dramatics and some last-minute action strongly reminiscent of run lola run",0,negative
"that everlasting conundrum experienced by every human who ever lived : too much to do, too little time to do it in",1,positive
yakusho and shimizu ... create engaging characterizations in imamura's lively and enjoyable cultural mix.,1,positive
the words `` radical '' or `` suck '',0,negative
"it's not going to be everyone's bag of popcorn, but it definitely gives you something to chew on",1,positive
angel of death,0,negative
real-life happening,1,positive
this deeply moving french drama develops a startling story that works both as a detailed personal portrait and as a rather frightening examination of modern times.,1,positive
preachy-keen,1,positive
"that memorable,",1,positive
guts and,0,negative
an overly-familiar set,0,negative
stains,0,negative
"'s just tediously bad, something to be fully forgotten",0,negative
onto what's left of his passe ' chopsocky glory,0,negative
is a masterpiece,1,positive
is almost guaranteed that even the stuffiest cinema goers will laugh their *** off for an hour-and-a-half,1,positive
the wayward wooden one end it all by stuffing himself into an electric pencil sharpener,0,negative
"build some robots, haul 'em to the theater with you for the late show, and put on your own mystery science theatre 3000 tribute to what is almost certainly going to go down as the worst -- and only -- killer website movie of this or any other year.",0,negative
derisive,0,negative
tug at your heart in ways,1,positive
be viewed and treasured for its extraordinary intelligence and originality,1,positive
"an undeniably gorgeous, terminally",1,positive
warning you,0,negative
interesting '',1,positive
"avoid seeing this trite, predictable rehash",0,negative
"must for fans of british cinema, if only because so many titans of the industry are along for the ride.",1,positive
this laughable dialogue,1,positive
our dismay,0,negative
that a decent draft in the auditorium might blow it off the screen,0,negative
seems worse for the effort,0,negative
exceedingly pleasant,1,positive
's also too stupid to realize that they 've already seen this exact same movie a hundred times,0,negative
"by turns touching, raucously amusing, uncomfortable, and, yes, even sexy, never again is a welcome and heartwarming addition to the romantic comedy genre.",1,positive
parental units,1,positive
's such a mechanical endeavor ( that ) it never bothers to question why somebody might devote time to see it.,0,negative
's so tedious,0,negative
"though it's not very well shot or composed or edited, the score is too insistent and the dialogue is frequently overwrought and crudely literal",0,negative
achieve the popularity of my big fat greek wedding,1,positive
"because the intelligence level of the characters must be low, very low, very very low, for the masquerade to work, the movie contains no wit, only labored gags.",0,negative
"lines, the impressive stagings of hardware",1,positive
as lively an account as seinfeld is deadpan.,0,negative
"postcard perfect,",1,positive
was able to overcome his personal obstacles and become a good man,1,positive
"although some viewers will not be able to stomach so much tongue-in-cheek weirdness, those who do will have found a cult favorite to enjoy for a lifetime.",1,positive
"'s also a -- dare i say it twice -- delightfully charming -- and totally american, i might add -- slice of comedic bliss",1,positive
it is hard to tell who is chasing who or why,0,negative
genuine narrative,1,positive
for historical truth and realism,1,positive
thinking man,1,positive
of love that strikes a very resonant chord,1,positive
"it's so poorly made, on all levels, that it does n't even qualify as a spoof of such",0,negative
overflows,1,positive
strangely,0,negative
"kiddie entertainment,",1,positive
manages to maintain both a level of sophisticated intrigue and human-scale characters that suck the audience in.,1,positive
"the film is an earnest try at beachcombing verismo, but it would be even more indistinct than it is were it not for the striking, quietly vulnerable personality of ms. ambrose.",0,negative
in its laid-back way,1,positive
always looks good,1,positive
hopkins looks like a drag queen,0,negative
"if you 're as happy listening to movies as you are watching them, and the slow parade of human frailty fascinates you, then you 're at the right film.",1,positive
love this movie,1,positive
'm giving it thumbs down due to the endlessly repetitive scenes of embarrassment.,0,negative
it was n't horrible either,1,positive
laugh-free lecture,0,negative
his strongest performance since the doors,1,positive
already-shallow,0,negative
wit and humor,1,positive
"sad nonsense, this",0,negative
"sorvino makes the princess seem smug and cartoonish, and the film only really comes alive when poor hermocrates and leontine pathetically compare notes about their budding amours",0,negative
courageous molly craig,1,positive
just a bunch of good actors flailing around in a caper that's neither original nor terribly funny,1,positive
whose engaging manner and flamboyant style,1,positive
a rambling ensemble piece with loosely connected characters and plots that never quite gel,0,negative
", ingenious",1,positive
painfully foolish in trying to hold onto what's left of his passe ' chopsocky glory,0,negative
this movie has the usual impossible stunts ... but it has just as many scenes that are lean and tough enough to fit in any modern action movie.,1,positive
the film's hero is a bore and his innocence soon becomes a questionable kind of inexcusable dumb innocence.,0,negative
"behind the glitz, hollywood is sordid and disgusting.",0,negative
their project so interesting,1,positive
"also intriguing and honorable,",1,positive
overladen with plot conceits,0,negative
a powerful sequel and one of the best films of the year.,1,positive
another key contribution,1,positive
best of all,1,positive
"much of it is funny, but there are also some startling, surrealistic moments",1,positive
all the verbal marks it should,1,positive
brilliantly employ their quirky and fearless ability to look american angst in the eye and end up laughing.,1,positive
it's a bad action movie because there's no rooting interest,0,negative
it's apparent that this is one summer film that satisfies,1,positive
i do n't think i laughed out loud once.,0,negative
we can enjoy as mild escapism,1,positive
are just too many characters saying too many clever things and getting into too many pointless situations,0,negative
racist humor,0,negative
with good intentions,1,positive
those prone to indignation need not apply,0,negative
"its courageousness, and",1,positive
infectious enthusiasm,1,positive
a good cast,1,positive
shimmeringly lovely coming-of-age portrait,1,positive
a little-remembered world,1,positive
than a ` direct-to-video ' release,0,negative
"love a disney pic with as little cleavage as this one has, and",1,positive
"unfolds as sand's masculine persona, with its love of life and beauty, takes form.",1,positive
overcome the film's manipulative sentimentality and annoying stereotypes,0,negative
as disney's 1937 breakthrough,1,positive
"proficient, dull",0,negative
bad soap opera,0,negative
its impressive images of crematorium chimney fires and stacks of dead bodies,1,positive
moving and not infrequently breathtaking,1,positive
while cleverly worked out,1,positive
' i feel better already.,1,positive
an extremely flat lead performance,0,negative
twinkling,1,positive
humor and bite,1,positive
come close to the level of intelligence and visual splendor that can be seen in other films,0,negative
sven wollter as the stricken composer and viveka seldahl as his desperate violinist wife,1,positive
to his day job,1,positive
"funny, touching, dramatically forceful, and beautifully shot",1,positive
the leads are natural and lovely,1,positive
to indulge the fanciful daydreams of janice beard ( eileen walsh ) when her real-life persona is so charmless and vacant,0,negative
looking for astute observations and coming up blank,0,negative
now we 've got something pretty damn close,1,positive
with real world events,1,positive
"none of this is meaningful or memorable,",0,negative
swiftly deteriorates into a terribly obvious melodrama and rough-hewn vanity project for lead actress andie macdowell.,0,negative
"in retelling a historically significant, and personal, episode detailing how one international city welcomed tens of thousands of german jewish refugees while the world's democracie",1,positive
'll feel like you ate a reeses without the peanut butter ... ',0,negative
visually flashy but narratively opaque and emotionally vapid,0,negative
ultimate collapse during the film's final ( restored ) third,0,negative
to hold onto what's left of his passe ' chopsocky glory,0,negative
is needed to live a rich and full life.,1,positive
has directed not only one of the best gay love stories ever made,1,positive
"a disappointment for those who love alternate versions of the bard, particularly ones that involve deep fryers and hamburgers.",0,negative
dim-witted and lazy,0,negative
hubristic folly,0,negative
"like all great films about a life you never knew existed, it offers much to absorb and even more to think about after the final frame.",1,positive
is not only the best date movie of the year,1,positive
to its inevitable tragic conclusion,0,negative
more relevant than 9 1/2 weeks,1,positive
puts an exclamation point on the fact that this is n't something to be taken seriously,0,negative
"part biography, part entertainment and",1,positive
is extraordinarily good,1,positive
lead performances,1,positive
"funny, sexy,",1,positive
frighten and,0,negative
'' it's equally distasteful to watch him sing the lyrics to `` tonight.'',0,negative
a sad and rote exercise,0,negative
"bill morrison's decasia is uncompromising, difficult and unbearably beautiful.",1,positive
the movie is a lumbering load of hokum but,0,negative
once overly old-fashioned in its sudsy plotting,0,negative
targeted to the tiniest segment of an already obscure demographic.,0,negative
wickedly funny,1,positive
"the proficient, dull sorvino",0,negative
it just sits there like a side dish no one ordered.,0,negative
"in many ways the perfect festival film : a calm, self-assured portrait of small town regret, love, duty and friendship that appeals to the storytelling instincts of a slightly more literate filmgoing audience",1,positive
have been the ultimate imax trip,1,positive
"combines sharp comedy, old-fashioned monster movie atmospherics, and genuine heart to create a film that's not merely about kicking undead ***, but also about dealing with regret and, ultimately, finding redemption.",1,positive
a few tasty morsels,1,positive
vitality to justify the notion of creating a screen adaptation of evans ' saga of hollywood excess,1,positive
"whine, the bellyaching of a paranoid and unlikable man",0,negative
be a lot better if it pared down its plots and characters to a few rather than dozens ... or if it were subtler ... or if it had a sense of humor,0,negative
characteristically startling visual style and,1,positive
a must-see for fans of thoughtful war films and those,1,positive
australia is a weirdly beautiful place,1,positive
sophisticated intrigue and human-scale characters,1,positive
anyone who ever fantasized about space travel but ca n't afford the $ 20 million ticket to ride a russian rocket should catch this imax offering.,1,positive
triumph over a scrooge or two,1,positive
"'d have a 90-minute, four-star movie",1,positive
succeeded in,1,positive
delicate ambiguity,1,positive
"a film that proposes as epic tragedy the plight of a callow rich boy who is forced to choose between his beautiful, self-satisfied 22-year-old girlfriend and an equally beautiful, self-satisfied 18-year-old mistress",1,positive
"on theory, sleight-of-hand, and ill-wrought hypothesis",0,negative
to suggest possibilities which imbue the theme with added depth and resonance,1,positive
"( less a movie than ) an appalling, odoriferous thing ... so",0,negative
enter,1,positive
followed through on her defiance of the saccharine,1,positive
successfully,1,positive
is fiercely intelligent and uncommonly ambitious,1,positive
some flashy twists,1,positive
so preachy-keen and so tub-thumpingly loud it makes you feel like a chump,0,negative
an empty shell,0,negative
careless and unfocused,0,negative
"went back to newcastle, the first half of gangster no. 1 drips with style and, at times, blood",1,positive
tiresome as 9,0,negative
"an emotionally complex, dramatically satisfying heroine",1,positive
know about rubbo's dumbed-down tactics,0,negative
"a fairly slow paced, almost humdrum approach to character development",0,negative
deeply appealing,1,positive
the pool drowned me in boredom.,0,negative
enough to let you bask in your own cleverness as you figure it out,1,positive
helluva singer,1,positive
with lingering questions about what the film is really getting at,0,negative
i could have looked into my future and saw how bad this movie was,0,negative
directorial touch,1,positive
a ` direct-to-video ' release,0,negative
its adult themes of familial separation and societal betrayal are head and shoulders above much of the director's previous popcorn work.,1,positive
a half dozen,1,positive
"an intelligent, multi-layered and profoundly humanist ( not to mention gently political ) meditation on the values of knowledge, education, and the affects of cultural and geographical displacement.",1,positive
", the film gives no quarter to anyone seeking to pull a cohesive story out of its 2 1/2 - hour running time.",0,negative
"this is popcorn movie fun with equal doses of action, cheese, ham and cheek ( as well as a serious debt to the road warrior )",1,positive
fairly basic comedic constructs,1,positive
"difficult to imagine that a more confused, less interesting and more sloppily made film could possibly come down the road in 2002",0,negative
"high drama, disney-style",1,positive
the intellectual and emotional pedigree of your date and a giant step backward for a director i admire,0,negative
"without a fresh infusion of creativity, 4ever is neither a promise nor a threat so much as wishful thinking.",0,negative
something rare and riveting : a wild ride that relies on more than special effects,1,positive
"it's more enjoyable than i expected, though,",1,positive
is a gorgeous and deceptively minimalist cinematic tone poem.,1,positive
a perfect family film,1,positive
real pleasure,1,positive
terribly,0,negative
's really so appealing about the characters,1,positive
zzzzzzzzz,0,negative
a generic international version of a typical american horror film.,0,negative
"an interesting topic, some intriguing characters and",1,positive
's an experience in understanding a unique culture that is presented with universal appeal,1,positive
obnoxious and didactic burlesque,0,negative
reach satisfying conclusions,1,positive
a finale that is impenetrable and dull,0,negative
marveling,1,positive
the junk-calorie suspense tropes that have all but ruined his career,0,negative
at the ridiculous dialog or the oh-so convenient plot twists,0,negative
hurts,0,negative
topic,1,positive
"it's so crammed with scenes and vistas and pretty moments that it's left a few crucial things out, like character development and coherence.",0,negative
a snore and utter tripe,0,negative
of its title character,1,positive
a slam-bang extravaganza,1,positive
what time offers tsai's usual style and themes,1,positive
widescreen photography,1,positive
a wild ride of a movie that keeps throwing fastballs,1,positive
a snore and,0,negative
draws us in long,1,positive
"it gets onto the screen just about as much of the novella as one could reasonably expect, and is engrossing and moving in its own right.",1,positive
thanks to the actors,1,positive
"a moving tale of love and destruction in unexpected places, unexamined lives.",1,positive
"some of the visual flourishes are a little too obvious, but restrained and subtle storytelling",1,positive
make great marching bands,1,positive
gives us another peek at some of the magic we saw in glitter here in wisegirls.,1,positive
cherish ',1,positive
"has layered, well-developed characters and some surprises.",1,positive
"plays like a badly edited, 91-minute trailer ( and ) the director ca n't seem to get a coherent rhythm going.",0,negative
transparently hypocritical work,0,negative
our moviemakers,1,positive
enchanting ... terribly episodic and lacking the spark of imagination that might have made it an exhilarating,0,negative
desperate for the evening to end,0,negative
to give it a marginal thumbs up,1,positive
's the russian word for wow !? ',1,positive
most repugnant,0,negative
as mindless,0,negative
who mourns her tragedies in private and embraces life in public,1,positive
"a thoughtful and surprisingly affecting portrait of a screwed-up man who dared to mess with some powerful people, seen through the eyes of the idealistic kid who chooses to champion his ultimately losing cause",1,positive
each trailer park you drive past -- even if it chiefly inspires you to drive a little faster,1,positive
shockingly bad and,0,negative
overacted with all the boozy self-indulgence that brings out the worst in otherwise talented actors,0,negative
style and,1,positive
enjoy for a lifetime,1,positive
be all too familiar,1,positive
by shooting itself in the foot,0,negative
succumb to appearing in this junk that's tv sitcom material at best,0,negative
has something interesting to say,1,positive
in all its director's cut glory,1,positive
"it's neither as sappy as big daddy nor as anarchic as happy gilmore or the waterboy, but it has its moments.",1,positive
you love him,1,positive
"most opaque, self-indulgent",0,negative
it makes for one of the most purely enjoyable and satisfying evenings at the movies i 've had in a while.,1,positive
would gobble in dolby digital stereo,1,positive
amours,1,positive
a thriller without a lot of thrills,0,negative
a rip-roaring comedy action fest that 'll put hairs on your chest.,1,positive
disastrous,0,negative
"odd, inexplicable and unpleasant",0,negative
endearing about it,1,positive
lackluster,0,negative
poor fit,0,negative
rubber-face routine,0,negative
a vibrant whirlwind,1,positive
must be said that he is an imaginative filmmaker who can see the forest for the trees.,1,positive
fighting the same fights,0,negative
", it's also uninspired, lacking the real talent and wit to elevate it beyond its formula to the level of classic romantic comedy to which it aspires.",0,negative
is doa,0,negative
a consistent tone,1,positive
wonderfully edited,1,positive
some decent performances,1,positive
strong piece,1,positive
presiding over the end of cinema as we know it and,0,negative
be exasperated by a noticeable lack of pace,0,negative
seem deceptively slight,0,negative
"it's a long way from orwell's dark, intelligent warning cry ( 1984 ) to the empty stud knockabout of equilibrium",0,negative
to be more than another `` best man '' clone by weaving a theme throughout this funny film,1,positive
"jolly, fun-for-fun's - sake communal spirit goes to the essence of broadway",1,positive
interesting storyline,1,positive
"has all the trappings of an energetic, extreme-sports adventure, but ends up more of a creaky `` pretty woman '' retread, with the emphasis on self-empowering schmaltz and big-wave surfing that gives pic its title an afterthought",0,negative
one of our best actors,1,positive
"the movie's contrived, lame screenplay",0,negative
"it's meandering, low on energy, and too eager to be quirky at moments when a little old-fashioned storytelling would come in handy",0,negative
your face for two hours,0,negative
's never as solid,0,negative
after next,1,positive
dog-paddle in the mediocre end of the pool,0,negative
alienate the mainstream audience,0,negative
of the best silly horror movies,1,positive
take on a great writer and dubious human being,1,positive
leaves you scratching your head in amazement over the fact that so many talented people could participate in such an,0,negative
an utterly incompetent conclusion,0,negative
is hereby given fair warning.,0,negative
"jealousy, betrayal, forgiveness and murder",0,negative
"is proven that no amount of imagination, no creature, no fantasy story and no incredibly outlandish scenery",0,negative
someone going through the motions,0,negative
has some freakish powers of visual charm,1,positive
is one of the year's best films,1,positive
"is really, really stupid",0,negative
a filmmaker to let this morph into a typical romantic triangle,0,negative
an open wound,0,negative
a bit disjointed,0,negative
sinks further and further into comedy futility,0,negative
manages to string together enough charming moments to work,1,positive
rotten in almost every single facet of production that you 'll want to crawl up your own *** in embarrassment.,0,negative
acknowledges and celebrates,1,positive
are so generic,0,negative
this long and relentlessly saccharine film is a clear case of preaching to the converted.,0,negative
"rather dull, unimaginative car chase",0,negative
"about a wild-and-woolly, wall-to-wall good time",1,positive
lulls you into a gentle waking coma,0,negative
rewarded by a script that assumes you are n't very bright,0,negative
's hard to stop watching,1,positive
uses a magnificent landscape to create a feature film that is wickedly fun to watch,1,positive
"there is nothing outstanding about this film, but it is good enough and will likely be appreciated most by sailors and folks who know their way around a submarine.",1,positive
of a man with unimaginable demons,1,positive
completely serviceable and quickly forgettable,0,negative
overly long,0,negative
"a pretty decent kid-pleasing, tolerable-to-adults lark of a movie",1,positive
"a pleasant and engaging enough sit,",1,positive
"is advised to take the warning literally, and log on to something more user-friendly.",0,negative
is n't tough to take as long as you 've paid a matinee price,0,negative
confined,0,negative
"watch witherspoon's talents wasting away inside unnecessary films like legally blonde and sweet home abomination, i mean,",0,negative
labored,0,negative
's stylishly directed with verve,1,positive
a compelling story,1,positive
such a graphic treatment of the crimes,1,positive
a laundry list of minor shortcomings,0,negative
's horribly depressing and not very well done,0,negative
has n't escaped the rut dug by the last one,0,negative
attempts to mine laughs from a genre -- the gangster/crime comedy -- that wore out its welcome with audiences several years ago,0,negative
's mildly interesting to ponder the peculiar american style of justice that plays out here,1,positive
to create something original,1,positive
"in an era where big stars and high production values are standard procedure, narc strikes a defiantly retro chord, and outpaces its contemporaries with daring and verve.",1,positive
a superior crime movie,1,positive
drowned me,0,negative
it's so lackluster,0,negative
four-star movie,1,positive
staggered from the theater and blacked out in the lobby,0,negative
"this latest installment of the horror film franchise that is apparently as invulnerable as its trademark villain has arrived for an incongruous summer playoff, demonstrating yet again that the era of the intelligent, well-made b movie is long gone.",0,negative
full well,1,positive
", the film is a good one",1,positive
"pale xerox of other, better crime movies",0,negative
very best pictures,1,positive
rather unique,1,positive
the road,1,positive
so horrendously confusing,0,negative
in praise of love ' is the director's epitaph for himself,1,positive
sillier,0,negative
"of empty, fetishistic violence in which murder is casual and fun",0,negative
this is so bad.,0,negative
", interview with the assassin draws its considerable power from simplicity.",1,positive
it's possible that something hip and transgressive was being attempted here that stubbornly refused to gel,0,negative
"quite a bit of heart, as you would expect from the directors of the little mermaid and aladdin",1,positive
seriously bad,0,negative
"have finally aged past his prime ... and,",0,negative
two-day old porridge,0,negative
talents,1,positive
gorgeously elaborate continuation,1,positive
"could have been crisper and punchier, but it's likely to please audiences who like movies that demand four hankies.",1,positive
the belly laughs of lowbrow comedy,1,positive
the kind of entertainment that parents love to have their kids see.,1,positive
the film should instead be called ` my husband is travis bickle ',0,negative
dropped me back in my seat with more emotional force than any other recent film,1,positive
"the movie's something-borrowed construction feels less the product of loving, well integrated homage and more like a mere excuse for the wan, thinly sketched story.",0,negative
made spy kids a surprising winner with both adults and younger audiences,1,positive
"a dashing and resourceful hero ; a lisping, reptilian villain ; big fights ; big hair ; lavish period scenery ; and a story",1,positive
stay away.,0,negative
"faced with the possibility that her life is meaningless, vapid and devoid of substance, in a movie that is definitely meaningless, vapid and devoid of substance.",0,negative
imitation movie,0,negative
come off too amateurish and awkward,0,negative
has a strong dramatic and emotional pull that gradually sneaks up on the audience,1,positive
a filmmaking methodology that's just experimental enough to alienate the mainstream audience while ringing cliched to hardened indie-heads,0,negative
"uses a sensational, real-life 19th-century crime as a metaphor",1,positive
a wonderful tale of love and destiny,1,positive
what's even more remarkable,1,positive
will not be for much longer,0,negative
"by getting myself wrapped up in the visuals and eccentricities of many of the characters, i found myself confused when it came time to get to the heart of the movie.",0,negative
a marvel of production design,1,positive
"a solid, unassuming drama",1,positive
power to help people endure almost unimaginable horror,1,positive
"one of recent memory's most thoughtful films about art, ethics, and the cost of moral compromise.",1,positive
cinematography and exhilarating point-of-view shots and,1,positive
becomes a bit of a mishmash : a tearjerker that does n't and a thriller that wo n't.,0,negative
finds itself in reduced circumstances,0,negative
family fun,1,positive
"character portrait, romantic comedy",1,positive
"flashy gadgets and whirling fight sequences may look cool, but they ca n't distract from the flawed support structure holding equilibrium up.",0,negative
the incredibly flexible cast,1,positive
pill to swallow,0,negative
", a dark little morality tale disguised as a romantic comedy.",1,positive
"is not show-stoppingly hilarious, but scathingly witty",1,positive
like an extended dialogue exercise in retard 101,0,negative
their heroic capacity for good,1,positive
"ratliff's two previous titles, plutonium circus and purgatory county show his penchant for wry, contentious configurations, and this film is part of that delicate canon",1,positive
does not make for much of a movie,0,negative
"davis ' candid, archly funny and deeply authentic take",1,positive
for a great film noir,1,positive
the amazing film work is so convincing that by movies ' end you 'll swear you are wet in some places and feel sand creeping in others.,1,positive
"you see the movie and you think, zzzzzzzzz.",0,negative
's not a single jump-in-your-seat moment,0,negative
lush,1,positive
the forced funniness found in the dullest kiddie flicks,0,negative
a comedic moment,1,positive
travels a fascinating arc from hope and euphoria to reality and disillusionment.,1,positive
is an enjoyable big movie,1,positive
moved to the edge of their seats by the dynamic first act,1,positive
fumbles away almost all of its accumulated enjoyment with a crucial third act miscalculation,0,negative
be patient with the lovely hush!,1,positive
the lazy material and the finished product's unshapely look,0,negative
makes absolutely no sense,0,negative
"for a film about explosions and death and spies, `` ballistic : ecks vs. sever '' seems as safe as a children's film.",0,negative
it also shows how deeply felt emotions can draw people together across the walls that might otherwise separate them.,1,positive
often exquisite,1,positive
make fun of me for liking showgirls,0,negative
"realism, crisp storytelling",1,positive
takes a fresh and absorbing look at a figure whose legacy had begun to bronze,1,positive
with revulsion,0,negative
"is like reading a research paper, with special effects tossed in",0,negative
"an unsettling sight,",0,negative
the natural affability that has made tucker a star,1,positive
... what a banal bore the preachy circuit turns out to be,0,negative
ascends to a kinetic life so teeming that even cranky adults may rediscover the quivering kid inside.,1,positive
a screenplay more ingeniously constructed than `` memento '',1,positive
"the more you think about the movie, the more you will probably like it.",1,positive
makes up for in heart,1,positive
complaints i might have,0,negative
"has the grace to call for prevention rather than to place blame, making it one of the best war movies ever made",1,positive
is impressive for the sights and sounds of the wondrous beats,1,positive
to be the movie's most admirable quality,1,positive
"intensely romantic,",1,positive
santa clause 2 ' is wondrously creative.,1,positive
utter mush ... conceited pap.,0,negative
"some very good acting, dialogue",1,positive
is omitted nor a cliché left unsaid,0,negative
with more emotional force than any other recent film,1,positive
"my big fat greek wedding is not only the best date movie of the year, it's also a -- dare i say it twice -- delightfully charming -- and totally american, i might add -- slice of comedic bliss.",1,positive
writer-director danny verete's three tales comprise a powerful and reasonably fulfilling gestalt.,1,positive
"... the efforts of its star, kline, to lend some dignity to a dumb story are for naught.",0,negative
the audience award for documentaries at the sundance film festival,1,positive
even by the intentionally low standards of frat-boy humor,0,negative
"( shyamalan ) continues to cut a swathe through mainstream hollywood, while retaining an integrity and refusing to compromise his vision.",1,positive
good fight,1,positive
"right, from its promenade of barely clad bodies in myrtle beach, s.c., to the adrenaline jolt of a sudden lunch rush at the diner",1,positive
"an ambitious movie that, like shiner's organizing of the big fight, pulls off enough",1,positive
found his groove these days,1,positive
"nonchalantly freaky and uncommonly pleasurable, warm water may well be the year's best and most unpredictable comedy.",1,positive
"messy and frustrating, but very pleasing at its best moments",1,positive
winning and wildly fascinating work,1,positive
of clichés and a dim,0,negative
"spectators will indeed sit open-mouthed before the screen, not screaming but yawning.",0,negative
"a spoof comedy that carries its share of laughs -- sometimes a chuckle, sometimes a guffaw and, to my great pleasure, the occasional belly laugh.",1,positive
increasingly incoherent,0,negative
", despite the mild hallucinogenic buzz, is of overwhelming waste",0,negative
"beautifully to filming the teeming life on the reefs, making this gorgeous film a must for everyone from junior scientists to grown-up fish lovers",1,positive
"its plot and animation offer daytime tv serviceability, but little more.",0,negative
the inherent limitations of using a video game as the source material movie,0,negative
those words,1,positive
tasteless and,0,negative
earn our love,1,positive
"unlike most animaton from japan, the characters move with grace and panache",1,positive
"solid, spooky",1,positive
farce and blood-curdling family intensity,1,positive
just a string of stale gags,0,negative
had gone a tad less for grit and a lot more for intelligibility,0,negative
for reverence and a little wit,1,positive
"'s a spontaneity to the chateau, a sense of light-heartedness, that makes it attractive throughout.",1,positive
into how long is this movie?,0,negative
seemingly irreconcilable,0,negative
is silly but strangely believable,1,positive
with actors you 're most likely to find on the next inevitable incarnation of the love boat,0,negative
a thought-provoking and often-funny drama,1,positive
tasty morsels,1,positive
it has a genuine dramatic impact,1,positive
visually and thematically,1,positive
lacks a strong narrative,0,negative
of the startling intimacy,1,positive
uphill or something,1,positive
resolutely downbeat,0,negative
surprisingly insightful,1,positive
emotionally desiccated,0,negative
spirit,1,positive
own style,1,positive
finds warmth in the coldest environment and,1,positive
", no such thing is a fascinating little tale.",1,positive
debut effort by `` project greenlight '' winner is sappy and amateurish.,0,negative
a stock plot,0,negative
trying to create something original,1,positive
the working class to life,1,positive
"not only are the film's sopranos gags incredibly dated and unfunny, they also demonstrate how desperate the makers of this ` we 're - doing-it-for - the-cash ' sequel were.",0,negative
"is like a beautiful food entrée that is n't heated properly, so that it ends up a bit cold and relatively flavorless.",0,negative
"a few hours after you 've seen it, you forget you 've been to the movies.",0,negative
( depending upon where you live ),1,positive
"is so resolutely cobbled together out of older movies that it even uses a totally unnecessary prologue, just because it seems obligatory",0,negative
inoffensive,0,negative
"pure, exciting moviemaking",1,positive
singing and finger,1,positive
she had to sit through it again,0,negative
"the story suffers a severe case of oversimplification, superficiality and silliness.",0,negative
"compassion, sacrifice,",1,positive
"miyazaki's nonstop images are so stunning, and his imagination so vivid, that the only possible complaint you could have about spirited away is that there is no rest period, no timeout",1,positive
are sometimes inexpressive,0,negative
weighs down the tale with bogus profundities,0,negative
"surprising highs,",1,positive
exquisitely,1,positive
empty stud knockabout,0,negative
just do n't really care too much about this love story.,0,negative
academic,1,positive
irritates and saddens,0,negative
as artificial and soulless,0,negative
"funny, ultimately heartbreaking",1,positive
it's simply unbearable,0,negative
"lends itself beautifully to filming the teeming life on the reefs, making this gorgeous film a must for everyone from junior scientists to grown-up fish lovers",1,positive
is out of his league,0,negative
"the dreary expanse of dead-end distaste the characters inhabit into a poem of art, music and metaphor",0,negative
"sex ironically has little to do with the story, which becomes something about how lame it is to try and evade your responsibilities and that you should never, ever, leave a large dog alone with a toddler.",0,negative
"is funny and pithy, while illuminating an era of theatrical comedy that, while past,",1,positive
"as well-written as sexy beast, not as gloriously flippant as lock, stock and two smoking barrels, but stylish and moody and exceptionally well-acted.",1,positive
satisfying conclusions,1,positive
are rich veins of funny stuff in this movie,1,positive
home movie '' is a sweet treasure and something well worth your time.,1,positive
"hypnotically dull,",0,negative
straightforward and,1,positive
splendid-looking as this particular film,1,positive
to squeeze a few laughs out of the material,0,negative
"pokes, provokes, takes expressionistic license and hits a nerve",1,positive
of the previous two,1,positive
cutesy reliance,0,negative
"the power of the huston performance, which seems so larger than life and yet so fragile",1,positive
see this piece of crap,0,negative
this is an insultingly inept and artificial examination of grief and its impacts upon the relationships of the survivors.,0,negative
"of the better video-game-based flicks,",1,positive
onto the end credits,1,positive
unemployment,0,negative
a kind of ghandi gone bad,0,negative
the execution is pretty weary,0,negative
sit in neutral,0,negative
"all about a wild-and-woolly, wall-to-wall good time",1,positive
"show more of the dilemma, rather than have his characters stage shouting",0,negative
"tense, terrific, sweaty-palmed fun",1,positive
the crassness,0,negative
exciting documentary,1,positive
is actually funny with the material,1,positive
characters that bring the routine day to day struggles of the working class to life,1,positive
"a depraved, incoherent, instantly disposable piece of hackery.",0,negative
complex than its sunny disposition,1,positive
little more than routine,0,negative
excites the imagination and tickles the funny bone,1,positive
an uneasy marriage of louis begley's source novel ( about schmidt ),0,negative
frailty '' starts out like a typical bible killer story,0,negative
amateurish,0,negative
disgusting.,0,negative
car to drive through,1,positive
utterly convincing -- and deeply appealing --,1,positive
the director's experiment is a successful one.,1,positive
it's not particularly well made,0,negative
you 'll be as bored watching morvern callar as the characters are in it,0,negative
sustain interest to the end,1,positive
"perfectly acceptable, occasionally very enjoyable children's",1,positive
praise,1,positive
are too immature and unappealing to care about.,0,negative
pleasant tale,1,positive
"notable largely for its overwhelming creepiness, for an eagerness",1,positive
unmotivated,0,negative
thought the relationships were wonderful,1,positive
while i ca n't say it's on par with the first one,0,negative
"dreary, humorless soap opera",0,negative
sincere acting,1,positive
too long and bogs down in a surfeit of characters and unnecessary,0,negative
"is a mormon family movie, and a sappy, preachy one at that",0,negative
"are very, very good reasons for certain movies",1,positive
time out,0,negative
its magic,1,positive
"this interminable, shapeless documentary about the swinging subculture",0,negative
an appealing couple -- he's understated and sardonic,1,positive
with an elegance and maturity,1,positive
never capitalizes on this concept and opts for the breezy and amateurish feel of an after school special on the subject of tolerance.,0,negative
"enhancing the cultural and economic subtext, bringing richer meaning to the story's morals",1,positive
amiable but unfocused,0,negative
may offend viewers not amused by the sick sense of humor.,0,negative
the movie is so clumsily sentimental and ineptly directed it may leave you speaking in tongues.,0,negative
put a human face on the travail of thousands of vietnamese,1,positive
"deep, uncompromising",1,positive
"shows holmes has the screen presence to become a major-league leading lady, ( but ) the movie itself is an underachiever, a psychological mystery that takes its sweet time building to a climax that's scarcely a surprise by the time it arrives",1,positive
're desperate for the evening to end.,0,negative
be invented to describe exactly how bad it is,0,negative
"submerged here,",1,positive
proficiency,1,positive
"a sharp, amusing study",1,positive
by the movie's sophomoric blend of shenanigans and slapstick,0,negative
has bitten off more than he or anyone else could chew,0,negative
an inexpressible and drab wannabe,0,negative
yet engrossing piece,1,positive
this method almost never fails him,1,positive
admirable,1,positive
"its audience -- in a heartwarming, nonjudgmental kind of way --",1,positive
every conceivable mistake,0,negative
honestly,1,positive
the mill sci-fi film with a flimsy ending,0,negative
"seeing things from new sides, plunging deeper,",1,positive
of the most slyly exquisite anti-adult movies,1,positive
laugh,1,positive
no explanation,0,negative
is put in an impossible spot because his character's deceptions ultimately undo him and the believability of the entire scenario.,0,negative
rowdy slapstick,1,positive
went over my head or -- considering just how low brow it is,0,negative
"denis ' ) story becomes a hopeless, unsatisfying muddle",0,negative
certainly ca n't recommend it,0,negative
instead of simply handling conventional material in a conventional way,1,positive
simply,1,positive
fred schepisi's tale of four englishmen facing the prospect of their own mortality views youthful affluence not as a lost ideal but a starting point.,1,positive
"gets sillier, not scarier, as it goes along",0,negative
be profane,0,negative
"mysterious, sensual, emotionally intense",1,positive
", discerning taste",1,positive
humor and technological finish,1,positive
"originality ai n't on the menu, but there's never a dull moment in the giant spider invasion comic chiller.",1,positive
grant is n't cary and bullock is n't katherine,0,negative
middle east,0,negative
lush and beautifully photographed ( somebody suggested the stills might make a nice coffee table book ),1,positive
", the director uses the last act to reel in the audience since its poignancy hooks us completely.",1,positive
a stunning new young talent,1,positive
"funny,",1,positive
an excruciating film,0,negative
herzog simply runs out of ideas and,0,negative
had a sense of humor,1,positive
"in the end, the weight of water comes to resemble the kind of soft-core twaddle you 'd expect to see on showtime's ` red shoe diaries.'",0,negative
possibly the most irresponsible picture ever released by a major film studio.,0,negative
broad racial insensitivity,0,negative
"movies, television and the theater",1,positive
"as i usually am to feel-good, follow-your-dream hollywood fantasies",1,positive
is both a snore and utter tripe.,0,negative
chilling advantage,1,positive
is n't embarrassed to make you reach for the tissues,1,positive
"its hawaiian setting, the science-fiction trimmings and",1,positive
bring something new into the mix,1,positive
rank frustration from those,0,negative
the characters make italian for beginners worth the journey,1,positive
"all comedy is subversive,",1,positive
"it's a lot to ask people to sit still for two hours and change watching such a character, especially when rendered in as flat and impassive a manner as phoenix's.",0,negative
lots of hollywood fluff,0,negative
that it has none of the pushiness and decibel volume of most contemporary comedies,1,positive
lacks balance ... and fails to put the struggle into meaningful historical context.,0,negative
"the acting is amateurish, the cinematography is atrocious",0,negative
little action,0,negative
there is enough originality in ` life ' to distance it from the pack of paint-by-number romantic comedies that so often end up on cinema screens.,1,positive
supermarket tabloids,0,negative
the opulent lushness,1,positive
"star trek was kind of terrific once,",1,positive
"it's leaden and predictable,",0,negative
"crush each other under cars, throw each other out windows, electrocute and dismember their victims in full consciousness.",0,negative
bo derek made the ridiculous bolero,0,negative
make the formula feel fresh,1,positive
the good girl is a film in which the talent is undeniable but the results are underwhelming.,0,negative
"great to look at, and funny",1,positive
the mind to enter and accept another world,1,positive
what a stiflingly unfunny and unoriginal mess this is!,0,negative
visual clarity and deeply,1,positive
if you have nothing better to do with 94 minutes,0,negative
sinks into by-the-numbers territory,0,negative
lax,0,negative
", its through-line of family and community is heartening in the same way that each season marks a new start.",1,positive
nights feels more like a quickie tv special than a feature film,0,negative
entirely irony-free zone,1,positive
"thoughtful, subjective filmmaking",1,positive
"mention mysterious, sensual, emotionally intense, and replete with virtuoso throat-singing",1,positive
of ridiculousness,0,negative
"this is rote spookiness, with nary an original idea ( or role, or edit, or score, or anything, really ) in sight",0,negative
"be compelling, amusing and unsettling at the same time",1,positive
"a gently funny, sweetly adventurous film",1,positive
talented enough and charismatic enough to make us care about zelda's ultimate fate,1,positive
"a sane regimen of eating, sleeping and stress-reducing contemplation",1,positive
are likely to be as heartily sick of mayhem as cage's war-weary marine,0,negative
even kids deserve better.,0,negative
"i 've yet to find an actual vietnam war combat movie actually produced by either the north or south vietnamese, but at least now we 've got something pretty damn close",1,positive
unbelievably stupid,0,negative
really solid,1,positive
the large-format film is well suited to capture these musicians in full regalia and the incredible imax sound system lets you feel the beat down to your toes.,1,positive
there's an excellent 90-minute film here,1,positive
the worst possibilities,0,negative
are sexy,1,positive
"creates a stunning, taxi driver-esque portrayal of a man teetering on the edge of sanity",1,positive
cast is painful to watch,0,negative
"has none of the crackle of `` fatal attraction '', `` 9 1/2 weeks '', or even `` indecent proposal '',",0,negative
to comparing the evil dead with evil dead ii,0,negative
", the last kiss is really all about performances.",1,positive
through a prism,0,negative
ambiguities that make it well worth watching,1,positive
because relatively nothing happens,0,negative
transcendence,1,positive
's self-defeatingly decorous,0,negative
"( the film ) works, due mostly to the tongue-in-cheek attitude of the screenplay.",1,positive
pow,1,positive
"a smart, sassy and exceptionally charming romantic comedy.",1,positive
vibrant,1,positive
find much fascination in the swinging,1,positive
like a soft drink that's been sitting open too long : it's too much syrup and not enough fizz,0,negative
"sweetness, clarity and emotional",1,positive
like the guys,1,positive
unique and inherent,1,positive
"there's no conversion effort, much of the writing is genuinely witty and",1,positive
"again, in a better movie, you might not have noticed.",0,negative
fiercely clever and subtle,1,positive
compelling enough,1,positive
jaded,0,negative
the sorriest,0,negative
the lazy material,0,negative
flashy,1,positive
more than satisfactory,1,positive
belongs in the very top rank of french filmmakers,1,positive
messy and frustrating,0,negative
makes it look like a masterpiece,1,positive
do what he does best,1,positive
as three of the most multilayered and sympathetic female characters of the year,1,positive
rice never clearly defines his characters or gives us a reason to care about them.,0,negative
"a shame that stealing harvard is too busy getting in its own way to be anything but frustrating, boring, and forgettable.",0,negative
sparkles with the the wisdom and humor of its subjects.,1,positive
rapidly develops into a gut-wrenching examination of the way cultural differences and emotional expectations collide.,1,positive
the story is too steeped in fairy tales and other childish things to appeal much to teenagers,0,negative
finds its moviegoing pleasures in the tiny events that could make a person who has lived her life half-asleep suddenly wake up and take notice.,1,positive
attack,0,negative
"a sexy, surprising romance",1,positive
's contrived and predictable,0,negative
"is, truly and thankfully, a one-of-a-kind work",0,negative
"the striking, quietly vulnerable personality of ms. ambrose",1,positive
the parents -- and particularly the fateful fathers --,1,positive
you 'll leave the theater wondering why these people mattered,0,negative
"gross-out flicks, college flicks, or even flicks in general",0,negative
has the right stuff for silly summer entertainment and has enough laughs to sustain interest to the end.,1,positive
"predictable and cloying, though brown sugar is so earnest in its yearning for the days before rap went nihilistic that it summons more spirit and bite than your average formulaic romantic quadrangle.",1,positive
overworked,0,negative
a fresh point of view,1,positive
you might want to check it out,1,positive
"each of these stories has the potential for touched by an angel simplicity and sappiness, but thirteen conversations about one thing, for all its generosity and optimism, never resorts to easy feel-good sentiments.",1,positive
fails to provide much more insight than the inside column of a torn book jacket.,0,negative
a compelling yarn,1,positive
"no amount of imagination, no creature",0,negative
"a muddled limp biscuit of a movie, a vampire soap opera that does n't make much sense even on its own terms.",0,negative
of bland hollywood romance,0,negative
the holocaust escape story,1,positive
"... a sweetly affecting story about four sisters who are coping, in one way or another, with life's endgame.",1,positive
"a 94-minute travesty of unparalleled proportions, writer-director parker seems to go out of his way to turn the legendary wit's classic mistaken identity farce into brutally labored and unfunny hokum.",0,negative
", then becomes bring it on, then becomes unwatchable",0,negative
some real vitality and even,1,positive
"have been picked not for their acting chops, but for their looks",0,negative
ponder the peculiar american style of justice that plays out here,1,positive
my mind,1,positive
"that hitchens ' obsession with kissinger is, at bottom, a sophisticated flower child's desire to purge the world of the tooth and claw of human power",1,positive
i realized the harsh reality of my situation,0,negative
"make the film more silly than scary,",0,negative
smoochy,1,positive
best short,1,positive
more fun watching a documentary,0,negative
sharp,1,positive
"alternating between facetious comic parody and pulp melodrama, this smart-aleck movie ... tosses around some intriguing questions about the difference between human and android life",1,positive
"if religious films are n't your bailiwick, stay away.",0,negative
"a real winner -- smart, funny, subtle, and resonant",1,positive
overtly silly,0,negative
the finest films,1,positive
"conceptually brilliant ... plays like a living-room war of the worlds, gaining most of its unsettling force from the suggested and the unknown.",1,positive
"by the end of the flick, you 're on the edge of your seat",1,positive
vicious and,0,negative
few nonbelievers,1,positive
"a lovely film ... elegant, witty and beneath a prim exterior unabashedly romantic ... hugely enjoyable in its own right though not really faithful to its source's complexity",1,positive
high points to keep this from being a complete waste of time,0,negative
"silly, stupid and pointless",0,negative
um ... is n't that the basis for the entire plot?,0,negative
the mothman prophecies is best when illustrating the demons bedevilling the modern masculine journey.,1,positive
the thrill,1,positive
scoring high,1,positive
"anyone who welcomes a dash of the avant-garde fused with their humor should take pleasure in this crazed, joyous romp of a film.",1,positive
realized through clever makeup design,1,positive
"films had the ability to mesmerize, astonish and entertain",1,positive
"bland, obnoxious 88-minute",0,negative
"as if trying to grab a lump of play-doh, the harder that liman tries to squeeze his story",0,negative
attempts and often achieves a level of connection and concern,1,positive
"arrived for an incongruous summer playoff, demonstrating yet again that the era of the intelligent, well-made b movie is long gone",0,negative
exposes the limitations of his skill and the basic flaws in his vision,0,negative
"this film, like the similarly ill-timed antitrust,",0,negative
i laughed at,1,positive
a generic family comedy unlikely to be appreciated by anyone outside the under-10 set.,0,negative
a legendary professor,1,positive
a bland animated sequel,0,negative
flatly,0,negative
"for those who pride themselves on sophisticated, discerning taste, this might not seem like the proper cup of tea, however it is almost guaranteed that even the stuffiest cinema goers will laugh their *** off for an hour-and-a-half.",1,positive
( than leon ),1,positive
90-minute postmodern voyage,1,positive
timeless and unique perspective,1,positive
is disappointingly generic,0,negative
beauty,1,positive
express warmth and longing,1,positive
love and bloodletting,1,positive
"girls ca n't swim represents an engaging and intimate first feature by a talented director to watch, and it's a worthy entry in the french coming-of-age genre",1,positive
a worthwhile addition,1,positive
it just does n't have anything really interesting to say.,0,negative
with the weak payoff,0,negative
a soul and,1,positive
for beginners,0,negative
forgiven for realizing that you 've spent the past 20 minutes looking at your watch and waiting for frida to just die already,0,negative
dashing and absorbing,1,positive
that quickly wears out its limited welcome,0,negative
that the german film industry can not make a delightful comedy centering on food,0,negative
badly edited,0,negative
she is a lioness,1,positive
get your money back,0,negative
with a sure and measured hand,1,positive
this new zealand coming-of-age movie is n't really about anything.,0,negative
the flawed support structure holding equilibrium up,0,negative
"looks to be going through the motions, beginning with the pale script",0,negative
bewilderingly brilliant,1,positive
so downbeat,0,negative
"this is a smart movie that knows its classical music, knows its freud and knows its sade.",1,positive
", mr. murray, a prolific director of music videos, stuffs his debut with more plot than it can comfortably hold.",0,negative
lacks juice and delight,0,negative
"what the movie lacks in action it more than makes up for in drama, suspense, revenge, and romance.",1,positive
disconcertingly slack,0,negative
joyous occasion,1,positive
monster truck-loving good ol' boys and peroxide blond honeys whose worldly knowledge comes from tv reruns and supermarket tabloids,0,negative
a successful adaptation and an enjoyable film in its own right,1,positive
's not original enough,0,negative
that likely,1,positive
action man cliché,0,negative
"is great fun, full of the kind of energy it's documenting.",1,positive
"sounds, but strikes a tone that's alternately melancholic, hopeful and strangely funny",1,positive
"'s a film that's destined to win a wide summer audience through word-of-mouth reviews and, not far down the line, to find a place among the studio's animated classics",1,positive
sure to win viewers ' hearts,1,positive
adaptation is intricately constructed and in a strange way nails all of orlean's themes without being a true adaptation of her book,1,positive
"never coughed, fidgeted or romped up and down the aisles for bathroom breaks",1,positive
an elegant and sly deadpan comedy.,1,positive
every once in a while a film,1,positive
is so poorly paced you could fit all of pootie tang in between its punchlines.,0,negative
music and life,1,positive
is predictable at every turn.,0,negative
"if the enticing prospect of a lot of nubile young actors in a film about campus depravity did n't fade amid the deliberate, tiresome ugliness",0,negative
"takes a walking-dead, cop-flick subgenre and beats new life into it",1,positive
"a 75-minute sample of puerile rubbish that is listless, witless, and devoid of anything resembling humor.",0,negative
before it collapses into exactly the kind of buddy cop comedy,0,negative
every nanosecond of the the new guy reminds you that you could be doing something else far more pleasurable.,0,negative
kitchen-sink homage,0,negative
"it's mildly interesting to ponder the peculiar american style of justice that plays out here, but",1,positive
"like they were lifted from terry gilliam's subconscious, pressed through kafka's meat grinder and into buñuel's casings",1,positive
"for all of its insights into the dream world of teen life, and its electronic expression through cyber culture, the film gives no quarter to anyone seeking to pull a cohesive story out of its 2 1/2 - hour running time.",0,negative
"life, hand gestures, and",0,negative
captures the combustible mixture of a chafing inner loneliness and desperate grandiosity that tend to characterize puberty,1,positive
lucky break is ( cattaneo ) sophomore slump.,0,negative
"suitably kooky which should appeal to women and they strip down often enough to keep men alert, if not amused",1,positive
of american pie hijinks,0,negative
as decent drama/action flick,1,positive
the film would be a total washout.,0,negative
"combines improbable melodrama ( gored bullfighters, comatose ballerinas ) with subtly kinky bedside vigils and sensational denouements, and yet at the end",0,negative
best actress,1,positive
expected,0,negative
"as a movie for teens to laugh, groan and hiss at",1,positive
a gangster movie with the capacity to surprise,1,positive
will still come away with a sense of his reserved but existential poignancy.,1,positive
beautifully crafted and cooly unsettling ...,1,positive
grown-up voice,1,positive
bad filmmaking,0,negative
"a pleasant enough romance with intellectual underpinnings, the kind of movie that entertains even as it turns maddeningly predictable.",1,positive
leaves scant place for the viewer,0,negative
emotionally and narratively complex filmmaking,1,positive
so uninspiring,0,negative
"is funny, scary and sad.",1,positive
", meandering, loud, painful, obnoxious",0,negative
", mouthpieces, visual motifs, blanks.",0,negative
"leers,",0,negative
"there are flaws, but also stretches of impact and moments of awe ; we 're wrapped up in the characters, how they make their choices, and why.",1,positive
so devoid of pleasure or sensuality that it can not even be dubbed hedonistic.,0,negative
good for the goose,1,positive
sports aficionados,1,positive
juxtapositions,1,positive
a well-deserved reputation as one of the cinema world's great visual stylists,1,positive
"berry's saucy, full-bodied performance gives this aging series a much needed kick, making `` die another day '' one of the most entertaining bonds in years",1,positive
every single scene,1,positive
undoubtedly,1,positive
seem like mere splashing around in the muck,0,negative
is a deeply unpleasant experience.,0,negative
surprisingly refreshing,1,positive
surprisingly engrossing,1,positive
"perhaps it's cliche to call the film ` refreshing, ' but it is.",1,positive
"filmed the opera exactly as the libretto directs, ideally capturing the opera's drama and lyricism",1,positive
", and funny",1,positive
no-nonsense authority,1,positive
pulls back from the consequences of its own actions and revelations,0,negative
turn out to be a bit of a cheat in the end,0,negative
's brilliant `,1,positive
by the sick sense of humor,0,negative
to whet one's appetite for the bollywood films,1,positive
"despite its rough edges and a tendency to sag in certain places, is wry and engrossing.",1,positive
the triumph of his band,1,positive
"present an unflinching look at one man's downfall, brought about by his lack of self-awareness",1,positive
cruel,0,negative
tackling serious themes,1,positive
is often preachy and,0,negative
1993 classic,1,positive
will not be able to stomach so much tongue-in-cheek weirdness,0,negative
neither dramatic nor comic,0,negative
the movie does leave you marveling at these guys ' superhuman capacity to withstand pain,1,positive
genuinely good,1,positive
"its own breezy, distracted rhythms",1,positive
in addition to sporting one of the worst titles in recent cinematic history,0,negative
the very best of them,1,positive
the positives,1,positive
`` the best disney movie,1,positive
cheap junk,0,negative
it seems to me the film is about the art of ripping people off without ever letting them consciously know you have done so,0,negative
sentimentalized,0,negative
'd probably turn it off,0,negative
loosely connected characters,0,negative
classical,1,positive
"looks to be going through the motions, beginning with the pale script.",0,negative
"dumb, narratively chaotic",0,negative
tormented by his heritage,0,negative
puts the ` ick ' in ` classic.,0,negative
"anemic,",0,negative
the concept behind kung pow : enter the fist is hilarious.,1,positive
"has a way of seeping into your consciousness,",1,positive
operatic,1,positive
get more re-creations of all those famous moments,1,positive
"there are laughs aplenty, and, as a bonus, viewers do n't have to worry about being subjected to farts, urine, feces, semen, or any of the other foul substances that have overrun modern-day comedies.",1,positive
sweet,1,positive
can not overcome the sense that pumpkin is a mere plot pawn for two directors with far less endearing disabilities,0,negative
"the journey is worth your time, especially if you have ellen pompeo sitting next to you for the ride.",1,positive
because the consciously dumbed-down approach wears thin,0,negative
been a good film in `` trouble every day,1,positive
amiable and committed,1,positive
"even bigger and more ambitious than the first installment, spy kids 2 looks as if it were made by a highly gifted 12-year-old instead of a grown man.",0,negative
silly-looking,0,negative
even-toned direction,1,positive
squeeze a few laughs,1,positive
"bluer than the atlantic and more biologically detailed than an autopsy, the movie ... is, also, frequently hilarious.",1,positive
", absurd,",0,negative
timid,0,negative
the characters are interesting and often very creatively constructed from figure to backstory.,1,positive
about movie love,1,positive
"a whole lot of fun and funny in the middle, though somewhat less hard-hitting",1,positive
high-strung but flaccid drama,0,negative
"there may have been a good film in `` trouble every day, ''",0,negative
the recent argentine film son of the bride reminded us that a feel-good movie can still show real heart,1,positive
tickled,1,positive
its fusty squareness,0,negative
of a thousand cliches,0,negative
"there are also some startling, surrealistic moments",1,positive
"tries to rush through the intermediary passages, apparently hoping that the audience will not notice the glaring triteness of the plot device",0,negative
flopping,0,negative
he's been in years,0,negative
"trouble every day is a success in some sense, but it's hard to like a film so cold and dead",0,negative
"the most creative, energetic and original comedies to hit the screen in years",1,positive
a sensitive and astute,1,positive
oscar-winning master,1,positive
the extreme generation ',1,positive
character-driven storytelling,1,positive
"somber, absurd, and",0,negative
"by the end of it all i sort of loved the people onscreen, even though i could not stand them.",1,positive
peculiar malaise,0,negative
"does n't take a rocket scientist to figure out that this is a mormon family movie, and a sappy, preachy one at that",0,negative
"wild, endearing, masterful documentary",1,positive
"mr. goyer's loose, unaccountable direction",0,negative
heralds something special,1,positive
"race and culture forcefully told, with superb performances throughout",1,positive
"thought-provoking and stylish, if also somewhat hermetic.",1,positive
"the movie ends with outtakes in which most of the characters forget their lines and just utter ` uhhh, ' which is better than most of the writing in the movie.",0,negative
the writing and direction to the soggy performances,0,negative
is just another unoriginal run of the mill sci-fi film with a flimsy ending and lots of hype,0,negative
a plot cobbled together from largely flat and uncreative moments,0,negative
about schmidt belongs to nicholson.,1,positive
until things fall apart,0,negative
the simpering soundtrack and editing,0,negative
to much more than trite observations on the human condition,0,negative
wonder.,1,positive
compromise is the death of self ... this orgasm ( wo n't be an ) exceedingly memorable one for most people,0,negative
fused with solid performances and eerie atmosphere.,1,positive
this ludicrous film,0,negative
distinctly sub-par ... more likely to drown a viewer in boredom than to send any shivers down his spine,0,negative
too much exploitation and,0,negative
absurdities,0,negative
aggravating and tedious.,0,negative
an average b-movie with no aspirations to be anything more.,0,negative
topics that could make a sailor blush - but lots of laughs.,1,positive
adventurous young talent,1,positive
lurks just below the proceedings and adds an almost constant mindset of suspense,1,positive
definitive,1,positive
wears,0,negative
they 'll be treated to an impressive and highly entertaining celebration of its sounds.,1,positive
"'s a persistent theatrical sentiment and a woozy quality to the manner of the storytelling, which undercuts the devastatingly telling impact of utter loss personified in the film's simple title",0,negative
"the real star of this movie is the score, as in the songs translate well to film, and it's really well directed",1,positive
", intellectually and logistically a mess.",0,negative
"as the libretto directs, ideally capturing the opera's drama and lyricism",1,positive
you believe that the shocking conclusion is too much of a plunge,0,negative
with an artistry that also smacks of revelation,1,positive
too predictable,0,negative
"the chateau belongs to rudd, whose portrait of a therapy-dependent flakeball spouting french malapropisms ... is a nonstop hoot",1,positive
is a wish a studio's wallet makes,1,positive
theater feeling,1,positive
do n't notice the 129-minute running time,1,positive
insulted,0,negative
", interest can not be revived.",0,negative
is : ` scooby ' do n't,0,negative
succeed merrily at their noble endeavor,1,positive
a captivating coming-of-age story that may also be the first narrative film to be truly informed by the wireless,1,positive
to be a hip-hop fan to appreciate scratch,1,positive
incessant use,0,negative
"whether these ambitions, laudable in themselves, justify a theatrical simulation of the death camp of auschwitz ii-birkenau",0,negative
for all the wit and hoopla,1,positive
"o fantasma is boldly, confidently orchestrated, aesthetically and sexually, and",1,positive
are n't,0,negative
make it an above-average thriller.,1,positive
provide its thrills and extreme emotions,1,positive
delightful.,1,positive
part of the charm of satin rouge is that it avoids the obvious with humor and lightness.,1,positive
even more reassuring,1,positive
"the overall vibe is druggy and self-indulgent, like a spring-break orgy for pretentious arts majors.",0,negative
appealing enough,1,positive
"poetic, heartbreaking.",1,positive
reveals the ways in which a sultry evening or a beer-fueled afternoon in the sun can inspire even the most retiring heart to venture forth.,1,positive
"the unexpected thing is that its dying, in this shower of black-and-white psychedelia, is quite beautiful.",1,positive
is basically just a curiosity,0,negative
"the striking, quietly vulnerable personality",1,positive
"unfortunately, outnumber the hits by three-to-one.",0,negative
of lazy humor,1,positive
"the masses with star power, a pop-induced score and sentimental moments",1,positive
insanely stupid,0,negative
banal and predictable,0,negative
the director ca n't seem to get a coherent rhythm going,0,negative
"your reward will be a thoughtful, emotional movie experience.",1,positive
should give `` scratch '' a second look.,1,positive
short of both adventure and song,0,negative
for a fairly inexperienced filmmaker,0,negative
"it is a kind, unapologetic, sweetheart of a movie",1,positive
"quiet, confident",1,positive
exasperated by a noticeable lack of pace,0,negative
"more busy than exciting, more frantic than involving, more chaotic than entertaining.",0,negative
burnt out on it's a wonderful life marathons and bored,0,negative
"agonizing, catch-22",0,negative
is a success in some sense,1,positive
clever enough to sustain a reasonable degree of suspense on its own,1,positive
as boring before i see this piece of crap again,0,negative
"of low-grade dreck that usually goes straight to video -- with a lousy script, inept direction, pathetic acting, poorly dubbed dialogue and murky cinematography, complete with visible boom mikes",0,negative
"there is a certain sense of experimentation and improvisation to this film that may not always work, but",0,negative
's still too burdened by the actor,0,negative
follow-your-dream,1,positive
this movie makes one thing perfectly clear,1,positive
an intriguing story,1,positive
mean,0,negative
over and over again.,0,negative
charming but slight,1,positive
"with her small, intelligent eyes",1,positive
", sterile and lacking",0,negative
the best little `` horror '' movie i 've seen in years,1,positive
an epic four-hour indian musical about a cricket game,1,positive
this turd,0,negative
motherhood,1,positive
"interesting than the screenplay, which lags badly in the middle and lurches between not-very-funny comedy, unconvincing dramatics and some last-minute action strongly reminiscent of run lola run",0,negative
add beyond the dark visions already relayed by superb,1,positive
"lurches between not-very-funny comedy, unconvincing dramatics",0,negative
with verve,1,positive
"after all, he took three minutes of dialogue, 30 seconds of plot and turned them into a 90-minute movie that feels five hours long.",0,negative
"adroit but finally a trifle flat, mad love does n't galvanize its outrage the way, say",0,negative
a frightening and compelling `,1,positive
the cliché-riddled genre,0,negative
"ugly, mean-spirited lashing",0,negative
to ignite sparks,1,positive
the cast is top-notch,1,positive
old world war,1,positive
an angel simplicity,1,positive
the director explores all three sides of his story with a sensitivity and an inquisitiveness reminiscent of truffaut.,1,positive
virtue,1,positive
a deficit,0,negative
"the storytelling, which undercuts the devastatingly telling impact of utter loss personified in the film's simple title",0,negative
quirky at moments,1,positive
compliment,1,positive
"an intelligent, realistic portrayal of testing boundaries",1,positive
is too long with too little going on.,0,negative
a raunchy and frequently hilarious follow-up to the gifted korean american stand-up,1,positive
holden caulfield did it better.,0,negative
a pretty good overall picture of the situation,1,positive
", it's exploitive without being insightful.",0,negative
it's provocative stuff,1,positive
heartening,1,positive
clean-cut dahmer,0,negative
is about as interesting as a recording of conversations at the wal-mart checkout line,0,negative
a really cool bit,1,positive
colorful,1,positive
far less,0,negative
suffers from a philosophical emptiness and maddeningly sedate pacing.,0,negative
could rent the original and get the same love story and parable,0,negative
of bad animation and mindless violence,0,negative
"is good,",1,positive
you care about the characters,1,positive
"not far beneath the surface, this reconfigured tale asks disturbing questions about those things we expect from military epics.",1,positive
bolstered by exceptional performances,1,positive
quality twist,1,positive
"the half-lit, sometimes creepy intimacy of college dorm rooms, a subtlety that makes the silly, over-the-top coda especially disappointing",0,negative
"of static set ups, not much camera movement, and most of the scenes",0,negative
"the story is -- forgive me -- a little thin, and the filmmaking clumsy and rushed.",0,negative
"sluggish,",0,negative
"the one-liners are snappy, the situations volatile and the comic opportunities richly rewarded.",1,positive
"had the ability to mesmerize, astonish and entertain",1,positive
is very difficult to care about the character,0,negative
that neatly and effectively captures the debilitating grief,1,positive
enthrall,1,positive
's wrong with this increasingly pervasive aspect of gay culture,0,negative
"skins has a desolate air, but eyre, a native american raised by white parents, manages to infuse the rocky path to sibling reconciliation with flashes of warmth and gentle humor.",1,positive
a film with a great premise but only a great premise.,1,positive
beautifully made,1,positive
with scenes so true and heartbreaking,1,positive
watch with kids and use to introduce video as art,1,positive
you can feel the love.,1,positive
fessenden continues to do interesting work,1,positive
a buoyant romantic comedy,1,positive
pacino is the best he's been in years,1,positive
the worst elements,0,negative
if encouraging return,1,positive
"it follows the blair witch formula for an hour, in which we 're told something creepy and vague is in the works, and",0,negative
's suspenseful enough for older kids but not too scary for the school-age crowd,1,positive
"about their lives, loves and the art",1,positive
"easy, cynical potshots",0,negative
"first-class, natural acting and",1,positive
is nothing short of a travesty of a transvestite comedy,0,negative
achieved,1,positive
it tight and nasty,1,positive
shows off a lot of stamina and vitality,1,positive
ill-considered,0,negative
"compelling, amusing and unsettling",1,positive
snide and prejudice,0,negative
"drama of temptation, salvation and good intentions is a thoughtful examination of faith, love and power.",1,positive
wears its empowerment,1,positive
to look at or understand,1,positive
soon-to-be-forgettable,0,negative
of disconnection,0,negative
strung-together moments,0,negative
this wretchedly unfunny wannabe comedy is inane and awful,0,negative
if the director is trying to dupe the viewer into taking it all as very important simply because the movie is ugly to look at and not a hollywood product,0,negative
fun and reminiscent,1,positive
headline-fresh thriller,1,positive
an out of place metaphor,0,negative
will be on video long before they grow up and you can wait till then.,0,negative
give a second look if we passed them on the street,1,positive
daring and beautifully made,1,positive
"is derived from a lobotomy, having had all its vital essence scooped out and discarded.",0,negative
"not a classic,",0,negative
"the film's trailer also looked like crap, so crap is what i was expecting.",0,negative
for the best,1,positive
the finish line,1,positive
"a gorgeous film - vivid with color, music and life",1,positive
not good,0,negative
a `` snl '' has-been,0,negative
you 'll like promises.,1,positive
uncharismatically,0,negative
a deeper story,1,positive
with but they 're simply not funny performers,0,negative
the movie is ugly to look at and not a hollywood product,0,negative
has so many flaws it would be easy for critics to shred it,0,negative
of a stylish psychological thriller,1,positive
i have given it a one-star rating,0,negative
tenacious,1,positive
perfectly pleasant if slightly pokey comedy,1,positive
he creates,1,positive
marvelous first 101,1,positive
bile,0,negative
"grenier is terrific, bringing an unforced, rapid-fire delivery to toback's heidegger - and nietzsche-referencing dialogue.",1,positive
traditionally structured,1,positive
the unsung heroes of 20th century,1,positive
sultry,1,positive
the nifty premise,1,positive
allows his cast members to make creative contributions to the story and dialogue,1,positive
's not a fresh idea at the core of this tale.,0,negative
starts off promisingly but then proceeds to flop,0,negative
own idiosyncratic way,1,positive
"cared much about any aspect of it, from its cheesy screenplay",0,negative
"a preposterous, prurient whodunit",0,negative
to conceive anyone else in their roles,1,positive
deem it necessary to document all this emotional misery,0,negative
"uncomfortably timely, relevant, and sickeningly real",1,positive
"writer/director burr steers emphasizes the q in quirky, with mixed results.",1,positive
on it,1,positive
"this misty-eyed southern nostalgia piece,",1,positive
not only learning but inventing a remarkable new trick,1,positive
ethics,1,positive
the film's manipulative sentimentality and annoying stereotypes,0,negative
"is left with the inescapable conclusion that hitchens ' obsession with kissinger is, at bottom, a sophisticated flower child's desire to purge the world of the tooth and claw of human power",1,positive
to forgive that still serious problem,0,negative
"it follows the blair witch formula for an hour, in which we 're told something creepy and vague is in the works, and then it goes awry in the final 30 minutes.",0,negative
is a successful one,1,positive
"attempts, in vain, to prove that movie-star intensity can overcome bad hair design",0,negative
"predominantly amateur cast is painful to watch, so stilted and unconvincing",0,negative
's remarkable procession of sweeping pictures that have reinvigorated the romance genre.,1,positive
"lush and beautifully photographed ( somebody suggested the stills might make a nice coffee table book ), but ultimately you 'll leave the theater wondering why these people mattered.",0,negative
no such thing breaks no new ground and treads old turf like a hippopotamus ballerina.,0,negative
's already a joke in the united states,0,negative
"... while each moment of this broken character study is rich in emotional texture, the journey does n't really go anywhere.",0,negative
believe these jokers are supposed to have pulled off four similar kidnappings before,0,negative
"the hard-to-predict and absolutely essential chemistry between the down-to-earth bullock and the nonchalant grant proves to be sensational, and everything meshes in this elegant entertainment",1,positive
"not all of the stories work and the ones that do are thin and scattered, but",0,negative
"a chilly, remote, emotionally distant piece ... so dull that its tagline should be : ` in space, no one can hear you snore.'",0,negative
more and more abhorrent,0,negative
love in the time of money,1,positive
the film settles too easily along the contours of expectation,0,negative
"he makes sure the salton sea works the way a good noir should, keeping it tight and nasty",1,positive
nothing can detract from the affection of that moral favorite,1,positive
talking a talk that appeals to me,1,positive
jolts the laughs from the audience -- as if by cattle prod.,1,positive
if you can swallow its absurdities and crudities lagaan really is enormously good fun.,1,positive
"assembles a fascinating profile of a deeply humanistic artist who, in spite of all that he's witnessed, remains surprisingly idealistic,",1,positive
gutsy and,1,positive
succeeds as a powerful look at a failure of our justice system,1,positive
grayish quality,0,negative
upstaged by an avalanche of more appealing holiday-season product,1,positive
"of those crazy, mixed-up films that does n't know what it wants to be when it grows up",0,negative
"from his usual bumbling, tongue-tied screen persona",0,negative
"routine is offensive, puerile and unimaginatively foul-mouthed if it was at least funny",0,negative
the the wisdom and humor,1,positive
not a strike,1,positive
that this film was n't as bad as i thought it was going to be,1,positive
seems a prostituted muse ...,0,negative
clunky on the screen,0,negative
the same easy targets,0,negative
's hard to resist,1,positive
sayles ... once again strands his superb performers in the same old story.,0,negative
there are just too many characters saying too many clever things and getting into too many pointless situations.,0,negative
her grace with a moving camera,1,positive
"is an extraordinary film, not least because it is japanese and yet feels universal.",1,positive
a rather thin moral,0,negative
comfy,1,positive
"is ultimately rather silly and overwrought, making the ambiguous ending seem goofy rather than provocative",0,negative
but the movie's narrative hook is way too muddled to be an effectively chilling guilty pleasure.,0,negative
"sucks, but has a funny moment or two",0,negative
's insanely violent and very graphic,0,negative
"my greatest pictures, drunken master",1,positive
is a sweet and modest and ultimately winning story,1,positive
no excuse,0,negative
is reliable,1,positive
some weird masterpiece theater sketch with neither,0,negative
seems timely and important,1,positive
"is completely lacking in charm and charisma, and",0,negative
magical enough,1,positive
"shows he's back in form, with an astoundingly rich film",1,positive
wow.,1,positive
"perceptive, good-natured",1,positive
"it's a testament to the film's considerable charm that it succeeds in entertaining, despite playing out like a feature-length sitcom replete with stereotypical familial quandaries.",1,positive
two hours feel like four,0,negative
someone other than the director got into the editing room and tried to improve things by making the movie go faster,0,negative
as rewarding,1,positive
a powerful performance from mel gibson and a brutal 90-minute battle sequence that does everything but issue you a dog-tag and an m-16,1,positive
has the requisite faux-urban vibe and hotter-two-years-ago rap and r&b names and references.,0,negative
the action quickly sinks into by-the-numbers territory.,0,negative
be awed by the power and grace of one of the greatest natural sportsmen of modern times,1,positive
add up to a moving tragedy with some buoyant human moments.,1,positive
wishing for a watch that makes time go faster rather than the other way,0,negative
works superbly,1,positive
a clever script,1,positive
does n't mean you have to check your brain at the door,0,negative
it is an unstinting look at a collaboration between damaged people that may or may not qual,1,positive
the edge of your seat for long stretches,1,positive
psychologically,1,positive
"for its logical loopholes, which fly by so fast there's no time to think about them anyway",0,negative
it wo n't hold up over the long haul,0,negative
gives everyone,1,positive
shock-you-into-laughter,1,positive
represents an engaging and intimate first feature by a talented director,1,positive
with soul,1,positive
implausible,0,negative
"the issues are presented in such a lousy way, complete with some of the year's ( unintentionally ) funniest moments, that it's impossible to care.",0,negative
the film jolts the laughs from the audience -- as if by cattle prod.,1,positive
", lame screenplay",0,negative
the best date movie,1,positive
is one film that's truly deserving of its oscar nomination,1,positive
it's almost worth seeing because it's so bad,0,negative
musicals back 40 years,1,positive
"really, really good things",1,positive
closer than many movies,1,positive
witless script,0,negative
a powerful 1957 drama,1,positive
flexible,1,positive
comes the first lousy guy ritchie imitation.,0,negative
"might be some sort of credible gender-provoking philosophy submerged here, but who the hell cares",0,negative
"songs from the second floor has all the enjoyable randomness of a very lively dream and so manages to be compelling, amusing and unsettling at the same time.",1,positive
a truly annoying pitch,0,negative
like something wholly original,1,positive
a pretty listless collection of kid-movie clichés,0,negative
"an inexperienced director, mehta has much to learn.",0,negative
vibrantly,1,positive
no character,0,negative
better than sorcerer's stone,1,positive
"i was trying to decide what annoyed me most about god is great ... i 'm not, and then i realized that i just did n't care.",0,negative
", passionate",1,positive
swallow its absurdities and crudities,0,negative
unembarrassing but unmemorable,0,negative
ultimately achieves its main strategic objective : dramatizing the human cost of the conflict that came to define a generation.,1,positive
a tv style murder mystery with a few big screen moments ( including one that seems to be made for a different film altogether ).,0,negative
"an emotionally accessible, almost mystical work",1,positive
this is a movie where the most notable observation is how long you 've been sitting still.,0,negative
in a bad-movie way,0,negative
"a smart, funny look",1,positive
"deep-seated, emotional need",1,positive
replete with stereotypical familial quandaries,0,negative
"steinis quirky, charming and often hilarious.",1,positive
these characters love each other,1,positive
's impossible to claim that it is `` based on a true story '' with a straight face.,0,negative
these self-styled athletes have banged their brains into the ground so frequently and,0,negative
plotless collection of moronic stunts,0,negative
hobbled by half-baked setups and sluggish pacing,0,negative
"life,",1,positive
"minded patience, respect and affection",1,positive
big excuse,0,negative
"happily, some things are immune to the folly of changing taste and attitude.",1,positive
campanella gets the tone just right -- funny in the middle of sad in the middle of hopeful.,1,positive
aggressively anti-erotic,0,negative
"a naturally funny film,",1,positive
so many red herrings,0,negative
so many bad romances out there,0,negative
admire ...,1,positive
the dreadfulness,0,negative
"generous, inspiring film",1,positive
"even if you 're an elvis person, you wo n't find anything to get excited about on this dvd.",0,negative
foolish choices for advice,0,negative
put away,0,negative
"in my own very humble opinion, in praise of love lacks even the most fragmented charms i have found in almost all of his previous works.",0,negative
"feel more like a non-stop cry for attention, than an attempt at any kind of satisfying entertainment.",0,negative
cause massive cardiac arrest,0,negative
oddly compelling,1,positive
"lan yu is a genuine love story, full of traditional layers of awakening and ripening and separation and recovery.",1,positive
reasonably entertaining,1,positive
is so tame that even slightly wised-up kids would quickly change the channel.,0,negative
riveting and handsomely,1,positive
of kitsch hard going,1,positive
tragic deaths,0,negative
a few good laughs,1,positive
both as a historical study and as a tragic love story,1,positive
"richly detailed,",1,positive
crapulence,0,negative
the right choices,1,positive
is a commanding screen presence,1,positive
's a sadistic bike flick that would have made vittorio de sica proud,1,positive
"a moving essay about the specter of death, especially suicide",1,positive
"allowing us to find the small, human moments, and",1,positive
from pleasing,1,positive
"to mention mysterious, sensual, emotionally intense, and replete with virtuoso throat-singing",1,positive
"resolutely unamusing, how thoroughly unrewarding all of this is",0,negative
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
"of whimsicality, narrative discipline and serious improvisation",1,positive
is not real,0,negative
brisk,1,positive
"more revealing, more emotional and more surprising",1,positive
stupid and pointless,0,negative
was more diverting and thought-provoking,1,positive
's a fairy tale that comes from a renowned indian film culture that allows americans to finally revel in its splendor.,1,positive
"of the bride's humor is born out of an engaging storyline, which also is n't embarrassed to make you reach for the tissues.",1,positive
"a decomposition of healthy eccentric inspiration and ambition -- wearing a cloak of unsentimental, straightforward text --",0,negative
accident-prone,0,negative
"is definitely its screenplay, both for the rhapsodic dialogue that jumps off the page, and for the memorable character creations.",1,positive
generate enough heat,1,positive
"in this crass, low-wattage endeavor",0,negative
create an engaging story that keeps you guessing at almost every turn,1,positive
"rife with the rueful, wry humor springing out of yiddish culture and language",1,positive
yet it's not quite the genre-busting film it's been hyped to be because it plays everything too safe.,0,negative
is at once a tough pill to swallow and a minor miracle of self-expression.,1,positive
deception,0,negative
's badder than bad,0,negative
subtle ironies,1,positive
"while somewhat less than it might have been, the film is a good one, and",1,positive
allows a gawky actor like spall -- who could too easily become comic relief in any other film --,1,positive
reminds me of a vastly improved germanic version of my big fat greek wedding --,1,positive
the sturdiest example yet,1,positive
", generosity and diplomacy",1,positive
lighthearted,1,positive
"laconic and very stilted in its dialogue, this indie flick never found its audience, probably because it's extremely hard to relate to any of the characters.",0,negative
"o fantasma is boldly, confidently orchestrated, aesthetically and sexually",1,positive
this dreadfully earnest inversion of the concubine love triangle eschews the previous film's historical panorama and roiling pathos for bug-eyed mugging and gay-niche condescension.,0,negative
the film itself is small and shriveled,0,negative
"its relaxed, natural-seeming actors",1,positive
it's a mystery how the movie could be released in this condition.,0,negative
the new film of anton chekhov's the cherry orchard,1,positive
strong and confident,1,positive
pitifully few real laughs,0,negative
jovial,1,positive
you know there's something there.,1,positive
has all the complexity and realistic human behavior of an episode of general hospital.,0,negative
humbuggery ...,0,negative
"a happy, heady jumble of thought and storytelling,",1,positive
drowns in a sea of visual and verbal clichés,0,negative
the peculiarly moral amorality of ( woo's ) best work,1,positive
dredge up,0,negative
movie gauge,1,positive
beyond its limit to sustain a laugh,0,negative
zigzag might have been richer and more observant if it were less densely plotted.,0,negative
demented in a good way,1,positive
families and church meetings,1,positive
"the work of an exhausted, desiccated talent who ca n't get out of his own way.",1,positive
disquieting triumph,1,positive
"a relic from a bygone era, and its convolutions ... feel silly rather than plausible",0,negative
mystery devoid,0,negative
bring on the sequel,1,positive
and as bland,0,negative
a great deal of corny dialogue and preposterous moments,0,negative
committed dumbness,0,negative
's nothing more satisfying during a summer of event movies than a spy thriller like the bourne identity that's packed with just as much intelligence as action.,1,positive
"ultimately, `` mib ii '' succeeds due to its rapid-fire delivery and enough inspired levity that it ca n't be dismissed as mindless.",1,positive
with exquisite craftsmanship ... olivier assayas has fashioned an absorbing look at provincial bourgeois french society.,1,positive
"'s a lot to ask people to sit still for two hours and change watching such a character, especially when rendered in as flat and impassive a manner as phoenix's",0,negative
his body,1,positive
brussels,1,positive
the pseudo-educational stuff,0,negative
as the remarkable ensemble cast brings them to life,1,positive
exactly wrong,0,negative
multi-layered and profoundly,1,positive
this film speaks for itself,1,positive
it's supposed to be a romantic comedy - it suffers from too much norma rae and not enough pretty woman.,0,negative
"look at female friendship, spiked with raw urban humor",1,positive
"it looks like an action movie, but it's so poorly made, on all levels, that it does n't even qualify as a spoof of such",0,negative
forgettable,0,negative
's what makes it worth a recommendation,1,positive
a terribly obvious melodrama and rough-hewn vanity project,0,negative
"one that's steeped in mystery and a ravishing, baroque beauty",1,positive
top-notch action powers,1,positive
their performances could have -- should have -- been allowed to stand on their own,0,negative
packed with moments out of an alice,1,positive
make paid in full worth seeing.,1,positive
it a comic book with soul,1,positive
"is better than any summer blockbuster we had to endure last summer, and hopefully, sets the tone for a summer of good stuff",1,positive
more silly than scary,0,negative
tiresome,0,negative
good simmer,1,positive
manages to squeeze by on angelina jolie's surprising flair for self-deprecating comedy.,1,positive
barely tolerable slog,0,negative
inadvertent ones,0,negative
", this quietly lyrical tale probes the ambiguous welcome extended by iran to the afghani refugees who streamed across its borders, desperate for work and food.",1,positive
is a far smoother ride.,1,positive
`` 13 conversations about one thing '' is an intelligent flick that examines many different ideas from happiness to guilt in an intriguing bit of storytelling.,1,positive
"an interesting psychological game of cat-and-mouse, three-dimensional characters and believable performances all add up to a satisfying crime drama.",1,positive
"when the tears come during that final, beautiful scene",1,positive
feels as flat as the scruffy sands of its titular community,0,negative
a wildly uneven hit-and-miss enterprise,0,negative
a classic theater piece,1,positive
"the unnamed, easily substitutable forces",0,negative
a spiritual aspect,1,positive
the strength of their own cleverness,1,positive
populating its hackneyed and meanspirited storyline with cardboard characters and performers who value cash above credibility.,0,negative
", inspiring",1,positive
to his people,1,positive
"traveled to places in the world devastated by war, famine and poverty and documented the cruelty and suffering he has found with an devastating, eloquent clarity",1,positive
develop her own film language with conspicuous success,1,positive
offer a fascinating glimpse into the subculture of extreme athletes whose derring-do puts the x into the games,1,positive
"when he goes out into public, to avoid being recognized as the man who bilked unsuspecting moviegoers",0,negative
austin powers in goldmember '' has the right stuff for silly summer entertainment and has enough laughs to sustain interest to the end.,1,positive
entertained,1,positive
of continuity errors,0,negative
bogs down in genre cliches here,0,negative
is n't nearly as captivating as the rowdy participants think it is.,0,negative
an intelligent person,1,positive
"in a heartwarming, nonjudgmental kind of way",1,positive
that birthday girl is the kind of quirkily appealing minor movie she might not make for a while,1,positive
are among the chief reasons brown sugar is such a sweet and sexy film.,1,positive
"is worth your time, especially if you have ellen pompeo sitting next to you for the ride.",1,positive
shrewd but pointless.,0,negative
"the stuff of high romance, brought off with considerable wit",1,positive
the surprisingly shoddy makeup work,0,negative
very funny romantic comedy,1,positive
"intriguing, observant",1,positive
touching film,1,positive
"( silver's parrot has been replaced with morph, a cute alien creature who mimics everyone and everything around )",1,positive
mysterious,1,positive
must have been lost in the mail,0,negative
will have you talking 'til the end of the year!,1,positive
other foul substances,0,negative
's the perfect star vehicle for grant,1,positive
only self-aware neurotics engage in,1,positive
a blown-out vein,0,negative
"a bad movie, just mediocre",0,negative
"this is a monumental achievement in practically every facet of inept filmmaking : joyless, idiotic, annoying, heavy-handed, visually atrocious, and often downright creepy.",0,negative
"a time machine, a journey back to your childhood, when cares melted away in the dark theater, and films had the ability to mesmerize, astonish and entertain",1,positive
", the acting is robotically italicized,",0,negative
one of the most original american productions this year,1,positive
the characters are paper thin and,0,negative
is an undeniably worthy and devastating experience,0,negative
feels homogenized and a bit contrived,0,negative
exploitation film,0,negative
"a full world has been presented onscreen, not some series of carefully structured plot points building to a pat resolution.",1,positive
"an unusually dry-eyed, even analytical approach to material that is generally",1,positive
check your brain and your secret agent decoder ring at the door because you do n't want to think too much about what's going on,0,negative
a small independent film suffering from a severe case of hollywood-itis.,0,negative
even its target audience talked all the way through it,0,negative
that strokes the eyeballs while it evaporates like so much crypt mist in the brain,0,negative
also is difficult to fathom.,0,negative
"a beautifully shot, but ultimately flawed film about growing up in japan",0,negative
good for this sucker,1,positive
", it's still entertaining to watch the target practice.",1,positive
"it's an ambitious film,",1,positive
"some good, organic character work, lots of obvious political insights",1,positive
strategies,1,positive
to what is almost certainly going to go down as the worst -- and only -- killer website movie of this or any other year,0,negative
"beautifully shot,",1,positive
"did no one on the set have a sense of humor, or did they not have the nerve to speak up",0,negative
stirring experience that finds warmth in the coldest environment and makes each crumb of emotional comfort,1,positive
as well its delightful cast --,1,positive
due to its rapid-fire delivery and enough inspired levity,1,positive
"the emperor's club, ruthless in its own placid way, finds one of our most conservative and hidebound movie-making traditions and gives it new texture, new relevance, new reality.",1,positive
into the upper echelons of the directing world,1,positive
"feeling guilty for it ... then, miracle of miracles, the movie does a flip-flop.",1,positive
"like many western action films, this thriller is too loud and thoroughly overbearing",0,negative
"to the french to truly capture the terrifying angst of the modern working man without turning the film into a cheap thriller, a dumb comedy or a sappy melodrama",1,positive
"a fascinating, dark thriller that keeps you",1,positive
weepy melodrama,0,negative
", clarity and emotional",1,positive
"engaging, imaginative filmmaking in its nearly 2 1/2",1,positive
many a moon about the passions that sometimes fuel our best achievements and other times,1,positive
is a gritty police thriller with all the dysfunctional family dynamics one could wish for,1,positive
the avant-garde fused with their humor,1,positive
is n't as easy to come by as it used to be,0,negative
been filmed more irresistibly than in ` baran,1,positive
told with the intricate preciseness of the best short story writing,1,positive
rollerball left us cold,0,negative
if a bored cage spent the duration of the film's shooting schedule waiting to scream : `` got aids yet,0,negative
jolts the laughs from the audience --,1,positive
"lee's achievement extends to his supple understanding of the role that brown played in american culture as an athlete, a movie star, and an image of black indomitability.",1,positive
"the movie attempts to mine laughs from a genre -- the gangster/crime comedy -- that wore out its welcome with audiences several years ago, and its cutesy reliance on movie-specific cliches is n't exactly endearing",0,negative
"a particularly joyless, and exceedingly dull, period",0,negative
his martial artistry,1,positive
work better,1,positive
the problem with all of this : it's not really funny.,0,negative
watch on video at home,0,negative
responsible for one of the worst movies of one year,0,negative
"proves tiresome, with the surface histrionics failing to compensate for the paper-thin characterizations and facile situations.",0,negative
"an acceptable way to pass a little over an hour with moviegoers ages 8-10, but it's unlikely to inspire anything more than a visit to mcdonald's, let alone some savvy street activism.",0,negative
", this is a movie that tells stories that work -- is charming, is moving",1,positive
a deliciously nonsensical comedy,1,positive
"this toothless dog, already on cable,",0,negative
overly convenient,0,negative
"the pitch-perfect forster to the always hilarious meara and levy, like mike shoots and scores, doing its namesake proud",1,positive
"further proof that the epicenter of cool, beautiful, thought-provoking foreign cinema is smack-dab in the middle of dubya's axis of evil.",1,positive
"of why animation is such a perfect medium for children, because of the way it allows the mind to enter and accept another world",1,positive
at heart is a sweet little girl,1,positive
struggle furiously,0,negative
resourceful hero,1,positive
", it's kind of insulting, both to men and women.",0,negative
than a stifling morality tale,0,negative
a huge disappointment coming,0,negative
that they 've already seen this exact same movie a hundred times,0,negative
is done to support the premise other than fling gags at it to see which ones shtick,1,positive
can say,0,negative
predictable at every turn,0,negative
little more than a stylish exercise in revisionism whose point,0,negative
promised ( or threatened ) for later this year,0,negative
"carries the day with impeccable comic timing, raffish charm and piercing intellect",1,positive
"why, you may ask, why should you buy the movie milk when the tv cow is free?",0,negative
"the spaniel-eyed jean reno infuses hubert with a mixture of deadpan cool, wry humor and just the measure of tenderness required to give this comic slugfest some heart.",1,positive
", this is the kind of movie that deserves a chance to shine.",1,positive
fills time,0,negative
intimate feeling,1,positive
"this is the sort of burly action flick where one coincidence pummels another, narrative necessity is a drunken roundhouse, and whatever passes for logic is a factor of the last plot device left standing.",0,negative
a tidal wave of plot,1,positive
looking like a bunch of talented thesps slumming it,0,negative
keeps the energy humming,1,positive
ripoff,0,negative
"seems just as expectant of an adoring, wide-smiling reception.",1,positive
for the fine star performances,1,positive
a sad aristocrat in tattered finery,0,negative
that celebi could take me back to a time before i saw this movie,0,negative
it will guarantee to have you leaving the theater with a smile on your face.,1,positive
pick up new admirers,1,positive
a thoroughly modern maiden,1,positive
mundane,0,negative
"uncompromising, difficult and unbearably beautiful",1,positive
it is welcome to see a chinese film depict a homosexual relationship in a mature and frank fashion,1,positive
increasingly incoherent fashion,0,negative
of strung-together moments,0,negative
she boxes these women's souls right open for us.,1,positive
"what it means sometimes to be inside looking out, and at other times outside looking in",1,positive
has a bracing truth that's refreshing after the phoniness of female-bonding pictures like divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood.,1,positive
"may be one of the most appealing movies ever made about an otherwise appalling, and downright creepy, subject -- a teenage boy in love with his stepmother.",1,positive
pilot episode,1,positive
does somehow manage to get you under its spell.,1,positive
canada,1,positive
leguizamo and jones are both excellent,1,positive
makes sure the salton sea works the way a good noir should,1,positive
in all fairness,1,positive
"driven by a fantastic dual performance from ian holm ... the film is funny, insightfully human and a delightful lark for history buffs.",1,positive
"it's as comprehensible as any dummies guide, something even non-techies can enjoy.",1,positive
sickening product placement,0,negative
the nonstop artifice,1,positive
through this summer that do not involve a dentist drill,0,negative
", ( haneke ) steers clear of the sensational and offers instead an unflinching and objective look at a decidedly perverse pathology.",1,positive
"beautiful, entertaining two hours",1,positive
takes form,1,positive
own floundering way,0,negative
"feels less the product of loving, well integrated homage and more like a mere excuse for the wan, thinly sketched story.",0,negative
an uplifting,1,positive
kinda wrong,0,negative
"better effects,",1,positive
that greasy little vidgame pit in the theater lobby,0,negative
grumbling,0,negative
suffers from unlikable characters and a self-conscious sense of its own quirky hipness.,0,negative
"phenomenal, especially",1,positive
a touching drama about old age and grief with a tour de,1,positive
on mgm's shelf,0,negative
outrageously creative action,1,positive
's on saturday morning tv especially the pseudo-educational stuff we all ca n't stand,0,negative
an expert thriller,1,positive
is deeply concerned with morality,1,positive
more annoying,0,negative
impossible spot,0,negative
suitable summer entertainment,1,positive
"if disney's cinderella proved that ' a dream is a wish your heart makes, ' then cinderella ii proves that a nightmare is a wish a studio's wallet makes.",0,negative
` true story ',1,positive
"'re not likely to have seen before, but beneath the exotic surface ( and exotic dancing ) it's surprisingly old-fashioned.",0,negative
leavened by a charm that's conspicuously missing from the girls ' big-screen blowout,0,negative
while retaining an integrity and refusing to compromise his vision,1,positive
the funniest american comedy since graffiti bridge,1,positive
dynamic,1,positive
three sides of his story with a sensitivity,1,positive
's just plain lurid when it is n't downright silly.,0,negative
"invigorating, surreal, and resonant with a rainbow of emotion",1,positive
"never gets over its own investment in conventional arrangements, in terms of love, age, gender, race, and class.",0,negative
"have problems, which are neither original nor are presented in convincing way",0,negative
what's missing from this material,0,negative
modestly made,1,positive
real filmmaker's,1,positive
keep getting torn away from the compelling historical tale to a less-compelling soap opera,0,negative
walt becker's film pushes all the demographically appropriate comic buttons.,1,positive
make a classic theater piece,1,positive
a comedy,1,positive
a dependable concept,1,positive
of the theater,1,positive
"very ugly,",0,negative
elevate `` glory '',1,positive
horrid little propaganda film with fascinating connections not only to the serbs themselves but also to a network of american right-wing extremists.,1,positive
in the simple telling,1,positive
tasteful little revision works,1,positive
the riveting performances by the incredibly flexible cast make love a joy to behold.,1,positive
begins on a high note and sustains it beautifully,1,positive
an extraordinary film,1,positive
"is, quite pointedly,",1,positive
"fessenden continues to do interesting work,",1,positive
a breadth of vision and an attention to detail that propels her into the upper echelons of the directing world,1,positive
overtly disagreeable,0,negative
suited to a quiet evening on pbs than a night out at an amc.,0,negative
an old-fashioned drama,1,positive
turgid fable,0,negative
sc2 is an autopilot hollywood concoction lacking in imagination and authentic christmas spirit,0,negative
articulates the tangled feelings of particular new yorkers deeply touched by an unprecedented tragedy.,1,positive
"xerox of other, better crime movies",1,positive
this strangely schizo cartoon,0,negative
this story of unrequited love does n't sustain interest beyond the first half-hour.,0,negative
absorbing characters,1,positive
"captures the moment when a woman's life, out of a deep-seated, emotional need, is about to turn onto a different path",1,positive
"it's a treat -- a delightful, witty, improbable romantic comedy with a zippy jazzy score",1,positive
a quick-buck sequel,0,negative
"this charming, thought-provoking new york fest",1,positive
an erotic thriller,1,positive
takes a classic story,1,positive
the great pity,0,negative
told and retold,0,negative
truly annoying,0,negative
by predictable plotting and tiresome histrionics,0,negative
no business going,1,positive
a laughable --,0,negative
the comic opportunities richly rewarded,1,positive
as clear and reliable an authority on that,1,positive
bubbly,1,positive
the most important and exhilarating forms of animated filmmaking since old walt,1,positive
"mostly believable, refreshingly low-key and",1,positive
witlessness,0,negative
lots of cool stuff packed into espn's ultimate x.,1,positive
seen it all before in one form or another,0,negative
the worst titles in recent cinematic history,0,negative
had all its vital essence scooped,0,negative
that the theme does n't drag an audience down,1,positive
"give shapiro, goldman, and bolado credit for good intentions, but there's nothing here that they could n't have done in half an hour.",0,negative
gangster no. 1 drips,0,negative
the journey to the secret's eventual discovery,1,positive
the best next generation episodes,1,positive
's plenty to offend everyone,0,negative
it's not just the vampires that are damned in queen of the damned --,0,negative
without any redeeming value whatsoever,0,negative
the situations and the dialogue spin hopelessly out of control -- that is to say,0,negative
paper-thin and,0,negative
does n't sustain interest beyond the first half-hour.,0,negative
"watch for about thirty seconds before you say to yourself,",0,negative
moments out of an alice,1,positive
"do cliches, no matter how ` inside ' they are",0,negative
a cutting hollywood satire,1,positive
the corniest,0,negative
"written a more credible script, though with the same number of continuity errors",0,negative
"ponderous, plodding soap opera disguised as a feature film",0,negative
too painfully,0,negative
of whimsy,1,positive
that the movie has no idea of it is serious,0,negative
is remembering,1,positive
impressionistic,1,positive
"the problem with wendigo, for all its effective moments, is n't really one of resources.",0,negative
haranguing the wife in bad stage dialogue,0,negative
a better movie,1,positive
"unfortunately, kapur modernizes a.e.w. mason's story to suit the sensibilities of a young american, a decision that plucks `` the four feathers '' bare.",0,negative
an entertaining and informative documentary,1,positive
fashioned an absorbing look,1,positive
wannabe comedy,0,negative
appear foolish and shallow,0,negative
"grows monotonous after a while, as do joan and philip's repetitive arguments, schemes and treachery",0,negative
make a person who has lived her life half-asleep suddenly wake up,1,positive
"the complex, politically charged tapestry of contemporary chinese life this exciting new filmmaker has brought to the screen",1,positive
a smile on your face,1,positive
comic relief,1,positive
"is compelling enough, but it's difficult to shrug off the annoyance of that chatty fish",0,negative
"recommend it, because it overstays its natural running time",1,positive
"dip into your wallet, swipe 90 minutes of your time,",0,negative
landmark,1,positive
a story for more than four minutes,0,negative
"honest, and enjoyable comedy-drama",1,positive
another tired old vision,0,negative
"the kind of lush, all-enveloping movie experience",1,positive
visually engrossing,1,positive
excellent latin actors of all ages,1,positive
it goes on for too long and bogs down in a surfeit of characters and unnecessary subplots.,0,negative
rambles aimlessly through ill-conceived action pieces,0,negative
"an energetic, violent movie",1,positive
yourself remembering this refreshing visit to a sunshine state,1,positive
makes an unusual but pleasantly haunting debut behind the camera.,1,positive
to call this one an eventual cult classic would be an understatement,1,positive
most entertaining,1,positive
", sticking its head up for a breath of fresh air now and then.",1,positive
"turned out nearly 21/2 hours of unfocused, excruciatingly tedious cinema that, half an hour in, starts making water torture seem appealing",0,negative
more chaotic than entertaining,0,negative
was the best the contest received,1,positive
"delivering a series of abrasive, stylized sequences that burn themselves upon the viewer's memory",1,positive
"its excellent storytelling, its economical",1,positive
", it is a great film.",1,positive
"warmth, wit and interesting characters compassionately portrayed",1,positive
but fun.,1,positive
coal is n't as easy to come by as it used to be and this would be a worthy substitute for naughty children's stockings.,0,negative
want the story to go on and on,1,positive
somewhat tired premise,0,negative
"to a coming-of-age story with such a buoyant, expressive flow of images",1,positive
of screenwriting cliches that sink it faster than a leaky freighter,0,negative
"pascale bailly's rom-com provides amélie's audrey tautou with another fabuleux destin -- i.e., a banal spiritual quest.",0,negative
posey,1,positive
the worst movies,0,negative
", really stupid",0,negative
very depressing movie,0,negative
gawky actor,0,negative
the movie's progression into rambling incoherence gives new meaning to the phrase ` fatal script error.',0,negative
to the climactic burst of violence,1,positive
a compelling spanish film about the withering effects of jealousy in the life of a young monarch whose sexual passion for her husband becomes an obsession.,1,positive
memorable for a peculiar malaise that renders its tension flaccid,0,negative
even horror fans will most likely not find what they 're seeking with trouble every day ; the movie lacks both thrills and humor.,0,negative
but it also comes with the laziness and arrogance of a thing that already knows it's won.,0,negative
without fully understanding what it was that made the story relevant in the first place,0,negative
"no amount of imagination, no creature, no fantasy story and no incredibly outlandish scenery",0,negative
chilling and fascinating,1,positive
give you a few laughs,1,positive
moments of hilarity,1,positive
"mind-numbingly awful that you hope britney wo n't do it one more time, as far as",0,negative
television screen,1,positive
about bad cinema,0,negative
the film will play equally well on both the standard and giant screens.,1,positive
a phlegmatic bore,0,negative
often touching,1,positive
on a pedestal,1,positive
"smart to vary the pitch of his movie, balancing deafening battle scenes with quieter domestic scenes of women back home receiving war department telegrams",1,positive
by uneven dialogue and plot lapses,0,negative
toes the fine line between cheese and earnestness remarkably well,1,positive
more than capable of rewarding them,1,positive
"can not mount a cogent defense of the film as entertainment, or even performance art, although the movie does leave you marveling at these guys ' superhuman capacity to withstand pain",0,negative
"scarily funny, sorrowfully sympathetic to the damage it",1,positive
formal settings with motionless characters,0,negative
"drags, underscoring the obvious",0,negative
there is n't much there here.,0,negative
"while somewhat less than it might have been, the film is a good one",1,positive
earnest dramaturgy,1,positive
is delicately,1,positive
"there's no point of view, no contemporary interpretation of joan's prefeminist plight, so",0,negative
that most frightening of all movies --,1,positive
"is energized by volletta wallace's maternal fury, her fearlessness",1,positive
stylish psychological,1,positive
an awkwardly contrived exercise in magic realism.,0,negative
a great impression,1,positive
exhausted,0,negative
little $ 1.8 million charmer,1,positive
that came to define a generation,1,positive
a career-defining revelation,1,positive
spaces both large ... and small ... with considerable aplomb,1,positive
plain lurid,0,negative
the movie dawdle,0,negative
a strong education and,1,positive
is a seriously intended movie that is not easily forgotten.,1,positive
he's afraid of his best-known creation,0,negative
"teen-driven, toilet-humor codswallop",0,negative
and revolutionary spirit,1,positive
", fine music never heard",1,positive
becomes an exercise in trying to predict when a preordained `` big moment '' will occur and not `` if.'',0,negative
important film,1,positive
the heart soar,1,positive
me feel weird / thinking about all the bad things in the world / like puppies with broken legs / and butterflies that die / and movies starring pop queens,0,negative
artistic,1,positive
may be wondering what all that jazz was about `` chicago '' in 2002.,0,negative
"blue crush follows the formula, but throws in too many conflicts to keep the story compelling.",0,negative
"maelstrom is strange and compelling, engrossing and different",1,positive
thoroughly enjoyed the love story,1,positive
something's horribly wrong,0,negative
"like quirky, odd movies and/or the ironic",1,positive
utterly convincing -- and deeply appealing -- as a noble teacher who embraces a strict moral code,1,positive
surprisingly funny,1,positive
"spinning a web of dazzling entertainment may be overstating it, but `` spider-man '' certainly delivers the goods.",1,positive
comic chiller,1,positive
has n't aged a day,1,positive
coming-of-age drama,1,positive
finally have the worthy successor to a better tomorrow and the killer which they have been patiently waiting for.,1,positive
there's much tongue in cheek in the film and there's no doubt the filmmaker is having fun with it all.,1,positive
into a believable mother/daughter pair,1,positive
"'s a testament to the film's considerable charm that it succeeds in entertaining, despite playing out like a feature-length sitcom replete with stereotypical familial quandaries",1,positive
good guys and,1,positive
"sexual jealousy, resentment",0,negative
"too intensely focused on the travails of being hal hartley to function as pastiche, no such thing is hartley's least accessible screed yet.",0,negative
some movie star charisma,1,positive
a miraculous movie,1,positive
one of these days hollywood will come up with an original idea for a teen movie,0,negative
"( the kid's ) just too bratty for sympathy, and as the film grows to its finale, his little changes ring hollow.",0,negative
rounded and revealing,1,positive
"writer/director dover kosashvili takes a slightly dark look at relationships, both sexual and kindred.",1,positive
elegantly appointed,1,positive
that is the central flaw of the film,0,negative
contemplative,1,positive
are consistently delightful,1,positive
an original talent,1,positive
convinced that these women are spectacular,1,positive
will enjoy.,1,positive
that they 're stuck with a script that prevents them from firing on all cylinders,0,negative
outgag any of those young whippersnappers making moving pictures today,1,positive
obnoxious,0,negative
"a frustrating ` tweener ' -- too slick, contrived and exploitative for the art houses and too cynical, small and decadent for the malls.",0,negative
gushing --,1,positive
and whirling fight sequences,1,positive
why anyone should bother remembering it,0,negative
wedding feels a bit anachronistic.,0,negative
"all the pieces fall together without much surprise, but",1,positive
"have all the suspense of a 20-car pileup, while the plot holes are big enough for a train car to drive through -- if kaos had n't blown them all up",0,negative
"the characters are complex and quirky, but entirely believable as the remarkable ensemble cast brings them to life.",1,positive
championship material,1,positive
where the film ultimately fails,0,negative
"it's got the brawn, but not the brains.",0,negative
its own most damning censure,0,negative
brady,1,positive
found writer-director mitch davis's wall of kitsch hard going,0,negative
"one of the funniest motion pictures of the year, but ... also one of the most curiously depressing",1,positive
` christian bale's quinn ( is ) a leather clad grunge-pirate with a hairdo like gandalf in a wind-tunnel and a simply astounding cor-blimey-luv-a-duck cockney accent.',0,negative
awed by the power and grace of one of the greatest natural sportsmen of modern times,1,positive
catapulting,1,positive
well-made and satisfying thriller,1,positive
can report that it is instead a cheap cliché,0,negative
"a bit of a downer and a little over-dramatic at times, but this is a beautiful film for people who like their romances to have that french realism",1,positive
will at least have a dream image of the west to savor whenever the film's lamer instincts are in the saddle,1,positive
made all too clear in this schlocky horror/action hybrid,0,negative
stiff and schmaltzy and clumsily,0,negative
", promises offers an unexpected window into the complexities of the middle east struggle and into the humanity of its people.",1,positive
an extremely unpleasant film,0,negative
a grittily beautiful film that looks,1,positive
like you 've actually spent time living in another community,1,positive
puzzling than unsettling,0,negative
"assayas ' ambitious, sometimes beautiful adaptation of jacques chardonne's novel.",1,positive
imaginative through out,1,positive
"a fascinating curiosity piece -- fascinating, that is, for about ten minutes",0,negative
lacks both a purpose and a strong pulse,0,negative
treats us to an aimless hodgepodge,0,negative
's because the laughs come from fairly basic comedic constructs,1,positive
is one of those rare pictures that you root for throughout,1,positive
"maybe it is formula filmmaking, but there's nothing wrong with that if the film is well-crafted and this one is",1,positive
pompous and garbled.,0,negative
quite possibly the sturdiest example yet of why the dv revolution has cheapened the artistry of making a film,0,negative
in middle-of-the-road blandness,0,negative
"a delightful surprise because despite all the backstage drama, this is a movie that tells stories that work -- is charming, is moving, is funny and looks professional.",1,positive
the utter authority of a genre gem,1,positive
an overwhelming sadness that feels as if it has made its way into your very bloodstream,0,negative
overuse,0,negative
by bad writing,0,negative
"'s about individual moments of mood, and an aimlessness that's actually sort of amazing.",1,positive
is the kind of movie where people who have never picked a lock do so easily after a few tries and become expert fighters after a few weeks.,0,negative
"cruel, misanthropic stuff with only weak claims to surrealism and black comedy",0,negative
has lost some of the dramatic conviction that underlies the best of comedies ...,0,negative
"imagine a film that begins as a seven rip-off, only to switch to a mix of the shining, the thing, and any naked teenagers horror flick from the 1980s",0,negative
true cinematic knack,1,positive
be mildly amusing,1,positive
suspenseful and ultimately unpredictable,1,positive
of being overrun by corrupt and hedonistic weasels,0,negative
propels,1,positive
too stagey,0,negative
of survival wrapped in the heart-pounding suspense of a stylish psychological thriller,1,positive
fueled by the light comedic work of zhao benshan and the delicate ways of dong jie,1,positive
like real life,1,positive
by a noticeable lack of pace,0,negative
a film so cold and dead,0,negative
by this gentle comedy,1,positive
are just two of the elements that will grab you.,1,positive
pinheads who talk throughout the show.,0,negative
's a frankenstein-monster of a film that does n't know what it wants to be,0,negative
embellishment,1,positive
too much syrup,0,negative
clever makeup design,1,positive
talented cast,1,positive
the action sequences are fun and reminiscent of combat scenes from the star wars series.,1,positive
on character,1,positive
to classify as it is hard to resist,1,positive
its material that is deliberately unsettling,0,negative
"( n ) o matter how much good will the actors generate, showtime eventually folds under its own thinness.",0,negative
has as much right to make a huge action sequence as any director,1,positive
a beautifully observed character piece.,1,positive
clichéd and shallow,0,negative
like a room stacked with pungent flowers,1,positive
that the entire exercise has no real point,0,negative
a wonderfully speculative character,1,positive
"has a way of gently swaying back and forth as it cradles its characters, veiling tension beneath otherwise tender movements.",1,positive
"it's a feel-bad ending for a depressing story that throws a bunch of hot-button items in the viewer's face and asks to be seen as hip, winking social commentary.",0,negative
however entertainingly presented,1,positive
"a sun-drenched masterpiece, part parlor game, part psychological case study",1,positive
"is a matter of plumbing arrangements and mind games, of no erotic or sensuous charge.",0,negative
"a disaster of a story,",0,negative
the humor is recognizably plympton,1,positive
an unsophisticated sci-fi drama that takes itself all too seriously.,0,negative
the grandness,1,positive
your idea of a good time,1,positive
"every dance becomes about seduction, where backstabbing and betrayals are celebrated, and sex is currency.",0,negative
"if the man from elysian fields is doomed by its smallness, it is also elevated by it -- the kind of movie that you enjoy more because you 're one of the lucky few who sought it out.",1,positive
bad company,0,negative
"is a smart, romantic drama that dares to depict the french revolution from the aristocrats ' perspective.",1,positive
cutting and blurry,0,negative
forced by his kids to watch too many barney videos,0,negative
a dim-witted pairing,0,negative
motivated by something more than franchise possibilities,1,positive
", there is no doubt that krawczyk deserves a huge amount of the credit for the film's thoroughly winning tone.",1,positive
`` wild ride '',1,positive
to either effort in three hours of screen time,0,negative
", bloody and mean",0,negative
a stirring time at this beautifully drawn movie,1,positive
is the best ` old neighborhood ' project since christopher walken kinda romanced cyndi lauper in the opportunists,1,positive
a choppy ending,0,negative
keep from laughing at the ridiculous dialog or the oh-so convenient plot twists,0,negative
as the movie dragged on,0,negative
", but slow",0,negative
poignant and funny,1,positive
of a self-destructive man,0,negative
arch and rather cold-blooded comedy,0,negative
"historically significant, and",1,positive
the film goes right over the edge and kills every sense of believability,0,negative
enjoyable undercover brother,1,positive
regard,1,positive
"ugly, revolting",0,negative
be lying if i said my ribcage did n't ache by the end of kung pow,1,positive
of naiveté and sophistication,1,positive
"an energizing, intoxicating documentary charting the rise of hip-hop culture in general and the art of scratching ( or turntablism ) in particular.",1,positive
slickly,1,positive
explains its characters ' decisions only unsatisfactorily,0,negative
as solid and as perfect as his outstanding performance as bond in die another day,1,positive
rubbo's humorously tendentious intervention into the who-wrote-shakespeare controversy.,1,positive
overinflated mythology,0,negative
"first-class, thoroughly involving",1,positive
gon na like this movie,1,positive
a good yarn,1,positive
with the two leads delivering oscar-caliber performances,1,positive
"that's too loud, too goofy and too short of an attention span",0,negative
charming and witty,1,positive
"repellent to fully endear itself to american art house audiences, but it is notable for its stylistic austerity and forcefulness.",1,positive
warmth and gentle,1,positive
", there is a mediocre movie trying to get out.",0,negative
distinguish one sci-fi work from another,1,positive
be a good match of the sensibilities of two directors,1,positive
without doubt an artist of uncompromising vision,1,positive
bluster and cliché,0,negative
coral reef adventure is a heavyweight film that fights a good fight on behalf of the world's endangered reefs -- and,1,positive
genre thrills,1,positive
the big ending surprise almost saves the movie.,1,positive
from a director beginning to resemble someone's crazy french grandfather,0,negative
"a mix of the shining, the thing, and any naked teenagers horror flick",0,negative
lame kiddie flick,0,negative
is interesting,1,positive
"'s surprisingly decent, particularly",1,positive
"a sweet, tender sermon about a 12-year-old welsh boy more curious",1,positive
in a give-me-an-oscar kind of way,1,positive
life-embracing spirit,1,positive
narc is all menace and atmosphere.,0,negative
davis ... gets vivid performances from her cast and pulls off some deft ally mcbeal-style fantasy sequences.,1,positive
joyous communal festival,1,positive
with flabby rolls,0,negative
", rain is the far superior film.",1,positive
to be mesmerised,1,positive
has the stomach-knotting suspense of a legal thriller,1,positive
solidly constructed,1,positive
strokes the eyeballs,1,positive
terrorism,0,negative
want to bolt the theater in the first 10 minutes,0,negative
does not really make the case the kissinger should be tried as a war criminal.,0,negative
"has deftly trimmed dickens ' wonderfully sprawling soap opera, the better to focus on the hero's odyssey from cowering poverty to courage and happiness.",1,positive
brought down by lousy direction,0,negative
", the film chimes in on the grieving process and strangely draws the audience into the unexplainable pain and eccentricities that are attached to the concept of loss.",1,positive
faithful,1,positive
"dogtown is hollow, self-indulgent, and - worst of all - boring.",0,negative
no more,0,negative
that is slow to those of us in middle age,0,negative
abomination,0,negative
babak payami's boldly quirky iranian drama secret ballot ... a charming and evoking little ditty that manages to show the gentle and humane side of middle eastern world politics,1,positive
elaborate special effects,1,positive
"carefully choreographed atrocities, which become strangely impersonal and abstract",0,negative
some very good comedic songs,1,positive
"an exit sign, that is.",0,negative
the locations go from stark desert to gorgeous beaches.,1,positive
the lustrous polished visuals,1,positive
"gets around to its real emotional business, striking deep chords of sadness",1,positive
satisfies,1,positive
the filmmaking clumsy and rushed,0,negative
"an unflinching, complex portrait of a modern israel that is rarely seen on-screen",1,positive
does n't give you enough to feel good about,0,negative
soap opera-ish story,0,negative
"a beautiful food entrée that is n't heated properly, so that it ends up a bit cold and relatively flavorless",0,negative
heaven,1,positive
which might have been called freddy gets molested by a dog ),0,negative
what a great shame that such a talented director as chen kaige has chosen to make his english-language debut with a film so poorly plotted and scripted.,0,negative
satisfyingly scarifying,1,positive
... hypnotically dull.,0,negative
many inimitable scenes,1,positive
ms. griffiths and mr. pryce bring off this wild welsh whimsy.,1,positive
watchable.,1,positive
no way i can believe this load of junk.,0,negative
an interesting look behind the scenes of chicago-based rock group wilco ...,1,positive
"remains prominent,",1,positive
something goes bump in the night and nobody cares,0,negative
"( e ) ventually, every idea in this film is flushed down the latrine of heroism.",0,negative
with a large dose of painkillers,0,negative
"it winds up moving in many directions as it searches ( vainly, i think ) for something fresh to say.",0,negative
"the filmmakers want nothing else than to show us a good time, and",1,positive
is capped with pointless extremes,0,negative
"the fascination comes in the power of the huston performance, which seems so larger than life and yet so fragile, and",1,positive
an unusual but pleasantly haunting debut behind the camera,1,positive
wo n't stand the cold light of day,0,negative
"one hour photo may seem disappointing in its generalities, but it's the little nuances that perhaps had to escape from director mark romanek's self-conscious scrutiny to happen, that finally get under your skin",0,negative
an unrewarding collar,0,negative
the filmmaking may be a bit disjointed,0,negative
you 've actually spent time living in another community,1,positive
to fully endear itself to american art house audiences,1,positive
"deserves, at the very least, a big box of consolation candy.",0,negative
of sensual delights and simmering violence,1,positive
delivers.,1,positive
"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.",1,positive
"dying a slow death, if the poor quality of pokemon 4 ever is any indication",0,negative
"though there are many tense scenes in trapped, they prove more distressing than suspenseful.",0,negative
lacks in substance,0,negative
"with nary a glimmer of self-knowledge, ( crane ) becomes more specimen than character -- and",0,negative
"failing, ultimately",0,negative
as the mediterranean sparkles,1,positive
a sugar-coated rocky whose valuable messages are forgotten 10 minutes after the last trombone,0,negative
belongs to nicholson,1,positive
a change in expression,1,positive
can comfortably hold,1,positive
film school undergrad,0,negative
", it's pleasant enough and its ecological, pro-wildlife sentiments are certainly welcome.",1,positive
"the percussion rhythm, the brass soul and",1,positive
this bitter italian comedy,0,negative
good,1,positive
astonishingly pivotal,1,positive
astoundingly,1,positive
's only in fairy tales that princesses that are married for political reason live happily ever after,0,negative
you there is no sense,0,negative
easily the most thoughtful fictional examination of the root causes of anti-semitism ever seen on screen.,1,positive
"a predictably efficient piece of business notable largely for its overwhelming creepiness, for an eagerness to create images you wish you had n't seen",1,positive
hard to resist his pleas to spare wildlife and respect their environs,1,positive
a well-crafted film that is all the more remarkable because it,1,positive
it says far less about the horrifying historical reality than about the filmmaker's characteristic style,0,negative
"is not really a film as much as it is a loose collection of not-so-funny gags, scattered moments of lazy humor",0,negative
some of the worst dialogue,0,negative
that in a good way,1,positive
"there is very little dread or apprehension, and though i like the creepy ideas, they are not executed with anything more than perfunctory skill.",0,negative
"about something, one that attempts and often achieves a level of connection and concern",1,positive
of a good movie ye who enter here,1,positive
"written, flatly",0,negative
alice's adventure through the looking glass and into zombie-land ' is filled with strange and wonderful creatures.,1,positive
to place most of the psychological and philosophical material in italics rather than trust an audience's intelligence,0,negative
being trapped at a bad rock concert,0,negative
wondrously,1,positive
novak contemplates a heartland so overwhelmed by its lack of purpose that it seeks excitement in manufactured high drama.,0,negative
tells us nothing new,0,negative
miserable throughout as he swaggers through his scenes,0,negative
's pure entertainment,1,positive
deserving of its critical backlash and more,0,negative
japan bustling,1,positive
all the bad things in the world /,0,negative
trying to forget,0,negative
his best screen,1,positive
touching and tender,1,positive
of discovery,1,positive
manages to accomplish what few sequels can -- it equals the original and in some ways even betters it.,1,positive
", proves it's never too late to learn.",1,positive
finds its humor in a black man getting humiliated by a pack of dogs who are smarter than him,0,negative
will wear thin on all,0,negative
will leave you wanting to abandon the theater,0,negative
"is all over the place, really.",0,negative
excellent choice,1,positive
me say the obvious : abandon all hope of a good movie ye who enter here,0,negative
"is n't in this film, which may be why it works as well as it does.",1,positive
fun.,1,positive
as an engrossing story about a horrifying historical event and the elements which contributed to it,1,positive
lee's character did n't just go to a bank manager and save everyone the misery,0,negative
fascinating you wo n't be able to look away for a second,1,positive
of the audience other than to sit back and enjoy a couple of great actors hamming it up,1,positive
"a lovely, sad dance",1,positive
visual charm,1,positive
heart-felt drama,1,positive
though this rude and crude film does deliver a few gut-busting laughs,0,negative
"she is a lioness, protecting her cub, and he a reluctant villain, incapable of controlling his crew.",1,positive
", kapur gives us episodic choppiness, undermining the story's emotional thrust.",0,negative
ghetto,0,negative
justifies,1,positive
shakes you vigorously,1,positive
is a dud.,0,negative
"confusion is one of my least favorite emotions, especially when i have to put up with 146 minutes of it.",0,negative
paramount imprint,0,negative
"a predictable, manipulative stinker.",0,negative
"is an act of spiritual faith -- an eloquent, deeply felt meditation on the nature of compassion",1,positive
disquietingly,0,negative
joke,0,negative
of the most original american productions this year,1,positive
objectivity and refusal,0,negative
a poetic,1,positive
satisfying entertainment,1,positive
witless and utterly pointless,0,negative
good performances,1,positive
"oversimplification, superficiality and silliness",0,negative
"as simultaneously funny, offbeat and",1,positive
"it's as if you 're watching a movie that was made in 1978 but not released then because it was so weak, and it has been unearthed and released now, when it has become even weaker.",0,negative
a walk to remember '',1,positive
a memorable directorial debut from king hunk,1,positive
feels more like the pilot episode of a tv series than a feature film,0,negative
leigh makes these lives count.,1,positive
"but seriously, folks, it does n't work.",0,negative
too much of the humor falls flat.,0,negative
"assured, vital and well wrought, the film is, arguably, the most accomplished work to date from hong kong's versatile stanley kwan.",1,positive
a typical bible killer story,0,negative
manipulative whitewash,0,negative
surprises or delights,1,positive
at its best moments,1,positive
a timeless and unique perspective,1,positive
is what we call the ` wow ' factor.,1,positive
with a clever pseudo-bio that manages to have a good time as it doles out pieces of the famous director's life,1,positive
the concept behind kung pow : enter the fist is hilarious,1,positive
poignant japanese epic,1,positive
with a smile on your face and a grumble in your stomach,1,positive
very valuable film,1,positive
giggling at the absurdities and inconsistencies,0,negative
the urban landscapes are detailed down to the signs on the kiosks,1,positive
this fascinating -- and timely -- content comes wrapped,1,positive
"low-tech magic realism and, at times,",0,negative
"we never feel anything for these characters, and as a result the film is basically just a curiosity.",0,negative
"illustrates the problems of fledgling democracies, but also the strength and sense of freedom the iranian people already possess, with or without access to the ballot box",1,positive
a powerful sequel and one of the best films of the year,1,positive
stuffy and pretentious,0,negative
"the characters are based on stock clichés, and the attempt to complicate the story only defies credibility.",0,negative
is even better than the fellowship.,1,positive
"with all the sympathy, empathy and pity fogging up the screen ... his secret life enters the land of unintentional melodrama and tiresome love triangles.",0,negative
stuffiest cinema goers,0,negative
"reacting to it - feeling a part of its grand locations,",1,positive
"the most wondrous love story in years, it is a great film.",1,positive
"then again, subtlety has never been his trademark",0,negative
down the reality drain,0,negative
the director's epitaph for himself,0,negative
after decades,1,positive
juice and delight,1,positive
"does n't have much panache, but with material this rich it does n't need it.",1,positive
having a nightmare about bad cinema,0,negative
just becomes sad,0,negative
"skin of man gets a few cheap shocks from its kids-in-peril theatrics, but it also taps into the primal fears of young people trying to cope with the mysterious and brutal nature of adults.",1,positive
"it veered off too far into the exxon zone, and left me behind at the station looking for a return ticket to realism",0,negative
uses its pulpy core conceit,0,negative
", you 'd grab your kids and run and then probably call the police.",0,negative
are beautifully,1,positive
", narc strikes a defiantly retro chord, and outpaces its contemporaries with daring and verve.",1,positive
"to have gone into recruiting the right bands for the playlist and the costuming of the stars than into the script, which has a handful of smart jokes and not much else",0,negative
splendid-looking,1,positive
"delicate, clever",1,positive
never reach satisfying conclusions,0,negative
beautifully filmed and well acted ... but admittedly problematic in its narrative specifics.,1,positive
see this terrific film,1,positive
boxes these women's souls right open for us.,1,positive
"'s a treat watching shaw, a british stage icon, melting under the heat of phocion's attentions",1,positive
rock's stand-up magic wanes.,0,negative
the stories work and,1,positive
another cool crime movie that actually manages to bring something new into the mix,1,positive
sheridan's take on the author's schoolboy memoir ... is a rather toothless take on a hard young life.,0,negative
"find little of interest in this film, which is often preachy and poorly acted",0,negative
( `` safe conduct '' ) is a long movie at 163 minutes but,1,positive
a kids-and-family-oriented cable channel,1,positive
"staged violence overshadows everything, including most of the actors.",0,negative
that it emerges as another key contribution to the flowering of the south korean cinema,1,positive
fiercely intelligent,1,positive
down on their working-class subjects,0,negative
"brash, intelligent and erotically perplexing, haneke's portrait of an upper class austrian society and the suppression of its tucked away demons",1,positive
is strong as always.,1,positive
make the stones weep -- as shameful,1,positive
goes awry,0,negative
"( i ) t's certainly laudable that the movie deals with hot-button issues in a comedic context, but barbershop is n't as funny as it should be.",0,negative
"this unexpectedly moving meditation on love, history, memory, resistance and artistic transcendence",1,positive
a frustrating ` tweener ',0,negative
sensitive acting,1,positive
overcome the sense that pumpkin is a mere plot pawn for two directors with far less endearing disabilities,0,negative
's surprisingly decent,1,positive
its music or,0,negative
the movie is so thoughtlessly assembled.,1,positive
also heartwarming without stooping to gooeyness,1,positive
"merges bits and pieces from fighting games, wire fu, horror movies, mystery, james bond, wrestling, sci-fi and anime into one big bloody stew",1,positive
has all the values of a straight-to-video movie,0,negative
awkward,0,negative
is a satisfying well-made romantic comedy that's both charming and well acted.,1,positive
of honest poetry,1,positive
with vibrant charm,1,positive
"the unfulfilling, incongruous,",0,negative
struggle tragically to comprehend the chasm of knowledge that's opened between them,1,positive
have returned from the beyond to warn you,0,negative
we want the funk - and this movie's got it,1,positive
"definitely funny stuff, but it's more of the ` laughing at ' variety than the ` laughing with.'",1,positive
its own good,1,positive
"a charming, banter-filled comedy ...",1,positive
help this movie one bit,0,negative
"fails on its own, but makes you second-guess your affection for the original",0,negative
anyone who ever fantasized about space travel but ca n't afford the $ 20 million ticket to ride a russian rocket,1,positive
"smart, solid, kinetically-charged spy flick worthy",1,positive
they ought to be a whole lot scarier than they are in this tepid genre offering.,0,negative
the bourne identity should n't be half as entertaining as it is,1,positive
heroes,1,positive
this every-joke-has - been-told-a,0,negative
bothered to construct a real story this time,1,positive
that makes eight legged freaks a perfectly entertaining summer diversion,1,positive
essentially a collection of bits -- and they 're all naughty.,1,positive
first-class,1,positive
of the clients,1,positive
visual coming right,1,positive
difficult for the audience,0,negative
from too much norma rae and not enough pretty woman,0,negative
you have an interest in the characters you see,1,positive
how i killed my father compelling,1,positive
"is awe and affection -- and a strange urge to get on a board and, uh, shred, dude.",1,positive
has its heart ( and its palate ) in the right place,1,positive
but dull and ankle-deep ` epic,0,negative
", delivers the goods and audiences will have a fun, no-frills ride.",1,positive
hard to believe that something so short could be so flabby,0,negative
the entire point of a shaggy dog story,0,negative
stiff or just plain bad,0,negative
a mess.,0,negative
comes across as lame and sophomoric in this debut indie feature,0,negative
part of the film's cheeky charm comes from its vintage schmaltz.,1,positive
are puerile,0,negative
most delightful,1,positive
this flick is about as cool and crowd-pleasing as a documentary can get.,1,positive
humanly,1,positive
comes together,1,positive
's been hyped to be because it plays everything too safe,0,negative
himself funny,1,positive
... a bland murder-on-campus yawner.,0,negative
brings us right into the center of that world,1,positive
"wildly overproduced,",0,negative
"her fans walked out muttering words like `` horrible '' and `` terrible, '' but had so much fun dissing the film that they did n't mind the ticket cost.",0,negative
of a very lively dream,1,positive
the film's lack,0,negative
"first-class, natural acting and a look at `` the real americans ''",1,positive
"amused and entertained by the unfolding of bielinsky's cleverly constructed scenario, and",1,positive
"makes the same mistake as the music industry it criticizes,",0,negative
"are repeatedly undercut by the brutality of the jokes, most at women's expense",0,negative
comes the first lousy guy ritchie imitation,0,negative
"... certainly an entertaining ride, despite many talky, slow scenes.",1,positive
's not that funny -- which is just generally insulting,0,negative
bears a grievous but obscure complaint against fathers,0,negative
"samira makhmalbaf as a very distinctive sensibility, working to develop her own film language with conspicuous success",1,positive
rice is too pedestrian a filmmaker to bring any edge or personality to the rising place that would set it apart from other deep south stories.,0,negative
call the film ` refreshing,1,positive
( sam's ) self-flagellation is more depressing than entertaining.,0,negative
weepy,0,negative
"lack contrast, are murky and are frequently too dark to be decipherable.",0,negative
pack your knitting needles.,0,negative
god is great addresses interesting matters of identity and heritage,1,positive
"bizarre, implausible",0,negative
lacks,0,negative
it has plenty of laughs.,1,positive
let the earnestness of its execution and skill of its cast take you down a familiar road with a few twists,1,positive
"upscale audiences hungry for quality and a nostalgic, twisty yarn that will keep them guessing",1,positive
"a burst of color, music, and dance that only the most practiced curmudgeon could fail to crack a smile at",1,positive
is n't it a bit early in his career for director barry sonnenfeld to do a homage to himself?,0,negative
is very choppy and monosyllabic despite the fact that it is being dubbed,0,negative
informative and,1,positive
"great performances, stylish cinematography and a gritty feel help make gangster no. 1 a worthwhile moviegoing experience.",1,positive
makes up for in heart.,1,positive
"wow, so who knew charles dickens could be so light-hearted?",1,positive
"because the genre is well established, what makes the movie fresh is smart writing, skewed characters, and the title performance by kieran culkin.",1,positive
"( w ) hile long on amiable monkeys and worthy environmentalism, jane goodall's wild chimpanzees is short on the thrills the oversize medium demands.",0,negative
conservative christian parents,1,positive
this mess,0,negative
sets out,1,positive
ridiculous dialog,0,negative
"a lovely film ... elegant, witty and beneath a prim exterior unabashedly romantic ...",1,positive
their heroic capacity,1,positive
"well, it's probably not accurate to call it a movie",0,negative
"is gripping, as are the scenes of jia with his family",1,positive
nothing but net,1,positive
"is moody, oozing, chilling and heart-warming all at once ...",1,positive
find an enthusiastic audience,1,positive
well-made but mush-hearted.,1,positive
"like a precious and finely cut diamond, magnificent to behold in its sparkling beauty yet in reality it's one tough rock.",1,positive
and church meetings,1,positive
nearly breaks its little neck trying to perform entertaining tricks,0,negative
"it should be interesting, it should be poignant, it turns out to be affected and boring",0,negative
even more indistinct,0,negative
"stale first act, scrooge story, blatant product placement",0,negative
"the problem with the bread, my sweet is that it's far too sentimental.",0,negative
"a solid, well-formed satire.",1,positive
but film buffs should get to know,1,positive
introduces,1,positive
"the film is so busy making reference to other films and trying to be other films that it fails to have a heart, mind or humor of its own.",0,negative
has a way of seeping into your consciousness,1,positive
giant spider invasion comic chiller,1,positive
a mournful undercurrent,0,negative
janey,1,positive
collapses after 30 minutes into a slap-happy series of adolescent violence.,0,negative
air of gentle longing,1,positive
"for close to two hours the audience is forced to endure three terminally depressed, mostly inarticulate, hyper dysfunctional families for the price of one.",0,negative
has the courage of its convictions and excellent performances on its side,1,positive
aimlessness,0,negative
"i can channel one of my greatest pictures, drunken master",1,positive
as gripping,1,positive
's relentlessly folksy,0,negative
is always watchable,1,positive
"assured, glossy",1,positive
questionable,0,negative
open-ended questions,1,positive
"this is rote spookiness, with nary an original idea ( or role, or edit, or score, or anything, really ) in sight, and",0,negative
superficial treatment,0,negative
without you has a bracing truth that's refreshing after the phoniness of female-bonding pictures like divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood.,1,positive
an engaging and intimate first feature,1,positive
good idea,1,positive
delivers one of the saddest action hero performances ever witnessed,0,negative
one-of-a-kind near-masterpiece.,1,positive
frighteningly fascinating,1,positive
"the recording sessions are intriguing, and -- on the way to striking a blow for artistic integrity -- this quality band may pick up new admirers",1,positive
"bad mannered, ugly and destructive little ****",0,negative
"a `` home alone '' film that is staged like `` rosemary's baby, '' but is not as well-conceived as either of those films.",0,negative
dominate a family,0,negative
saccharine sentimentality,0,negative
"it's slow -- very, very slow.",0,negative
ploddingly sociological commentary,0,negative
social and political potential,1,positive
never takes hold.,0,negative
live a rich and full life,1,positive
super-dooper-adorability intact,1,positive
one of the best films,1,positive
life affirming ',1,positive
's not clear whether we 're supposed to shriek,0,negative
almost senseless,0,negative
devoid of interesting characters or even a halfway intriguing plot,0,negative
unsubtle,0,negative
of complacency,1,positive
impart an almost visceral sense of dislocation and change,1,positive
"knows its classical music, knows its freud and knows its sade",1,positive
"the worst kind of mythologizing,",0,negative
is clearly not zhang's forte,0,negative
cuter,1,positive
wide-smiling,1,positive
lacking any sense of commitment to,0,negative
pleasant enough -- and,1,positive
transporting is that it's also one of the smartest,1,positive
few new converts,0,negative
its most delightful moments,1,positive
"warm water under a red bridge is a quirky and poignant japanese film that explores the fascinating connections between women, water, nature, and sexuality.",1,positive
", the country bears ... should keep parents amused with its low groan-to-guffaw ratio.",1,positive
less psycho,1,positive
is a bowser,0,negative
the perverse pleasure,1,positive
that effortlessly draws you in,1,positive
"smart and fun, but far more witty",1,positive
"the movie is a negligible work of manipulation, an exploitation piece doing its usual worst to guilt-trip parents.",0,negative
have reinvigorated the romance genre,1,positive
full of elaborate and twisted characters,1,positive
at its cluelessness,0,negative
uncommonly ambitious,1,positive
foul substances,0,negative
action-packed film,1,positive
is significantly less charming than listening to a four-year-old with a taste for exaggeration recount his halloween trip to the haunted house.,0,negative
hollywood frightfest,0,negative
the updated dickensian sensibility of writer craig bartlett's story is appealing.,1,positive
a glorified episode of `` 7th heaven,0,negative
is never quite able to overcome the cultural moat surrounding its ludicrous and contrived plot.,0,negative
truest sense,1,positive
played-out idea,0,negative
eerily,1,positive
the observations of this social/economic/urban environment are canny and spiced with irony.,1,positive
", it's waltzed itself into the art film pantheon.",1,positive
way original,1,positive
"give a spark to `` chasing amy '' and `` changing lanes '' falls flat as thinking man cia agent jack ryan in this summer's new action film, `` the sum of all fears",0,negative
'd much rather watch teens poking their genitals into fruit pies,0,negative
most exciting action films,1,positive
little melodramatic,0,negative
its appeal will probably limited to lds church members and undemanding armchair tourists.,0,negative
the cast is top-notch and,1,positive
is never satisfactory,0,negative
that would make it the darling of many a kids-and-family-oriented cable channel,1,positive
"about motives and context, which drains it of the dramatic substance that would shake us in our boots ( or cinema seats )",1,positive
the cartoon,1,positive
", the film manages to keep you at the edge of your seat with its shape-shifting perils, political intrigue and brushes with calamity.",1,positive
squanders as much as it gives out.,0,negative
horns and halos benefits from serendipity but also reminds us of our own responsibility to question what is told as the truth.,1,positive
... built on the premise that middle-class arkansas consists of monster truck-loving good ol' boys and peroxide blond honeys whose worldly knowledge comes from tv reruns and supermarket tabloids.,0,negative
"a disaster of a story, full of holes and completely lacking in chills",0,negative
disgusting source material,0,negative
a wildly entertaining,1,positive
just unlikable.,0,negative
"seagal ran out of movies years ago, and this is just the proof",0,negative
"real women may have many agendas, but it also will win you over, in a big way",1,positive
has its merits,1,positive
quite a bit of heart,1,positive
smeary and blurry,0,negative
none of the pushiness and decibel volume of most contemporary comedies,1,positive
"so well tuned that the film comes off winningly, even though it's never as solid as you want it to be",1,positive
to like,1,positive
unfolds like a lazy summer afternoon and concludes with the crisp clarity of a fall dawn,1,positive
"klein, charming in comedies like american pie and dead-on in election, delivers one of the saddest action hero performances ever witnessed.",0,negative
one relentlessly depressing situation,0,negative
the master of disguise is awful.,0,negative
comfortably,1,positive
who has little clue about either the nature of women or of friendship,0,negative
laughing at his own joke,0,negative
"freshness, imagination and insight",1,positive
an ambitious movie,1,positive
gags to break the tedium,0,negative
trailer-trash style,0,negative
"cantet beautifully illuminates what it means sometimes to be inside looking out, and at other times outside looking in.",1,positive
admire ... the intensity with which he's willing to express his convictions,1,positive
the lovable-loser protagonist,1,positive
rambling incoherence,0,negative
the movie suffers from two fatal ailments -- a dearth of vitality and a story that's shapeless and uninflected.,0,negative
gorgeous to look at,1,positive
"a powerful, inflammatory film about religion that dares to question an ancient faith, and about hatred that offers no easy, comfortable resolution",1,positive
a major waste,0,negative
coppola has made a film of intoxicating atmosphere and little else.,1,positive
dumb fart jokes,0,negative
is that there is nothing in it to engage children emotionally.,0,negative
feels like a prison stretch,0,negative
emotionally satisfying exploration,1,positive
gives the film its lingering tug,1,positive
"an important movie, or even",1,positive
"saddled with an unwieldy cast of characters and angles,",0,negative
glimpse into the mysteries of human behavior,1,positive
"it looks good, but it is essentially empty.",0,negative
that breathes extraordinary life into the private existence of the inuit people,1,positive
"what makes shanghai ghetto move beyond a good, dry, reliable textbook and what allows it to rank with its worthy predecessors",1,positive
it's thanks to huston's revelatory performance.,1,positive
it's a great performance and a reminder of dickens ' grandeur.,1,positive
remind us of how very bad a motion picture can truly be,0,negative
"the way that makes you ache with sadness ( the way chekhov is funny ), profound without ever being self-important, warm without ever succumbing to sentimentality",1,positive
a compelling dramatic means of addressing a complex situation,1,positive
"of the national lampoon film franchise, too long reduced to direct-to-video irrelevancy",0,negative
collective heart attack,0,negative
of family tradition and familial community,1,positive
"give shapiro, goldman, and bolado credit for good intentions,",1,positive
is nothing short of refreshing,1,positive
"'s hard to care about a film that proposes as epic tragedy the plight of a callow rich boy who is forced to choose between his beautiful, self-satisfied 22-year-old girlfriend and an equally beautiful, self-satisfied 18-year-old mistress",0,negative
perfect movie,1,positive
"unexpected, and often contradictory, truths emerge.",1,positive
"an engaging storyline, which also is n't embarrassed to make you reach for the tissues",1,positive
all the right ways,1,positive
martial arts,1,positive
no one can hear you snore,0,negative
"'s a boring movie about a boring man, made watchable by a bravura performance from a consummate actor incapable of being boring",1,positive
"fails to have a heart, mind or humor of its own",1,positive
little jokes,1,positive
is more frustrating than a modem that disconnects every 10 seconds.,0,negative
attracting,1,positive
is built on a potentially interesting idea,1,positive
"the part where nothing's happening,",0,negative
smarter and much,1,positive
's not enough substance here,0,negative
a riveting story well told.,1,positive
the finished product's unshapely look,0,negative
worth a recommendation,1,positive
new or interesting,1,positive
"constantly pulling the rug from underneath us,",1,positive
highly watchable,1,positive
"as underwater ghost stories go, below casts its spooky net out into the atlantic ocean and spits it back, grizzled and charred, somewhere northwest of the bermuda triangle.",0,negative
of the band,1,positive
"with star power, a pop-induced score",1,positive
a disappointingly thin slice of lower-class london life ; despite the title,0,negative
cool stuff packed into espn's ultimate x.,1,positive
as warm as it is wise,1,positive
"scotland looks wonderful, the fans are often funny fanatics",1,positive
no justice,0,negative
remarkable yet shockingly little-known perspective,1,positive
"a sly female empowerment movie,",1,positive
"seen as hip,",1,positive
"the bad sound,",0,negative
"as an introduction to the man's theories and influence, derrida is all but useless ; as a portrait of the artist as an endlessly inquisitive old man, however, it's invaluable",1,positive
by flashes of mordant humor,1,positive
to make you feel guilty about ignoring what the filmmakers clearly believe,0,negative
"a delightfully unpredictable, hilarious comedy with wonderful performances that tug at your heart in ways that utterly transcend gender",1,positive
's spiffing up leftovers that are n't so substantial or fresh,0,negative
wonderful tale,1,positive
pitiful,0,negative
never once predictable,1,positive
no.,0,negative
"adorably ditsy but heartfelt performances, and",1,positive
demonstrates just how far his storytelling skills have eroded,0,negative
despite several attempts at lengthy dialogue scenes,0,negative
", in the hands of a brutally honest individual like prophet jack, might have made a point or two regarding life",0,negative
who feels acting is the heart and soul of cinema,1,positive
( `` safe conduct '' ) is a long movie at 163 minutes,0,negative
the `` queen '' and less of the `` damned,0,negative
"like a fish that's lived too long, austin powers in goldmember has some unnecessary parts and is kinda wrong in places.",0,negative
"through a sad, sordid universe of guns, drugs, avarice and damaged dreams",0,negative
's most memorable about circuit,1,positive
suffers from two fatal ailments -- a dearth of vitality and a story that's shapeless and uninflected,0,negative
no lika,0,negative
looks genuinely pretty.,1,positive
did n't sell many records but,0,negative
a variety of quirky characters and an engaging story,1,positive
"wise enough to recognize that there are few things in this world more complex -- and, as it turns out, more fragile -- than happiness",1,positive
so cliched and contrived that it makes your least favorite james bond movie seem as cleverly plotted as the usual suspects,0,negative
to the annoying score,0,negative
the beauty and power,1,positive
"offers little insight into the experience of being forty, female and single",0,negative
"bittersweet comedy/drama full of life, hand gestures, and some really adorable italian guys.",1,positive
what a reckless squandering,0,negative
merely bad rather than,0,negative
bad prose,0,negative
its through-line of family and community is heartening in the same way that each season marks a new start.,1,positive
is right at home in this french shocker playing his usual bad boy weirdo role,1,positive
explores the seemingly irreconcilable situation between conservative christian parents and their estranged gay and lesbian children.,1,positive
"in imax in short, it's just as wonderful on the big screen.",1,positive
is nearly incoherent,0,negative
wonderfully loopy,1,positive
is still a cinematic touchstone.,1,positive
"there, done that",1,positive
"feels contrived, as if the filmmakers were worried the story would n't work without all those gimmicks.",0,negative
tired,0,negative
close to being exciting,1,positive
most devastating,0,negative
back the springboard for a more immediate mystery in the present,1,positive
if that's not too glorified a term,1,positive
the filmmakers just follow the books,0,negative
is a bit like getting all excited about a chocolate eclair and then biting into it and finding the filling missing.,0,negative
tired tyco ad,0,negative
if you like an extreme action-packed film with a hint of humor,1,positive
reality drain,0,negative
is well worthwhile.,1,positive
randomness usually achieved only by lottery drawing,0,negative
the film runs on a little longer than it needs to -- muccino either does n't notice when his story ends or just ca n't tear himself away from the characters --,0,negative
"it's a rollicking adventure for you and all your mateys, regardless of their ages.",1,positive
that if the filmmakers just follow the books,0,negative
direct-to-video/dvd category,0,negative
storytelling feels slight.,0,negative
simply and eloquently articulates the tangled feelings of particular new yorkers deeply touched by an unprecedented tragedy.,1,positive
far more often than the warfare,1,positive
"false sentiment or sharp, overmanipulative hollywood practices",0,negative
probes in a light-hearted way the romantic problems of individuals for whom the yearning for passion spells discontent,1,positive
"nothing wrong with performances here, but the whiney characters bugged me",0,negative
enjoys the friday series,1,positive
all the movie's narrative gymnastics ca n't disguise the fact that it's inauthentic at its core and that its story just is n't worth telling.,0,negative
its committed dumbness,0,negative
like leafing through an album of photos,0,negative
traps audiences in a series of relentlessly nasty situations,0,negative
been fumbled by a lesser filmmaker,0,negative
should have been a cutting hollywood satire,0,negative
"candid, archly funny",1,positive
soured me on the santa clause 2 was that santa bumps up against 21st century reality so hard,0,negative
the waterlogged script,0,negative
"his contradictory, self-hating, self-destructive ways",0,negative
better characters,1,positive
off-puttingly,0,negative
`` mr. deeds '' is suitable summer entertainment that offers escapism without requiring a great deal of thought.,1,positive
really funny,1,positive
hope the movie is widely seen and debated with appropriate ferocity and thoughtfulness,1,positive
every bit as imperious,0,negative
"mr. wollter and ms. seldhal give strong and convincing performances, but neither reaches into the deepest recesses of the character to unearth the quaking essence of passion, grief and fear.",0,negative
nice twists,1,positive
to believe in it the most,1,positive
got to admire ... the intensity with which he's willing to express his convictions,1,positive
"nice, harmless date film",1,positive
just another teen movie,0,negative
beautiful paean,1,positive
the terrifying message,0,negative
there's no fizz,0,negative
sets out to entertain and ends up delivering in good measure,1,positive
its heartfelt concern,1,positive
"is the word for the big-fisted direction of jez butterworth, who manages to blast even the smallest sensitivities from the romance with his clamorous approach",0,negative
"will leave you wanting more, not to mention leaving you with some laughs and a smile on your face",1,positive
"characters still need to function according to some set of believable and comprehensible impulses, no matter how many drugs they do or how much artistic license avary employs.",0,negative
stuck around for this long,0,negative
there's ... an underlying old world sexism to monday morning that undercuts its charm.,0,negative
"such a fine idea for a film, and such a stultifying, lifeless execution.",0,negative
mel brooks ' borscht belt schtick look sophisticated,1,positive
"k-19 will not go down in the annals of cinema as one of the great submarine stories, but it is an engaging and exciting narrative of man confronting the demons of his own fear and paranoia",1,positive
"conveys the passion, creativity, and fearlessness of one of mexico's most colorful and controversial artists -- a captivating drama that will speak to the nonconformist in us all.",1,positive
with lots of laughs,1,positive
quirky comedy,1,positive
narcotized,0,negative
grows boring despite the scenery,0,negative
than the first 30 or 40 minutes,1,positive
grab you,1,positive
another peek at some of the magic we saw in glitter here in wisegirls,1,positive
choose to skip it,0,negative
alternating with lots of sloppiness,0,negative
photographed in the manner of a golden book sprung to life,1,positive
"feels homogenized and a bit contrived, as if we 're looking back at a tattered and ugly past with rose-tinted glasses.",0,negative
the best looking and stylish,1,positive
an epic of astonishing grandeur,1,positive
has nothing good to speak about other than the fact that it is relatively short,0,negative
neglects to add the magic that made it all work,0,negative
are frequently too dark to be decipherable,0,negative
"soderbergh's best films, `` erin brockovich,",1,positive
nightmarish,0,negative
in the truest sense,1,positive
most amazing,1,positive
"is left with a sour taste in one's mouth, and little else",0,negative
boozy,0,negative
the story itself is actually quite vapid.,0,negative
"so many red herrings, so many false scares",0,negative
"time literally stops on a dime in the tries-so-hard-to-be-cool `` clockstoppers, ''",0,negative
"but rather, ` how can you charge money for this?'",0,negative
leave feeling like you 've endured a long workout without your pulse ever racing,1,positive
the occasional belly laugh,1,positive
new ground,1,positive
co-winner,1,positive
to speak about other than the fact that it is relatively short,0,negative
rich and sudden wisdom,1,positive
enjoyably fast-moving,1,positive
"too hard to be funny in a way that's too loud, too goofy and too short of an attention span",0,negative
is so engagingly,1,positive
the third feels limited by its short running time,0,negative
delivers the goods,1,positive
thoughtful minor classic,1,positive
going to take you,1,positive
impart a message,1,positive
friend,1,positive
by a plot that's just too boring and obvious,0,negative
", inflammatory film",0,negative
direction and especially charm,1,positive
"a serious minded patience, respect and affection",1,positive
showcases,0,negative
saved from,1,positive
of a good time for both children and parents,1,positive
"is a funny, puzzling movie ambiguous enough to be engaging and oddly moving",1,positive
"borrows from bad lieutenant and les vampires,",0,negative
its delightful cast,1,positive
"a serious work by an important director who has something new to say about how, in the flip-flop of courtship, we often reel in when we should be playing out",1,positive
"to smack of a hallmark hall of fame, with a few four letter words thrown in that are generally not heard on television",0,negative
pretty well,1,positive
has little clue about either the nature of women or of friendship,0,negative
"is a dark, gritty, sometimes funny little gem.",1,positive
the visual flair and bouncing bravado,1,positive
this dreck,0,negative
sitting through this one,0,negative
"works because of the universal themes, earnest performances ... and excellent use of music by india's popular gulzar and jagjit singh.",1,positive
a great piece,1,positive
"is no solace here, no entertainment value, merely a fierce lesson in where filmmaking can take us",0,negative
more valuable,1,positive
peroxide blond honeys whose worldly knowledge comes from tv reruns and supermarket tabloids,0,negative
absurd plot twists,0,negative
warm and winning central performance,1,positive
of its epic scope,1,positive
positively,1,positive
most impressive,1,positive
into feel-good territory,1,positive
"the imaginary sport it projects onto the screen -- loud, violent and mindless",0,negative
oscar wilde's classic satire,1,positive
that fails to make adequate,0,negative
you see this film you 'll know too,1,positive
", it's just grating",0,negative
hard ground,0,negative
manages never to grow boring ... which proves that rohmer still has a sense of his audience.,1,positive
a bold ( and lovely ) experiment that will,1,positive
"we 've seen the hippie-turned-yuppie plot before, but there's an enthusiastic charm in fire that makes the formula fresh again.",1,positive
"quiet, confident craftsmanship",1,positive
it's a funny no-brainer,1,positive
only had a week to live,0,negative
quaid is utterly fearless as the tortured husband living a painful lie,1,positive
power and grace,1,positive
solid cast,1,positive
's a part of us that can not help be entertained by the sight of someone getting away with something.,1,positive
maintaining the appearance of clinical objectivity,1,positive
perfectly executed and wonderfully sympathetic,1,positive
it never quite makes the grade as tawdry trash.,0,negative
beloved,1,positive
"a first-class, thoroughly involving b movie that effectively combines two surefire, beloved genres -- the prison flick and the fight film.",1,positive
none can equal,1,positive
be as tiresome as 9 seconds of jesse helms ' anti- castro,0,negative
", blade ii mutates into a gross-out monster movie with effects that are more silly than scary.",0,negative
it feels much longer,0,negative
"authentically vague, but ultimately purposeless",0,negative
"is an inspirational love story,",1,positive
will amuse and provoke adventurous adults in specialty venues.,1,positive
finest,1,positive
much of the writing is genuinely witty,1,positive
"is a hoot,",1,positive
"compressed into an evanescent, seamless and sumptuous stream of consciousness.",1,positive
"one of those rare films that come by once in a while with flawless amounts of acting, direction, story and pace",1,positive
a remarkable film by bernard rose,1,positive
"'s unfortunate that wallace, who wrote gibson's braveheart as well as the recent pearl harbor, has such an irrepressible passion for sappy situations and dialogue.",0,negative
is more likely to induce sleep than fright,0,negative
"has no character, loveable or otherwise",0,negative
clever ideas,1,positive
you 'd swear you,1,positive
'd prefer a simple misfire,0,negative
certain,1,positive
is a movie so insecure about its capacity to excite that it churns up not one but two flagrantly fake thunderstorms to underscore the action.,0,negative
"the cleverest,",1,positive
bound to show up at theaters for it,1,positive
enriched by an imaginatively mixed cast of antic spirits,1,positive
", accompanying the stunt-hungry dimwits in a random series of collected gags, pranks, pratfalls, dares, injuries, etc..",0,negative
the german occupation,0,negative
"has one of the most moronic screenplays of the year, full of holes that will be obvious even to those who are n't looking for them.",0,negative
elegantly colorful look,1,positive
in the process created a masterful work of art of their own,1,positive
"lags badly in the middle and lurches between not-very-funny comedy, unconvincing dramatics and some last-minute action strongly reminiscent of run lola run",0,negative
so many people put so much time and energy into this turkey,0,negative
with the same sort of good-natured fun found in films like tremors,1,positive
plays like some corny television production from a bygone era,0,negative
keeps the film grounded in an undeniable social realism,1,positive
"so we got ten little indians meets friday the 13th by way of clean and sober, filmed on the set of carpenter's the thing and loaded with actors you 're most likely to find on the next inevitable incarnation of the love boat.",0,negative
cracked lunacy,0,negative
gross,0,negative
"rodrigues's beast-within metaphor is ultimately rather silly and overwrought, making the ambiguous ending seem goofy rather than provocative.",0,negative
an architect of pop culture,1,positive
is more fascinating -- being real -- than anything seen on jerry springer.,1,positive
of love and destiny,1,positive
good intentions leads to the video store,0,negative
by even the corniest and most hackneyed contrivances,0,negative
explore the connections between place and personal identity.,1,positive
prefer to keep on watching,1,positive
uses lighting effects and innovative backgrounds to an equally impressive degree,1,positive
lack of a pyschological center knocks it flat,0,negative
most genuinely sweet films,1,positive
this silly little puddle of a movie,0,negative
"but believe it or not, it's one of the most beautiful, evocative works i 've seen.",1,positive
absurdities and inconsistencies,0,negative
someone other than the director,0,negative
the best of godard's movies,1,positive
emphasizes the well-wrought story and,1,positive
"this is a movie that will stimulate hours of post viewing discussion, if only to be reminded of who did what to whom and why.",1,positive
is long on narrative and ( too ) short,0,negative
never again is a welcome and heartwarming addition to the romantic comedy genre.,1,positive
it's a visual rorschach test and i must have failed.,0,negative
will most likely doze off during this one,0,negative
feel like three hours,0,negative
it's worth taking the kids to.,1,positive
"it's a treat watching shaw, a british stage icon, melting under the heat of phocion's attentions.",1,positive
a fudged opportunity of gigantic proportions,0,negative
that even most contemporary adult movies are lacking,1,positive
colorful and,1,positive
big bloody stew,0,negative
made nature film and a tribute to a woman whose passion for this region and its inhabitants still shines in her quiet blue eyes.,1,positive
a major director,1,positive
welsh whimsy,1,positive
more abhorrent,0,negative
moretti's compelling anatomy of grief and the difficult process of adapting to loss.,0,negative
so striking,1,positive
an unintentionally surreal kid's picture ... in which actors in bad bear suits enact a sort of inter-species parody of a vh1 behind the music episode.,0,negative
ironic cultural satire,1,positive
"is as blasphemous and nonsensical as a luis buñuel film without the latter's attendant intelligence, poetry, passion, and genius.",0,negative
from disappointing,0,negative
there's a wickedly subversive bent to the best parts of birthday girl.,1,positive
"competent, unpretentious entertainment",1,positive
plays like a 95-minute commercial for nba properties,0,negative
is a sea of constant smiles and frequent laughter,1,positive
is a desperate miscalculation,0,negative
best short story writing,1,positive
is a certain sense of experimentation and improvisation to this film that may not always work,0,negative
see the movie through the prism of his or her own beliefs and prejudices,1,positive
unrelentingly grim,0,negative
"that ultimately defeated the film ... it was the unfulfilling, incongruous, `` wait a second",0,negative
infatuated,1,positive
more likely to induce sleep than fright,0,negative
that the ` true story ' by which all the queen's men is allegedly `` inspired '' was a lot funnier and more deftly enacted than what's been cobbled together onscreen,0,negative
a well loved classic,1,positive
it's refreshing that someone understands the need for the bad boy,1,positive
direct-to-video,0,negative
"the film's sense of imagery gives it a terrible strength, but",1,positive
they help increase an average student's self-esteem,1,positive
"a flat, plodding picture",0,negative
works its way up,1,positive
who are alternately touching and funny,1,positive
very obviously mark him as a video helmer making his feature debut,1,positive
"this long-on-the-shelf, point-and-shoot exercise in gimmicky crime drama",0,negative
the strength,1,positive
"no solace here,",0,negative
"birthday girl does n't try to surprise us with plot twists, but rather seems to enjoy its own transparency.",1,positive
really a true `` us '' versus `` them '',1,positive
respects,1,positive
"scenery, vibe",1,positive
old-hat province,0,negative
's got to be a more graceful way of portraying the devastation of this disease.,0,negative
"has something new to say about how, in the flip-flop of courtship, we often reel in when we should be playing out",1,positive
its own,1,positive
that the answer is as conventional as can be,0,negative
visually atrocious,0,negative
has neither the charisma nor the natural affability that has made tucker a star,0,negative
glossy melodrama,0,negative
painfully padded.,0,negative
would be rendered tedious by avary's failure to construct a story with even a trace of dramatic interest,0,negative
an average b-movie,0,negative
are easy to swallow thanks to remarkable performances by ferrera and ontiveros,1,positive
the q in quirky,1,positive
: stallion of the cimarron is a winner.,1,positive
have a story and a script,1,positive
a terrible adaptation,0,negative
"ms. phoenix is completely lacking in charm and charisma, and is unable to project either esther's initial anomie or her eventual awakening.",0,negative
engrossing portrait,1,positive
i 'm not even a fan of the genre,0,negative
an actual vietnam war combat movie,1,positive
and inventive moments,1,positive
about kicking undead ***,1,positive
a true cinematic knack,1,positive
"... an incredibly heavy-handed, manipulative dud that feels all too familiar.",0,negative
"documented the cruelty and suffering he has found with an devastating, eloquent clarity",1,positive
café,1,positive
a bid to hold our attention,0,negative
unentertaining,0,negative
"humorless, self-conscious art drivel, made without a glimmer of intelligence or invention.",0,negative
rejected,0,negative
very talented,1,positive
features what is surely the funniest and most accurate depiction of writer's block ever.,1,positive
above much of the director's previous popcorn work,1,positive
"the little nuances that perhaps had to escape from director mark romanek's self-conscious scrutiny to happen,",0,negative
undernourished and,0,negative
describe exactly how bad it is,0,negative
cheesy dialogue,0,negative
"for the rest of us, sitting through dahmer's two hours amounts to little more than punishment.",0,negative
"seems to want both, but succeeds in making neither",0,negative
impudent,0,negative
a story whose restatement is validated by the changing composition of the nation,1,positive
instantly forgettable,0,negative
between flaccid satire and what,1,positive
's a reason the studio did n't offer an advance screening.,0,negative
an encyclopedia of cliches that shoplifts shamelessly from farewell-to-innocence movies like the wanderers and a bronx tale without cribbing any of their intelligence,0,negative
"in his zeal to squeeze the action and our emotions into the all-too-familiar dramatic arc of the holocaust escape story, minac drains his movie of all individuality",0,negative
remarkably faithful one,1,positive
crap,0,negative
our best achievements and other times,1,positive
contradictory,0,negative
"some kid who ca n't act, only echoes of jordan, and weirdo actor crispin glover screwing things up old school",0,negative
as in the songs translate well to film,1,positive
most original fantasy film,1,positive
its generic villains lack any intrigue ( other than their funny accents ) and the action scenes are poorly delivered,0,negative
"starts slowly, but adrien brody -- in the title role -- helps make the film's conclusion powerful and satisfying",1,positive
very touching,1,positive
"worthless, from its pseudo-rock-video opening",0,negative
"a chance to see three splendid actors turn a larky chase movie into an emotionally satisfying exploration of the very human need to be somebody, and to belong to somebody.",1,positive
"in questioning the election process, payami graphically illustrates the problems of fledgling democracies, but also the strength and sense of freedom the iranian people already possess, with or without access to the ballot box.",1,positive
evelyn comes from the heart.,1,positive
is interminable,0,negative
be rewarded with some fine acting,1,positive
everything is off.,0,negative
"minority report is exactly what the title indicates, a report.",1,positive
clare peploe's airless movie adaptation,0,negative
so intimate and sensual and funny and psychologically self-revealing,1,positive
quite vapid,0,negative
-- an unpleasant debate that's been given the drive of a narrative and that's been acted out --,0,negative
"the film's sense of imagery gives it a terrible strength, but it's propelled by the acting.",1,positive
"quirky, charming",1,positive
"first-time writer-director dylan kidd also has a good ear for dialogue, and the characters sound like real people.",1,positive
a friend,1,positive
", still manages at least a decent attempt at meaningful cinema",1,positive
"there are flaws, but also stretches of impact and moments of awe ; we 're wrapped up in the characters, how they make their choices, and why",1,positive
simple message,1,positive
impressive,1,positive
makes us believe she is kahlo,1,positive
"driven by the pathetic idea that if you shoot something on crummy-looking videotape, it must be labeled ` hip ', ` innovative ' and ` realistic '",0,negative
"as a first-time director, paxton has tapped something in himself as an actor that provides frailty with its dark soul.",1,positive
"lacking substance and soul, crossroads comes up shorter than britney's cutoffs.",0,negative
even while his characters are acting horribly,0,negative
"properly intense, claustrophobic tale",1,positive
makes oliver far more interesting,1,positive
washington most certainly has a new career ahead of him,1,positive
a riveting and surprisingly romantic ride,1,positive
is too short,0,negative
hell,0,negative
"an intelligent, realistic portrayal",1,positive
provide its keenest pleasures to those familiar with bombay musicals,1,positive
offers some flashy twists and turns that occasionally fortify this turgid fable.,1,positive
limply,0,negative
", witty and beneath",1,positive
"of an energetic, extreme-sports adventure",1,positive
sad but endearing,1,positive
it transporting is that it's also one of the smartest,1,positive
"with a completely predictable plot, you 'll swear that you 've seen it all before, even if you 've never come within a mile of the longest yard.",0,negative
"its and pieces of the hot chick are so hilarious, and schneider's performance is so fine",1,positive
"a genuinely funny ensemble comedy that also asks its audience -- in a heartwarming, nonjudgmental kind of way -- to consider what we value in our daily lives.",1,positive
new energy,1,positive
"to get through this interminable, shapeless documentary about the swinging subculture",0,negative
"this utterly ridiculous shaggy dog story as one of the most creative, energetic and original comedies to hit the screen in years",1,positive
intoxicating atmosphere and,1,positive
"refreshingly realistic, affectation-free",1,positive
an empty exercise,0,negative
yelling in your face for two hours,0,negative
"fontaine's direction, especially her agreeably startling use of close-ups and her grace with a moving camera,",1,positive
is as visceral as a gut punch,1,positive
in formal settings with motionless characters,0,negative
sense that powerhouse of 19th-century prose behind her childlike smile,1,positive
a film -- full of life and small delights --,1,positive
is n't even halfway,0,negative
jealousy,0,negative
"an enthralling aesthetic experience, one that's steeped in mystery and a ravishing, baroque beauty.",1,positive
most convincing emotional gravity from a scene where santa gives gifts to grownups,1,positive
an excruciating demonstration of the unsalvageability,0,negative
"its new england characters, most of whom wander about in thick clouds of denial",0,negative
may be the first cartoon ever to look as if it were being shown on the projection television screen of a sports bar,0,negative
straight-ahead thriller,1,positive
"russell lacks the visual panache, the comic touch, and perhaps the budget of sommers's title-bout features.",0,negative
creep,0,negative
the high standards of performance,1,positive
unlike,0,negative
utterly pointless,0,negative
unconditional,1,positive
"a shrill, didactic cartoon",0,negative
are pitted against shimmering cinematography that lends the setting the ethereal beauty of an asian landscape painting,1,positive
suited to capture these musicians in full regalia,1,positive
posing as a real movie,0,negative
a listless climb,0,negative
substantial or fresh,1,positive
the scriptwriters are no less a menace to society than the film's characters.,0,negative
"ash wednesday is suspenseful and ultimately unpredictable, with a sterling ensemble cast.",1,positive
", beautifully produced film",1,positive
"a poignant and compelling story about relationships, food of love takes us on a bumpy but satisfying journey of the heart.",1,positive
most poorly staged and,0,negative
"is reasonably entertaining,",1,positive
pretty valuable,1,positive
overstated,0,negative
"fresh, sometimes funny, and",1,positive
"most romantic comedies,",1,positive
the lustrous polished visuals rich in color and creativity,1,positive
b movie,0,negative
"deep intelligence and a warm, enveloping affection",1,positive
"credulous, unassuming, subordinate",0,negative
consumed by lust and love and crushed by betrayal that it conjures up the intoxicating fumes and emotional ghosts of a freshly painted rembrandt,1,positive
bungle their way through the narrative as if it were a series of bible parables and not an actual story.,0,negative
is either a saving dark humor or the feel of poetic tragedy.,1,positive
inject farcical raunch,0,negative
"fast, funny, and even touching story",1,positive
astonishingly skillful and moving ... it could become a historically significant work as well as a masterfully made one.,1,positive
"as it is, it's too long and unfocused.",0,negative
that works against itself,0,negative
silliness and,1,positive
"the good, which is its essential problem",0,negative
sincerity,1,positive
deals with hot-button issues in a comedic context,1,positive
wooden dialogue,0,negative
a thoughtful and surprisingly affecting portrait,1,positive
"world traveler might not go anywhere new, or arrive anyplace special,",0,negative
opened it up for all of us,1,positive
"stands as one of the year's most intriguing movie experiences, letting its imagery speak for it while it forces you to ponder anew what a movie can be.",1,positive
a remarkable amount,1,positive
just does n't work,0,negative
the paper-thin characterizations and,0,negative
", haphazard theatrical release",0,negative
what he's already done way too often,0,negative
"cold, oddly colorful and just plain otherworldly, a freaky bit of art that's there to scare while we delight in the images",1,positive
", there is n't much there here.",0,negative
secondary,0,negative
helps `` being earnest '' overcome its weaknesses,1,positive
"in fast-edit, hopped-up fashion",0,negative
a canny crowd pleaser,1,positive
for nearly three hours,1,positive
redundant and inauthentic,0,negative
cultural and personal self-discovery and,1,positive
a great performance,1,positive
it were that grand a failure,0,negative
a visual delight,1,positive
disturbing disregard,0,negative
no satisfaction,0,negative
"even by the intentionally low standards of frat-boy humor, sorority boys is a bowser.",0,negative
hiding behind cutesy film references,0,negative
"too damn weird to pass up, and for the blacklight crowd, way cheaper ( and better ) than pink floyd tickets.",1,positive
screen with considerable appeal,1,positive
slam-bang,1,positive
"an entertaining, colorful, action-filled crime story with an intimate heart.",1,positive
cinematography and exhilarating point-of-view shots and fewer slow-motion ` grandeur ' shots and,1,positive
with only the odd enjoyably chewy lump,1,positive
rooting for the film to hurry up and get to its subjects ' deaths just so the documentary will be over,0,negative
rock-solid little genre picture,1,positive
a tragic love story,1,positive
no earthly reason,0,negative
warped logic,0,negative
be lovely,1,positive
he probably would n't be too crazy with his great-grandson's movie splitting up in pretty much the same way.,0,negative
i saw worse stunt editing or cheaper action movie production values than in extreme ops,0,negative
classic,1,positive
horrible,0,negative
it would still be beyond comprehension,0,negative
"is the cast, particularly the ya-yas themselves",1,positive
draws you,1,positive
"of two actors who do everything humanly possible to create characters who are sweet and believable, and are defeated by a screenplay that forces them into bizarre, implausible behavior",0,negative
time to congratulate himself for having the guts to confront it,1,positive
"spreads itself too thin, leaving these actors, as well as the members of the commune",0,negative
more curious,1,positive
will linger long after this film has ended,1,positive
a convincing one,1,positive
this unique and entertaining twist on the classic whale's tale,1,positive
be significantly different ( and better ) than most films with this theme,1,positive
"candid, archly funny and deeply authentic",1,positive
"transcend its genre with a curiously stylized, quasi-shakespearean portrait of pure misogynist evil",1,positive
the goods,1,positive
"brainless,",0,negative
is likely to cause massive cardiac arrest if taken in large doses,0,negative
very good time,1,positive
"guns, cheatfully filmed martial arts",0,negative
's technically sumptuous but also almost wildly alive.,1,positive
as it provides a fresh view of an old type,1,positive
has worked wonders with the material,1,positive
young american,1,positive
", whatever your orientation.",1,positive
", more frantic than involving, more chaotic than entertaining.",0,negative
of above the rest,1,positive
electrocute and dismember,0,negative
a great cast and a wonderful but sometimes confusing flashback,1,positive
seriously dumb characters,0,negative
filming the teeming life on the reefs,1,positive
overall an overwhelmingly positive portrayal,1,positive
"plot, characters,",1,positive
laughs that may make you hate yourself for giving in,1,positive
have potential as a cult film,1,positive
's stuffy and pretentious,0,negative
still fun and enjoyable and,1,positive
"not as well-written as sexy beast, not as gloriously flippant as lock, stock and two smoking barrels, but stylish and moody and exceptionally well-acted.",1,positive
there surrender $ 9 and,0,negative
's no way you wo n't be talking about the film once you exit the theater,1,positive
meandering and pointless french coming-of-age import,0,negative
weirdly appealing,1,positive
"human experience -- drama, conflict, tears and surprise --",1,positive
that transforms this story about love and culture into a cinematic poem,1,positive
the result is a film that's about as subtle as a party political broadcast,0,negative
"does a great combination act as narrator, jewish grandmother and subject -- taking us through a film that is part biography, part entertainment and part history.",1,positive
creeps into your heart,1,positive
recovering from its demented premise,0,negative
"follow the same blueprint from hundreds of other films, sell it to the highest bidder and walk away without anyone truly knowing your identity",0,negative
"tells this very compelling tale with little fuss or noise, expertly plucking tension from quiet",1,positive
"most daring,",1,positive
of constant smiles and frequent laughter,1,positive
"this is as lax and limp a comedy as i 've seen in a while, a meander through worn-out material.",0,negative
at a snail's pace,1,positive
"i 'm sure mainstream audiences will be baffled,",0,negative
effort to share his impressions of life and loss and time and art with us,1,positive
escape the shackles of its own clichés to be the best espionage picture to come out in weeks,1,positive
", unholy hokum.",0,negative
"it's an interesting effort ( particularly for jfk conspiracy nuts ), and barry's cold-fish act makes the experience worthwhile",1,positive
historical truth and realism,1,positive
"this sensitive, smart, savvy, compelling coming-of-age drama",1,positive
"in a movie that is definitely meaningless, vapid and devoid of substance",0,negative
a teeth-clenching gusto,1,positive
gawky,0,negative
"go, girls, right down the reality drain.",0,negative
pulp melodrama,0,negative
unimaginative and derivative,0,negative
who have carved their own comfortable niche in the world,1,positive
could make you weep,0,negative
obvious determination to shock at any cost,0,negative
telling,1,positive
the young stars are too cute ; the story and ensuing complications are too manipulative ; the message is too blatant ; the resolutions are too convenient.,0,negative
santa gives gifts to grownups,1,positive
"is more interesting than the screenplay, which lags badly in the middle and lurches between not-very-funny comedy, unconvincing dramatics and some last-minute action strongly reminiscent of run lola run",0,negative
can out-bad-act the other,0,negative
"90 punitive minutes of eardrum-dicing gunplay, screeching-metal smashups, and flaccid odd-couple sniping",0,negative
"disintegrates into a dreary, humorless soap opera",0,negative
has little wit and no surprises.,0,negative
charming and evoking,1,positive
within the seas of their personalities,1,positive
sympathizing,1,positive
true and historically significant,1,positive
a remarkable piece,1,positive
"is exceedingly pleasant, designed not to offend.",1,positive
by a bravura performance,1,positive
"it's full of cheesy dialogue, but great trashy fun that finally returns de palma to his pulpy thrillers of the early '80s.",1,positive
we call the ` wow ' factor,1,positive
"still, it just sits there like a side dish no one ordered.",0,negative
"truly, truly bad movie",0,negative
"makes us see familiar issues, like racism and homophobia, in a fresh way",1,positive
too simple,0,negative
an aimlessness,0,negative
"the art direction and costumes are gorgeous and finely detailed, and",1,positive
dogtown and z-boys has a compelling story to tell.,1,positive
achieves the feel of a fanciful motion picture.,1,positive
which becomes something about how lame it is to try and evade your responsibilities,0,negative
director shekhar kapur supplies with tremendous skill,1,positive
brutal 90-minute battle sequence,0,negative
obsessively,0,negative
polanski's best film,1,positive
"... the cast portrays their cartoon counterparts well ... but quite frankly, scoob and shag do n't eat enough during the film.'",0,negative
poignant and leavened,1,positive
"only with muscles and a lot more smarts, but just as endearing and easy to watch",1,positive
funny fanatics,1,positive
a poignant and wryly amusing film,1,positive
the hell,0,negative
emotionally belittle a cinema classic.,0,negative
"as good, if not better than much of what's on saturday morning tv especially the pseudo-educational stuff we all ca n't stand",1,positive
the world's greatest teacher,1,positive
a listless and desultory affair.,0,negative
to put a lump in your throat while reaffirming washington as possibly the best actor working in movies today,1,positive
that successfully recreates both the physical setting and emotional tensions of the papin sisters,1,positive
brought to life on the big screen,1,positive
it's not original enough.,0,negative
"low, very low, very",0,negative
diminishing his stature,0,negative
stuttering editing and pompous references to wittgenstein and kirkegaard,0,negative
a real audience-pleaser that will strike a chord with anyone who's ever,1,positive
is a remarkable piece of filmmaking ... because you get it.,1,positive
that is even lazier and far less enjoyable.,0,negative
presents us with an action movie that actually has a brain.,1,positive
( reaches ) wholly believable and heart-wrenching depths of despair.,1,positive
of our best actors,1,positive
i honestly never knew what the hell was coming next,1,positive
"putrid writing, direction and timing with a smile that says, ` if i stay positive, maybe i can channel one of my greatest pictures, drunken master",0,negative
a cinematic postcard,1,positive
", the movie is better than you might think.",1,positive
sometimes makes less sense than the bruckheimeresque american action flicks it emulates.,0,negative
rings false.,0,negative
"friendship, love, and",1,positive
the santa clause 2's plot may sound like it was co-written by mattel executives and lobbyists for the tinsel industry.,0,negative
"colorful, semimusical",1,positive
cultivated,1,positive
an overripe episode of tv's dawson's creek and,0,negative
"a generous, inspiring film",1,positive
make ` cherish ' a very good ( but not great ) movie.,1,positive
belly laugh,1,positive
distinctly sub-par,0,negative
pulls off the feat with aplomb,1,positive
offers an unexpected window into the complexities of the middle east struggle and into the humanity of its people,1,positive
"an unsettling sight, and indicative of his, if you will, out-of-kilter character, who rambles aimlessly through ill-conceived action pieces",0,negative
typical pax,0,negative
"good action, good acting, good dialogue, good pace",1,positive
interested,1,positive
a bit cold and,0,negative
"insomnia is one of the year's best films and pacino gives one of his most daring, and complicated, performances",1,positive
"stylish but steady, and ultimately very satisfying, piece",1,positive
ah-nuld's action hero days might be over.,0,negative
"with an unflappable air of decadent urbanity, everett remains a perfect wildean actor, and a relaxed firth displays impeccable comic skill.",1,positive
this loud and thoroughly obnoxious comedy,0,negative
"an incredibly layered and stylistic film that, despite a fairly slow paced, almost humdrum approach to character development, still manages at least a decent attempt at meaningful cinema",1,positive
the euphoria of growing up,1,positive
kinetically-charged spy flick worthy,1,positive
though it lacks the utter authority of a genre gem,0,negative
"chronicle not only of one man's quest to be president, but of how that man single-handedly turned a plane full of hard-bitten, cynical journalists into what was essentially, by campaign's end, an extended publicity department.",1,positive
the sleekness,1,positive
this listless feature,0,negative
a changing world,1,positive
resurrecting performers who rarely work in movies now ... and drawing flavorful performances from bland actors,1,positive
of the killing field and the barbarism of ` ethnic cleansing,0,negative
( `` laissez-passer '' ),0,negative
convince us of that all on their own,1,positive
something to be fully forgotten,0,negative
ensemble cast romances recently,1,positive
college keg party,0,negative
nowhere fast,0,negative
similarly themed,1,positive
remains vividly in memory long,1,positive
"a witty, whimsical feature debut.",1,positive
they have a tendency to slip into hokum,0,negative
it does elect to head off in its own direction,1,positive
often silly -- and gross -- but it's rarely as moronic as some campus gross-out films.,0,negative
are infants,0,negative
"a misogynistic piece of filth that attempts to pass itself off as hip, young adult entertainment.",0,negative
about the pitfalls of bad behavior,1,positive
is a pretty decent little documentary.,1,positive
the forced new jersey lowbrow accent uma,0,negative
a hint,1,positive
on the banality and hypocrisy of too much kid-vid,0,negative
is greatness here.,1,positive
", poignancy, and intelligence",1,positive
she gradually makes us believe she is kahlo,1,positive
", it's almost impossible not to be swept away by the sheer beauty of his images.",1,positive
has kind of an authentic feel,1,positive
"dull,",0,negative
"the charm of the first movie is still there,",1,positive
should see this movie,1,positive
britney spears ' phoniness,0,negative
"... familiar and predictable, and 4/5ths of it might as well have come from a xerox machine rather than ( writer-director ) franc.",0,negative
at the station looking for a return ticket to realism,0,negative
has never been smoother or more confident.,1,positive
crack you up,1,positive
and two smoking barrels,0,negative
is astonishing,1,positive
are cast adrift in various new york city locations with no unifying rhythm or visual style.,0,negative
diverse,1,positive
the shadowy lighting,1,positive
be underestimated,0,negative
rouses us,1,positive
a vivid imagination,1,positive
unrealistic,0,negative
is full of charm,1,positive
improperly hammy performance,0,negative
clamoring for another ride,1,positive
"... wallace is smart to vary the pitch of his movie, balancing deafening battle scenes with quieter domestic scenes of women back home receiving war department telegrams.",1,positive
"a very distinctive sensibility,",1,positive
pedestrian,1,positive
", it comes to life in the performances.",1,positive
"eludes madonna and, playing a charmless witch",1,positive
nothing more or less than an outright bodice-ripper -- it should have ditched the artsy pretensions and revelled in the entertaining shallows.,0,negative
consider it ` perfection.',1,positive
"it's burns ' visuals, characters and his punchy dialogue, not his plot, that carry waydowntown.",1,positive
"a finely written, superbly acted offbeat thriller",1,positive
an awkwardly garish showcase,0,negative
squarely fills the screen.,1,positive
sincerely,1,positive
"a superfluous sequel ... plagued by that old familiar feeling of ` let's get this thing over with ' : everyone has shown up at the appointed time and place, but",0,negative
justifies its own existence,1,positive
of riveting set pieces,1,positive
world cinema's most wondrously gifted artists,1,positive
( gayton's script ) telegraphs every discovery and layers on the gloss of convenience.,1,positive
have come to term an `` ambitious failure,0,negative
black-and-white psychedelia,1,positive
"uproarious humor with an underlying seriousness that sneaks up on the viewer, providing an experience that is richer than anticipated",1,positive
"a good music documentary,",1,positive
it's hard to imagine a more generic effort in the genre.,0,negative
an insane comic undertaking,1,positive
important political documentary,1,positive
torture and,0,negative
enjoy on a certain level,1,positive
"we 've marveled at disney's rendering of water, snow, flames and shadows in a hand-drawn animated world.",1,positive
sloppiness,0,negative
too-conscientious adaptation,0,negative
ayatollah,1,positive
stays with you long after you have left the theater,1,positive
there is simply no doubt that this film asks the right questions at the right time in the history of our country.,1,positive
a visual delight and a decent popcorn adventure,1,positive
villeneuve creates in maelstrom a world where the bizarre is credible and the real turns magical.,1,positive
returns de palma to his pulpy thrillers of the early '80s,1,positive
the tale commands attention.,1,positive
"humorous, illuminating study",1,positive
hugely overwritten,0,negative
"covers huge, heavy topics in a bland, surfacey way that does n't offer any insight into why, for instance, good things happen to bad people.",0,negative
's rare for any movie to be as subtle and touching as the son's room.,1,positive
"a new film from bill plympton, the animation master, is always welcome.",1,positive
"a creepy, intermittently powerful study",1,positive
slapping its target audience in the face,0,negative
"religion that dares to question an ancient faith,",1,positive
empty head,0,negative
nothing more than four or five mild chuckles surrounded by 86 minutes of overly-familiar and poorly-constructed comedy.,0,negative
say something about its subjects,1,positive
is one of the year's worst cinematic tragedies.,0,negative
"has created a predictably efficient piece of business notable largely for its overwhelming creepiness, for an eagerness to create images you wish you had n't seen, which, in this day and age, is of course the point.",1,positive
"bray is completely at sea ; with nothing but a savage garden music video on his resume, he has no clue about making a movie",0,negative
sophomoric,0,negative
elvira fans,1,positive
"the high-concept scenario soon proves preposterous, the acting is robotically italicized, and",0,negative
is a children's film in the truest sense.,1,positive
"gets under your skin and, some plot blips",0,negative
that such a talented director as chen kaige,1,positive
"shows off a lot of stamina and vitality, and",1,positive
an intense and effective film,1,positive
this family film sequel is plenty of fun for all.,1,positive
"gasp, shudder and even tremble without losing his machismo",1,positive
among the many pleasures are the lively intelligence of the artists and their perceptiveness about their own situations.,1,positive
this waste of time,0,negative
"it with ring, an indisputably spooky film ;",1,positive
"is left with a sour taste in one's mouth, and little else.",0,negative
's so fascinating you wo n't be able to look away for a second,1,positive
incredibly flexible,1,positive
they 've already seen this exact same movie a hundred times,0,negative
"ugly, pointless, stupid",0,negative
good material,1,positive
"that comes along only occasionally, one so unconventional, gutsy and perfectly",1,positive
rare treat,1,positive
more than she can handle,0,negative
high above run-of-the-filth gangster flicks,1,positive
just the sort of lazy tearjerker that gives movies about ordinary folk a bad name.,0,negative
plays out like a flimsy excuse to give blade fans another look at wesley snipes ' iconic hero doing battle with dozens of bad guys -- at once.,0,negative
at all the wrong times,0,negative
not smart,0,negative
pure composition,1,positive
seem disappointing in its generalities,0,negative
take place indoors in formal settings with motionless characters.,0,negative
family togetherness takes a back seat to inter-family rivalry and workplace ambition ... whole subplots have no explanation or even plot relevance.,0,negative
the movie is certainly not number 1,0,negative
becomes just another voyeuristic spectacle,0,negative
davis ' highly personal brand of romantic comedy,1,positive
like the original,1,positive
his dead mother,0,negative
quite a comedy nor,1,positive
enough moments to keep it entertaining,1,positive
us right into the center of that world,1,positive
"... an hour-and-a-half of inoffensive, unmemorable filler.",0,negative
a fine-looking film,1,positive
awkward hybrid,0,negative
stylish cast,1,positive
pretends to be passionate and truthful,0,negative
seen this exact same movie a hundred times,0,negative
pristine camerawork,1,positive
lacking any sense of commitment,0,negative
intelligent subtlety,1,positive
yet fails to overcome the film's manipulative sentimentality and annoying stereotypes.,0,negative
inept,0,negative
i was trying to decide what annoyed me most about god is great,0,negative
you wo n't be talking about the film once you exit the theater,0,negative
"of bright young men -- promising, talented, charismatic and tragically",1,positive
excruciatingly unfunny and pitifully unromantic,0,negative
blatantly biased,0,negative
fidel castro,0,negative
perfectly executed and wonderfully sympathetic characters,1,positive
freeman ca n't save it,0,negative
a little scattered,0,negative
because half past dead is like the rock on a wal-mart budget,0,negative
characteristically engorged,1,positive
"alas, it collapses like an overcooked soufflé.",0,negative
has less spice than a rat burger,0,negative
where its recent predecessor miserably,0,negative
more quick-witted than any english lit,1,positive
overacted,0,negative
"is n't heated properly, so that it ends up",0,negative
of death,0,negative
makes the move from pleasing,1,positive
has n't progressed as nicely as ` wayne,0,negative
"an uncomfortable movie,",0,negative
"keep upping the ante on each other,",1,positive
are moments of hilarity to be had,1,positive
altogether too slight to be called any kind of masterpiece,0,negative
own cuteness,1,positive
neighborhood,1,positive
rank frustration from those in the know about rubbo's dumbed-down tactics,0,negative
"banal, virulently unpleasant excuse",0,negative
will leave fans clamoring for another ride,1,positive
"more of a creaky `` pretty woman '' retread, with the emphasis on self-empowering schmaltz and big-wave surfing that gives pic its title an afterthought",0,negative
"does n't end up having much that is fresh to say about growing up catholic or, really, anything.",0,negative
irresistible,1,positive
falls flat as thinking man,0,negative
through the audience's meat grinder one more,0,negative
carry on their parents ' anguish,0,negative
who do n't care what kind of sewage they shovel into their mental gullets to simulate sustenance,0,negative
"know it would n't exist without the precedent of yiddish theater, whose jolly, fun-for-fun's - sake communal spirit goes to the essence of broadway",1,positive
its screwed-up characters,0,negative
mean things,0,negative
buffoons,0,negative
ends up being neither,0,negative
precious,1,positive
"trying to figure out the rules of the country bear universe -- when are bears bears and when are they like humans, only hairier -- would tax einstein's brain.",0,negative
"'ve marveled at disney's rendering of water, snow, flames and shadows in a hand-drawn animated world",1,positive
"there are some fairly unsettling scenes, but they never succeed in really rattling the viewer.",0,negative
"a guilty-pleasure, daytime-drama sort of fashion",1,positive
"seems uncertain whether it wants to be an acidic all-male all about eve or a lush, swooning melodrama in the intermezzo strain",0,negative
"suspense, intriguing characters and bizarre bank robberies, plus a heavy dose of father-and-son dynamics",1,positive
of carnage,0,negative
though few will argue that it ranks with the best of herzog's works,1,positive
parents beware ; this is downright movie penance,0,negative
a cinematic fluidity and sense,1,positive
like a rather unbelievable love interest and a meandering ending --,0,negative
"creates a portrait of two strong men in conflict, inextricably entwined through family history, each seeing himself in the other, neither liking what he sees.",1,positive
floundering way,0,negative
is so film-culture referential that the final product is a ghost,0,negative
the obligatory outbursts of flatulence and,0,negative
intriguing look,1,positive
funny and wise,1,positive
tired of going where no man has gone before,0,negative
really rattling the viewer,0,negative
is entertaining on an inferior level,0,negative
"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
somewhat less than it might have been,0,negative
nothing but boilerplate clichés from start,0,negative
its standard formula,0,negative
it seems so real because it does not attempt to filter out the complexity,1,positive
rare quality,1,positive
"`` analyze that '' is one of those crass, contrived sequels that not only fails on its own, but makes you second-guess your affection for the original.",0,negative
a gritty police thriller with all the dysfunctional family dynamics one could wish for,1,positive
i saw it as a young boy,1,positive
"an unmistakable, easy joie",1,positive
"an exhilarating futuristic thriller-noir, minority report twists the best of technology around a gripping story, delivering a riveting, pulse intensifying escapist adventure of the first order",1,positive
christ,0,negative
their most virtuous limits,1,positive
"the wonderfully lush morvern callar is pure punk existentialism, and ms. ramsay and her co-writer, liana dognini, have dramatized the alan warner novel, which itself felt like an answer to irvine welsh's book trainspotting.",1,positive
of our most conservative and hidebound movie-making traditions,0,negative
dopey,0,negative
looks,1,positive
by the sheer beauty of his images,1,positive
have tremendous chemistry,1,positive
finally returns de palma to his pulpy thrillers of the early '80s,1,positive
"but the 2002 film does n't really believe in it, and breaks the mood with absurdly inappropriate ` comedy ' scenes.",0,negative
how can such a cold movie claim to express warmth and longing?,0,negative
speaks volumes,1,positive
like reading a research paper,1,positive
uncompromising artists trying to create something original,1,positive
this dubious product,0,negative
psychologically unpersuasive,0,negative
an ` action film ',1,positive
"the acting is amateurish, the cinematography is atrocious,",0,negative
faith in the future,1,positive
marks an encouraging new direction for la salle.,1,positive
has all the enjoyable randomness of a very lively dream and so,1,positive
"to win a wide summer audience through word-of-mouth reviews and, not far down the line, to find a place among the studio's animated classics",1,positive
lobotomy,0,negative
", well-crafted family film",1,positive
cold light,0,negative
between the fantastic and the believable,1,positive
the skirmishes for power waged among victims and predators settle into an undistinguished rhythm of artificial suspense.,0,negative
"offensive, puerile",0,negative
will be well worth your time,1,positive
it is about a domestic unit finding their way to joy,1,positive
indulge the fanciful daydreams of janice beard ( eileen walsh ) when her real-life persona is so charmless and vacant,0,negative
"bowel movements than this long-on-the-shelf, point-and-shoot exercise in gimmicky crime drama",0,negative
in insignificance,0,negative
might be wishing for a watch that makes time go faster rather than the other way around.,0,negative
where tom green stages his gags as assaults on america's knee-jerk moral sanctimony,0,negative
and finely cut diamond,1,positive
"short-story quaint, touchingly mending a child's pain for his dead mother via communication with an old woman straight out of eudora welty",1,positive
really is enormously good fun.,1,positive
greatest teacher,1,positive
a high note,1,positive
`` spider-man '' certainly,1,positive
especially disappointing,0,negative
"was so uninspiring that even a story immersed in love, lust, and sin could n't keep my attention",0,negative
the funnybone thanks,1,positive
", my big fat greek wedding is a non-stop funny feast of warmth, color and cringe.",1,positive
highly polished,1,positive
awe and affection,1,positive
"a loud, low-budget and tired formula film that arrives cloaked in the euphemism ` urban drama.'",0,negative
"like a cruel deception carried out by men of marginal intelligence, with reactionary ideas about women and a total lack of empathy",0,negative
a late-inning twist that just does n't make sense,0,negative
never settles into the light-footed enchantment the material needs,0,negative
a flick boasting this many genuine cackles,1,positive
the legendary wit's classic mistaken identity farce,0,negative
's not particularly well made,0,negative
the operative word for `` bad company,0,negative
bring the routine day to day struggles of the working class to life,1,positive
"funny, uplifting and moving",1,positive
a terrific performance in this fascinating portrait of a modern lothario,1,positive
lathan and diggs carry the film with their charisma,1,positive
"there's not an original character, siuation or joke in the entire movie",0,negative
more attuned to the anarchist maxim that ` the urge to destroy is also a creative urge ',1,positive
features a standout performance by diane lane,1,positive
work of extraordinary journalism,1,positive
the observations,1,positive
a more graceful way of portraying the devastation of this disease,1,positive
"fails in making this character understandable, in getting under her skin, in exploring motivation ... well before the end, the film grows as dull as its characters, about whose fate it is hard to care.",0,negative
a series of perfect black pearls clicking together to form a string,1,positive
"pile up, undermining the movie's reality and stifling its creator's comic voice",0,negative
new york locales and sharp writing,1,positive
that's surprisingly short of both adventure and song,0,negative
"honest, sensitive story",1,positive
lurks just below the proceedings and,0,negative
manages to sustain a good simmer for most of its running time,1,positive
"'s so tedious that it makes you forgive every fake, dishonest, entertaining and, ultimately, more perceptive moment in bridget jones's diary.",0,negative
may be the first cartoon ever to look as if it were being shown on the projection television screen of a sports bar.,0,negative
"written so well, that even a simple `` goddammit",1,positive
"is smart, not cloying.",1,positive
begins to seem as long as the two year affair which is its subject,0,negative
the best script that besson has written in years.,1,positive
"stanley kwan has directed not only one of the best gay love stories ever made, but",1,positive
is never clear,0,negative
the hypnotic imagery and fragmentary tale,1,positive
"polished, well-structured film",1,positive
parris ' performance is credible and remarkably mature.,1,positive
mushy,0,negative
of the big summer movies,1,positive
admirably,1,positive
"the most part a useless movie,",0,negative
phrase ` life affirming ',1,positive
flourishes -- artsy fantasy sequences --,1,positive
little more than a screenful of gamesmanship that's low on both suspense and payoff,0,negative
to perform,1,positive
trial movie,1,positive
"try to create characters out of the obvious cliches,",0,negative
the code talkers deserved better than a hollow tribute.,0,negative
"a farrelly brothers-style, down-and-dirty laugher",1,positive
know better than to rush to the theater for this one,0,negative
"spirals downward,",0,negative
too drunk on the party favors to sober us up with the transparent attempts at moralizing,0,negative
", the new thriller proves that director m. night shyamalan can weave an eerie spell and that mel gibson can gasp, shudder and even tremble without losing his machismo.",1,positive
quite entertaining,1,positive
irritating ( at least to this western ear ),0,negative
"an exercise in chilling style,",1,positive
comic set,1,positive
"an engaging, formulaic sports drama that carries a charge of genuine excitement.",1,positive
so convincing,1,positive
barely registering a blip on the radar screen of 2002,0,negative
real poignancy,1,positive
been kind enough to share it,1,positive
may look cool,1,positive
a rather unique approach to documentary,1,positive
"like a beautiful food entrée that is n't heated properly, so that it ends up a bit cold and relatively flavorless",0,negative
the film ) works,1,positive
the players it brings to the fore for the gifted but no-nonsense human beings they are and for the still-inestimable contribution they have made to our shared history,1,positive
"is felt ; not the craven of ' a nightmare on elm street ' or ` the hills have eyes, ' but the sad schlock merchant of ` deadly friend.",0,negative
throws in enough clever and unexpected,1,positive
of too many story lines,0,negative
does n't have a single surprise up its sleeve,0,negative
becoming a better person through love,1,positive
'll find yourself remembering this refreshing visit to a sunshine state,1,positive
while the production details are lavish,1,positive
a shiver-inducing,1,positive
with remarkable skill,1,positive
"attempts to fashion a brazil-like, hyper-real satire",0,negative
"unlikable, uninteresting, unfunny, and completely",0,negative
monte cristo smartly emphasizes the well-wrought story and omits needless chase scenes and swordfights as the revenge unfolds.,1,positive
works - mostly due to its superior cast of characters,1,positive
"too predictably, in fact.",0,negative
molestation,0,negative
itch to explore more,1,positive
a shakespearean tragedy,0,negative
so old-fashioned,0,negative
"goofy, heartfelt, mesmerizing king lear",1,positive
that even cranky adults may rediscover the quivering kid inside,1,positive
the ingenious construction,1,positive
turn his movie in an unexpected direction,1,positive
"it slow, predictable and not very amusing",0,negative
confident filmmaking,1,positive
"most remarkable not because of its epic scope, but because of the startling intimacy",1,positive
gets vivid performances from her cast,1,positive
a freaky bit of art that's there to scare while we delight in the images,1,positive
while the extensive use of stock footage quickly becomes a tiresome cliché,0,negative
a fascinating little thriller,1,positive
"call me a cynic, but there's something awfully deadly about any movie with a life-affirming message.",0,negative
the right thing,1,positive
mediocre horror film,0,negative
highest power,1,positive
the film has not a trace of humanity or empathy,0,negative
a surprisingly faithful remake,1,positive
intoxicating,1,positive
modest amusements,1,positive
with adventure and a worthwhile environmental message,1,positive
"offers little insight into the experience of being forty, female and single.",0,negative
to be delightfully compatible here,1,positive
eye-catching,1,positive
can sound so dull,0,negative
family togetherness takes a back seat to inter-family rivalry and workplace ambition ... whole subplots have no explanation or even plot relevance,0,negative
"rescue me from a summer of teen-driven, toilet-humor codswallop",0,negative
"there may have been a good film in `` trouble every day, '' but",0,negative
simple title,1,positive
given up,0,negative
to a spectacular completion one,1,positive
serious movie-goers embarking upon this journey will find that the road to perdition leads to a satisfying destination.,1,positive
"has a good ear for dialogue, and the characters sound like real people.",1,positive
has made a film so unabashedly hopeful that it actually makes the heart soar.,1,positive
the dull,0,negative
"solid, spooky entertainment",1,positive
depict a homosexual relationship in a mature and frank fashion,1,positive
ably captures the complicated relationships in a marching band.,1,positive
... the movie feels stitched together from stock situations and characters from other movies.,0,negative
hopeless,0,negative
with heart,1,positive
as far as mainstream matinee-style entertainment goes,0,negative
too shallow for an older one.,0,negative
without a glimmer of intelligence or invention,0,negative
a modestly made but profoundly moving documentary.,1,positive
"it gets very ugly, very fast",0,negative
a bad blend,0,negative
may not,0,negative
fresh or enjoyable,1,positive
"this film, like the similarly ill-timed antitrust, is easily as bad at a fraction the budget",0,negative
"has traveled to places in the world devastated by war, famine and poverty and documented the cruelty and suffering he has found with an devastating, eloquent clarity",1,positive
"is druggy and self-indulgent, like a spring-break orgy for pretentious arts majors",0,negative
"faint of heart or conservative of spirit, but for the rest of us -- especially san francisco lovers",1,positive
"of the road, where the thematic ironies are too obvious and the sexual politics too smug",0,negative
"muccino seems to be exploring the idea of why human beings long for what they do n't have, and how this gets us in trouble.",1,positive
the picture in some evocative shades,1,positive
round out the square edges.,1,positive
"presenting backstage bytes of information that never amount to a satisfying complete picture of this particular, anciently demanding métier",0,negative
mattel,1,positive
to keep our interest,1,positive
", it could be a lot better if it were, well, more adventurous.",0,negative
never clearly defines his characters or gives us a reason to care about them.,0,negative
"this sade is hardly a perverse, dangerous libertine and agitator -- which would have made for better drama.",0,negative
the two and,1,positive
something appears to have been lost in the translation this time,0,negative
harps on media-constructed ` issues ',0,negative
elbowed aside,0,negative
is the piece works brilliantly,1,positive
cringing,0,negative
disguise the fact,0,negative
a relaxed firth displays impeccable comic skill,1,positive
"kung pow is oedekerk's realization of his childhood dream to be in a martial-arts flick, and proves that sometimes the dreams of youth should remain just that.",0,negative
a smart new comedy,1,positive
what might have been acceptable on the printed page of iles ' book does not translate well to the screen.,0,negative
", wonderful",1,positive
"fewer deliberate laughs, more inadvertent ones and stunningly trite songs",0,negative
the thrown-together feel of a summer-camp talent show : hastily written,0,negative
damon and,1,positive
an old-fashioned drama of substance about a teacher,1,positive
how to make us share their enthusiasm,1,positive
... its three-hour running time plays closer to two.,0,negative
sane and breathtakingly creative film,1,positive
a visual delight and,1,positive
it's just grating,0,negative
being memorable,1,positive
"to see a feature that concentrates on people, a project in which the script and characters hold sway",1,positive
"a clash between the artificial structure of the story and the more contemporary, naturalistic tone of the film",0,negative
scooby dooby doo / and shaggy too / you both look and sound great.,1,positive
a strong erotic spark to the most crucial lip-reading sequence,1,positive
stitched together from stock situations and characters from other movies,0,negative
does n't have enough innovation or pizazz to attract teenagers,0,negative
is a refreshingly smart and newfangled variation on several themes derived from far less sophisticated and knowing horror films,1,positive
"the gay community as an all-inclusive world where uptight, middle class bores like antonia can feel good about themselves",0,negative
the year's most intriguing movie experiences,1,positive
disconnects every 10 seconds,0,negative
pleasure or,1,positive
would have a résumé loaded with credits like `` girl in bar # 3.'',0,negative
should pay money for what we can get on television for free,0,negative
of warmth,1,positive
most thoughtful fictional examination,1,positive
be better as a diary or documentary,0,negative
", it still seems endless.",0,negative
translating complex characters from novels to the big screen is an impossible task but they are true to the essence of what it is to be ya-ya.,1,positive
filled with more holes than clyde barrow's car,0,negative
impressively discreet filmmakers,1,positive
"not only does spider-man deliver, but i suspect it might deliver again and again.",1,positive
well done,1,positive
it's not so much a movie as a joint promotion for the national basketball association and teenaged rap and adolescent poster-boy lil ' bow wow.,0,negative
is a tribute,1,positive
"scherfig, the writer-director, has made a film so unabashedly hopeful that it actually makes the heart soar.",1,positive
a complete mess,0,negative
sweet-tempered,1,positive
freaking out,0,negative
its lack of poetic frissons,0,negative
all the way,1,positive
comedy and,1,positive
they are pitted against shimmering cinematography that lends the setting the ethereal beauty of an asian landscape painting.,1,positive
the most surprising thing,1,positive
guessing at almost every turn,1,positive
transforms one of ( shakespeare's ) deepest tragedies,1,positive
a disturbing disregard,0,negative
"too loud,",0,negative
entertained by,1,positive
are both listless,0,negative
thanks to an astonishingly witless script,0,negative
of every bad action-movie line in history,0,negative
a film about female friendship that men can embrace and women will talk about for hours.,1,positive
"forget the misleading title, what's with the unexplained baboon cameo?",0,negative
brutal and funny,1,positive
"a cultural wildcard experience : wacky, different, unusual, even nutty.",1,positive
of story and his juvenile camera movements,0,negative
has the charisma of a young woman who knows how to hold the screen.,1,positive
could be the worst film a man has made about women since valley of the dolls.,0,negative
fun and,1,positive
to leave this loser,0,negative
what the hell was coming next,0,negative
soul-searching,1,positive
"a remarkably cohesive whole,",1,positive
vulgar dialogue,0,negative
the off-center humor,1,positive
"meandering, loud, painful, obnoxious",0,negative
"a phlegmatic bore,",0,negative
reporting on the number of tumbleweeds blowing through the empty theaters,0,negative
a caricature -- not even with that radioactive hair,1,positive
"if we sometimes need comforting fantasies about mental illness, we also need movies like tim mccann's revolution no. 9.",1,positive
a waste,0,negative
is one helluva singer.,1,positive
needed a little less bling-bling and a lot more romance,0,negative
", compelling story",1,positive
the historical period and,1,positive
perfectly serviceable and,1,positive
emaciated flick,0,negative
has a bracing truth that's refreshing after the phoniness of female-bonding pictures like divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood,1,positive
by avary's failure to construct a story with even a trace of dramatic interest,0,negative
this is an elegantly balanced movie -- every member of the ensemble has something fascinating to do -- that does n't reveal even a hint of artifice.,1,positive
", holds the screen like a true star.",1,positive
originality in ` life ',1,positive
numb experience of watching o fantasma,0,negative
stately sense,1,positive
"if you ever wanted to be an astronaut, this is the ultimate movie experience - it's informative and breathtakingly spectacular.",1,positive
take nothing seriously and enjoy the ride.,1,positive
far more entertaining,1,positive
trailer trash cinema so uncool the only thing missing is the `` gadzooks!'',0,negative
been the ultimate imax trip,1,positive
cope with the mysterious and brutal nature of adults,1,positive
"the characters seem one-dimensional, and the film is superficial and will probably be of interest primarily to its target audience.",0,negative
"there seems to be no clear path as to where the story's going, or how long it's going to take to get there.",0,negative
's with the unexplained baboon cameo,0,negative
murder by numbers just does n't add up.,0,negative
"by extension, accomplishments",1,positive
handles it in the most unexpected way,1,positive
rip off,0,negative
there's no way you wo n't be talking about the film once you exit the theater.,1,positive
"something provocative,",1,positive
"you go into the theater expecting a scary, action-packed chiller",1,positive
( the leads ) are such a companionable couple,1,positive
"a happy, heady jumble of thought and storytelling",1,positive
shows all the signs of rich detail condensed into a few evocative images and striking character traits,1,positive
its mind,1,positive
moving and,1,positive
that's where the film ultimately fails,0,negative
my only wish is that celebi could take me back to a time before i saw this movie and i could just skip it.,0,negative
awe-inspiring visual poetry,1,positive
orgy,0,negative
it's quite enough to lessen the overall impact the movie could have had,0,negative
will enjoy seeing how both evolve,1,positive
"a wildly erratic drama with sequences that make you wince in embarrassment and others, thanks to the actors, that are quite touching.",1,positive
be used as analgesic balm for overstimulated minds,1,positive
"tired, talky",0,negative
really a true,1,positive
lacks the detail of the book,0,negative
who is chasing who,1,positive
's black hawk down with more heart.,1,positive
before some savvy producer saw the potential success inherent in the mixture of bullock bubble and hugh goo,1,positive
incoherence,0,negative
turning in some delightful work on indie projects,1,positive
staggeringly unoriginal terms,0,negative
there's no other reason why anyone should bother remembering it,0,negative
"aspires to the cracked lunacy of the adventures of buckaroo banzai, but thanks to an astonishingly witless script ends up more like the adventures of ford fairlane.",0,negative
... a cinematic disaster so inadvertently sidesplitting it's worth the price of admission for the ridicule factor alone.,0,negative
"garcia, who perfectly portrays the desperation of a very insecure man",1,positive
a remote shelf,1,positive
a huge sacrifice,1,positive
nervy and memorable,1,positive
"dumb gags, anatomical humor, or character cliches",0,negative
"unique, well-crafted psychological study",1,positive
a reasonably entertaining sequel,1,positive
assume the director has pictures of them cavorting in ladies ' underwear,0,negative
stock up on silver bullets for director neil marshall's intense freight train of a film.',1,positive
"a sham construct based on theory, sleight-of-hand, and ill-wrought hypothesis.",0,negative
sheridan's take on the author's schoolboy memoir ... is a rather toothless take on a hard young life,0,negative
"hugh grant, who has a good line in charm, has never been more charming than in about a boy.",1,positive
"has created a provocative, absorbing drama that reveals the curse of a self-hatred instilled by rigid social mores",1,positive
is always welcome,1,positive
fine acting,1,positive
discovery and humor between chaplin and kidman,1,positive
"costner's warm-milk persona is just as ill-fitting as shadyac's perfunctory directing chops, and some of the more overtly silly dialogue would sink laurence olivier",0,negative
wit and originality,1,positive
their own comfortable niche,1,positive
at least it's a funny no-brainer,1,positive
his sentimental journey,1,positive
the spotlight,1,positive
are really going to love the piano teacher.,1,positive
"have been benefited from a sharper, cleaner script before it went in front of the camera",1,positive
contrived sequels,0,negative
the best war movies,1,positive
is strictly routine.,0,negative
lacking substance and soul,0,negative
e.t. is still a cinematic touchstone.,1,positive
works better in the conception than it does in the execution ... winds up seeming just a little too clever,0,negative
its own languorous charm,1,positive
"that the idea of exploiting molestation for laughs is funny, not actually exploiting it yourself",0,negative
the big ending surprise,1,positive
even the filmmakers did n't know what kind of movie they were making,0,negative
"it is parochial, accessible to a chosen few, standoffish to everyone else, and smugly suggests a superior moral tone is more important than filmmaking skill",0,negative
silly comedy,1,positive
"unsurprisingly, the way this all works out makes the women look more like stereotypical caretakers and moral teachers, instead of serious athletes.",0,negative
i ca n't see why any actor of talent would ever work in a mcculloch production again if they looked at how this movie turned out.,0,negative
one of those terrific documentaries that collect a bunch of people who are enthusiastic about something and then,1,positive
"brings to a spectacular completion one of the most complex, generous and subversive artworks of the last decade",1,positive
"a bit of a downer and a little over-dramatic at times, but",0,negative
"the obnoxious special effects, the obligatory outbursts of flatulence and the incessant, so-five-minutes-ago pop music on the soundtrack",0,negative
a strong pulse,1,positive
"thanks to confident filmmaking and a pair of fascinating performances, the way to that destination is a really special walk in the woods.",1,positive
"even during the climactic hourlong cricket match, boredom never takes hold.",1,positive
"constantly touching, surprisingly funny, semi-surrealist exploration of the creative act.",1,positive
be good,1,positive
"just another teen movie, which means he can be forgiven for frequently pandering to fans of the gross-out comedy",0,negative
", moving",1,positive
that even slightly wised-up kids would quickly change the channel,0,negative
crush could be the worst film a man has made about women since valley of the dolls.,0,negative
'll love it,1,positive
the movie's rude and crude humor,0,negative
why sex and lucia is so alluring,1,positive
are tops,1,positive
scummy ripoff,0,negative
come to life,1,positive
without chills,0,negative
"his difficult, endless work",0,negative
"his girl friday, '' maintaining a light touch while tackling serious themes",1,positive
"heightened, well-shaped dramas",1,positive
embracing,1,positive
"is no doubt true, but serves as a rather thin moral to such a knowing fable",0,negative
"further sad evidence that tom tykwer, director of the resonant and sense-spinning run lola run, has turned out to be a one-trick pony",0,negative
"( a ) boldly stroked, luridly colored, uni-dimensional nonsense machine that strokes the eyeballs while it evaporates like so much crypt mist in the brain.",0,negative
's not like having a real film of nijinsky,0,negative
the rock on a wal-mart budget,0,negative
enjoyment to be had from films crammed with movie references,1,positive
are what makes it worth the trip to the theater.,1,positive
imagine anybody being able to tear their eyes away from the screen,1,positive
would be forgettable if it were n't such a clever adaptation of the bard's tragic play,1,positive
"with cheapo animation ( like saturday morning tv in the '60s ), a complex sword-and-sorcery plot and characters who all have big round eyes and japanese names",0,negative
nice piece,1,positive
the stunt work is top-notch ; the dialogue and drama often food-spittingly funny.,1,positive
the miniseries,1,positive
"the powerpuff girls arrive on the big screen with their super-powers, their super-simple animation and their super-dooper-adorability intact.",1,positive
it's such a mechanical endeavor ( that ) it never bothers to question why somebody might devote time to see it.,0,negative
there's nothing like love to give a movie a b-12 shot,1,positive
ransacks its archives,0,negative
"birot creates a drama with such a well-defined sense of place and age -- as in, 15 years old -- that the torments and angst become almost as operatic to us as they are to her characters.",1,positive
its excellent use,1,positive
deeply moving french drama,1,positive
that is all the more remarkable because it,1,positive
a real shame,0,negative
like the old disease-of-the-week small-screen melodramas.,0,negative
"inept, tedious",0,negative
"the visuals, even erotically frank ones,",1,positive
in its effort to modernize it with encomia to diversity and tolerance,0,negative
visually compelling,1,positive
with grace and humor,1,positive
"any reasonably creative eighth-grader could have written a more credible script, though with the same number of continuity errors.",0,negative
unless there are zoning ordinances to protect your community from the dullest science fiction,0,negative
tested by bad luck and their own immaturity,0,negative
"silly, outrageous, ingenious",1,positive
"a fragile framework upon which to hang broad, mildly fleshed-out characters that seem to have been conjured up only 10 minutes prior to filming",0,negative
absorbing movie that's as hard to classify as it is hard to resist,1,positive
by its own pretentious self-examination,0,negative
may also be the first narrative film to be truly informed by the wireless,1,positive
unassuming,0,negative
"does all of this, and more, while remaining one of the most savagely hilarious social critics this side of jonathan swift",1,positive
"manipulative and as bland as wonder bread dipped in milk, but it also does the absolute last thing we need hollywood doing to us : it preaches.",0,negative
after the most awful acts are committed,0,negative
santa bumps up against 21st century reality so hard,0,negative
beckons us all,1,positive
real talent and wit to elevate it beyond its formula to the level of classic romantic comedy to which it aspires,1,positive
what a pity ... that the material is so second-rate.,0,negative
"features nonsensical and laughable plotting, wooden performances",0,negative
too long to shake,0,negative
strange and beautiful film,1,positive
fun for kids of any age,1,positive
yourself rooting for the monsters in a horror movie,0,negative
"perhaps a better celebration of these unfairly dismissed heroes would be a film that is n't this painfully forced, false and fabricated.",0,negative
misses the mark,0,negative
"the film's crisp, unaffected style and",1,positive
"a quiet, disquieting triumph",1,positive
"imagine ( if possible ) a pasolini film without passion or politics, or an almodovar movie without beauty or humor, and you have some idea of the glum, numb experience of watching o fantasma",0,negative
"one of the best silly horror movies of recent memory, with some real shocks in store for unwary viewers.",1,positive
love story for those intolerant of the more common saccharine genre.,1,positive
leguizamo's best movie work,1,positive
herzog simply runs out of ideas,0,negative
", retrospectively, his most personal work yet.",1,positive
", '' it's equally distasteful to watch him sing the lyrics to `` tonight.''",0,negative
devoid of pleasure or sensuality,0,negative
's a rather listless amble down,0,negative
"the vitality of the actors keeps the intensity of the film high, even as the strafings blend together.",1,positive
will be put to sleep or bewildered by the artsy and often pointless visuals.,0,negative
", oozing, chilling and heart-warming",1,positive
i said my ribcage did n't ache by the end of kung pow,1,positive
"jumps around with little logic or continuity, presenting backstage bytes of information that never amount to a satisfying complete picture of this particular, anciently demanding métier.",0,negative
may find it uninteresting,0,negative
otherwise drowns in a sea of visual and verbal clichés,0,negative
"what ( denis ) accomplishes in his chilling, unnerving film is a double portrait of two young women whose lives were as claustrophic, suffocating and chilly as the attics to which they were inevitably consigned.",1,positive
"full, irritating display",0,negative
"thekids will probably stay amused at the kaleidoscope of big, colorful characters.",1,positive
receive,1,positive
the movie's narrative hook is way too muddled to be an effectively chilling guilty pleasure.,0,negative
than sucking you in ... and making you sweat,1,positive
"if you 're not deeply touched by this movie, check your pulse.",1,positive
lonely and needy,0,negative
the field no favors,0,negative
"offers us the sense that on some elemental level, lilia deeply wants to break free of her old life.",1,positive
can still be smarter than any 50 other filmmakers still at work,1,positive
all its moodiness,0,negative
great piece,1,positive
"plotless, shapeless",0,negative
looked like crap,0,negative
dumped,0,negative
in jerking off in all its byzantine incarnations to bother pleasuring its audience,0,negative
is n't quite out of ripe,0,negative
if you 're not deeply touched by this movie,1,positive
is a real charmer.,1,positive
on an inferior level,0,negative
liability,0,negative
"retread, hobbled by half-baked setups and sluggish pacing",0,negative
"nothing special and, until the final act,",0,negative
"has warmth, wit and interesting characters compassionately portrayed",1,positive
in that sense is a movie that deserves recommendation,1,positive
and vin diesel is the man.,1,positive
"to sustain interest for the full 90 minutes, especially with the weak payoff",0,negative
bad bear suits,0,negative
works well enough to make it worth watching,1,positive
"essentially ruined -- or,",0,negative
extraordinary access,1,positive
a welcome relief from baseball movies that try too hard to be mythic,1,positive
really bad imitation,0,negative
's undeniable enjoyment to be had from films crammed with movie references,1,positive
"told through on-camera interviews with several survivors, whose riveting memories are rendered with such clarity that it's as if it all happened only yesterday",1,positive
radical action,1,positive
"incredibly thoughtful, deeply meditative picture",1,positive
than to change hackneyed concepts when it comes to dreaming up romantic comedies,0,negative
homage,1,positive
good to speak about other than the fact that it is relatively short,0,negative
perfunctory conclusion,0,negative
"quiet, adult and just about more stately than any contemporary movie this year ... a true study, a film with a questioning heart and mind that is n't afraid to admit it",1,positive
"a conventional, but well-crafted film about a historic legal battle in ireland over a man",1,positive
some strong performances,1,positive
overcome bad hair design,0,negative
"ensues when brash young men set out to conquer the online world with laptops, cell phones and sketchy business plans",0,negative
pray does n't have a passion for the material.,0,negative
excruciatingly,1,positive
well-rounded,1,positive
"suspense, surprise and",1,positive
its own thinness,0,negative
that director sara sugarman stoops to having characters drop their pants for laughs and not the last time,0,negative
"about changing times, clashing cultures and the pleasures of a well-made pizza",1,positive
"miller, kuras and the actresses",1,positive
flopped,0,negative
the sci-fi comedy spectacle as whiffle-ball epic,0,negative
to dog-paddle in the mediocre end of the pool,0,negative
"with its lackadaisical plotting and mindless action, all about the benjamins evokes the bottom tier of blaxploitation flicks from the 1970s.",0,negative
downright silly,0,negative
bust,0,negative
deepest recesses,0,negative
fairly revealing,1,positive
decent performances,1,positive
still works.,1,positive
of the most politically audacious films of recent decades,1,positive
", insightful and entertaining",1,positive
painfully flat gross-out comedy,0,negative
"as the sulking, moody male hustler in the title role, ( franco ) has all of dean's mannerisms and self-indulgence, but none of his sweetness and vulnerability.",0,negative
-- as well its delightful cast --,1,positive
powerfully evocative mood,1,positive
a different and emotionally reserved type of survival story,1,positive
unlikeable people,0,negative
two academy award winning actresses ( and one academy award winning actor ) succumb to appearing in this junk that's tv sitcom material at best,0,negative
in a vibrant and intoxicating fashion,1,positive
a winning comedy with its wry observations,1,positive
a must-see,1,positive
insultingly inept and artificial examination,0,negative
weighty and ponderous but every bit as filling as the treat of the title.,1,positive
the film seem like something to endure instead of enjoy,0,negative
"throwing in everything except someone pulling the pin from a grenade with his teeth, windtalkers seems to have ransacked every old world war ii movie for overly familiar material.",0,negative
"it's difficult to imagine the process that produced such a script, but here's guessing that spray cheese and underarm noises played a crucial role.",0,negative
unfulfilled,0,negative
"has nothing good to speak about other than the fact that it is relatively short, tries its best to hide the fact that seagal's overweight and out of shape.",0,negative
` amateur ' in almost every frame,0,negative
this romantic/comedy asks the question how much souvlaki can you take before indigestion sets in.,0,negative
seeing as the film lacks momentum and its position remains mostly undeterminable,0,negative
"shows holmes has the screen presence to become a major-league leading lady, ( but ) the movie itself is an underachiever, a psychological mystery that takes its sweet time building to a climax that's scarcely a surprise by the time it arrives.",0,negative
it's no lie -- big fat liar is a real charmer,1,positive
sex,1,positive
a startling story that works both as a detailed personal portrait and as a rather frightening examination of modern times,1,positive
the actors are humanly engaged,1,positive
plays like an extended dialogue exercise in retard 101,0,negative
very well-written and very well-acted,1,positive
goofy pleasure,1,positive
been hoping for,1,positive
on the glamorous machine that thrusts the audience into a future they wo n't much care about,0,negative
knows its classical music,1,positive
", beautifully realized",1,positive
"designed to fill time,",0,negative
have been funnier if the director had released the outtakes theatrically and used the film as a bonus feature on the dvd,0,negative
has become one of our best actors,1,positive
recycled more times,0,negative
captures the complicated relationships in a marching band.,1,positive
live happily ever,1,positive
"and, there's no way you wo n't be talking about the film once you exit the theater.",1,positive
"is as lax and limp a comedy as i 've seen in a while, a meander through worn-out material.",0,negative
"whatever heartwarming scene the impressively discreet filmmakers may have expected to record with their mini dv, they show a remarkable ability to document both sides of this emotional car-wreck.",1,positive
ong's promising debut,1,positive
caviezel embodies the transformation of his character completely.,1,positive
does seem pretty unbelievable at times,0,negative
"decidedly flimsier with its many out-sized, out of character and logically porous action set",0,negative
a well-rounded tribute to a man whose achievements -- and complexities -- reached far beyond the end zone.,1,positive
is so deadly dull that watching the proverbial paint dry would be a welcome improvement,0,negative
"lack a strong-minded viewpoint, or a sense of humor",0,negative
"may not be a breakthrough in filmmaking, but it is unwavering and arresting",1,positive
that will enthrall the whole family,1,positive
"of under-inspired, overblown enterprise that gives hollywood sequels a bad name",0,negative
"keeps this pretty watchable, and",1,positive
a journey that is as difficult for the audience to take as it is for the protagonist -- yet it's potentially just as rewarding,1,positive
be white-knuckled and unable to look away,1,positive
"is clever, offbeat and even gritty enough",1,positive
does n't figure in the present hollywood program,0,negative
musty,0,negative
it overstays its natural running time,0,negative
exactly assured in its execution,1,positive
a knockout,1,positive
by an angel simplicity,1,positive
"illuminates what it means sometimes to be inside looking out, and at other times outside looking in",1,positive
"through this interminable, shapeless documentary about the swinging subculture",0,negative
the film works,1,positive
is a treat.,1,positive
a very distinctive sensibility,1,positive
open,1,positive
a good movie ye who enter here,1,positive
a hard-to-swallow premise,0,negative
"small, intelligent eyes",1,positive
it look as though they are having so much fun,1,positive
right through the ranks of the players -- on-camera and off -- that he brings together,1,positive
comes alive when poor hermocrates and leontine pathetically compare notes about their budding amours,1,positive
to see this terrific film with your kids -- if you do n't have kids borrow some,1,positive
the film special,1,positive
has a monopoly on mindless action,0,negative
hollow,0,negative
feeble,0,negative
"despite the opulent lushness of every scene, the characters never seem to match the power of their surroundings.",0,negative
the score is too insistent,0,negative
best star trek movie,1,positive
... wise and elegiac ...,1,positive
lack their idol's energy and passion for detail,0,negative
listless and desultory affair,0,negative
move over bond,1,positive
"of unfocused, excruciatingly tedious cinema",0,negative
dominated,1,positive
( leigh ) has a true talent for drawing wrenching performances from his actors ( improvised over many months ) and for conveying the way tiny acts of kindness make ordinary life survivable.,1,positive
be an astronaut,1,positive
collapses under its own meager weight,0,negative
a movie that refreshes the mind and spirit along with the body,1,positive
a splash even greater,1,positive
"to do, too little time to do it in",0,negative
sci-fi.,1,positive
such a blip on the year's radar screen,0,negative
bull,0,negative
piffle.,0,negative
... could easily be called the best korean film of 2002.,1,positive
must have been lost in the translation.,0,negative
"i 'm not sure which half of dragonfly is worse : the part where nothing's happening, or the part where something's happening",0,negative
a chilling movie without oppressive,1,positive
take away the controversy,1,positive
a cinematic postcard that's superficial and unrealized,0,negative
overused,0,negative
british comedy.,1,positive
brilliant piece,1,positive
ryan gosling ( murder by numbers ) delivers a magnetic performance.,1,positive
"the story plays out slowly, but the characters are intriguing and realistic",1,positive
at once a testament to the divine calling of education and a demonstration of the painstaking process of imparting knowledge.,1,positive
a century and a half ago,1,positive
's hard to pity the ` plain ' girl who becomes a ravishing waif after applying a smear of lip-gloss,0,negative
idiotic and,0,negative
"the film has a laundry list of minor shortcomings,",0,negative
any attempts at nuance given by the capable cast,0,negative
"dicaprio's best performance in anything ever, and easily the most watchable film of the year",1,positive
always brooding,0,negative
before it begins to fade from memory,0,negative
a glorious dose of humankind's liberating ability,1,positive
entertain,1,positive
responsible,1,positive
stirs us as well.,1,positive
will have a showdown,1,positive
dips key moments from the film in waking life water colors,1,positive
"wince in embarrassment and others, thanks to the actors, that are quite touching.",1,positive
"the film delivers what it promises : a look at the `` wild ride '' that ensues when brash young men set out to conquer the online world with laptops, cell phones and sketchy business plans.",1,positive
quick-buck sequel,0,negative
"a huge box-office hit in korea, shiri is a must for genre fans.",1,positive
redeemed,1,positive
"into an evanescent, seamless and sumptuous stream of consciousness",1,positive
know whether it wants to be a suspenseful horror movie or a weepy melodrama,0,negative
"a thriller whose style, structure and rhythms are so integrated with the story",1,positive
"broomfield's style of journalism is hardly journalism at all, and",0,negative
overboard,0,negative
... `` bowling for columbine '' remains a disquieting and thought-provoking film ...,1,positive
top-notch british actor,1,positive
has never been more charming than in about a boy,1,positive
the only fun part of the movie,0,negative
sleep,0,negative
"stuart little 2 is a light, fun cheese puff of a movie.",1,positive
rape and,0,negative
the criminal world,0,negative
"the intended, er, spirit",0,negative
an `` ambitious failure,0,negative
"about the santa clause 2, purportedly a children's movie,",0,negative
a terrible strength,1,positive
sports,1,positive
the pocket monster movie franchise is nearly ready to keel over,0,negative
this does not really make the case the kissinger should be tried as a war criminal.,0,negative
the violence,0,negative
avid,1,positive
expect from movies,0,negative
are missing --,0,negative
of useless actioners,0,negative
ethnic,1,positive
"it's an interesting effort ( particularly for jfk conspiracy nuts ),",1,positive
underwhelming,0,negative
short-story quaint,1,positive
"birthday girl is an amusing joy ride, with some surprisingly violent moments.",1,positive
a sane and breathtakingly creative film,1,positive
some like it,1,positive
duvall's throbbing sincerity and,1,positive
cranked out on an assembly line,0,negative
a strangely tempting bouquet,1,positive
which leaves any true emotional connection or identification frustratingly out of reach,0,negative
the smartest,1,positive
give all three stories life,1,positive
of menacing atmosphere,1,positive
scored and powered by a set of heartfelt performances,1,positive
to match the ordeal of sitting through it,0,negative
as unblinkingly pure as the hours,0,negative
"was feeling this movie until it veered off too far into the exxon zone, and left me behind at the station looking for a return ticket to realism.",0,negative
"a long, unfunny one",0,negative
unadorned,0,negative
is more fully,1,positive
"a portrait of alienation so perfect,",1,positive
well-meant but unoriginal.,0,negative
introspective and entertaining,1,positive
this noble warlord would be consigned to the dustbin of history,0,negative
no solace here,0,negative
find millions of eager fans,1,positive
the finest,1,positive
every member of the ensemble has something fascinating to do,1,positive
stay in touch with your own skin,1,positive
"an incredibly heavy-handed, manipulative dud",0,negative
the magic ( and original running time ) of ace japanimator hayao miyazaki's spirited away survives intact in bv's re-voiced version.,1,positive
"a work of extraordinary journalism,",1,positive
slightly unfulfilled,0,negative
's so striking about jolie's performance,1,positive
"you could just rent those movies instead, let alone seek out a respectable new one",0,negative
for sick and demented humor simply,0,negative
"describe as looking, sounding and simply feeling like no other film in recent history",1,positive
"while nothing special, is pleasant, diverting and modest -- definitely a step in the right direction.",1,positive
was utterly charming.,1,positive
intoxicating atmosphere,1,positive
sickeningly,0,negative
easy sanctimony,0,negative
"as a retooling of fahrenheit 451, and even as a rip-off of the matrix",0,negative
"directed, highly professional film that's old-fashioned in all the best possible ways.",1,positive
why it's so successful at lodging itself in the brain,1,positive
"a smart, provocative drama that does the nearly impossible : it gets under the skin of a man we only know as an evil, monstrous lunatic",1,positive
becoming,1,positive
lives up to the stories and faces and music of the men who are its subject.,1,positive
one terrific score and,1,positive
as dahmer,0,negative
is hardly journalism at all,0,negative
see a better thriller,0,negative
so overwrought you 'd swear he just stepped out of a buñuel retrospective,0,negative
made the first film so special,1,positive
is as thought-provoking as it,1,positive
doze off for a few minutes,0,negative
labute masterfully balances both traditional or modern stories together in a manner that one never overwhelms the other.,1,positive
every family,1,positive
as unseemly as its title suggests.,1,positive
"each scene drags, underscoring the obvious, and",0,negative
"mcconaughey's fun to watch, the dragons are okay, not much fire in the script.",1,positive
"a majestic achievement, an epic of astonishing grandeur",1,positive
were less densely plotted,0,negative
pomposity,0,negative
truly terrible,0,negative
run-of-the-filth gangster flicks,0,negative
the multi-layers,1,positive
i have given this movie a rating of zero.,0,negative
failure to construct a story with even a trace of dramatic interest,0,negative
i ca n't wait to see what the director does next,1,positive
the odd enjoyably chewy lump,1,positive
a film about a young man finding god that is accessible and touching to the marrow.,1,positive
blemishes,0,negative
sees it as a chance to revitalize what is and always has been remarkable about clung-to traditions.,1,positive
unintentional melodrama and tiresome love triangles,0,negative
a measure of style,1,positive
"that it even uses a totally unnecessary prologue, just because it seems obligatory",0,negative
is a really special walk in the woods,1,positive
very amusing,1,positive
works superbly here,1,positive
"simple, poignant and leavened with humor, it's a film that affirms the nourishing aspects of love and companionship.",1,positive
of dreamlike ecstasy,1,positive
squeeze the action and our emotions into the all-too-familiar dramatic arc of the holocaust escape story,0,negative
in that something's horribly wrong,0,negative
good-natured fun,1,positive
the director's experiment,1,positive
got just enough charm and appealing character quirks to forgive that still serious problem,1,positive
probably wo n't have you swinging from the trees hooting it's praises,0,negative
to include anything even halfway scary,0,negative
"provides amélie's audrey tautou with another fabuleux destin -- i.e., a banal spiritual quest",1,positive
stuck in an inarticulate screenplay,0,negative
a moving tale of love and destruction,1,positive
"an odd show, pregnant with moods, stillborn except as a harsh conceptual exercise",0,negative
love story,1,positive
the all-too-familiar dramatic arc,0,negative
"remote, emotionally distant piece",0,negative
one of the year's worst cinematic tragedies,0,negative
easy to take this film at face value and enjoy its slightly humorous and tender story,1,positive
ultimately coheres into a sane and breathtakingly creative film,1,positive
"loud, low-budget and tired",0,negative
"a shoddy male hip hop fantasy filled with guns, expensive cars, lots of naked women and rocawear clothing.",0,negative
", that's because panic room is interested in nothing more than sucking you in ... and making you sweat.",1,positive
's lost the politics and the social observation and become just another situation romance about a couple of saps stuck in an inarticulate screenplay.,0,negative
where the thematic ironies are too obvious and the sexual politics too smug,0,negative
"and more than that, it's an observant, unfussily poetic meditation about identity and alienation.",1,positive
freshness,1,positive
such enervating determination,1,positive
"eats, meddles, argues, laughs, kibbitzes",1,positive
good-natured and sometimes quite funny,1,positive
edge to it,1,positive
"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
rotting underbelly,0,negative
numb,0,negative
it also has humor and heart and very talented young actors,1,positive
funniest and most accurate,1,positive
are becoming irritating,0,negative
undeniable enjoyment to be had from films crammed with movie references,1,positive
"schaeffer's film never settles into the light-footed enchantment the material needs,",0,negative
would be a total washout.,0,negative
of a freshly painted rembrandt,1,positive
... a quietly introspective portrait of the self-esteem of employment and the shame of losing a job ...,1,positive
"reveals itself slowly, intelligently, artfully.",1,positive
"are a couple of things that elevate `` glory '' above most of its ilk, most notably the mere presence of duvall",1,positive
there is n't much to it.,0,negative
"is a thoughtful examination of faith, love and power.",1,positive
", this nervy oddity, like modern art should.",1,positive
", hole-ridden plotting",0,negative
"unlikable, uninteresting,",0,negative
sade is an engaging look at the controversial eponymous and fiercely atheistic hero.,1,positive
is more than he has ever revealed before about the source of his spiritual survival,1,positive
a fine job of updating white's dry wit to a new age,1,positive
"funny, somber, absurd, and, finally, achingly sad,",1,positive
lovely film,1,positive
concentrates far too much on the awkward interplay and utter lack of chemistry between chan and hewitt,0,negative
the raunch in favor of gags that rely on the strength of their own cleverness,1,positive
unflattering comparisons,0,negative
"unfolds as one of the most politically audacious films of recent decades from any country, but especially from france.",1,positive
directs an equally miserable film the following year,0,negative
about their budding amours,1,positive
"i like all four of the lead actors a lot and they manage to squeeze a few laughs out of the material, but they 're treading water at best in this forgettable effort.",1,positive
well edited so that it certainly does n't feel like a film that strays past the two and a half mark,1,positive
read my lips,0,negative
written and directed with brutal honesty and respect for its audience,1,positive
in rapt attention,1,positive
cold-hearted,0,negative
a chilling tale,1,positive
splash,1,positive
emerge with unimpeachable clarity,1,positive
inspiring and pure,1,positive
we would pay a considerable ransom not to be looking at,0,negative
is pushed into the margins by predictable plotting and tiresome histrionics.,0,negative
elevate `` glory '' above most of its ilk,1,positive
adorns his family-film plot with an elegance and maturity that even most contemporary adult movies are lacking,1,positive
"it were, well, more adventurous",1,positive
"plain, unimaginative",0,negative
"jeong-hyang lee's film is deceptively simple, deeply satisfying.",1,positive
disintegrating bloodsucker computer effects,0,negative
the layers of soap-opera emotion,0,negative
richly entertaining and suggestive of any number of metaphorical readings.,1,positive
attractive throughout,1,positive
"miller is playing so free with emotions, and the fact that children are hostages to fortune, that he makes the audience hostage to his swaggering affectation of seriousness.",1,positive
", especially with the weak payoff",0,negative
a marvel,1,positive
spend years trying to comprehend it,0,negative
"there's not enough substance here to sustain interest for the full 90 minutes, especially with the weak payoff",0,negative
little vidgame pit,0,negative
less a movie than ),0,negative
impersonal,0,negative
are served with a hack script,0,negative
displays in freshening the play,1,positive
"bigelow handles the nuclear crisis sequences evenly but milks drama when she should be building suspense, and drags out too many scenes toward the end that should move quickly.",0,negative
that both thrills the eye,1,positive
"the actors are simply too good, and",1,positive
suspenseful,1,positive
"a classy, sprightly spin on film.",1,positive
"an uncluttered, resonant gem that relays its universal points without lectures or confrontations",1,positive
"this starts off with a 1950's doris day feel and it gets very ugly, very fast",0,negative
the kind of film that leaves you scratching your head in amazement over the fact that so many talented people could participate in such an ill-advised and poorly executed idea.,0,negative
trying figure out whether or not some cocky pseudo-intellectual kid has intentionally left college or was killed,0,negative
it's impossible to indulge the fanciful daydreams of janice beard ( eileen walsh ) when her real-life persona is so charmless and vacant.,0,negative
some special qualities and,1,positive
left of his passe ' chopsocky glory,0,negative
steals so freely from other movies,0,negative
"to the core of what it actually means to face your fears, to be a girl in a world of boys",1,positive
the great minds of our times,1,positive
a feel-good movie can still show real heart,1,positive
's the very definition of epic adventure.,1,positive
missed the point,0,negative
a tired one,0,negative
ally,1,positive
often surprising,1,positive
", colin hanks is in bad need of major acting lessons and maybe a little coffee.",0,negative
they kept much of the plot but jettisoned the stuff that would make this a moving experience for people who have n't read the book.,0,negative
"'s definitely an improvement on the first blade,",1,positive
video before month's end,0,negative
"so it's not a brilliant piece of filmmaking, but",0,negative
narc,0,negative
magnetic as graham,1,positive
a core,1,positive
reap more rewards,1,positive
's still a guilty pleasure to watch.,1,positive
need n't waste their time on it,0,negative
druggy and self-indulgent,0,negative
the young stars are too cute ; the story and ensuing complications are too manipulative ; the message is too blatant ; the resolutions are too convenient,0,negative
spiked by jolts of pop music,1,positive
invitingly upbeat overture,1,positive
writer-director douglas mcgrath's even-toned direction,1,positive
"hollywood ending is not show-stoppingly hilarious, but scathingly witty nonetheless.",1,positive
"too much power, not enough puff",0,negative
"a pleasant and engaging enough sit, but",1,positive
of the company's astonishing growth,1,positive
rarely has sex on screen been so aggressively anti-erotic.,0,negative
of satisfying entertainment,1,positive
restrictive,0,negative
redundant and,0,negative
"the evocative imagery and gentle, lapping rhythms of this film",1,positive
the end result is like cold porridge with only the odd enjoyably chewy lump.,0,negative
delivers on the promise of excitement,1,positive
old-fashioned but thoroughly satisfying entertainment.,1,positive
", twisted sort",0,negative
"contradictory, self-hating, self-destructive ways",0,negative
hastily written,0,negative
like this movie,1,positive
"is still top-heavy with blazing guns, cheatfully filmed martial arts, disintegrating bloodsucker computer effects and jagged camera moves that serve no other purpose than to call attention to themselves",0,negative
of elegant wit and artifice,1,positive
all looks and plays like a $ 40 million version of a game you 're more likely to enjoy on a computer.,0,negative
"features terrible, banal dialogue ; convenient, hole-ridden plotting ; superficial characters and a rather dull, unimaginative car chase",0,negative
strong-minded,1,positive
by movies ' end you 'll swear you are wet in some places and feel sand creeping in others,1,positive
be commended for illustrating the merits of fighting hard for something that really matters,1,positive
great scares,1,positive
nalin,1,positive
joyous documentary.,1,positive
( improvised over many months ) and for conveying the way tiny acts of kindness make ordinary life survivable,1,positive
makes 98 minutes feel like three hours.,0,negative
", shiri is a must for genre fans.",1,positive
hit-man,0,negative
"( gulpilil ) is a commanding screen presence, and his character's abundant humanism makes him the film's moral compass",1,positive
"seldahl's barbara is a precise and moving portrait of someone whose world is turned upside down, first by passion and then by illness.",1,positive
fashioned an absorbing look at provincial bourgeois french society,1,positive
striking style,1,positive
works nothing short of a minor miracle in unfaithful.,1,positive
the plot is nothing but boilerplate clichés from start to finish,0,negative
"a headline-fresh thriller set among orthodox jews on the west bank, joseph cedar's time of favor manages not only to find a compelling dramatic means of addressing a complex situation",1,positive
"that is n't heated properly, so that it ends up",0,negative
to keep it interested,1,positive
wanted to leave,0,negative
"inconsistent, meandering, and sometimes dry",0,negative
"sneaks up on the viewer, providing an experience that is richer than anticipated",1,positive
achieve a shock-you-into-laughter intensity of almost dadaist proportions.,1,positive
"has a way of seeping into your consciousness, with lingering questions about what the film is really getting at",1,positive
"the only problem is that, by the end, no one in the audience or the film seems to really care.",0,negative
the cultural moat surrounding its ludicrous and contrived plot,0,negative
he wants you to feel something,1,positive
is loopy and ludicrous ... that it could have been a hoot in a bad-movie way if the laborious pacing and endless exposition had been tightened.,0,negative
to make the suckers out there surrender $ 9 and 93 minutes of unrecoverable life,0,negative
"'s a hellish, numbing experience to watch",0,negative
recycling,1,positive
more to think about after the final frame,1,positive
"quirky, slightly strange french films",1,positive
"a light, engaging comedy that fumbles away almost all of its accumulated enjoyment with a crucial third act miscalculation.",0,negative
crystallize key plot moments into minutely detailed wonders of dreamlike ecstasy,1,positive
"had a bad run in the market or a costly divorce, because there is no earthly reason other than money why this distinguished actor would stoop so low",0,negative
teen movies have really hit the skids.,0,negative
know what to make of this italian freakshow,0,negative
"no, i love it ... hell, i dunno.",1,positive
a sentimental mess that never rings true,0,negative
"sunk by way too much indulgence of scene-chewing, teeth-gnashing actorliness.",0,negative
"onto the screen -- loud, violent and mindless",0,negative
is a depressing experience,0,negative
is a discreet moan of despair about entrapment in the maze of modern life.,0,negative
triumphantly returns to narrative filmmaking with a visually masterful work of quiet power.,1,positive
he feels like a spectator and not a participant,0,negative
"the rare common-man artist who's wise enough to recognize that there are few things in this world more complex -- and, as it turns out, more fragile -- than happiness",1,positive
you wonder why enough was n't just a music video rather than a full-length movie.,0,negative
"one of my least favorite emotions, especially when i have to put up with 146 minutes of it",0,negative
", you 've got to admire ... the intensity with which he's willing to express his convictions",1,positive
than like a bottom-feeder sequel in the escape from new york series,0,negative
"conventional, but well-crafted film",1,positive
zero,0,negative
screen magic,1,positive
's the butt of its own joke,0,negative
a moving and important film,1,positive
pays tribute,1,positive
gushing,1,positive
"it is a unique, well-crafted psychological study of grief",1,positive
may have many agendas,1,positive
a bilingual charmer,1,positive
the film's intimate camera work and,1,positive
see this movie,1,positive
to term an `` ambitious failure,0,negative
spectacular performance - ahem,1,positive
's thanks to huston's revelatory performance,1,positive
dwindles,0,negative
life-altering,1,positive
"is the stuff of high romance, brought off with considerable wit",1,positive
need comforting fantasies about mental illness,0,negative
poky,0,negative
a good human,1,positive
coos beseechingly,1,positive
fun and enjoyable,1,positive
hatred,0,negative
"an action hero with table manners,",1,positive
humane,1,positive
resist,0,negative
will amuse or entertain them,1,positive
a rare window on an artistic collaboration,1,positive
make the attraction a movie,1,positive
"is ) the comedy equivalent of saddam hussein, and i 'm just about ready to go to the u.n. and ask permission for a preemptive strike",0,negative
"an interesting story of pointed personalities, courage, tragedy and the little guys vs. the big guys",1,positive
as a friend,1,positive
"may lack the pungent bite of its title,",0,negative
once the expectation of laughter has been quashed by whatever obscenity is at hand,0,negative
go down with a ship as leaky as this,0,negative
turns a blind eye to the very history it pretends to teach,0,negative
the threat implied in the title pokémon 4ever is terrifying,0,negative
the predictability of bland comfort food,0,negative
"fare, with enough",1,positive
more sophisticated and literate than such pictures usually are ... an amusing little catch,1,positive
"one well-timed explosion in a movie can be a knockout,",1,positive
's very little,0,negative
it's sweet and fluffy at the time,1,positive
still leaves shockwaves,1,positive
the sweetest thing leaves a bitter taste.,0,negative
other than its exploitive array of obligatory cheap,0,negative
almost everyone growing up believes their family must look like `` the addams family '' to everyone looking in ... `` my big fat greek wedding '' comes from the heart ...,1,positive
"perceptive in its vision of nascent industrialized world politics as a new art form, but far too clunky, didactic and saddled with scenes that seem simply an ill fit for this movie.",0,negative
hilariously wicked black comedy ...,1,positive
wishy-washy,0,negative
whatever complaints i might have,0,negative
"is in many ways a conventional, even predictable remake",0,negative
finds a nice rhythm,1,positive
sweet and,1,positive
ill-advised,0,negative
scariest movie,1,positive
rife with nutty cliches and far too much dialogue.,0,negative
most compelling,1,positive
"tully is worth a look for its true-to-life characters, its sensitive acting, its unadorned view of rural life and the subtle direction of first-timer hilary birmingham.",1,positive
roman polanski's autobiographical gesture at redemption is better than ` shindler's list ' - it is more than merely a holocaust movie.,1,positive
's pretentious in a way that verges on the amateurish,0,negative
facetious,0,negative
it --,1,positive
true,1,positive
"this is a third-person story now, told by hollywood, and much more ordinary for it.",0,negative
a mesmerizing cinematic poem from the first frame to the last.,1,positive
", so, hopefully, this film will attach a human face to all those little steaming cartons.",1,positive
same easy targets,0,negative
the film's cheeky charm,1,positive
bad film,0,negative
to be mildly amusing,1,positive
an almost unbearably morbid love story.,0,negative
a routine crime,0,negative
bigger than yourself,1,positive
nothing to gain from watching they,0,negative
"knows how to inflate the mundane into the scarifying,",1,positive
the first lousy guy ritchie imitation,0,negative
", it's a lyrical endeavor.",1,positive
loss and loneliness,0,negative
most of its ilk,0,negative
none of the happily-ever,0,negative
successful,1,positive
"for most movies, 84 minutes is short, but this one feels like a life sentence",0,negative
it's the humanizing stuff that will probably sink the film for anyone who does n't think about percentages all day long.,0,negative
summery,1,positive
made a walk to remember a niche hit,1,positive
get the impression that writer and director burr steers knows the territory,1,positive
gives a human face to what's often discussed in purely abstract terms,1,positive
the benjamins that's hard to resist,1,positive
it's defiantly and delightfully against the grain.,1,positive
a mood that's sustained through the surprisingly somber conclusion,1,positive
her nomination as best actress even more,1,positive
of stupefying absurdity,0,negative
little cleavage,0,negative
could n't recommend this film more.,1,positive
flat as a spoof,0,negative
"straightforward, emotionally honest manner",1,positive
"have a 90-minute, four-star movie",1,positive
"a quaint, romanticized rendering.",1,positive
the best of the swashbucklers,1,positive
"god help us, but capra and cooper are rolling over in their graves",0,negative
quickly wears out its limited welcome,0,negative
a fragmented film,0,negative
"enjoy much of jonah simply, and gratefully, as laugh-out-loud lunacy with a pronounced monty pythonesque flavor",1,positive
riveting story,1,positive
make them laugh,1,positive
i spied with my little eye ... a mediocre collection of cookie-cutter action scenes and occasionally inspired dialogue bits,0,negative
groan and hiss,0,negative
it already has one strike against it.,0,negative
falls flat as a spoof.,0,negative
sporadic dips,1,positive
the action clichés just pile up.,0,negative
summer audience,1,positive
vision is beginning to feel,1,positive
a bad idea from frame one,0,negative
"demonstrates that the director of such hollywood blockbusters as patriot games can still turn out a small, personal film with an emotional wallop",1,positive
overly long and worshipful bio-doc.,0,negative
's yet another cool crime movie that actually manages to bring something new into the mix,1,positive
great to look at,1,positive
has all the dramatic weight of a raindrop,0,negative
than a mall movie designed to kill time,0,negative
an improvement on the feeble examples of big-screen poke-mania that have preceded it.,1,positive
sure what -- and has all the dramatic weight of a raindrop,0,negative
's worth the concentration.,1,positive
"awesome work : ineffable, elusive, yet inexplicably powerful",1,positive
can render it anything but laughable.,0,negative
"the urban landscapes are detailed down to the signs on the kiosks, and the color palette, with lots of somber blues and pinks, is dreamy and evocative.",1,positive
under its own meager weight,0,negative
"boring talking heads,",0,negative
that something so short could be so flabby,0,negative
jell with sean penn's monotone narration,0,negative
amazement,1,positive
dreamy and evocative,1,positive
survives intact in bv's re-voiced version.,1,positive
perfectly portrays the desperation of a very insecure man,1,positive
in a poorly,0,negative
"even if invincible is not quite the career peak that the pianist is for roman polanski, it demonstrates that werner herzog can still leave us with a sense of wonder at the diverse, marvelously twisted shapes history has taken.",1,positive
bogdanovich ties it together with efficiency and an affection for the period,1,positive
make chan's action sequences boring.,0,negative
"because both are just actory concoctions, defined by childlike dimness and a handful of quirks",0,negative
by taylor's cartoonish performance and the film's ill-considered notion,0,negative
grace this deeply touching melodrama,1,positive
moving and solidly entertaining comedy/drama,1,positive
ignore,0,negative
"shallow, offensive and redundant",0,negative
beg the question ` why,0,negative
lighthearted comedy,1,positive
in a collectively stellar performance,1,positive
"a poignant and wryly amusing film about mothers, daughters and their relationships",1,positive
hugely enjoyable in its own right,1,positive
know i would have liked it more if it had just gone that one step further,0,negative
with the precision of the insurance actuary,1,positive
a cheap scam put together by some cynical creeps at revolution studios and imagine entertainment to make the suckers out there surrender $ 9 and 93 minutes of unrecoverable life.,0,negative
such a fine idea,1,positive
"not quite as miraculous as its dreamworks makers would have you believe, but it more than adequately fills the eyes and stirs the emotions",1,positive
"speaks volumes, offering up a hallucinatory dreamscape that frustrates and captivates.",1,positive
this slight premise ... works because of the ideal casting of the masterful british actor ian holm as the aged napoleon.,1,positive
largely unfulfilling,0,negative
"a solid, well-formed satire",1,positive
goes for sick and demented humor simply,0,negative
intimate contemplation,1,positive
worthy,1,positive
us watch as his character awakens to the notion that to be human is eventually to have to choose,1,positive
ultimately winning story,1,positive
"a bland, obnoxious 88-minute",0,negative
the banality and hypocrisy of too much kid-vid,0,negative
"since it is exactly what it wants to be : an atrociously, mind-numbingly, indescribably bad movie",0,negative
a black man getting humiliated by a pack of dogs who are smarter than him,0,negative
but it's also disappointing to a certain degree.,0,negative
fabulous,1,positive
"all in all, road to perdition is more in love with strangeness than excellence.",1,positive
how this one escaped the lifetime network i 'll never know.,0,negative
one of the smarter offerings the horror genre,1,positive
collision,0,negative
buck or,0,negative
thuds,0,negative
"is n't a terrible movie, just a stultifyingly obvious one -- an unrewarding collar for a murder mystery",0,negative
over the end of cinema,1,positive
himself can take credit for most of the movie's success.,1,positive
"fails as a dystopian movie,",0,negative
gutless,0,negative
another run-of-the-mill disney sequel,0,negative
modestly,1,positive
stare and sniffle,0,negative
participation,1,positive
small gem,1,positive
"worthwhile for reminding us that this sort of thing does, in fact, still happen in america",1,positive
the needlessly poor quality of its archival prints and film footage,0,negative
"unlikable, uninteresting, unfunny, and completely, utterly inept",0,negative
"too much forced drama in this wildly uneven movie, about a young man's battle with his inescapable past and uncertain future in a very shapable but largely unfulfilling present",0,negative
"that gives viewers a chance to learn, to grow, to travel",1,positive
makes the grade as tawdry trash,0,negative
your interest until the end and even leaves you with a few lingering animated thoughts.,1,positive
some interesting storytelling devices,1,positive
he or anyone else,0,negative
"und drung, but explains its characters ' decisions only unsatisfactorily.",0,negative
a rounded and revealing overview,1,positive
"parker and co-writer catherine di napoli are faithful to melville's plotline, they and a fully engaged supporting cast ... have made the old boy's characters more quick-witted than any english lit",1,positive
an affectionate,1,positive
this could be a movie that ends up slapping its target audience in the face by shooting itself in the foot.,0,negative
american beauty reeks,0,negative
", the movie possesses its own languorous charm.",1,positive
"this piece of channel 5 grade trash is, quite frankly, an insult to the intelligence of the true genre enthusiast.",0,negative
soderbergh skims the fat from the 1972 film.,1,positive
"fine, focused piece",1,positive
constructs,1,positive
like locusts in a horde these things will keep coming,0,negative
"despite its faults, gangs excels in spectacle and pacing.",1,positive
", she is merely a charmless witch.",0,negative
"may have made a great saturday night live sketch, but a great movie it is not",0,negative
no telegraphing is too obvious or simplistic for this movie.,0,negative
rap and r&b names,1,positive
is fabulously funny and over the top as a ` very sneaky ' butler who excels in the art of impossible disappearing/reappearing acts,1,positive
honest,1,positive
"is a movie filled with unlikable, spiteful idiots ;",0,negative
abrupt,0,negative
make a great team,1,positive
downhill as soon as macho action conventions assert themselves,0,negative
being gullible,0,negative
be over,1,positive
keep pushing the jokes at the expense of character until things fall apart.,0,negative
"meandering, low on energy, and too eager",0,negative
"if you 're hard up for raunchy college humor, this is your ticket right here.",1,positive
is ) a fascinating character,1,positive
in and of himself funny,1,positive
a maker of softheaded metaphysical claptrap,0,negative
a convincing case that one woman's broken heart outweighs all the loss we witness,1,positive
returns the martial arts master to top form,1,positive
artless,0,negative
"holds interest in the midst of a mushy, existential exploration of why men leave their families",1,positive
german jewish refugees,0,negative
the best actors there is,1,positive
the most wondrous of all hollywood fantasies --,1,positive
a life-affirming message,1,positive
be fertile sources of humor,1,positive
doing something of a public service -- shedding light on a group of extremely talented musicians who might otherwise go unnoticed and underappreciated by music fans,1,positive
still-inestimable contribution,1,positive
"absurd plot twists, idiotic court maneuvers",0,negative
"a lovely, eerie film that casts an odd, rapt spell",1,positive
"the narrator and the other characters try to convince us that acting transfigures esther, but",0,negative
grows on you -- like a rash,0,negative
bits funnier,1,positive
the secret's eventual discovery,1,positive
"to being lectured to by tech-geeks, if you 're up for that sort of thing",0,negative
has pictures of them cavorting in ladies ' underwear,1,positive
mild disturbance or detached pleasure,0,negative
"find an escape clause and avoid seeing this trite, predictable rehash.",0,negative
"catch the pitch of his poetics, savor the pleasure of his sounds and images, and ponder the historical, philosophical, and ethical issues that intersect with them",1,positive
like a 95-minute commercial for nba properties,0,negative
"buy is an accomplished actress, and",1,positive
shrieky special effects,0,negative
"depressing, ruthlessly pained and depraved",0,negative
this saga would be terrific to read about,1,positive
affected and boring,0,negative
a fascinating literary mystery story,1,positive
give it a marginal thumbs up,1,positive
"particularly joyless, and exceedingly dull",0,negative
"neither reaches into the deepest recesses of the character to unearth the quaking essence of passion, grief and fear",0,negative
for controversy,1,positive
tom green stages his gags as assaults on america's knee-jerk moral sanctimony,0,negative
", incoherent",0,negative
annoyance,0,negative
will you feel after an 88-minute rip-off of the rock with action confined to slo-mo gun firing and random glass-shattering?,0,negative
"bang your head on the seat in front of you, at its cluelessness, at its idiocy, at its utterly misplaced earnestness",0,negative
rather than real figures,0,negative
once overly old-fashioned,0,negative
"even if you do n't know the band or the album's songs by heart, you will enjoy seeing how both evolve, and you will also learn a good deal about the state of the music business in the 21st century",1,positive
candid,1,positive
the cinema world's great visual stylists,1,positive
its heartfelt concern about north korea's recent past and south korea's future,1,positive
no new plot conceptions or environmental changes,0,negative
could n't care less,0,negative
"lacks the spirit of the previous two, and makes all those jokes about hos and even more unmentionable subjects seem like mere splashing around in the muck",0,negative
the ridicule factor,0,negative
"when we hear the ultimate fate of these girls and realize, much to our dismay, that this really did happen",1,positive
an ebullient affection for industrial-model meat freezers,0,negative
the unsalvageability,0,negative
a good natured warning,1,positive
"seagal ran out of movies years ago, and",0,negative
strong and unforced,1,positive
elegant,1,positive
thoughtful war films,1,positive
demonstrate how desperate the makers of this ` we 're - doing-it-for - the-cash ' sequel were,0,negative
even the bull gets recycled.,1,positive
"if you ever wanted to be an astronaut, this is the ultimate movie experience -",1,positive
it's not too much of anything.,0,negative
to the enduring strengths of women,1,positive
will no doubt,1,positive
"filmmaking that should attract upscale audiences hungry for quality and a nostalgic, twisty yarn that will keep them guessing",1,positive
a sensitive and astute first feature by anne-sophie birot.,1,positive
slide down the slippery slope of dishonesty after an encounter with the rich and the powerful who have nothing but,0,negative
a minor-league soccer remake,0,negative
shallow,0,negative
the movie's messages are quite admirable,1,positive
"meandering, norton has to recite bland police procedural details, fiennes wanders around in an attempt to seem weird and distanced,",0,negative
"contrived, maudlin and cliche-ridden ... if this sappy script was the best the contest received, those rejected must have been astronomically bad.",0,negative
fondness and respect,1,positive
the fetid underbelly of fame has never looked uglier.,0,negative
left a few crucial things out,0,negative
like a splendid meal,1,positive
movie fun,1,positive
timely and,1,positive
combined scenes of a japanese monster flick with canned shots of raymond burr commenting on the monster's path of destruction,0,negative
true to the essence of what it is to be ya-ya,1,positive
"limps along on a squirm-inducing fish-out-of-water formula that goes nowhere and goes there very, very slowly.",0,negative
work up,1,positive
it makes me say the obvious : abandon all hope of a good movie ye who enter here.,0,negative
a bad sign in a thriller when you instantly know whodunit,0,negative
captures the soul of a man in pain who gradually comes to recognize it and deal with it,1,positive
intelligent,1,positive
self-caricature,0,negative
does n't necessarily,0,negative
so exaggerated and broad that it comes off as annoying rather than charming.,0,negative
"its writer-director's heart is in the right place, his plea for democracy and civic action laudable.",1,positive
minority report,0,negative
"insomnia is one of the year's best films and pacino gives one of his most daring, and complicated, performances.",1,positive
"pratfalls aside, barbershop gets its greatest play from the timeless spectacle of people really talking to each other.",1,positive
", it's nowhere near as good as the original.",0,negative
really poor,0,negative
", the heart of the film rests in the relationship between sullivan and his son.",1,positive
"a compelling, gut-clutching piece of advocacy cinema that carries you along in a torrent of emotion as it explores the awful complications of one terrifying day.",1,positive
troubling,0,negative
these women's souls right open,1,positive
that pours into every frame,1,positive
you may just end up trying to drown yourself in a lake afterwards.,0,negative
"failed jokes, twitchy acting",0,negative
so much crypt mist in the brain,0,negative
groundbreaking endeavor,1,positive
considerable appeal,1,positive
bad movies,0,negative
( sci-fi ) rehash,0,negative
it turns out to be affected and boring,0,negative
the end it's as sweet as greenfingers,1,positive
of that delicate canon,1,positive
"richly detailed, deftly executed and utterly absorbing",1,positive
that sometimes it's difficult to tell who the other actors in the movie are,0,negative
found the movie as divided against itself as the dysfunctional family it portrays.,0,negative
"a smartly directed, grown-up film of ideas",1,positive
have a good time here,1,positive
's betting her third feature will be something to behold,1,positive
"real women may have many agendas, but it also will win you over, in a big way.",1,positive
"as darkly funny, energetic, and surprisingly gentle",1,positive
might as well be watching a rerun,0,negative
corny,0,negative
most pitiful directing,0,negative
"a funny, puzzling movie ambiguous enough to be engaging and oddly moving",1,positive
liked it just enough.,1,positive
this rather unfocused,0,negative
the chateau is a risky venture that never quite goes where you expect and often surprises you with unexpected comedy.,1,positive
from a renowned indian film culture that allows americans to finally revel in its splendor,1,positive
"the depth of these two literary figures, and even the times in which they lived",1,positive
"colorful, energetic and sweetly whimsical ... the rare sequel that's better than its predecessor.",1,positive
that takes such a speedy swan dive from `` promising '',0,negative
offer a fascinating glimpse,1,positive
"the evocative imagery and gentle, lapping rhythms of this film are infectious --",1,positive
"( a ) wonderfully loopy tale of love, longing, and voting.",1,positive
hoping the nifty premise will create enough interest to make up for an unfocused screenplay,0,negative
of malaise,0,negative
you wo n't feel like it's wasted yours,1,positive
've learned the hard way just how complex international terrorism is,0,negative
ordinary,0,negative
"offer audiences any way of gripping what its point is, or even its attitude toward its subject",0,negative
", you 'll still be glued to the screen.",1,positive
"it will grip even viewers who are n't interested in rap, as it cuts to the heart of american society in an unnerving way.",1,positive
"`` frailty '' has been written so well, that even a simple `` goddammit!''",1,positive
uniquely sensual metaphorical dramatization,1,positive
the most amazing super-sized dosage of goofball stunts any `` jackass '' fan,1,positive
he refuses to give us real situations and characters,0,negative
an actress she is,1,positive
has its rewards.,1,positive
worst film,0,negative
's definitely an improvement on the first blade,1,positive
limited but enthusiastic,1,positive
"its fans are hoping it will be, and in that sense is a movie that deserves recommendation",1,positive
misanthropy,0,negative
foreign culture only,0,negative
best moments,1,positive
ultimately you 'll leave the theater wondering why these people mattered,0,negative
"equate to being good,",1,positive
a quirky comedy set in newfoundland that cleverly captures the dry wit that's so prevalent on the rock.,1,positive
the cast is spot on and the mood is laid back.,1,positive
sitting through dahmer's two hours amounts to little more than punishment.,0,negative
at once laughable and compulsively watchable,1,positive
"in its courageousness, and comedic employment",1,positive
until it goes off the rails in its final 10 or 15 minutes,0,negative
that might have made it an exhilarating,1,positive
"reassuring, retro uplifter.",1,positive
elegant visual sense,1,positive
huge gap,0,negative
the film is way too full of itself,0,negative
filled with crude humor and vulgar innuendo,0,negative
exploitative garbage,0,negative
to have a good time as it doles out pieces of the famous director's life,1,positive
own staggeringly unoriginal terms,0,negative
an unsympathetic character and someone,0,negative
irreparably drags the film down.,0,negative
"passions, obsessions, and loneliest dark spots are pushed to their most virtuous limits, lending the narrative an unusually surreal tone.",1,positive
to share his story so compellingly with us is a minor miracle,1,positive
is off.,0,negative
massive cardiac arrest,0,negative
all-night,0,negative
... a hokey piece of nonsense that tries too hard to be emotional.,0,negative
has a true talent for drawing wrenching performances from his actors ( improvised over many months ) and for conveying the way tiny acts of kindness make ordinary life survivable,1,positive
usually dread encountering the most,0,negative
sixties-style slickness,1,positive
"a thoughtful examination of faith, love and power",1,positive
will make you wish you were at home watching that movie instead of in the theater watching this one,0,negative
real human soul,1,positive
inviting all the same,1,positive
take pleasure,1,positive
rare and lightly entertaining,1,positive
of embarrassingly ham-fisted sex jokes,0,negative
"does n't know if it wants to be a retro-refitting exercise in campy recall for older fans or a silly, nickelodeon-esque kiddie flick.",0,negative
"we 're wrapped up in the characters, how they make their choices, and why",1,positive
been worth cheering as a breakthrough,1,positive
... one of the most entertaining monster movies in ages,1,positive
is disappointing,0,negative
the story has some nice twists but the ending and,1,positive
is perfectly creepy and believable,1,positive
ghetto,0,negative
happens that tells you there is no sense,0,negative
"grant, who has n't lost a bit of the dry humor that first made audiences on both sides of the atlantic love him",1,positive
rising star jake gyllenhaal,1,positive
but no sense of pride or shame,0,negative
one of the greatest films,1,positive
ultimately engages less for its story of actorly existential despair than for its boundary-hopping formal innovations and glimpse into another kind of chinese ` cultural revolution.',1,positive
suspenseful enough,1,positive
has the right stuff for silly summer entertainment and has enough laughs to sustain interest to the end,1,positive
"well-directed and, for all its moodiness, not too",1,positive
sweetheart,1,positive
fairly lame,0,negative
so crazy!,1,positive
"exists, and does so with an artistry that also smacks of revelation",1,positive
's also not very good,0,negative
wobbly premise work,0,negative
what makes esther kahn so demanding is that it progresses in such a low-key manner that it risks monotony.,0,negative
", the film operates nicely off the element of surprise,",1,positive
"rollerball is as bad as you think, and worse than you can imagine.",0,negative
supplies with tremendous skill,1,positive
vietnam war,0,negative
inspiring and,1,positive
gorgeous and,1,positive
extraordinarily rich landscape,1,positive
that powerhouse,1,positive
to soothe and break your heart with a single stroke,1,positive
"a well-done film of a self-reflexive, philosophical nature",1,positive
"for following up a delightful, well-crafted family film with a computer-generated cold fish",1,positive
quite tasty and inviting all the same,1,positive
generosity and diplomacy,1,positive
iles,1,positive
record the lives of women torn apart by a legacy of abuse,0,negative
issues ',0,negative
his best film,1,positive
", but it also does the absolute last thing we need hollywood doing to us : it preaches.",0,negative
has really found his groove these days,1,positive
the dream world of teen life,1,positive
the concert footage is stirring,1,positive
sweetness and,1,positive
bisset is both convincing and radiant,1,positive
predictable plotting and tiresome histrionics,0,negative
funny and also heartwarming without stooping to gooeyness,1,positive
a fine,1,positive
"the movie in a superficial way, while never sure what its purpose was",0,negative
"despite its shortcomings, girls ca n't swim represents an engaging and intimate first feature by a talented director to watch, and it's a worthy entry in the french coming-of-age genre.",1,positive
serious and thoughtful.,1,positive
to believe these jokers are supposed to have pulled off four similar kidnappings before,0,negative
"sodden and glum, even in those moments where it's supposed to feel funny and light.",0,negative
has become the master of innuendo,1,positive
strong themes,1,positive
the one that i want,1,positive
"feels like a ruse, a tactic to cover up the fact that the picture is constructed around a core of flimsy -- or, worse yet, nonexistent -- ideas",0,negative
an overripe episode of tv's dawson's creek and a recycled and dumbed-down version of love story,0,negative
it's a bad action movie because there's no rooting interest and the spectacle is grotesque and boring,0,negative
somber pacing and lack,0,negative
", kung pow sets a new benchmark for lameness.",0,negative
"offers copious hints along the way -- myriad signs, if you will -- that beneath the familiar, funny surface is a far bigger, far more meaningful story than one in which little green men come to earth for harvesting purposes",1,positive
frothy ` date movie ' ...,1,positive
topless and roll in the mud than a worthwhile glimpse of independent-community guiding lights,0,negative
the film itself -- as well its delightful cast -- is so breezy,1,positive
gripping and,1,positive
"takes care with the characters, who are so believable that you feel what they feel",1,positive
the best brush in the business,1,positive
offering fine acting moments and,1,positive
"this is a movie that tells stories that work -- is charming, is moving",1,positive
turns into an ocean of trouble,0,negative
most brilliant,1,positive
delightful little film,1,positive
there are plot holes big enough for shamu the killer whale to swim through.,0,negative
probably because it's extremely hard to relate to any of the characters,0,negative
"the high-concept scenario soon proves preposterous, the acting is robotically italicized, and truth-in-advertising hounds take note",0,negative
this rude and crude film does deliver a few gut-busting laughs,1,positive
still manages at least a decent attempt at meaningful cinema,1,positive
a film in a class with spike lee's masterful do the right thing.,1,positive
with a game supporting cast,1,positive
intimate and intelligent,1,positive
is still worth hearing,1,positive
"immersed in love, lust, and sin",1,positive
"for that matter, shrek )",1,positive
taken one of the world's most fascinating stories and,1,positive
remarkable performance,1,positive
a great director,1,positive
manages to breathe life into this somewhat tired premise.,1,positive
"'s sweet, funny, charming, and completely delightful.",1,positive
achieves its main strategic objective : dramatizing the human cost of the conflict that came to define a generation,1,positive
relatively lightweight commercial fare such as notting hill to commercial fare with real thematic heft.,1,positive
gussied up with so many distracting special effects and visual party tricks that it's not clear whether we 're supposed to shriek,0,negative
funny film.,1,positive
"unlikable, uninteresting, unfunny",0,negative
strongly,1,positive
is exactly how genteel and unsurprising the execution turns out to be,0,negative
's really just another major league.,0,negative
is n't particularly assaultive,0,negative
tragic waste,0,negative
is clever,1,positive
"this bittersweet, uncommonly sincere movie that portrays the frank humanity of ... emotional recovery",1,positive
way too mushy -- and in a relatively short amount of time,0,negative
much colorful eye candy,1,positive
", it wears out its welcome as tryingly as the title character.",0,negative
"the powerpuff girls is a fast, frenetic, funny, even punny 6 -- aimed specifically at a grade-school audience.",1,positive
across its indulgent two-hour-and-fifteen-minute length,1,positive
wretchedly,0,negative
seem one-dimensional,0,negative
"takes a potentially trite and overused concept ( aliens come to earth ) and infuses it into a rustic, realistic, and altogether creepy tale of hidden invasion.",1,positive
is not always the prettiest pictures that tell the best story,1,positive
use in the breathtakingly beautiful outer-space documentary space station 3d,1,positive
its perfect quiet pace,1,positive
the whiney characters bugged me,0,negative
impossible task,0,negative
they find new routes through a familiar neighborhood,1,positive
moving and vibrant.,1,positive
dullness,0,negative
well-lensed,1,positive
"nearly glows with enthusiasm, sensuality and a conniving wit.",1,positive
"from fighting games, wire fu, horror movies, mystery, james bond, wrestling, sci-fi and anime into one big bloody stew",1,positive
`` gory mayhem '' is your idea of a good time,1,positive
is n't really one of resources,0,negative
is a hilarious adventure,1,positive
the problems of fledgling democracies,0,negative
"is nicely shot, well-edited and",1,positive
some of the more overtly silly dialogue,0,negative
"its dying, in this shower of black-and-white psychedelia, is quite beautiful",1,positive
"is to catch the pitch of his poetics, savor the pleasure of his sounds and images, and ponder the historical, philosophical, and ethical issues that intersect with them",1,positive
better person,1,positive
get,1,positive
"to the cracked lunacy of the adventures of buckaroo banzai, but thanks to an astonishingly witless script",0,negative
assurance,1,positive
between the artificial structure,0,negative
"it does give a taste of the burning man ethos, an appealing blend of counter-cultural idealism and hedonistic creativity.",1,positive
it is n't particularly funny,0,negative
"suffers from a simplistic narrative and a pat, fairy-tale conclusion",0,negative
"been written so well, that even a simple `` goddammit",1,positive
"dark, funny humor",1,positive
there are many definitions of ` time waster ' but this movie must surely be one of them.,0,negative
could easily mistake it for a sketchy work-in-progress that was inexplicably rushed to the megaplexes before its time,0,negative
an important movie,1,positive
we 're left thinking the only reason to make the movie is because present standards allow for plenty of nudity,0,negative
stooping to gooeyness,0,negative
continues to improve.,1,positive
sunk,0,negative
story for those intolerant of the more common saccharine genre,0,negative
numbingly dull-witted and disquietingly creepy,0,negative
animated epic,1,positive
"is a finely written, superbly acted offbeat thriller",1,positive
"cleaner, and deeper",1,positive
the finest kind,1,positive
governmental odds,1,positive
the hastily and amateurishly,0,negative
a well paced and satisfying little drama,1,positive
sit through it again,1,positive
done the nearly impossible,1,positive
nearly terminal case,0,negative
both maintain and dismantle the facades that his genre and his character construct is a wonderous accomplishment of veracity and narrative grace,1,positive
as subtle and touching as the son's room,1,positive
"few films have been this odd, inexplicable and unpleasant.",0,negative
for the uncompromising knowledge that the highest power of all is the power of love,1,positive
hate myself most mornings,0,negative
like an all-star salute,1,positive
and social commentary,0,negative
"its recovery of an historical episode that, in the simple telling, proves simultaneously harrowing and uplifting",1,positive
humanity's greatest shame,0,negative
"its simplicity puts an exclamation point on the fact that this is n't something to be taken seriously, but it also wrecks any chance of the movie rising above similar fare.",0,negative
the dv revolution has cheapened the artistry of making a film,0,negative
if frailty will turn bill paxton into an a-list director,1,positive
with only weak claims to surrealism and black comedy,0,negative
visually graceful,1,positive
wise men,1,positive
ambiguous enough to be engaging and oddly moving,1,positive
"the performances are amiable and committed, and the comedy more often than not hits the bullseye.",1,positive
heart as important as humor,1,positive
"that both thrills the eye and, in its over-the-top way, touches the heart",1,positive
moves in such odd plot directions and descends into such message-mongering moralism that its good qualities are obscured.,0,negative
on badly-rendered cgi effects,0,negative
"flimsier with its many out-sized, out of character and logically porous action set",0,negative
his penchant for tearing up on cue -- things that seem so real in small doses,1,positive
"there are n't many conclusive answers in the film, but there is an interesting story of pointed personalities, courage, tragedy and the little guys vs. the big guys",1,positive
got a place in your heart,1,positive
the script and characters hold sway,1,positive
"feels shrill, simple and soapy.",0,negative
the elements were all there,1,positive
climactic,1,positive
"very ugly, very fast",0,negative
has a cinematic fluidity and sense of intelligence that makes it work more than it probably should,1,positive
if they were coming back from stock character camp -- a drowsy drama infatuated by its own pretentious self-examination,0,negative
"is badly edited, often awkwardly directed and suffers from the addition of a wholly unnecessary pre-credit sequence designed to give some of the characters a ` back story",0,negative
falls far short of the peculiarly moral amorality of ( woo's ) best work,0,negative
a stylish cast,1,positive
"collapses into an inhalant blackout, maintaining consciousness just long enough to achieve callow pretension",0,negative
is its make-believe promise of life that soars above the material realm,1,positive
'm not exactly sure what this movie thinks it is about,0,negative
reaffirming washington as possibly the best actor working in movies today,1,positive
touches the heart and the funnybone thanks to the energetic and always surprising performance,1,positive
a banal spiritual quest,0,negative
its own staggeringly unoriginal terms,0,negative
is far funnier than it would seem to have any right to be,1,positive
comes from tv reruns and supermarket tabloids,0,negative
is a sobering meditation on why we take pictures.,1,positive
real snooze.,0,negative
pulled from a tear-stained vintage shirley temple script,1,positive
"inconsistent, dishonest",0,negative
plays out like a flimsy excuse to give blade fans another look at wesley snipes ' iconic hero doing battle with dozens of bad guys -- at once,0,negative
a fall,0,negative
in the utter cuteness of stuart and margolo,1,positive
slapdash disaster,0,negative
rather thin,0,negative
overwhelmed by its lack of purpose that it seeks excitement in manufactured high drama,0,negative
"the search for redemption makes for a touching love story, mainly because blanchett and ribisi compellingly tap into a spiritual aspect of their characters ' suffering.",1,positive
good and different,1,positive
slack execution,0,negative
recycled more times than i 'd care to count,0,negative
this engaging mix of love and bloodletting,1,positive
"outrageous, ingenious",1,positive
spreads itself too thin,0,negative
's a very sincere work,1,positive
"is a question for philosophers, not filmmakers ; all the filmmakers need to do",1,positive
children,1,positive
"is its unforced comedy-drama and its relaxed, natural-seeming actors",1,positive
stepped into the mainstream of filmmaking with an assurance worthy of international acclaim,1,positive
"this cloying, voices-from-the-other-side story is hell.",0,negative
image-mongering,0,negative
's just as wonderful on the big screen.,1,positive
"this kind of hands-on storytelling is ultimately what makes shanghai ghetto move beyond a good, dry, reliable textbook and what allows it to rank with its worthy predecessors.",1,positive
are what makes it worth the trip to the theater,1,positive
talked all the way through it,0,negative
"bluto blutarsky, we miss you.",1,positive
beyond the astute direction of cardoso and beautifully detailed performances by all of the actors,1,positive
a plot that's just too boring and obvious,0,negative
"insomnia loses points when it surrenders to a formulaic bang-bang, shoot-em-up scene at the conclusion.",0,negative
", sum up the strange horror of life in the new millennium",1,positive
peek at it through the fingers in front of your eyes,1,positive
"in its own way, rabbit-proof fence is a quest story as grand as the lord of the rings",1,positive
"taymor, the avant garde director of broadway's the lion king and the film titus, brings",1,positive
", groan and hiss",0,negative
of mexico's most colorful and controversial artists,1,positive
that a life like this can sound so dull,0,negative
good enough,1,positive
makes its point too well,1,positive
tsai's usual style and themes,1,positive
snappy,1,positive
mcgrath,0,negative
instantly forgettable and,0,negative
smutty,0,negative
"gives it new texture, new relevance, new reality",1,positive
by the shadowy lighting,1,positive
of astonishing grandeur,1,positive
"highly entertaining, self-aggrandizing, politically motivated documentary-making",1,positive
a certain sense of experimentation and improvisation to this film that may not always work,0,negative
"curiously, he waters it down, turning grit and vulnerability into light reading",0,negative
prominent,1,positive
unifying,1,positive
one of the outstanding thrillers of recent years,1,positive
gloriously,1,positive
an admittedly middling film,1,positive
"keen eye,",1,positive
"'s every bit as enlightening, insightful and entertaining as grant's two best films",1,positive
fontaine masterfully,1,positive
that loses sight of its own story,0,negative
target practice,1,positive
"stupid, infantile, redundant, sloppy",0,negative
"a finely written,",1,positive
to elevate it beyond its formula to the level of classic romantic comedy to which it aspires,1,positive
"fresh, unforced naturalism to their characters",1,positive
terrific,1,positive
"an absurdist comedy about alienation, separation and loss.",0,negative
's horribly wrong,0,negative
"uses a totally unnecessary prologue, just because it seems obligatory",0,negative
real shame,0,negative
a breakthrough,1,positive
best movie,1,positive
's a hellish,0,negative
that it feels less like bad cinema than like being stuck in a dark pit having a nightmare about bad cinema,0,negative
`` rollerball '' 2002 may go down in cinema history as the only movie ever in which the rest of the cast was outshined by ll cool j.,0,negative
by anne-sophie birot,1,positive
"pointed personalities, courage, tragedy and the little guys",1,positive
portrays the frank humanity of ... emotional recovery,1,positive
drains it,1,positive
for anyone,1,positive
", funny humor",1,positive
she's not funny,0,negative
the misery,0,negative
meaningful,1,positive
painful improbability,0,negative
an unsuccessful attempt at a movie of ideas,0,negative
"a popcorn film, not a must-own,",1,positive
meticulously uncovers a trail of outrageous force and craven concealment.,1,positive
feels like a glossy rehash,0,negative
"boasts dry humor and jarring shocks, plus moments of breathtaking mystery",1,positive
nothing in waking up in reno ever inspired me to think of its inhabitants as anything more than markers in a screenplay.,0,negative
a crass and insulting homage to great films,0,negative
of high humidity,1,positive
not scarier,0,negative
that just does n't have big screen magic,0,negative
"the film, flaws and",0,negative
"a movie that is what it is : a pleasant distraction, a friday night diversion, an excuse to eat popcorn",1,positive
"takes a clunky tv-movie approach to detailing a chapter in the life of the celebrated irish playwright, poet and drinker.",0,negative
completely lacking in chills,0,negative
final verdict,1,positive
self-promotion ends and,1,positive
of dead-end distaste,0,negative
powerful and moving without stooping to base melodrama,1,positive
'll still be glued to the screen,1,positive
rohmer still has a sense of his audience,1,positive
its accumulated enjoyment,1,positive
sacrificing any of the cultural intrigue,0,negative
is a step down,0,negative
"very, very good reasons",1,positive
"his sly, intricate magic",1,positive
love a disney pic,1,positive
from pinnacle to pinnacle,1,positive
it counts heart as important as humor,1,positive
dysfunctional,0,negative
"directs, ideally",1,positive
and vulgar innuendo,0,negative
seeing justice served,1,positive
left with a sour taste in your mouth,0,negative
"plumbs uncharted depths of stupidity, incoherence and sub-sophomoric sexual banter",0,negative
", you 're desperate for the evening to end.",0,negative
one hour photo may seem disappointing in its generalities,0,negative
is this bad on purpose,0,negative
a thinking man's,1,positive
one of the funniest motion pictures of the year,1,positive
's unburdened by pretensions to great artistic significance,1,positive
"ends with outtakes in which most of the characters forget their lines and just utter ` uhhh, ' which is better than most of the writing in the movie.",0,negative
", then go see this delightful comedy.",1,positive
oft-brilliant safe conduct ( `` laissez-passer '' ),1,positive
an american actress who becomes fully english,1,positive
is the refreshingly unhibited enthusiasm,1,positive
been acted out,0,negative
is the first film in a long time that made me want to bolt the theater in the first 10 minutes.,0,negative
without much success,0,negative
"that's as lumpy as two-day old porridge ... the filmmakers ' paws, sad to say, were all over this `` un-bear-able '' project",0,negative
emotionally vapid,0,negative
awry,0,negative
", it succeeds.",1,positive
wasting away,0,negative
stretched over the nearly 80-minute running time,0,negative
that's sustained through the surprisingly somber conclusion,1,positive
"with more character development this might have been an eerie thriller ; with better payoffs, it could have been a thinking man's monster movie",0,negative
good intentions derailed by a failure to seek and strike just the right tone,0,negative
keep you interested without coming close to bowling you over,1,positive
"it's not original, and, robbed of the element of surprise, it does n't have any huge laughs in its story of irresponsible cops who love to play pranks.",0,negative
unless you 're an absolute raving star wars junkie,0,negative
offers an interesting look at the rapidly changing face of beijing.,1,positive
sub,0,negative
"low, very low, very very low",0,negative
tossed in,1,positive
to a man whose achievements -- and complexities -- reached far beyond the end zone,1,positive
this tired retread,0,negative
to be a compelling,1,positive
"no psychology here, and no real narrative logic",0,negative
"it is different from others in its genre in that it is does not rely on dumb gags, anatomical humor, or character cliches ; it primarily relies on character to tell its story",1,positive
seems worth the effort.,1,positive
energy and geniality,1,positive
spy kids 2 also happens to be that rarity among sequels :,1,positive
i know better than to rush to the theater for this one,0,negative
( somebody suggested the stills might make a nice coffee table book ),0,negative
humorless and,0,negative
's a lyrical endeavor.,1,positive
one funny popcorn flick.,1,positive
the good-time shenanigans in welcome perspective,1,positive
new zealand coming-of-age movie,1,positive
"despite the 2-d animation, the wild thornberrys movie makes for a surprisingly cinematic experience.",1,positive
's defiantly and delightfully against the grain.,1,positive
formidable arithmetic,0,negative
have decades of life as a classic movie franchise,1,positive
a mawkish self-parody that plays like some weird masterpiece theater sketch with neither a point of view nor a compelling reason for being,0,negative
love with its overinflated mythology that it no longer recognizes the needs of moviegoers for real characters and compelling plots,0,negative
fearless,1,positive
humanity or empathy,1,positive
wide-awake all the way through,1,positive
staggered from the theater,0,negative
willing to express his convictions,0,negative
clockstoppers if you have nothing better to do with 94 minutes,0,negative
seem fresh,1,positive
disintegrates,0,negative
"looks great, has solid acting and a neat premise",1,positive
does not really,0,negative
is every bit as fascinating,1,positive
"crammed with incident, and bristles with passion and energy.",1,positive
"sappy, preachy one",0,negative
lame,0,negative
less capable,0,negative
even cranky adults may rediscover the quivering kid inside,1,positive
simple-minded,0,negative
lustrous polished visuals,1,positive
surprisingly powerful and universal.,1,positive
"balance pointed, often incisive satire and unabashed sweetness, with results that are sometimes bracing, sometimes baffling and quite often, and in unexpected ways, touching",1,positive
delicate,1,positive
some of the funniest jokes of any movie,1,positive
an entertainment,1,positive
a string of exotic locales,1,positive
"( serry ) wants to blend politics and drama, an admirable ambition.",1,positive
grant and bullock make it look as though they are having so much fun,1,positive
have been a sketch on saturday night live,1,positive
", it's also somewhat clumsy.",0,negative
as sexy beast,1,positive
while thurman and lewis give what can easily be considered career-best performances,1,positive
even the corniest and most hackneyed contrivances,0,negative
"dark, intelligent warning cry",1,positive
guessing plot and an affectionate,1,positive
irresistibly than in ` baran,1,positive
is pretty damned funny,1,positive
"poignancy, and intelligence",1,positive
a promise nor a threat so much as wishful thinking,0,negative
we have no idea what in creation is going on,0,negative
"is a pan-american movie, with moments of genuine insight into the urban heart.",1,positive
narrative banality,0,negative
"the wan, thinly sketched story",0,negative
laugh-a-minute crowd pleaser,1,positive
on-screen chemistry,1,positive
dehumanizing and ego-destroying process,0,negative
infantile,0,negative
her cheery and tranquil suburban life,1,positive
beautifully,1,positive
the drama that gives added clout to this doc,1,positive
the first actor to lead a group of talented friends astray,0,negative
situates it all in a plot as musty as one of the golden eagle's carpets.,0,negative
more sophisticated and literate than such pictures,1,positive
becomes unwatchable,0,negative
duvall ( also a producer ) peels layers from this character that may well not have existed on paper.,1,positive
", worse yet, nonexistent --",0,negative
the film works well enough to make it worth watching,1,positive
"is serene, the humor wry and sprightly.",1,positive
with leonine power,1,positive
full of life and small delights,1,positive
is well done,1,positive
great monster movie,1,positive
"it is does not rely on dumb gags, anatomical humor, or character cliches",1,positive
brosnan is more feral in this film than i 've seen him before and halle berry does her best to keep up with him.,1,positive
the wisdom and humor,1,positive
surprisingly charming,1,positive
a tough pill to swallow and,0,negative
a visionary,1,positive
from-television movie that actually looks as if it belongs on the big screen,1,positive
her real-life persona is so charmless and vacant,0,negative
stamina and vitality,1,positive
mannered,1,positive
its most delightful moments come when various characters express their quirky inner selves,1,positive
the top of their lungs,1,positive
"the plot is nothing but boilerplate clichés from start to finish, and",0,negative
will you feel after an 88-minute rip-off of the rock with action confined to slo-mo gun firing and random glass-shattering,0,negative
", yes, ` it's like having an old friend for dinner '.",1,positive
"is a bad mannered, ugly and destructive little ****",0,negative
in the process comes out looking like something wholly original,1,positive
suffers from a lack of clarity and audacity that a subject as monstrous and pathetic as dahmer,0,negative
tiresomely,0,negative
"captures the way young japanese live now, chafing against their culture's manic mix of millennial brusqueness and undying, traditional politesse",1,positive
wanders,0,negative
"nothing's at stake, just a twisty double-cross you can smell a mile away -- still, the derivative nine queens is lots of fun.",1,positive
more chillingly effective,1,positive
into a lyrical and celebratory vision,1,positive
young and old alike to go see this unique and entertaining twist on the classic whale's tale,1,positive
"such a buoyant, expressive flow of images",1,positive
is firing his r&d people,0,negative
imbued with passion and attitude,1,positive
flaccid,0,negative
expressing itself in every way imaginable,1,positive
canny crowd pleaser,1,positive
admirable rigor,1,positive
"the seesawing of the general's fate in the arguments of competing lawyers has the stomach-knotting suspense of a legal thriller, while the testimony of witnesses lends the film a resonant undertone of tragedy.",1,positive
", barbershop is tuned in to its community.",1,positive
"yes, but also intriguing and honorable, a worthwhile addition to a distinguished film legacy",1,positive
quaid who anchors the film with his effortless performance and that trademark grin of his -- so perfect for a ballplayer,1,positive
"evanescent, seamless and sumptuous stream",1,positive
funny in its observation of just how much more grueling and time-consuming the illusion of work is than actual work,1,positive
original film,1,positive
", do we have that same option to slap her creators because they 're clueless and inept?",0,negative
paint-by-numbers,0,negative
a couple of saps stuck in an inarticulate screenplay,0,negative
trying to dupe the viewer into taking it all as very important simply because the movie is ugly to look at and not a hollywood product,0,negative
"informative,",1,positive
"is in the right place, his plea for democracy and civic action laudable.",1,positive
's so downbeat and nearly humorless that it becomes a chore to sit through -- despite some first-rate performances by its lead,0,negative
"runs a good race, one that will have you at the edge of your seat for long stretches",1,positive
cinematic disaster,0,negative
adds up to big box office bucks all but guaranteed.,1,positive
damon/bourne or,1,positive
"interesting cinematic devices ( cool visual backmasking ),",1,positive
odd and weird,0,negative
compared to his series of spectacular belly flops both on and off the screen,0,negative
an entertaining mix of period drama and flat-out farce that should please history fans,1,positive
and it's a lousy one at that.,0,negative
controversy,0,negative
heart,1,positive
dream,1,positive
wonder,1,positive
"an eloquent, deeply felt meditation on the nature of compassion",1,positive
mushy as peas,0,negative
an unruly adolescent boy,1,positive
brisk delight,1,positive
"patchy combination of soap opera, low-tech magic realism and, at times, ploddingly sociological commentary",0,negative
are far more alienating than involving.,0,negative
"easy, cynical potshots at morally bankrupt characters",0,negative
vonnegut,1,positive
this modern mob music drama,1,positive
is like cold porridge with only the odd enjoyably chewy lump,0,negative
"sure, it's contrived and predictable",0,negative
that the shocking conclusion is too much of a plunge,0,negative
"a formula comedy redeemed by its stars,",1,positive
their bodies,1,positive
's a diverting enough hour-and-a-half for the family audience.,1,positive
flawed support structure,0,negative
chance to revitalize what is and always has been remarkable about clung-to traditions,1,positive
searching for its identity,0,negative
of good actors,1,positive
", decisive moments",1,positive
"oversexed, at times overwrought comedy/drama",0,negative
"slovenly done, so primitive in technique, that it ca n't really be called animation",0,negative
fun-loving libertine,1,positive
will be occupied for 72 minutes.,1,positive
're the kind of parent who enjoys intentionally introducing your kids to films which will cause loads of irreparable damage that years and years of costly analysis could never fix,0,negative
for cultural and personal self-discovery and a picaresque view,1,positive
", bombastic and ultimately empty world war ii action",0,negative
sentimentality and annoying,0,negative
which may be why it works as well as it does,1,positive
"a charming, banter-filled comedy",1,positive
"full of cheesy dialogue,",0,negative
fails to fascinate,0,negative
the long list of renegade-cop tales,0,negative
pass this stinker,0,negative
stilted and unconvincing,0,negative
dramatically satisfying,1,positive
becoming too cute about it,0,negative
just two,1,positive
solid emotional impact,1,positive
seems interested in kicking around a raison d'etre that's as fresh-faced as its young-guns cast,1,positive
dramatic comedy,1,positive
"well-intentioned, but shamelessly manipulative movie",0,negative
while remaining true to his principles,1,positive
will likely,1,positive
", purposeless",0,negative
rarely work in movies now,0,negative
"of color, music, and dance that only the most practiced curmudgeon could fail to crack a smile at",1,positive
soulful nuances,1,positive
its `` dead wife communicating from beyond the grave '' framework is even remotely new or interesting,0,negative
into a strangely tempting bouquet of a movie,1,positive
should make it required viewing in university computer science departments for years to come.,1,positive
wastes,0,negative
"its weighty themes are too grave for youngsters, but the story is too steeped in fairy tales and other childish things to appeal much to teenagers.",0,negative
interesting slice,1,positive
"i am not generally a huge fan of cartoons derived from tv shows, but hey arnold!",1,positive
a skillful filmmaker can impart a message without bludgeoning the audience over the head,1,positive
see it for his performance if nothing else.,1,positive
spent an hour setting a fancy table and then served up kraft macaroni and cheese,0,negative
is generous and deep,1,positive
a fat man's navel,0,negative
that is revelatory,1,positive
vulgar innuendo,0,negative
both charming,1,positive
", oddly colorful and just plain otherworldly",1,positive
dialog between realistic characters,1,positive
", this marvelous documentary touches -- ever so gracefully -- on the entire history of the yiddish theater, both in america and israel.",1,positive
"delivers the sexy razzle-dazzle that everyone, especially movie musical fans, has been hoping for",1,positive
emotionally malleable,0,negative
the sexy razzle-dazzle,1,positive
'll only put you to sleep.,0,negative
slapstick,1,positive
canny and,1,positive
is that there is nothing in it to engage children emotionally,0,negative
"that by movie's end, we accept the characters and the film, flaws and all",1,positive
to its superior cast,1,positive
some of its repartee is still worth hearing.,1,positive
hollowness,0,negative
refuses to spell things out for viewers,0,negative
gripping performances,1,positive
-- however canned -- makes for unexpectedly giddy viewing.,1,positive
emotional heart,1,positive
but they 're simply not funny performers,0,negative
moving portrait,1,positive
"builds up to its insanely staged ballroom scene, in which 3000 actors appear in full regalia",1,positive
trotting out threadbare standbys,0,negative
a cellophane-pop remake,0,negative
a human volcano or an overflowing septic tank,0,negative
first lousy guy ritchie imitation,0,negative
the hood,1,positive
trouble every day is a plodding mess.,0,negative
dog,1,positive
ultimately satisfying,1,positive
damaged-goods people,0,negative
"warmth to go around, with music and laughter",1,positive
real-time rhythms,1,positive
"is a movie that tells stories that work -- is charming, is moving",1,positive
"works, it's thanks to huston's revelatory performance.",1,positive
vibrant introduction,1,positive
is a purposefully reductive movie -- which may be why it's so successful at lodging itself in the brain,1,positive
cheeky,1,positive
less as a documentary and more as a found relic,1,positive
mind ugly,0,negative
most jaded cinema audiences,0,negative
's definite room for improvement.,0,negative
some talented performers,1,positive
munch's screenplay is tenderly observant of his characters.,1,positive
"tender,",1,positive
is one word that best describes this film : honest.,1,positive
that's something i would rather live in denial about,0,negative
since the thrills pop up frequently,1,positive
"imagine ( if possible ) a pasolini film without passion or politics, or an almodovar movie without beauty or humor,",0,negative
betting her third feature will be something to behold,1,positive
an action/thriller of the finest kind,1,positive
that's both charming and well acted,1,positive
the flowering of the south korean cinema,1,positive
otherwise good movie,1,positive
"is gone, replaced by the forced funniness found in the dullest kiddie flicks.",0,negative
smart-aleck movie,1,positive
pure composition and,1,positive
notorious c.h.o. still feels like a promising work-in-progress,1,positive
lacks the inspiration of the original and,0,negative
"from a deceptively simple premise, this deeply moving french drama develops a startling story that works both as a detailed personal portrait and as a rather frightening examination of modern times.",1,positive
wow fans,1,positive
simplistic story,0,negative
neither is it as smart,0,negative
stunning animation,1,positive
the milieu is wholly unconvincing ... and the histrionics reach a truly annoying pitch,0,negative
be tried as a war criminal,0,negative
you might as well be watching it through a telescope,0,negative
well-deserved reputation,1,positive
forget the psychology 101 study of romantic obsession and just watch the procession of costumes in castles and this wo n't seem like such a bore.,0,negative
"wimps out by going for that pg-13 rating, so the more graphic violence is mostly off-screen and the sexuality is muted.",0,negative
"yakusho, as always, is wonderful as the long-faced sad sack",1,positive
are times when the film's reach exceeds its grasp,0,negative
is hypnotic,1,positive
bore that tends to hammer home every one of its points,0,negative
- worst of all -,0,negative
made indieflick in need of some trims and a more chemistry between its stars,0,negative
ellen pompeo pulls off the feat with aplomb,1,positive
all of its assigned marks to take on any life of its own,0,negative
too amateurish and,0,negative
"chilling, and affecting",1,positive
"very, very good",1,positive
"evelyn may be based on a true and historically significant story, but the filmmakers have made every effort to disguise it as an unimaginative screenwriter's invention",0,negative
appeals to you,1,positive
"a wild, endearing, masterful documentary.",1,positive
a better person,1,positive
highly engaging.,1,positive
"is a divine monument to a single man's struggle to regain his life, his dignity and his music.",1,positive
waltzed itself into the art film pantheon,1,positive
an occasionally interesting but mostly repetitive,0,negative
"it's still tainted by cliches, painful improbability and murky points.",0,negative
not to believe it,0,negative
rigid and,0,negative
moments of breathtaking mystery,1,positive
trademark grin,1,positive
fun-loving,1,positive
came up with a treasure chest of material,1,positive
"the film acknowledges upfront that the plot makes no sense, such that the lack of linearity is the point of emotional and moral departure for protagonist alice",0,negative
` terrorists,0,negative
", the hot chick is pretty damned funny.",1,positive
broad streaks of common sense emerge with unimpeachable clarity,1,positive
she allows each character to confront their problems openly and honestly.,1,positive
a music scene that transcends culture and race,1,positive
mediocre acting,0,negative
it is cruel,0,negative
seem disappointing,0,negative
understand her choices,1,positive
try hard but come off too amateurish and awkward,0,negative
has made the near-fatal mistake of being what the english call ` too clever by half.,0,negative
the emotional depth,1,positive
asks the right questions,1,positive
undisciplined,0,negative
to foul up a screen adaptation of oscar wilde's classic satire,0,negative
rare to see a movie that takes such a speedy swan dive from `` promising '' to `` interesting '' to `` familiar '' before landing squarely on `` stupid '',0,negative
his effortless performance,1,positive
walked out on a movie,0,negative
captures the debilitating grief,1,positive
"rhapsodize cynicism, with repetition and languorous slo-mo sequences,",0,negative
raunchy and frequently hilarious follow-up,1,positive
to let this morph into a typical romantic triangle,0,negative
"is such high-wattage brainpower coupled with pitch-perfect acting and an exquisite, unfakable sense of cinema",1,positive
"just as expectant of an adoring, wide-smiling reception",1,positive
shallow and,0,negative
is a more fascinating look at the future than `` bladerunner '' and one of the most high-concept sci fi adventures attempted for the screen.,1,positive
material this rich,1,positive
rare depth,1,positive
"a supremely hopeful cautionary tale of war's madness remembered that we, today, can prevent its tragic waste of life",1,positive
the empty theaters,0,negative
abandon all hope of a good movie ye who enter here,0,negative
a total rehash,0,negative
extended dialogue exercise,0,negative
is losing his touch,0,negative
s1m0ne's satire is not subtle,0,negative
thoroughly satisfying,1,positive
"assembles a fascinating profile of a deeply humanistic artist who, in spite of all that he's witnessed, remains surprisingly idealistic, and retains an extraordinary faith in the ability of images to communicate the truth of the world around him",1,positive
keep it up,1,positive
fantastically vital,1,positive
offer any new insight,1,positive
was reportedly rewritten a dozen times,0,negative
a mesmerizing cinematic poem,1,positive
"if you like blood, guts and crazy beasts stalking men with guns though ... you will likely enjoy this monster.",1,positive
is every bit as fascinating as it is flawed.,1,positive
for no one,0,negative
fast-paced contemporary society,1,positive
shallow and immature character,0,negative
a physique to match,1,positive
"speculation, conspiracy theories or, at best,",0,negative
with square conviction,1,positive
predictable outcome,0,negative
raises some worthwhile themes while delivering a wholesome fantasy for kids.,1,positive
clear-eyed portrait,1,positive
sounding,1,positive
unnerving suspense,1,positive
surprising in how much they engage and even touch us,1,positive
witty and beneath,1,positive
"this has layered, well-developed characters and some surprises.",1,positive
you 're not merely watching history,1,positive
"a loud, ugly, irritating movie without any of its satirical",0,negative
kids-and-family-oriented,1,positive
to satisfy the boom-bam crowd without a huge sacrifice of character and mood,1,positive
"the film becomes an overwhelming pleasure,",1,positive
quite touching,1,positive
"do justice to the awfulness of the movie, for that comes through all too painfully in the execution",0,negative
", vapid and devoid",0,negative
sleek and arty.,1,positive
"are so unmemorable, despite several attempts at lengthy dialogue scenes,",0,negative
"a tone of rueful compassion ... reverberates throughout this film, whose meaning and impact is sadly heightened by current world events",1,positive
futile,0,negative
is simple but absorbing.,1,positive
"a delightful stimulus for the optic nerves, so much that it's forgivable that the plot feels like every other tale of a totalitarian tomorrow.",1,positive
"it may not be a great piece of filmmaking, but its power comes from its soul's - eye view of how well-meaning patronizing masked a social injustice, at least as represented by this case",0,negative
"notwithstanding my problem with the movie's final half hour, i 'm going to recommend secretary, based on the wonderful acting clinic put on by spader and gyllenhaal, and also the unique way shainberg goes about telling what at heart is a sweet little girl",1,positive
in place for a great film noir,1,positive
( macdowell ) ventures beyond her abilities,1,positive
saccharine genre,0,negative
works on some levels and is certainly worth seeing at least once.,1,positive
coughs and sputters on its own postmodern conceit.,0,negative
a really good premise,1,positive
"he took three minutes of dialogue, 30 seconds of plot and turned them into a 90-minute movie that feels five hours long.",0,negative
move over bond ;,1,positive
", at times sublime,",1,positive
the creative act,1,positive
a fairly harmless but ultimately lifeless feature-length afterschool special.,0,negative
wrapping the theater,1,positive
the euphoria,1,positive
something is rotten in the state of california,0,negative
little else,0,negative
"shows why, after only three films, director/co-writer jacques audiard, though little known in this country, belongs in the very top rank of french filmmakers",1,positive
so insanely stupid,0,negative
major opportunity to be truly revelatory about his psyche,1,positive
"it's clotted with heavy-handed symbolism, dime-store psychology and endless scenic shots that make 105 minutes seem twice as long.",0,negative
"the action scenes have all the suspense of a 20-car pileup, while the plot holes are big enough for a train car to drive through -- if kaos had n't blown them all up.",0,negative
rises above superficiality.,1,positive
"murderous maids has a lot going for it, not least the brilliant performances by testud ... and parmentier.",1,positive
see it.,1,positive
would not improve much after a therapeutic zap of shock treatment,0,negative
( cool visual backmasking ),1,positive
"irksome, tiresome nature",0,negative
moving tale,1,positive
star script,1,positive
pull us deep into the girls ' confusion and pain as they struggle tragically to comprehend the chasm of knowledge that's opened between them.,1,positive
would seem to be surefire casting,1,positive
", and enjoyable",1,positive
"uninspired scripts, acting and direction",0,negative
animated thoughts,1,positive
at hostile odds with one another,0,negative
"the movie is loaded with good intentions, but in his zeal to squeeze the action and our emotions into the all-too-familiar dramatic arc of the holocaust escape story, minac drains his movie of all individuality.",0,negative
one oscar nomination,1,positive
gives his best screen performance with an oddly winning portrayal of one of life's ultimate losers,1,positive
"an interesting story of pointed personalities, courage, tragedy and the little guys",1,positive
"it's funny and human and really pretty damned wonderful, all at once.",1,positive
"i love it ... hell, i dunno.",1,positive
"the pianist ( is ) a supremely hopeful cautionary tale of war's madness remembered that we, today, can prevent its tragic waste of life",1,positive
keep parents away,0,negative
at in metropolis you hate to tear your eyes away from the images long enough to read the subtitles,1,positive
"that those responsible did n't cut their losses -- and ours -- and retitle it the adventures of direct-to-video nash, and send it to its proper home",0,negative
more irresistibly than in ` baran,1,positive
it's quite an achievement to set and shoot a movie at the cannes film festival and yet fail to capture its visual appeal or its atmosphere.,0,negative
about one in three gags in white's intermittently wise script hits its mark ; the rest are padding unashamedly appropriated from the teen-exploitation playbook,0,negative
... pray does n't have a passion for the material.,0,negative
"an inventive, absorbing movie that's as hard to classify as it is hard to resist.",1,positive
of shakespeare's better known tragedies,1,positive
straight from the saturday morning cartoons,0,negative
overall very good for what it's trying to do.,1,positive
and mawkish dialogue,0,negative
to the power of women to heal,1,positive
was beginning to hate it,0,negative
is well established,1,positive
impacts,1,positive
my wife is an actress has its moments in looking at the comic effects of jealousy.,1,positive
wo n't still be tapping,1,positive
too safe,0,negative
"a sun-drenched masterpiece,",1,positive
every suspenseful cliché in the book,0,negative
"with chaplin and kidman, who are capable of anteing up some movie star charisma when they need it to sell us on this twisted love story, but who can also negotiate the movie's darker turns",1,positive
a playful spirit,1,positive
the storytelling and,1,positive
"not scary, not smart and not engaging",0,negative
would be easy for critics to shred it,0,negative
"is a disaster of a story, full of holes and completely lacking in chills.",0,negative
"as an introduction to the man's theories and influence, derrida is all but useless",0,negative
with such clarity,1,positive
"you are watching them, and the slow parade of human frailty fascinates you",1,positive
work in the same vein as the brilliance of animal house,1,positive
a slam-bang extravaganza that,1,positive
"morality, family, and social expectation",1,positive
lousy way,0,negative
the laborious pacing,0,negative
the fun,1,positive
most creative mayhem,1,positive
sam mendes,1,positive
"well-acted, well-directed and, for all its moodiness, not too pretentious.",1,positive
"are sweet and believable,",1,positive
it ultimately delivers,1,positive
"... is inspiring, ironic, and revelatory of just how ridiculous and money-oriented the record industry really is.",1,positive
rises to its clever what-if concept,1,positive
an instantly forgettable snow-and-stuntwork extravaganza that likely will be upstaged by an avalanche of more appealing holiday-season product.,0,negative
embody the worst excesses of nouvelle vague without any of its sense of fun or energy,0,negative
tosses around sex toys and offers half-hearted paeans to empowerment,0,negative
one of the most exciting action films to come out of china in recent years.,1,positive
and withholds delivery,0,negative
most humane and important holocaust movies,1,positive
a very charming and funny movie.,1,positive
potentially incredibly twisting mystery,1,positive
predictable in the reassuring manner of a beautifully sung holiday carol,1,positive
wildlife,1,positive
"'s also cold, gray, antiseptic and emotionally desiccated.",0,negative
flashes of warmth and gentle humor,1,positive
borrowed images,0,negative
fortify this turgid fable,0,negative
take on the soullessness of work,1,positive
bears about as much resemblance to the experiences of most battered women as spider-man,0,negative
familiar but utterly delightful.,1,positive
"clever,",1,positive
"entertaining from start to finish, featuring a fall from grace that still leaves shockwaves",1,positive
"'s fun, wispy,",1,positive
gorgeous to look at but insufferably tedious and turgid,0,negative
deserving of discussion,1,positive
just ca n't take it any more,0,negative
"'d probably turn it off, convinced that you had already seen that movie.",0,negative
is presented with universal appeal,1,positive
this may be the first cartoon ever to look as if it were being shown on the projection television screen of a sports bar.,0,negative
delusions to escape their maudlin influence.,0,negative
a flair for dialogue comedy,1,positive
nonetheless appreciates the art and reveals a music scene that transcends culture and race.,1,positive
a bland,0,negative
"soulless and -- even more damning -- virtually joyless, xxx achieves near virtuosity in its crapulence.",0,negative
i like my christmas movies with more elves and snow and less pimps and ho's.,0,negative
"eloquent, deeply felt",1,positive
"abandoned, but",0,negative
's as sweet as greenfingers,1,positive
is an insultingly inept and artificial examination of grief and its impacts upon the relationships of the survivors.,0,negative
survive its tonal transformation from dark comedy to suspense thriller,1,positive
"wilco fans will have a great time,",1,positive
bored by as your abc's,0,negative
ca n't generate enough heat in this cold vacuum of a comedy to start a reaction.,0,negative
has the thrown-together feel of a summer-camp talent show : hastily written,0,negative
fabulously funny and over the top as a ` very sneaky ' butler who excels in the art of impossible disappearing/reappearing acts,1,positive
the marvelous first 101 minutes,1,positive
the utter cuteness,1,positive
well-made entertainment,1,positive
a tawdry b-movie scum,0,negative
stick figures reading lines from a teleprompter,0,negative
that should please history fans,1,positive
"eccentric, accident-prone characters",0,negative
with style,1,positive
to the integrity and vision of the band,1,positive
"ride for the kiddies, with enough eye",1,positive
comes to life in the performances.,1,positive
nearly as fresh or enjoyable as its predecessor,1,positive
"`` bad '' is the operative word for `` bad company,",0,negative
"the masses with star power, a pop-induced score and sentimental",1,positive
clever exercise,1,positive
the film runs on a little longer than it needs to -- muccino either does n't notice when his story ends or just ca n't tear himself away from the characters -- but it's smooth and professional,1,positive
a dearth of vitality and a story that's shapeless and uninflected,0,negative
depressingly thin and exhaustingly contrived.,0,negative
absorbs all manner of lame entertainment,1,positive
emphasizes the well-wrought story and omits needless chase scenes and swordfights as the revenge unfolds.,1,positive
"if we 're to slap protagonist genevieve leplouff because she's french, do we have that same option to slap her creators because they 're clueless and inept?",0,negative
it confirms fincher's status as a film maker who artfully bends technical know-how to the service of psychological insight.,1,positive
with fondness and respect,1,positive
out ballsy and stylish but fails to keep it up and settles into clichés.,0,negative
the emperor's club any time,1,positive
put you off,0,negative
too-spectacular,0,negative
dedicated artists,1,positive
it attractive throughout,1,positive
a wild ride juiced with enough energy and excitement for at least three films.,1,positive
conquers,1,positive
half-baked setups and,0,negative
clichés and sneering humor,0,negative
driven by appealing leads,1,positive
"you feel good, you feel sad, you feel pissed off, but in the end, you feel alive - which is what they did",1,positive
that would have been better off staying on the festival circuit,0,negative
darned assured,1,positive
hard pressed to succumb to the call of the wild,0,negative
"work as shallow entertainment, not remotely incisive enough to qualify as drama, monsoon",0,negative
every bad action-movie line in history,0,negative
tremendous chemistry,1,positive
impressively true for being so hot-blooded,1,positive
's a heck of a ride,1,positive
a truly magical movie,1,positive
hated myself in the morning,0,negative
"can not recommend it, because it overstays its natural running time",0,negative
from largely flat and uncreative moments,0,negative
one of the worst films of the summer,0,negative
looks wonderful,1,positive
comically,1,positive
oddly moving,1,positive
you 've seen a movie instead of an endless trailer,1,positive
"is a thoughtful examination of faith, love and power",1,positive
"at times, it actually hurts to watch.",0,negative
to guess the order in which the kids in the house will be gored,0,negative
due to the endlessly repetitive scenes of embarrassment,0,negative
are as mushy as peas,0,negative
", can prevent its tragic waste of life",0,negative
should be able to appreciate the wonderful cinematography and naturalistic acting.,1,positive
too many chefs fussing over too weak a recipe,0,negative
"in any case, i would recommend big bad love only to winger fans who have missed her since 1995's forget paris.",0,negative
"'s the type of film about growing up that we do n't see often enough these days : realistic, urgent",1,positive
enormous,1,positive
"enough may pander to our basest desires for payback, but unlike many revenge fantasies, it ultimately delivers",1,positive
refreshing,1,positive
"engages us in constant fits of laughter, until we find ourselves surprised at how much we care about the story",1,positive
"is almost completely lacking in suspense, surprise and consistent emotional conviction",0,negative
that few movies are able to accomplish,1,positive
more outre aspects,1,positive
"it's coherent, well shot, and tartly acted",1,positive
"than recommended -- as visually bland as a dentist's waiting room, complete with soothing muzak and a cushion of predictable narrative rhythms",1,positive
a great movie it is not,0,negative
koepp's screenplay is n't nearly surprising or clever enough to sustain a reasonable degree of suspense on its own.,0,negative
personal low,0,negative
in reality it's one tough rock.,1,positive
"it fails to have a heart, mind or humor of its own",0,negative
paints a grand picture of an era and makes the journey feel like a party,1,positive
detailed down to the signs on the kiosks,1,positive
devoid,0,negative
does n't have a passion for the material,0,negative
might just be the movie you 're looking for,1,positive
"in its treatment of the dehumanizing and ego-destroying process of unemployment, time out offers an exploration that is more accurate than anything i have seen in an american film.",1,positive
know what it wants to be when it grows up,1,positive
that most every aggrieved father cliché has been unturned,0,negative
has a real filmmaker's eye.,1,positive
's lots of cute animals and clumsy people,1,positive
collapses after 30 minutes into a slap-happy series,0,negative
"is very much of a mixed bag, with enough negatives",0,negative
"snoots will no doubt rally to its cause, trotting out threadbare standbys like ` masterpiece ' and ` triumph ' and all that malarkey, but rarely does an established filmmaker so ardently waste viewers ' time with a gobbler like this.",0,negative
"it looks good, sonny, but you missed the point",0,negative
( macdowell ) ventures beyond her abilities several times here and reveals how bad an actress she is.,0,negative
intimate than spectacular,1,positive
defend himself,1,positive
that it has n't gone straight to video,0,negative
idiots,0,negative
is a wonderful thing ; that he has been able to share his story so compellingly with us is a minor miracle,1,positive
be required viewing for civics classes and would-be public servants alike,1,positive
perry's good,1,positive
if it had just gone that one step further,0,negative
shot on ugly digital video.,0,negative
"it's the best sequel since the empire strikes back ... a majestic achievement, an epic of astonishing grandeur and surprising emotional depth.",1,positive
intelligence and intensity,1,positive
the silliness,1,positive
did n't hollywood think of this sooner,1,positive
of ` black culture ' and the dorkier aspects,0,negative
dumb down,0,negative
"does its best to work us over, with second helpings of love, romance, tragedy, false dawns, real dawns, comic relief, two separate crises during marriage ceremonies, and the lush scenery of the cotswolds.",1,positive
created a provocative,1,positive
of having been slimed in the name of high art,0,negative
most humane and important holocaust movies ever made.,1,positive
"brims with passion : for words, for its eccentric, accident-prone characters, and for the crazy things that keep people going in this crazy life",1,positive
the film is predictable in the reassuring manner of a beautifully sung holiday carol.,1,positive
but a convenient conveyor belt of brooding personalities that parade about as if they were coming back from stock character camp -- a drowsy drama infatuated by its own pretentious self-examination,0,negative
"none of this sounds promising and,",0,negative
which they have been patiently waiting for,1,positive
rewarding,1,positive
"a touching reflection on aging, suffering and the prospect of death",1,positive
"moody, heartbreaking, and filmed in a natural, unforced style that makes its characters seem entirely convincing even when its script is not.",1,positive
"a worthwhile documentary, whether you 're into rap or not, even if it may still leave you wanting more answers as the credits roll.",1,positive
's a great performance and a reminder of dickens ' grandeur.,1,positive
be liberating,1,positive
all the complexity and realistic human behavior of an episode of general hospital,0,negative
're engulfed by it.,1,positive
delivers the same old bad trip,0,negative
a classical actress,1,positive
indie tatters and self-conscious seams,0,negative
that santa bumps up against 21st century reality so hard,0,negative
eclipses nearly everything else she's ever done,1,positive
offers some flashy twists,1,positive
shoplifts shamelessly from farewell-to-innocence movies like the wanderers and a bronx tale without cribbing any of their intelligence,0,negative
"spoofs and celebrates the more outre aspects of ` black culture ' and the dorkier aspects of ` white culture, ' even as it points out how inseparable the two are.",1,positive
undistinguished rhythm,0,negative
"of an artist, one whose view of america, history and the awkwardness of human life is generous and deep",1,positive
", this is one adapted - from-television movie that actually looks as if it belongs on the big screen.",1,positive
"like mike is a winner for kids, and no doubt a winner for lil bow wow, who can now add movies to the list of things he does well.",1,positive
"for the most part, the weight of water comes off as a two-way time-switching myopic mystery that stalls in its lackluster gear of emotional blandness.",0,negative
"be captivated, as i was, by its moods, and by its subtly transformed star",1,positive
'' has-been,0,negative
with the inescapable conclusion,1,positive
nothing's happening,0,negative
"a loud, low-budget and tired formula film that arrives",0,negative
"a dull, simple-minded and stereotypical tale of drugs, death and mind-numbing indifference on the inner-city streets",0,negative
to pull his head out of his butt,0,negative
every member,1,positive
guys would probably be duking it out with the queen of the damned for the honor.,1,positive
"as you watch the movie, you 're too interested to care.",1,positive
"this new jangle of noise, mayhem and stupidity must be a serious contender for the title.",0,negative
"draws on an elegant visual sense and a talent for easy, seductive pacing",1,positive
could n't have brought something fresher to the proceedings simply by accident,1,positive
"a compassionate,",1,positive
go to a bank manager and save everyone the misery,0,negative
of cool stuff packed into espn's ultimate x.,1,positive
"this is a dark, gritty, sometimes funny little gem.",1,positive
realized on the screen,1,positive
", the more details slip out between his fingers.",0,negative
might more accurately be titled mr. chips off the old block,0,negative
remarkable because it,1,positive
that stinks so badly of hard-sell image-mongering you,0,negative
"even when there are lulls, the emotions seem authentic",1,positive
in the knowledge imparted,1,positive
's icky.,0,negative
"the movie should jolt you out of your seat a couple of times, give you a few laughs, and leave you feeling like it was worth your seven bucks, even though it does turn out to be a bit of a cheat in the end.",1,positive
tiring,0,negative
know how to suffer ' and if you see this film you 'll know too,0,negative
ill-fitting,0,negative
like mike is a slight and uninventive movie :,0,negative
"would require the patience of job to get through this interminable, shapeless documentary about the swinging subculture.",0,negative
shines like a lonely beacon,1,positive
their consistently sensitive and often exciting treatment,1,positive
"an energizing, intoxicating documentary charting the rise of hip-hop culture in general and the art of scratching ( or turntablism ) in particular",1,positive
"picked me up, swung me around,",1,positive
"an enthralling, entertaining feature",1,positive
us a slice of life that's very different from our own and yet instantly recognizable,1,positive
"despite besson's high-profile name being wasabi's big selling point, there is no doubt that krawczyk deserves a huge amount of the credit for the film's thoroughly winning tone.",1,positive
a fair share of dumb drug jokes and predictable slapstick,0,negative
knockabout,1,positive
the best comedy concert movie,1,positive
best script,1,positive
"episodic choppiness, undermining the story's emotional thrust",0,negative
adultery,0,negative
this `` un-bear-able '' project,0,negative
a middle-aged romance pairing clayburgh and tambor sounds promising,1,positive
did n't have an original bone in his body,0,negative
look american angst in the eye and end up laughing,1,positive
brought to life on the big screen.,1,positive
whirlwind,1,positive
crush is so warm and fuzzy you might be able to forgive its mean-spirited second half.,1,positive
"a stylish but steady, and ultimately very satisfying, piece of character-driven storytelling.",1,positive
dreary tale,0,negative
it gets the details of its time frame right,1,positive
"medem may have disrobed most of the cast, leaving their bodies exposed, but the plot remains as guarded as a virgin with a chastity belt",0,negative
just two of the elements that will grab you,1,positive
hits the target audience ( young bow wow fans ),1,positive
clean,1,positive
the long and eventful spiritual journey of the guru who helped,1,positive
ambitious comic escapade,1,positive
"a worthwhile documentary, whether you 're into rap or not, even if it may still leave you wanting more answers as the credits",1,positive
"it's not nearly as fresh or enjoyable as its predecessor, but",0,negative
their quirky and fearless ability,1,positive
a film that comes along every day.,0,negative
with their fathers,1,positive
is almost in a class with that of wilde himself,1,positive
seemingly,1,positive
"satisfies -- from its ripe recipe, inspiring ingredients, certified cuisine and palatable presentation.",1,positive
imagine another director ever making his wife look so bad in a major movie,0,negative
a powerful and reasonably fulfilling gestalt,1,positive
weirdness,0,negative
of a phonograph record,1,positive
understatement,0,negative
"never decides whether it wants to be a black comedy, drama, melodrama or some combination of the three.",0,negative
refuses to evaluate his own work,0,negative
is well told,1,positive
this real-life hollywood fairy-tale,1,positive
the tortured and self-conscious material,0,negative
"is a canny crowd pleaser, and the last kiss ... provides more than enough sentimental catharsis for a satisfying evening at the multiplex.",1,positive
even dies.,0,negative
's a visual delight and a decent popcorn adventure,1,positive
possession is a movie that puts itself squarely in the service of the lovers who inhabit it.,1,positive
has some of the funniest jokes of any movie this year,1,positive
a one-trick pony,0,negative
especially fine,1,positive
an intimate contemplation,1,positive
carl,1,positive
half past dead is just such an achievement.,1,positive
"the film would have been more enjoyable had the balance shifted in favor of water-bound action over the land-based ` drama,",0,negative
"is life affirming and heartbreaking, sweet without the decay factor, funny and sad.",1,positive
a coming-of-age film that avoids the cartoonish clichés and sneering humor of the genre as it provides a fresh view of an old type --,1,positive
"satisfyingly scarifying, fresh and old-fashioned at the same time.",1,positive
chokes on its own depiction of upper-crust decorum.,0,negative
"little more than a particularly slanted, gay s/m fantasy, enervating and",0,negative
need another film that praises female self-sacrifice,1,positive
does n't have much to say beyond the news,0,negative
audacious-impossible,0,negative
to paraphrase a line from another dickens ' novel,1,positive
wonderful life,1,positive
entirely humorless,0,negative
"seems to want to be a character study, but apparently ca n't quite decide which character.",0,negative
"enough, but nothing new",0,negative
induce sleep than fright,0,negative
lack-of-attention span,0,negative
a small but rewarding comedy,1,positive
"as antonia is assimilated into this newfangled community, the film settles in and becomes compulsively watchable in a guilty-pleasure, daytime-drama sort of fashion.",1,positive
"sparkling, often hilarious romantic jealousy comedy",1,positive
befuddled,0,negative
a dazzling thing to behold -- as long as you 're wearing the somewhat cumbersome 3d goggles the theater,1,positive
is told as the truth,1,positive
talk about for hours,1,positive
"unfortunately, is a little too in love with its own cuteness",0,negative
a tedious picture,0,negative
drowned me in boredom,0,negative
large-format,1,positive
"a sweet, laugh-a-minute crowd pleaser that lifts your spirits as well as",1,positive
"like to be a new yorker -- or, really, to be a human being -- in the weeks after 9/11",1,positive
sweet home alabama is n't going to win any academy awards,0,negative
is a relationship that is worthy of our respect,1,positive
brilliant touches,1,positive
the battle bots,1,positive
"recommended -- as visually bland as a dentist's waiting room, complete with soothing muzak and a cushion of predictable narrative rhythms",0,negative
is why film criticism can be considered work.,0,negative
called freddy gets molested by a dog,0,negative
such high-profile talent serve such literate material,1,positive
elevates the material above pat inspirational status and,1,positive
floundering,0,negative
"a couple of things that elevate `` glory '' above most of its ilk, most notably the mere presence of duvall",1,positive
that made the full monty a smashing success ... but neglects to add the magic that made it all work,0,negative
"faithful without being forceful, sad without being shrill, `` a walk to remember '' succeeds through sincerity.",1,positive
proves once again that a man in drag is not in and of himself funny,0,negative
intellect and,1,positive
though lan yu lacks a sense of dramatic urgency,0,negative
stunningly,1,positive
it's like watching a nightmare made flesh.,0,negative
's something else altogether -- clownish and offensive and nothing at all like real life,0,negative
bad and baffling from the get-go.,0,negative
into the trap of pretention,0,negative
"was so endlessly, grotesquely",0,negative
sitting through dahmer's two hours,0,negative
having sucked dry the undead action flick formula,0,negative
great trashy fun,1,positive
uneven but a lot of fun.,1,positive
because there's no rooting interest,0,negative
is more timely now than ever,1,positive
buy the soundtrack,1,positive
adorably ditsy but,1,positive
are all things we 've seen before,0,negative
a depressing experience,0,negative
sharply comic and,1,positive
"( toback's ) fondness for fancy split-screen, stuttering editing and pompous references to wittgenstein and kirkegaard ...",0,negative
dramatic interest,1,positive
"that no amount of imagination, no creature, no fantasy story and no incredibly outlandish scenery",0,negative
"like stereotypical caretakers and moral teachers, instead",1,positive
"it's a lovely, eerie film that casts an odd, rapt spell.",1,positive
warm and exotic,1,positive
squanders chan's uniqueness,0,negative
is a purposefully reductive movie -- which may be why it's so successful at lodging itself in the brain.,1,positive
dry wit and compassion,1,positive
does n't leave you with much,0,negative
give a filmmaker an unlimited amount of phony blood,0,negative
gently humorous,1,positive
"i 've always dreamed of attending cannes, but after seeing this film, it's not that big a deal.",0,negative
"silly stuff, all mixed up together like a term paper from a kid who ca n't quite distinguish one sci-fi work from another",0,negative
"what soured me on the santa clause 2 was that santa bumps up against 21st century reality so hard, it's icky.",0,negative
hard-driving,1,positive
"daringly perceptive, taut, piercing and feisty",1,positive
a tearjerker,1,positive
spied with my little eye ... a mediocre collection of cookie-cutter action scenes,0,negative
stay,1,positive
"is all about a wild-and-woolly, wall-to-wall good time",1,positive
is about as necessary as a hole in the head,0,negative
the film's maudlin focus on the young woman's infirmity and her naive dreams play like the worst kind of hollywood heart-string plucking.,0,negative
mesmerizing one,1,positive
"davis is funny, charming and quirky in her feature film acting debut as amy.",1,positive
"another, most of which involve precocious kids getting the better of obnoxious adults",0,negative
"you love the music, and",1,positive
spellbinding fun and,1,positive
often imaginative,1,positive
", sets the tone for a summer of good stuff",1,positive
the worst excesses of nouvelle,0,negative
( westbrook ) makes a wonderful subject for the camera.,1,positive
a movie that's held,1,positive
the songs translate well to film,1,positive
of one man's quest to be president,1,positive
"'s not a bad premise, just a bad movie",0,negative
strong and confident work,1,positive
recommend it for its originality,1,positive
the unacceptable,0,negative
of sentimental ooze,0,negative
"cheapo animation ( like saturday morning tv in the '60s ),",0,negative
"idea ( of middle-aged romance ) is not handled well and, except for the fine star performances",0,negative
only for the film's publicists or for people who take as many drugs as the film's characters,0,negative
"its characters, weak and strong",0,negative
", bigelow demonstrates a breadth of vision and an attention to detail that propels her into the upper echelons of the directing world.",1,positive
the parents,1,positive
terms with his picture-perfect life,1,positive
"( jeff's ) gorgeous,",1,positive
any attempts at nuance given by the capable cast is drowned out by director jon purdy's sledgehammer sap.,0,negative
a vision,1,positive
gone more over-the-top instead of trying to have it both ways,0,negative
fears,0,negative
are undeniably touched.,1,positive
little revision works,1,positive
are n't - kids-cute sentimentality by a warmth that is n't faked and a stately sense of composition.,1,positive
likely to have decades of life as a classic movie franchise?,1,positive
as rude and profane,0,negative
that really gives the film its oomph,1,positive
"sometimes murky, always brooding look",0,negative
an 88-minute rip-off of the rock,0,negative
"terrific, sweaty-palmed fun",1,positive
"walked out muttering words like `` horrible '' and `` terrible,",0,negative
fails to convince the audience that these brats will ever be anything more than losers.,0,negative
"that takes full, chilling advantage of its rough-around-the-edges, low-budget constraints",1,positive
"a much better documentary -- more revealing, more emotional and more surprising --",1,positive
"why sit through a crummy, wannabe-hip crime comedy that refers incessantly to old movies, when you could just rent those movies instead, let alone seek out a respectable new one?",0,negative
make paid in full worth seeing,1,positive
"which works so well for the first 89 minutes, but ends so horrendously confusing",0,negative
"funny, sexy, devastating and incurably romantic.",1,positive
's touching and tender and,1,positive
be burns's strongest film since the brothers mcmullen,1,positive
( hopkins ) does n't so much phone in his performance as fax it.,0,negative
most intense,1,positive
a moving and stark reminder that the casualties of war reach much further than we imagine.,1,positive
", meandering",0,negative
", with his brawny frame and cool, composed delivery, fits the bill perfectly",1,positive
"crossing-over mumbo jumbo, manipulative sentimentality, and",0,negative
"penetrating, potent exploration",1,positive
falls down,0,negative
admirable quality,1,positive
"absorbing, largely for its elegantly colorful look and sound",1,positive
"to truly capture the terrifying angst of the modern working man without turning the film into a cheap thriller, a dumb comedy or a sappy",1,positive
", but also intriguing and honorable,",1,positive
tiring than anything,0,negative
of joyful solo performance,1,positive
the pantheon of wreckage that includes battlefield earth and showgirls,0,negative
which should appeal to women,1,positive
"a fairly impressive debut from the director, charles stone iii",1,positive
mixes in as much humor as pathos to take us on his sentimental journey of the heart,1,positive
preserves tosca's intoxicating ardor through his use of the camera,1,positive
this painfully unfunny farce traffics in tired stereotypes and encumbers itself with complications ...,0,negative
very well shot or composed or edited,1,positive
"a warm, fuzzy feeling",1,positive
overtly silly dialogue,0,negative
impressive hybrid.,1,positive
less than the sum of its underventilated père-fils confrontations,0,negative
"whatever complaints i might have, i 'd take ( its ) earnest errors and hard-won rewards over the bombastic self-glorification of other feel-good fiascos like antwone fisher or the emperor's club any time.",1,positive
"filled with fantasies, daydreams, memories and one fantastic visual trope after another",1,positive
affirm love's power to help people endure almost unimaginable horror,1,positive
rode the zipper,0,negative
his intellectual rigor,1,positive
a handful of smart jokes,1,positive
the rest is just an overexposed waste of film,0,negative
"tells stories that work -- is charming, is moving",1,positive
"a mix of gritty realism, crisp storytelling and radiant compassion that effortlessly draws you in",1,positive
"a live-action cartoon, a fast-moving and cheerfully simplistic 88 minutes of exaggerated action",1,positive
"gross-out flicks,",0,negative
her childlike smile,1,positive
"it's the perfect star vehicle for grant, allowing him to finally move away from his usual bumbling, tongue-tied screen persona.",1,positive
'' has the right stuff for silly summer entertainment and has enough laughs to sustain interest to the end.,1,positive
is an in-your-face family drama and black comedy that is filled with raw emotions conveying despair and love,1,positive
with the gifted pearce on hand to keep things on semi-stable ground dramatically,1,positive
's something i would rather live in denial about,0,negative
of neil burger's impressive fake documentary,1,positive
"star power, a pop-induced score",1,positive
of the best of the swashbucklers,1,positive
glows,1,positive
how inseparable the two are,1,positive
the affable maid,1,positive
( a ) real pleasure in its laid-back way,1,positive
to imagine anybody ever being `` in the mood '' to view a movie as harrowing and painful as the grey zone,0,negative
brought down by lousy direction.,0,negative
popcorn adventure,1,positive
meshes in this elegant entertainment,1,positive
violent,0,negative
will argue that it ranks with the best of herzog's works,1,positive
minor miracle,1,positive
make this a charmer,1,positive
does n't allow an earnest moment to pass without reminding audiences that it's only a movie,0,negative
"a bittersweet film,",1,positive
"it's plotless, shapeless --",0,negative
because he acts so goofy all the time,0,negative
skip this turd and,0,negative
mean-spirited film,0,negative
all sing beautifully and act adequately.,1,positive
skip the film and,0,negative
is a very good viewing alternative for young women.,1,positive
and lesbian children,0,negative
's not nearly enough that's right,0,negative
", it does a disservice to the audience and to the genre.",0,negative
rumblings,0,negative
", see scratch for the music, see scratch for a lesson in scratching, but, most of all, see it for the passion.",1,positive
the better film's,1,positive
the viewer expects something special but instead gets ( sci-fi ) rehash.,0,negative
cherished,1,positive
tried-and-true,1,positive
a nightmare date with a half-formed wit done a great disservice by a lack of critical distance and a sad trust in liberal arts college bumper sticker platitudes.,0,negative
above the level of an after-school tv special,0,negative
", period-perfect biopic hammers",1,positive
were an obligation,0,negative
"the jokes are flat, and the action looks fake",0,negative
stick to his day job,0,negative
"but disintegrates into a dreary, humorless soap opera",0,negative
"the plot grows thin soon, and you find yourself praying for a quick resolution",0,negative
"if looking for a thrilling sci-fi cinematic ride, do n't settle for this imposter.",0,negative
"'s meandering, low on energy, and too eager",0,negative
a dashing and absorbing,1,positive
"no better or worse than ` truth or consequences, n.m. ' or any other interchangeable actioner with imbecilic mafia",0,negative
also looking cheap,0,negative
ca n't generate enough heat in this cold vacuum of a comedy to start a reaction,0,negative
conspicuous,0,negative
the barn-burningly bad movie,0,negative
so intimate and sensual and funny and,1,positive
it's no accident that the accidental spy is a solid action pic that returns the martial arts master to top form.,1,positive
", at least terribly monotonous",0,negative
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
director claude chabrol,1,positive
"like the full monty, this is sure to raise audience's spirits and leave them singing long after the credits roll.",1,positive
it wants to be,1,positive
"brown sugar signals director rick famuyiwa's emergence as an articulate, grown-up voice in african-american cinema.",1,positive
not-at-all-good,0,negative
"the movie is the equivalent of french hip-hop, which also seems to play on a 10-year delay.",0,negative
a complete moron,0,negative
a battle between bug-eye theater and dead-eye,0,negative
"it completely contradicts everything kieslowski's work aspired to, including the condition of art",0,negative
"they will have a showdown, but,",1,positive
cattaneo reworks the formula that made the full monty a smashing success ... but neglects to add the magic that made it all work.,0,negative
"while it may not add up to the sum of its parts, holofcener's film offers just enough insight to keep it from being simpleminded, and the ensemble cast is engaging enough to keep you from shifting in your chair too often.",1,positive
their incessant whining,0,negative
its lackluster gear,0,negative
"an artist who is simply tired -- of fighting the same fights, of putting the weight of the world on his shoulders, of playing with narrative form",0,negative
"collateral damage is trash, but",0,negative
effectively creepy-scary thriller,1,positive
looking at his 12th oscar nomination,1,positive
convincing way,1,positive
reach much further than we imagine.,1,positive
trickery,0,negative
rotoscope animation for no apparent reason except,0,negative
"a lush, swooning melodrama in the intermezzo strain",1,positive
the script carries arnold ( and the viewers ) into the forbidden zone of sympathizing with terrorist motivations by presenting the `` other side of the story.'',1,positive
more than its fair share of saucy hilarity.,1,positive
"too much of nemesis has a tired, talky feel.",0,negative
does n't disappoint,1,positive
a delightful stimulus for the optic nerves,1,positive
sinks to a harrison ford low.,0,negative
have preceded it,1,positive
our culture is headed down the toilet with the ferocity of a frozen burrito after an all-night tequila bender -- and i know this because i 've seen ` jackass : the movie.',0,negative
"efficient, suitably anonymous chiller.",1,positive
this rude and crude film,0,negative
", it's a work of enthralling drama",1,positive
creepy and vague,0,negative
"boring, self-important stories",0,negative
everlasting,1,positive
that will strike a chord with anyone who's ever,1,positive
the tinny self-righteousness,0,negative
quickly writes himself into a corner,0,negative
"look back at civil disobedience, anti-war movements and the power of strong voices.",1,positive
there's ... an underlying old world sexism to monday morning that undercuts its charm,0,negative
straight-shooting family film,1,positive
some clever scripting solutions,1,positive
to drown a viewer in boredom than to send any shivers down his spine,0,negative
"that offers no easy, comfortable resolution",0,negative
seem less of a trifle if ms. sugarman followed through on her defiance of the saccharine,0,negative
frustratingly unconvincing,0,negative
"the real triumphs in igby come from philippe, who makes oliver far more interesting than the character's lines would suggest, and sarandon, who could n't be better as a cruel but weirdly likable wasp matron.",1,positive
surefire casting,1,positive
would subtlety be lost on the target audience,0,negative
it's the kind of effectively creepy-scary thriller that has you fixating on a far corner of the screen at times because your nerves just ca n't take it any more.,1,positive
unfulfilling,0,negative
"be revealed by the dispassionate gantz brothers as ordinary, pasty lumpen",0,negative
"an ill-conceived jumble that's not scary, not smart and not engaging.",0,negative
"deep intelligence and a warm, enveloping affection breathe out of every frame.",1,positive
"nair's cast is so large it's altman-esque, but she deftly spins the multiple stories in a vibrant and intoxicating fashion.",1,positive
", thirteen conversations about one thing is a small gem.",1,positive
thought out encounter than the original could ever have hoped to be,1,positive
laughter,1,positive
"is phenomenal, especially the women",1,positive
remarkable serenity and discipline,1,positive
a handsome but unfulfilling suspense drama more suited to a quiet evening on pbs than a night out at an amc.,0,negative
struggling to give themselves a better lot in life than the ones,1,positive
you realize there's no place for this story to go but down,1,positive
about sorority boys,0,negative
holds itself,1,positive
"sc2 is an autopilot hollywood concoction lacking in imagination and authentic christmas spirit, yet it's geared toward an audience full of masters of both",0,negative
"not all of the stories work and the ones that do are thin and scattered,",0,negative
help increase an average student's self-esteem,1,positive
"feel anything much while watching this movie,",0,negative
is an in-your-face family drama and black comedy that is filled with raw emotions conveying despair and love.,1,positive
all are irrelevant to the experience of seeing the scorpion king,0,negative
"would be great to see this turd squashed under a truck, preferably a semi",0,negative
a xerox machine,0,negative
much as i laughed throughout the movie,1,positive
kiddie-oriented stinker,0,negative
flawed and,0,negative
a fragment of an underdone potato,0,negative
offers a desperately ingratiating performance.,1,positive
as the cinematic equivalent of high humidity,0,negative
could pass for a thirteen-year-old's book report on the totalitarian themes of 1984 and farenheit 451,0,negative
a good three days,1,positive
"about mad queens, obsessive relationships, and rampant adultery",1,positive
though a capable thriller,1,positive
"sticks rigidly to the paradigm, rarely permitting its characters more than two obvious dimensions and repeatedly placing them in contrived, well-worn situations",0,negative
no quarter to anyone seeking to pull a cohesive story out of its 2 1/2 - hour running time,0,negative
intermittently powerful study,1,positive
"dry humor and jarring shocks, plus",1,positive
marvel again,1,positive
is hardly the most original fantasy film ever made,0,negative
bring their characters to life.,1,positive
a throwback war movie,1,positive
a live-wire film that never loses its ability to shock and amaze.,1,positive
fuss or noise,0,negative
has a huge heart,1,positive
unforced naturalism,1,positive
a respectable new one,1,positive
"an astonishing voice cast ( excepting love hewitt ),",1,positive
you could easily mistake it for a sketchy work-in-progress that was inexplicably rushed to the megaplexes before its time.,0,negative
's something awfully deadly about any movie with a life-affirming message,0,negative
is filled with strange and wonderful creatures.,1,positive
for those moviegoers who complain that ` they do n't make movies like they used to anymore,0,negative
has little to do with the story,0,negative
", nasty journey",0,negative
there's a part of us that can not help be entertained by the sight of someone getting away with something.,1,positive
suited neither to kids or adults,0,negative
a catastrophic collision of tastelessness and gall,0,negative
"the holes in this film remain agape -- holes punched through by an inconsistent, meandering, and sometimes dry plot.",0,negative
a few ear-pleasing songs on its soundtrack,1,positive
minutely detailed wonders of dreamlike ecstasy,1,positive
'' succeeds due to its rapid-fire delivery and enough inspired levity that it ca n't be dismissed as mindless.,1,positive
are clinically depressed and,0,negative
a total misfire,0,negative
a better satiric target,0,negative
far superior film,1,positive
"the performances, for the most part, credible",1,positive
some cynical creeps,0,negative
to the storytelling instincts of a slightly more literate filmgoing audience,1,positive
the waste,0,negative
infrequently breathtaking,1,positive
does n't remake andrei tarkovsky's solaris so much as distill it.,0,negative
blair witch video-cam footage,0,negative
simply and eloquently,1,positive
the supernatural trappings only obscure the message,0,negative
open-hearted film,1,positive
examines many different ideas from happiness,1,positive
the film is so packed with subplots involving the various silbersteins that it feels more like the pilot episode of a tv series than a feature film.,0,negative
"is dark, brooding and slow, and takes its central idea way too seriously.",0,negative
", the most restless young audience deserves the dignity of an action hero motivated by something more than franchise possibilities.",0,negative
is both contrived and cliched,0,negative
one-dimensional buffoons that get him a few laughs but nothing else,0,negative
if you liked the previous movies in the series,1,positive
weak and strong,1,positive
"this enthralling documentary ... is at once playful and haunting, an in-depth portrait of an iconoclastic artist who was fundamentally unknowable even to his closest friends.",1,positive
has a bigger-name cast,1,positive
marvelous first 101 minutes,1,positive
"that it's left a few crucial things out, like character development and coherence",0,negative
tackles the difficult subject of grief and loss with such life-embracing spirit,1,positive
that can not help be entertained by the sight of someone getting away with something,1,positive
the origins,1,positive
"the film is old-fashioned, occasionally charming and as subtle as boldface.",1,positive
however canned --,0,negative
's apparently just what ( aniston ) has always needed to grow into a movie career,1,positive
drags it,0,negative
will likely prefer to keep on watching.,1,positive
applies more detail to the film's music than to the story line,0,negative
bigger and more ambitious than the first installment,1,positive
long-lived friendships and,1,positive
the talented,1,positive
the storyline and its underlying themes ... finally seem so impersonal or even shallow,0,negative
gentle but insistent,1,positive
"ice age wo n't drop your jaw, but",1,positive
fast-paced,1,positive
has considerable charm,1,positive
"a schmaltzy, by-the-numbers romantic comedy, partly a shallow rumination on the emptiness of success -- and entirely soulless.",0,negative
set in a 1986 harlem that does n't look much like anywhere in new york,0,negative
airless cinematic shell games.,0,negative
that ultimately coheres into a sane and breathtakingly creative film,1,positive
a very good film,1,positive
"annoying, is n't it",0,negative
ultimately insignificant,0,negative
a little more special,1,positive
's exactly the kind of movie toback's detractors always accuse him of making,0,negative
filled with humorous observations about the general absurdity of modern life as seen through the eyes outsiders,1,positive
the problem with `` xxx '',0,negative
"you feel good, you feel sad,",1,positive
prevents them from firing on all cylinders,0,negative
that it jams too many prefabricated story elements into the running time,0,negative
they are what makes it worth the trip to the theater.,1,positive
terrific 10th-grade learning tool,1,positive
"thrill you, touch you and make you",1,positive
the worst film of the year.,0,negative
"for the striking, quietly vulnerable personality of ms. ambrose",1,positive
"the film does n't have enough innovation or pizazz to attract teenagers, and",0,negative
flick cliches,0,negative
modern-day comedies,1,positive
the pretensions -- and disposable story --,0,negative
promises offers an unexpected window into the complexities of the middle east struggle and into the humanity of its people.,1,positive
"it sounds like another clever if pointless excursion into the abyss, and that's more or less how it plays out",0,negative
"its ripe recipe, inspiring ingredients",1,positive
realize your mind is being blown,1,positive
's no disguising this as one of the worst films of the summer,0,negative
another new film emerges with yet another remarkable yet shockingly little-known perspective.,1,positive
"of the rich and sudden wisdom, the film",1,positive
a charm,1,positive
a great story,1,positive
as obvious as telling a country skunk,0,negative
light years / several warp speeds / levels and levels of dilithium crystals better than the pitiful insurrection.,1,positive
low-rent -- and even lower-wit --,0,negative
bound to appeal to women looking for a howlingly trashy time.,1,positive
"the complex, politically charged tapestry",1,positive
is painfully foolish in trying to hold onto what's left of his passe ' chopsocky glory.,0,negative
a fan film that for the uninitiated plays better on video with the sound turned down.,0,negative
into a few evocative images and striking character traits,1,positive
"is a welcome lack of pretension about the film, which very simply sets out to entertain and ends up delivering in good measure.",1,positive
that could have been much better,0,negative
it was written for no one,0,negative
"the film is n't nearly as downbeat as it sounds, but strikes a tone that's alternately melancholic, hopeful and strangely funny.",1,positive
the upper echelons,1,positive
niro performance,1,positive
"the phenomenal, water-born cinematography",1,positive
to the rising place that would set it apart from other deep south stories,1,positive
is actually funny without hitting below the belt,1,positive
population,1,positive
strained caper movies that's hardly any fun to watch and begins to vaporize from your memory minutes after it ends,0,negative
"brings a beguiling freshness to a coming-of-age story with such a buoyant, expressive flow of images that it emerges as another key contribution to the flowering of the south korean cinema",1,positive
as funny nor,0,negative
exuberance,1,positive
"horrifyingly, ever",0,negative
growing strain,1,positive
and often contradictory,0,negative
"nothing happens, and it happens to flat characters",0,negative
"whenever you think you 've figured out late marriage, it throws you for a loop.",1,positive
"when all is said and done, she loves them to pieces -- and so, i trust, will you.",1,positive
"stylistically, the movie is a disaster.",0,negative
the fine line between cheese and earnestness remarkably well,1,positive
a movie you can trust,1,positive
senseless,0,negative
they grow up and you can wait till then,0,negative
takes its techniques into such fresh territory that the film never feels derivative,1,positive
is filled with humorous observations about the general absurdity of modern life as seen through the eyes outsiders,1,positive
"rubbish that is listless, witless, and devoid of anything resembling humor",0,negative
abundant,1,positive
"'s consistently funny, in an irresistible junior-high way, and consistently free of any gag that would force you to give it a millisecond of thought.",1,positive
a little weak,0,negative
", 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
to add beyond the dark visions already relayed by superb,1,positive
patchy combination of soap opera,0,negative
makes a great impression,1,positive
"walked out muttering words like `` horrible '' and `` terrible, '' but had so much fun dissing the film that they did n't mind the ticket cost.",0,negative
putrid,0,negative
"eileen walsh, an engaging, wide-eyed actress whose teeth are a little too big for her mouth, infuses the movie with much of its slender, glinting charm.",1,positive
a look,1,positive
the precious trappings,1,positive
original in its base concept that you can not help but get caught up.,1,positive
"contains the humor, characterization, poignancy, and intelligence of a bad sitcom",0,negative
helps little,0,negative
straining to produce another smash,0,negative
the comedy,1,positive
endlessly,0,negative
can only love the players it brings to the fore for the gifted but no-nonsense human beings they are and for the still-inestimable contribution they have made to our shared history,1,positive
its poignant and uplifting story,1,positive
"boring talking heads, etc.",0,negative
a barf bag,0,negative
by a strong and unforced supporting cast,1,positive
delivers more goodies than lumps of coal,1,positive
"stephen earnhart's documentary is a decomposition of healthy eccentric inspiration and ambition -- wearing a cloak of unsentimental, straightforward text -- when it's really an exercise in gross romanticization of the delusional personality type.",0,negative
was better than saving private ryan,1,positive
become very involved,1,positive
often inspiring,1,positive
this exciting new filmmaker,1,positive
intimate and panoramic.,1,positive
to consider the looseness of the piece,0,negative
which is mostly a bore,0,negative
is supremely unfunny and unentertaining to watch middle-age,0,negative
"caruso takes an atypically hypnotic approach to a world that's often handled in fast-edit, hopped-up fashion",1,positive
real americans,1,positive
"that should attract upscale audiences hungry for quality and a nostalgic, twisty yarn that will keep them guessing",1,positive
interesting,1,positive
a high-spirited buddy movie about the reunion of berlin,1,positive
are kinetic enough to engross even the most antsy youngsters.,1,positive
"in spite of featuring a script credited to no fewer than five writers, apparently nobody here bothered to check it twice.",0,negative
sound like it was co-written by mattel executives and lobbyists for the tinsel industry,0,negative
intense and effective film,1,positive
is a rather toothless take on a hard young life,0,negative
a film tailor-made for those who when they were in high school would choose the cliff-notes over reading a full-length classic,0,negative
"so beautifully acted and directed, it's clear that washington most certainly has a new career ahead of him if he so chooses.",1,positive
above most of its ilk,1,positive
serves as a workable primer for the region's recent history,1,positive
mordantly funny and,1,positive
her agreeably startling use of close-ups and her grace with a moving camera,1,positive
his wife look so bad in a major movie,0,negative
i enjoyed barbershop,1,positive
incongruous summer playoff,0,negative
"this is not a classical dramatic animated feature, nor a hip, contemporary, in-jokey one.",0,negative
a simple premise,0,negative
"the cast ... keeps this pretty watchable, and casting mick jagger as director of the escort service was inspired.",1,positive
", 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
feels especially thin stretched over the nearly 80-minute running time.,0,negative
could fail to crack a smile at,0,negative
the story's pathetic and,0,negative
to affirm love's power to help people endure almost unimaginable horror,1,positive
heart and humor,1,positive
standard thriller and drag audience enthusiasm,0,negative
"stupid, infantile, redundant, sloppy,",0,negative
is virtually unwatchable,0,negative
surprisingly faithful,1,positive
just offbeat,0,negative
the dialogue frequently misses the mark,0,negative
reassuring manner,1,positive
"it's plotless, shapeless",0,negative
is turning in some delightful work on indie projects.,1,positive
"an unusually dry-eyed, even analytical approach to material that is generally played for maximum moisture.",1,positive
sickly,0,negative
funny situations,1,positive
not smart and,0,negative
with the best of herzog's works,1,positive
"a creepy, intermittently powerful study of a self-destructive man ... about as unsettling to watch as an exploratory medical procedure or an autopsy.",1,positive
from an honored screen veteran and a sparkling newcomer who instantly transform themselves into a believable mother/daughter pair,1,positive
will at least have a dream image of the west to savor whenever the film's lamer instincts are in the saddle.,0,negative
an interested detachment,1,positive
and sickening product placement,0,negative
"fans will undoubtedly enjoy it,",1,positive
a huge box-office hit in korea,1,positive
"observant, unfussily poetic",1,positive
the film offers an intriguing what-if premise.,1,positive
"the last 20 minutes are somewhat redeeming, but most of the movie is the same teenage american road-trip drek we 've seen before - only this time you have to read the fart jokes",0,negative
"deadpan cool, wry humor and just the measure",1,positive
the pantheon of great monster/science fiction flicks,1,positive
"wewannour money back, actually",0,negative
"does n't really believe in it, and breaks the mood with absurdly inappropriate ` comedy ' scenes.",0,negative
"loose, unaccountable",0,negative
a treat for its depiction on not giving up on dreams when you 're a struggling nobody.,1,positive
"the story plays out slowly, but the characters are intriguing and realistic.",1,positive
nothing better to do with 94 minutes,0,negative
it made me want to wrench my eyes out of my head and toss them at the screen.,0,negative
none-too-original,0,negative
"boy, has this franchise ever run out of gas.",0,negative
another run-of-the-mill disney sequel intended for the home video market,0,negative
unnoticed,0,negative
( an ) absorbing documentary,1,positive
the best of a growing strain of daring films,1,positive
sex in the movies look like cheap hysterics,0,negative
right,1,positive
your disgust,0,negative
check,1,positive
"a summary of the plot does n't quite do justice to the awfulness of the movie, for that comes through all too painfully in the execution.",0,negative
a potentially good comic premise and excellent cast are terribly wasted.,0,negative
a fascinating examination,1,positive
"is we never really see her esther blossom as an actress, even though her talent is supposed to be growing",0,negative
's about as overbearing and over-the-top as the family,0,negative
slight but enjoyable documentary.,1,positive
remarkably mature,1,positive
very funny as you peek at it through the fingers in front of your eyes,1,positive
celebrity cameos do not automatically equal laughs,0,negative
is just as boring and as obvious,0,negative
invite some genuine spontaneity into the film by having the evil aliens ' laser guns actually hit something for once,0,negative
a movie that successfully crushes a best selling novel into a timeframe that mandates that you avoid the godzilla sized soda.,1,positive
went astray,0,negative
to these broken characters who are trying to make their way through this tragedy,0,negative
a treatise on spirituality as well as,1,positive
also taps into the primal fears of young people trying to cope with the mysterious and brutal nature of adults,1,positive
increasingly implausible as it,0,negative
"pays off,",1,positive
"it's a loathsome movie,",0,negative
"( hayek ) throws herself into this dream hispanic role with a teeth-clenching gusto, she strikes a potent chemistry with molina",1,positive
structure and,1,positive
offers some flashy twists and turns that occasionally fortify this turgid fable,1,positive
be said that he is an imaginative filmmaker who can see the forest for the trees,1,positive
melodrama and,0,negative
have no idea what in creation is going on,0,negative
the astute direction,1,positive
one of the great minds of our times interesting and accessible,1,positive
's unique and quirky about canadians,1,positive
offers a thoughtful and rewarding glimpse,1,positive
do not go gentle into that good theatre.',0,negative
if it's filmed tosca that you want,1,positive
the fantastic and the believable,1,positive
as the most magical and most fun family fare of this or any recent holiday season,1,positive
shakespeare's eloquent language,1,positive
a giddy and provocative sexual romp that has something to say.,1,positive
turn stupid,0,negative
reveals a music scene that transcends culture and race,1,positive
is a film that takes a stand in favor of tradition and warmth.,1,positive
"ramsay is clearly extraordinarily talented, and based on three short films and two features, here's betting her third feature will be something to behold",1,positive
oo many of these gross,0,negative
is a rambling examination of american gun culture that uses his usual modus operandi of crucifixion through juxtaposition,0,negative
"all the sensuality, all the eroticism of a good vampire tale",1,positive
... its solemn pretension prevents us from sharing the awe in which it holds itself.,0,negative
jaw-dropping action sequences,1,positive
"falls victim to that everlasting conundrum experienced by every human who ever lived : too much to do, too little time to do it in.",0,negative
perry's good and,1,positive
"the movie, like bartleby, is something of a stiff -- an extra-dry office comedy that seems twice as long as its 83 minutes.",0,negative
"sounds like a cruel deception carried out by men of marginal intelligence, with reactionary ideas about women and a total lack of empathy.",0,negative
a companionable couple,1,positive
"should jolt you out of your seat a couple of times, give you a few laughs, and leave you feeling like it was worth your seven bucks, even though it does turn out to be a bit of a cheat in the end.",1,positive
coral reef adventure is a heavyweight film that fights a good fight on behalf of the world's endangered reefs -- and it lets the pictures do the punching,1,positive
merely pretentious --,0,negative
"in this simple, sweet and romantic comedy",1,positive
"in addition to scoring high for originality of plot -- putting together familiar themes of family, forgiveness and love in a new way -- lilo & stitch has a number of other assets to commend it to movie audiences both innocent and jaded.",1,positive
too simple and,0,negative
's hard to shake the feeling that it was intended to be a different kind of film,0,negative
in the long-winded heist comedy,0,negative
like a docu-drama but builds its multi-character story with a flourish,1,positive
characteristically engorged and,0,negative
the best movie in many a moon about the passions that sometimes fuel our best achievements and other times leave us stranded with nothing more than our lesser appetites.,1,positive
"wonderful, ghastly",1,positive
an absolute delight,1,positive
zone '' episode,1,positive
", virulent and foul-natured",0,negative
whimsy,1,positive
"a moving essay about the specter of death, especially suicide.",1,positive
be influenced chiefly by humanity's greatest shame,0,negative
assault,0,negative
nothing else happening,0,negative
opposed to the manifesto,1,positive
... one resurrection too many.,0,negative
"deep down, i realized the harsh reality of my situation : i would leave the theater with a lower i.q. than when i had entered",0,negative
're going to face frightening late fees,0,negative
", with a solid cast,",1,positive
seems to have forgotten everything he ever knew about generating suspense.,0,negative
larded,0,negative
a gritty style and an excellent cast,1,positive
turn bill paxton into an a-list director,1,positive
loses all,0,negative
enchanting ...,1,positive
a phenomenal band with such an engrossing story that will capture the minds and hearts of many,1,positive
a first-rate cast,1,positive
be able to find better entertainment,0,negative
the border collie is funny,1,positive
a group of dedicated artists,1,positive
inexplicable nightmare,0,negative
inconclusive,0,negative
great artistic significance,1,positive
is an elegantly balanced movie -- every member of the ensemble has something fascinating to do -- that does n't reveal even a hint of artifice.,1,positive
"'ll stay with the stage versions, however, which bite cleaner, and deeper",0,negative
"is as bad as you think, and worse than you can imagine",0,negative
this film always keeping the balance between the fantastic and the believable,1,positive
a few nice twists in a standard plot,1,positive
allegiance to chekhov,1,positive
"an era of theatrical comedy that, while past,",1,positive
an unabashedly romantic picture,1,positive
"vera's three actors -- mollà, gil and bardem -- excel in insightful, empathetic performances.",1,positive
the disjointed,0,negative
prozac nation,0,negative
", open-hearted film",1,positive
a film that should be relegated to a dark video store corner is somehow making its way instead to theaters.,0,negative
works on some levels,1,positive
", predictable rehash",0,negative
"as beautiful,",1,positive
coffee,1,positive
very real,1,positive
", you 're on the edge of your seat",1,positive
"is a paper bag to wear over his head when he goes out into public, to avoid being recognized as the man who bilked unsuspecting moviegoers.",0,negative
be growing,1,positive
"a work of extraordinary journalism, but it is also a work of deft and subtle poetry.",1,positive
hackneyed and meanspirited storyline,0,negative
does this so well,1,positive
grand,1,positive
"made a great saturday night live sketch, but a great movie it is not",0,negative
ambitious failure,0,negative
of the really bad blair witch project,0,negative
"wince-inducing dialogue, thrift-shop costumes, prosthetic makeup by silly putty and kmart blue-light-special effects all conspire to test trekkie loyalty.",0,negative
of bland comfort food,0,negative
does n't work as either,0,negative
"looks like an episode of the tv show blind date, only less technically proficient and without the pop-up comments.",0,negative
of narrative banality,0,negative
following your dream,1,positive
crematorium,0,negative
"'s very beavis and butthead, yet always",0,negative
compromising that complexity,0,negative
retains an extraordinary faith in the ability of images,1,positive
with pointless extremes,0,negative
libido film,1,positive
a teenage boy out there somewhere who's dying for this kind of entertainment,0,negative
to absurd lengths,0,negative
similarly styled gremlins,1,positive
watchable stuff,1,positive
"sensuality, and",1,positive
scenes and vistas and pretty moments,1,positive
its unflinching gaze a measure of faith in the future,1,positive
of familial separation and societal betrayal,1,positive
men in black ii achieves ultimate insignificance -- it's the sci-fi comedy spectacle as whiffle-ball epic.,0,negative
"that make the most of the large-screen format, before swooping down on a string of exotic locales, scooping the whole world up in a joyous communal festival of rhythm",1,positive
poignant and uplifting story,1,positive
vaunted empathy,1,positive
"puts a human face on derrida, and makes one of the great minds of our times interesting and accessible to people who normally could n't care less.",1,positive
a certain sense of experimentation and improvisation,1,positive
a successful adaptation,1,positive
strike a chord,1,positive
"librarian ( orlando jones ) who knows everything and answers all questions, is visually smart, cleverly written, and nicely realized",1,positive
one-hour mark,1,positive
"i 'm sure the filmmakers found this a remarkable and novel concept, but anybody who has ever seen an independent film can report that it is instead a cheap cliché.",0,negative
"quirky, charming and",1,positive
"some of the characters die and others do n't, and the film pretends that those living have learned some sort of lesson, and",0,negative
could easily be called the best korean film of 2002.,1,positive
to protect your community from the dullest science fiction,0,negative
"turns fanciful, grisly and engagingly quixotic.",1,positive
too-conscientious,0,negative
as a hole in the head,0,negative
resembles an outline for a '70s exploitation picture than the finished product.,0,negative
"` synthetic ' is the best description of this well-meaning, beautifully produced film that sacrifices its promise for a high-powered star pedigree.",0,negative
have been worth cheering as a breakthrough,1,positive
was only,0,negative
wanes.,0,negative
a smart,1,positive
serious,1,positive
"fanciful, grisly and engagingly quixotic",1,positive
"is a divine monument to a single man's struggle to regain his life, his dignity and his music",1,positive
"make you put away the guitar, sell the amp, and apply to medical school",0,negative
feels like a hazy high that takes too long to shake,0,negative
who comes across as both shallow and dim-witted,0,negative
"few films have captured the chaos of an urban conflagration with such fury,",1,positive
which fails to rise above its disgusting source material,0,negative
so desperate for attention it nearly breaks its little neck trying to perform entertaining tricks,0,negative
hideously and,0,negative
it at least calls attention to a problem hollywood too long has ignored,1,positive
"as violent, profane and exploitative as the most offensive action flick you 've ever seen.",0,negative
i pledge allegiance to cagney and lacey.,1,positive
"both garcia and jagger turn in perfectly executed and wonderfully sympathetic characters, who are alternately touching and funny.",1,positive
"reacting to it - feeling a part of its grand locations, thinking urgently as the protagonists struggled, feeling at the mercy of its inventiveness, gasping at its visual delights",1,positive
a clever pseudo-bio that manages to have a good time as it doles out pieces of the famous director's life,1,positive
what's with all the shooting,0,negative
this cross-cultural soap opera is painfully formulaic and stilted.,0,negative
inside an enigma,1,positive
the talent is undeniable,1,positive
a vivid imagination and,1,positive
scenes all end in someone screaming.,0,negative
their quirky inner selves,1,positive
hanna-barbera charm,1,positive
"a fantastically vital movie that manages to invest real humor, sensuality, and sympathy into a story about two adolescent boys.",1,positive
pure disney,1,positive
"a relentless, bombastic and ultimately empty world war ii action",0,negative
why is this so boring?,0,negative
the series ' message about making the right choice in the face of tempting alternatives,1,positive
aground,0,negative
"he's now, more than ever, choosing his roles with the precision of the insurance actuary",1,positive
oddballs,0,negative
passionate,1,positive
the u.s.,1,positive
are in place for a great film noir,1,positive
"the sort of low-grade dreck that usually goes straight to video -- with a lousy script, inept direction, pathetic acting, poorly dubbed dialogue and murky cinematography, complete with visible boom mikes",0,negative
"give you goosebumps as its uncanny tale of love, communal discord, and justice",1,positive
its surreal sense of humor and technological finish,1,positive
to send your regrets,0,negative
with plenty of entertainment value,1,positive
interesting and thoroughly unfaithful version of carmen,1,positive
an inspired portrait,1,positive
magic and is enjoyable family fare,1,positive
elevate it beyond its formula to the level of classic romantic comedy to which it aspires,1,positive
", then you will probably have a reasonably good time with the salton sea.",1,positive
just about the surest bet,1,positive
"from the tv movie-esque, affected child acting to the dullest irish pub scenes ever filmed",0,negative
just another combination of bad animation and mindless violence ... lacking the slightest bit of wit or charm.,0,negative
"not because of its epic scope, but because of the startling intimacy",1,positive
"depraved, incoherent, instantly disposable piece",0,negative
jackass,0,negative
", folks, it does n't work.",0,negative
hell-jaunt purists,0,negative
did n't mean much to me and played too skewed to ever get a hold on,0,negative
great for the kids,1,positive
the most entertaining bonds in years,1,positive
in its perfect quiet pace,1,positive
is robotically italicized,0,negative
", it can easily worm its way into your heart.'",1,positive
", funny, and even touching",1,positive
"an honest, sensitive story from a vietnamese point of view.",1,positive
disney again ransacks its archives for a quick-buck sequel.,0,negative
jump-in-your-seat moment,1,positive
make love a joy to behold.,1,positive
lax and,0,negative
"though impostor deviously adopts the guise of a modern motion picture, it too is a bomb.",0,negative
"with liberal doses of dark humor, gorgeous exterior photography, and a stable-full of solid performances",1,positive
a cheat in the end,0,negative
"journalistically dubious, inept and often lethally dull.",0,negative
handled correctly,1,positive
"it is a loose collection of not-so-funny gags, scattered moments of lazy humor",0,negative
sucks you in and dares you not to believe it,1,positive
"are incredibly captivating and insanely funny,",1,positive
greatest date movies,1,positive
surprises you with unexpected comedy,1,positive
in bad need of major acting lessons and maybe a little coffee,0,negative
terrific,1,positive
one of the year's best films,1,positive
which is way too stagy,0,negative
weaves both the elements of the plot and a powerfully evocative mood combining heated sexuality with a haunting sense of malaise,1,positive
thoughtless,0,negative
uselessly redundant and,0,negative
racism and homophobia,0,negative
serving sara '' has n't much more to serve than silly fluff,0,negative
"took three minutes of dialogue, 30 seconds of plot and turned them into a 90-minute movie that feels five hours long",0,negative
"nighttime manhattan, a loquacious videologue of the modern male and",1,positive
pretty contagious fun,1,positive
"a giant commercial for universal studios, where much of the action takes place",0,negative
comatose,0,negative
we had to endure last summer,0,negative
"original character, siuation or joke",1,positive
"exquisitely nuanced in mood tics and dialogue, this chamber drama is superbly acted by the deeply appealing veteran bouquet and the chilling but quite human berling.",1,positive
"offbeat humor, amusing characters",1,positive
what you expect is just what you get ... assuming the bar of expectations has n't been raised above sixth-grade height.,0,negative
's not very good either.,0,negative
head and shoulders above much of the director's previous popcorn work,1,positive
that's all that's going on here.,0,negative
juvenile delinquent,0,negative
"on the local flavor with a hugely enjoyable film about changing times, clashing cultures and the pleasures of a well-made pizza",1,positive
rich promise,1,positive
too many flashbacks,0,negative
to check your brain at the door,0,negative
an ),1,positive
the original was n't a good movie but,0,negative
the cliché-riddled genre can offer,0,negative
goosebumps,1,positive
garcía bernal and talancón are an immensely appealing couple,1,positive
is generally light enough,1,positive
"is terrific, although the actors must struggle with the fact that they 're playing characters who sometimes feel more like literary conceits than flesh-and-blood humans.",1,positive
instantly disposable,0,negative
evokes the bottom tier of blaxploitation flicks from the 1970s.,0,negative
smoothly,1,positive
entertaining and,1,positive
by its lack of purpose,0,negative
"an ugly, revolting movie",0,negative
"jaw-dropping action sequences, striking villains,",1,positive
"a clash between the artificial structure of the story and the more contemporary, naturalistic tone of the film ...",0,negative
succeed merrily at their noble endeavor.,1,positive
"the connected stories of breitbart and hanussen are actually fascinating,",1,positive
goes beyond his usual fluttering and stammering and,1,positive
can only point the way -- but thank goodness for this signpost.,1,positive
runs through balzac and the little chinese seamstress that transforms this story about love and culture into a cinematic poem.,1,positive
feel the beat down to your toes,1,positive
of holes that will be obvious even to those who are n't looking for them,0,negative
his most personal,1,positive
another smash,1,positive
romanticized rendering,1,positive
more offended by his lack of faith in his audience than by anything on display,0,negative
its characters ' decisions only unsatisfactorily,0,negative
cobbled together from largely flat and uncreative moments,0,negative
this exciting new filmmaker has brought to the screen,1,positive
she of the impossibly long limbs and sweetly conspiratorial smile,1,positive
spiritual,1,positive
"has all the trappings of an energetic, extreme-sports adventure, but",1,positive
tackling what seems like done-to-death material,0,negative
stealing harvard is a smorgasbord of soliloquies about nothing delivered by the former mr. drew barrymore.,0,negative
"as the filmmakers look down on their working-class subjects from their lofty perch, that finally makes sex with strangers, which opens today in the new york metropolitan area, so distasteful",0,negative
witlessness between a not-so-bright mother and daughter and an even less capable trio of criminals,0,negative
something that is so meditative and lyrical about babak payami's boldly quirky iranian drama secret ballot ... a charming and evoking little ditty that manages to show the gentle and humane side of middle eastern world politics,1,positive
tian's meticulous talent,1,positive
is a mere plot pawn for two directors with far less endearing disabilities,0,negative
a well-made pb & j sandwich,1,positive
fascinate me,1,positive
broad streaks of common sense emerge with unimpeachable clarity.,1,positive
i bought this movie,1,positive
is n't as funny,0,negative
sit through about 90 minutes of a so-called ` comedy ' and not laugh once,0,negative
outright newness,1,positive
to see over and over again,1,positive
"clever, amusing and unpredictable",1,positive
the plot is paper-thin,0,negative
watching `` ending '' is too often like looking over the outdated clothes and plastic knickknacks at your neighbor's garage sale.,0,negative
"has all the trappings of an energetic, extreme-sports adventure",1,positive
no interesting concept can escape,0,negative
intricately structured and well-realized drama,1,positive
a gripping documentary that,1,positive
triumphantly,1,positive
love robin tunney,1,positive
even better,1,positive
"like a temperamental child begging for attention, giving audiences no reason to truly care for its decrepit freaks beyond the promise of a reprieve from their incessant whining",0,negative
disjointed mess,0,negative
that manages to invest real humor,1,positive
unique,1,positive
tacky and reprehensible,0,negative
ever see one of those comedies that just seem like a bad idea from frame one?,0,negative
a temporal inquiry,1,positive
a satisfying destination,1,positive
"love may have been in the air onscreen, but i certainly was n't feeling any of it",0,negative
an almost constant mindset of suspense,1,positive
handed down from the movie gods on a silver platter,1,positive
to death,0,negative
comes across as stick figures reading lines from a teleprompter.,0,negative
engaging characters,1,positive
cardiac arrest,0,negative
equal laughs,1,positive
dazzling,1,positive
gleefully,1,positive
gets around to its real emotional business,1,positive
"means a great movie, but it is a refreshingly forthright one.",1,positive
"this re-do is so dumb and so exploitative in its violence that, ironically, it becomes everything that the rather clumsy original was railing against.",0,negative
little visible talent,0,negative
that keeps dickens evergreen : the exuberant openness with which he expresses our most basic emotions,1,positive
a good race,1,positive
overcoming-obstacles sports-movie triumph,1,positive
rather slow,0,negative
"with its dogged hollywood naturalism and the inexorable passage of its characters toward sainthood, windtalkers is nothing but a sticky-sweet soap.",0,negative
if kaos had n't blown them all up,0,negative
"skip this dreck, rent animal house and go back to the source",0,negative
's not that funny --,0,negative
's peppered with false starts and populated by characters who are nearly impossible to care about,0,negative
"with a smile that says, ` if i stay positive, maybe i can channel one of my greatest pictures, drunken master",1,positive
said that he is an imaginative filmmaker who can see the forest for the trees,1,positive
"effective in all its aspects, margarita happy hour represents an auspicious feature debut for chaiken.",1,positive
it's too close to real life to make sense,0,negative
gets tiresome,0,negative
an in-depth portrait,1,positive
like a good guy,1,positive
an 88-minute highlight reel,1,positive
this unrelenting bleak insistence on opting out of any opportunity for finding meaning in relationships or work,0,negative
until you feel fully embraced by this gentle comedy,1,positive
"if you come from a family that eats, meddles, argues, laughs, kibbitzes and fights together, then go see this delightful comedy.",1,positive
splendidly illustrates the ability of the human spirit to overcome adversity.,1,positive
handbag-clutching,1,positive
been preferable,1,positive
sometimes it's difficult to tell who the other actors in the movie are,0,negative
cinemantic flair,1,positive
this is a heartfelt story ...,1,positive
"suspense, surprise and consistent emotional conviction",1,positive
some intriguing characters,1,positive
one of the most gloriously unsubtle and adrenalized extreme shockers since the evil dead.,1,positive
"a piece of handiwork that shows its indie tatters and self-conscious seams in places, but has some quietly moving moments and an intelligent subtlety",1,positive
reach much further than we imagine,1,positive
"the film's messages of tolerance and diversity are n't particularly original, but",0,negative
beware the quirky brit-com.,0,negative
"is good all round, but what really sets the film apart is debrauwer's refusal to push the easy emotional buttons",1,positive
tiresome nature,0,negative
hard to believe these jokers are supposed to have pulled off four similar kidnappings before,0,negative
pyrotechnics its punchy style promises,1,positive
have to see it,1,positive
", if good-hearted, movie.",1,positive
"makes sex with strangers, which opens today in the new york metropolitan area, so distasteful",0,negative
- kids-cute sentimentality by a warmth that is n't faked,1,positive
lacks balance ...,0,negative
"laughably, irredeemably awful.",0,negative
one fantastic visual trope,1,positive
fun,1,positive
avoids the cartoonish clichés and sneering humor of the genre as it provides a fresh view of an old type,1,positive
equally assured,1,positive
"of trashy, kinky fun",1,positive
beautifully choreographed kitchen ballet,1,positive
"a more annoying, though",0,negative
run-of-the-mill singles blender,0,negative
run out of clever ideas and visual gags about halfway through,0,negative
"is so insanely stupid, so awful in so many ways",0,negative
goes on for too long and bogs down in a surfeit of characters and unnecessary subplots.,0,negative
"this is not the undisputed worst boxing movie ever, but it's certainly not a champion - the big loser is the audience.",0,negative
"each other so intensely, but with restraint",1,positive
many moviegoers,1,positive
star performance,1,positive
best animated,1,positive
of a certain ambition,1,positive
"is a canny crowd pleaser, and the last kiss ... provides more than enough sentimental catharsis for a satisfying evening at the multiplex",1,positive
true tale of courage -- and complicity -- at auschwitz is a harrowing drama that tries to tell of the unspeakable.,1,positive
"all three descriptions suit evelyn, a besotted and obvious drama that tells us nothing new",0,negative
"a cartoon that's truly cinematic in scope, and a story that's compelling and heartfelt -- even if the heart belongs to a big, four-legged herbivore.",1,positive
failings,0,negative
the film does pack some serious suspense.,1,positive
a brutally dry satire of middle american numbness.,0,negative
smile,1,positive
take it,1,positive
three-dimensional characters,1,positive
lost,0,negative
narratively complex,1,positive
lacking the spark of imagination that might have made it an exhilarating,0,negative
the darkest variety,0,negative
"incessantly to old movies, when you could just rent those movies instead, let alone seek out a respectable new one",0,negative
"so muddled, repetitive and ragged that it says far less about the horrifying historical reality than about the filmmaker's characteristic style.",0,negative
actually exploiting it yourself,0,negative
chimes in on the grieving process and,1,positive
in the right direction,1,positive
the movie's accumulated force still feels like an ugly knot tightening in your stomach.,0,negative
you to watch people doing unpleasant things to each other and themselves,0,negative
been this disappointed by a movie in a long time,0,negative
nothing funny in this every-joke-has - been-told-a - thousand-times - before movie,0,negative
", we are forced to reflect that its visual imagination is breathtaking",1,positive
shadowy,0,negative
"'s clear why deuces wild, which was shot two years ago, has been gathering dust on mgm's shelf",0,negative
wrong things,0,negative
some episodes that rival vintage looney tunes for the most creative mayhem in a brief amount of time,1,positive
strip-mined the monty formula mercilessly since 1997,0,negative
refreshingly realistic,1,positive
's just as wonderful on the big screen,1,positive
rodrigues's,1,positive
"constantly flows forwards and back, weaving themes among three strands which allow us to view events as if through a prism",1,positive
", miller, kuras and the actresses make personal velocity into an intricate, intimate and intelligent journey.",1,positive
"except maybe for the last 15 minutes, which are as maudlin as any after-school special you can imagine",0,negative
"a pleasing, often-funny comedy",1,positive
"nicks, seemingly uncertain what's going to make people laugh, runs the gamut from stale parody to raunchy sex gags to formula romantic comedy.",0,negative
"via kirsten dunst's remarkable performance, he showcases davies as a young woman of great charm, generosity and diplomacy",1,positive
"its heightened, well-shaped dramas",1,positive
"imagine ( if possible ) a pasolini film without passion or politics, or an almodovar movie without beauty or humor, and you have some idea of the glum, numb experience of watching o fantasma.",0,negative
"'s dull, spiritless, silly and monotonous : an ultra-loud blast of pointless mayhem, going nowhere fast",0,negative
"in his u.s. debut, mr. schnitzler proves himself a deft pace master and stylist.",1,positive
painfully redundant and inauthentic,0,negative
translate well,1,positive
of the masterful british actor ian holm,1,positive
amateur ' in almost every frame,0,negative
", `` orange county '' is far funnier than it would seem to have any right to be.",1,positive
wondering about the characters ' lives after the clever credits roll,1,positive
the film works in spite of it,1,positive
it's just merely very bad.,0,negative
cinematography and exhilarating point-of-view shots and fewer slow-motion ` grandeur ' shots,1,positive
the burning sensation,1,positive
does a convincing impersonation here of a director enjoying himself immensely,1,positive
spiffy bluescreen technique and stylish weaponry,1,positive
laugh because he acts so goofy all the time,1,positive
are nearly impossible to care about,0,negative
makes me say the obvious : abandon all hope of a good movie ye who enter here,0,negative
"the emotion or timelessness of disney's great past,",1,positive
"one of these days hollywood will come up with an original idea for a teen movie, but",0,negative
"a classical dramatic animated feature,",1,positive
the soul-searching deliberateness of the film,1,positive
"a genteel, prep-school quality that feels dusty and leatherbound",0,negative
struck me as unusually and unimpressively fussy and pretentious,0,negative
to losing my lunch,0,negative
shiver-inducing,1,positive
be spectacularly outrageous,1,positive
so charmless and vacant,0,negative
"chilling, and affecting study",1,positive
striking a blow for artistic integrity,1,positive
"kids, spirit",1,positive
big selling point,1,positive
a memorable directorial debut,1,positive
the original could ever have hoped to be,1,positive
personal tragedy and also the human comedy,1,positive
its superstar,1,positive
that criticizing feels more like commiserating,0,negative
is an intelligent flick that examines many different ideas from happiness to guilt in an intriguing bit of storytelling,1,positive
undeniably fascinating and playful,1,positive
warmest,1,positive
this tepid genre offering,0,negative
the free-wheeling noir spirit,1,positive
pushes too hard to make this a comedy or serious drama.,0,negative
nothing but boilerplate clichés,0,negative
brilliantly named half past dead -- or for seagal,0,negative
"a strange urge to get on a board and, uh, shred, dude",1,positive
who understands how to create and sustain a mood,1,positive
there's a casual intelligence that permeates the script,1,positive
that has bucked the odds to emerge as an exquisite motion picture in its own right,1,positive
as a detailed personal portrait and as a rather frightening examination of modern times,1,positive
"all round, but what really sets the film apart is debrauwer's refusal to push the easy emotional buttons",1,positive
the surest bet,1,positive
"meyjes's movie, like max rothman's future, does not work.",0,negative
's packed with just as much intelligence as action,1,positive
but it's surprisingly harmless.,1,positive
"with a tighter editorial process and firmer direction this material could work, especially since the actresses in the lead roles are all more than competent",1,positive
pleasures,1,positive
this is the kind of production that would have been funnier if the director had released the outtakes theatrically and used the film as a bonus feature on the dvd,0,negative
her subject matter,1,positive
wasted.,0,negative
is notable for its stylistic austerity and forcefulness,1,positive
filled with honest performances and exceptional detail,1,positive
"destroy everything we hold dear about cinema, only now it's begun to split up so that it can do even more damage",0,negative
hate it.,0,negative
performers who rarely work in movies now,1,positive
better vehicle,1,positive
inappropriate,0,negative
"flashy, overlong soap opera.",0,negative
imaginative filmmaking,1,positive
traffics in tired stereotypes,0,negative
a poignant comedy that offers food for thought.,1,positive
"good actors have a radar for juicy roles -- there's a plethora of characters in this picture, and not one of them is flat.",1,positive
that it counts heart as important as humor,1,positive
"is clever and funny, is amused by its special effects, and leaves you feeling like you 've seen a movie instead of an endless trailer.",1,positive
a movie-of-the-week tearjerker,1,positive
more appealing holiday-season product,1,positive
healing process,1,positive
"a zippy 96 minutes of mediocre special effects, hoary dialogue, fluxing accents, and -- worst of all -- silly-looking morlocks",0,negative
not one clever line of dialogue,0,negative
"done, so primitive in technique,",0,negative
treating female follies,1,positive
's one of the few ` cool ' actors who never seems aware of his own coolness.,1,positive
"wo n't be placed in the pantheon of the best of the swashbucklers but it is a whole lot of fun and you get to see the one of the world's best actors, daniel auteuil, have a whale of a good time.",1,positive
the movie possesses its own languorous charm.,1,positive
"fresh to say about growing up catholic or, really, anything",0,negative
would have been better than the fiction it has concocted,0,negative
the filmmakers were worried,0,negative
upsetting and thought-provoking,1,positive
", what an idea, what a thrill ride.",1,positive
is a film that manages to find greatness in the hue of its drastic iconography,1,positive
rent the disney version,0,negative
forgets to make it entertaining,0,negative
's nowhere near as exciting as either,0,negative
"is ironically just the sort of disposable, kitchen-sink homage that illustrates why the whole is so often less than the sum of its parts in today's hollywood",0,negative
is stiff or just plain bad,0,negative
terminally brain dead production.,0,negative
"mostly plays it straight, turning leys ' fable into a listless climb down the social ladder.",0,negative
too much time,0,negative
cobbled together out of older movies,0,negative
in a standard plot,0,negative
a film that begins with the everyday lives of naval personnel in san diego and ends with scenes so true and heartbreaking that tears welled up in my eyes both times i,1,positive
"you 'll forget about it by monday, though,",0,negative
"a reminder of how they used to make movies, but also how they sometimes still can be made.",1,positive
and it's not that funny -- which is just generally insulting.,0,negative
-- in the title role --,1,positive
these guys seem great to knock back a beer with but they 're simply not funny performers.,0,negative
wondering less about its ideas and more about its characterization of hitler and the contrived nature of its provocative conclusion,0,negative
"neither parker nor donovan is a typical romantic lead, but they bring a fresh, quirky charm to the formula.",1,positive
the cast is impressive,1,positive
", heartwarming film",1,positive
more than adequately fills the eyes and,1,positive
"please not only the fanatical adherents on either side, but also people who know nothing about the subject and",0,negative
is expressly for idiots who do n't care what kind of sewage they shovel into their mental gullets to simulate sustenance.,0,negative
kosminsky ... puts enough salt into the wounds of the tortured and self-conscious material to make it sting.,1,positive
more interested in entertaining itself than in amusing us,0,negative
be a toss-up between presiding over the end of cinema as we know it and another night of delightful hand shadows,0,negative
than a more measured or polished production ever could,1,positive
"i thought i heard a mysterious voice, and felt myself powerfully drawn toward the light -- the light of the exit sign.",0,negative
bland hotels,0,negative
delivering a wholesome fantasy for kids,1,positive
"for those who like quirky, slightly strange french films",1,positive
awed,1,positive
succeeds as a well-made evocation of a subculture,1,positive
so perfect,1,positive
"an unsympathetic hero caught up in an intricate plot that while cleverly worked out, can not overcome blah characters",0,negative
siren,0,negative
the worst sin of attributable to a movie like this,0,negative
than its sunny disposition,1,positive
the problem with this film is that it lacks focus.,0,negative
serves as a rather thin moral,0,negative
... a hollow joke told by a cinematic gymnast having too much fun embellishing the misanthropic tale to actually engage it.,0,negative
a xerox machine rather than ( writer-director ) franc,0,negative
compatible,1,positive
of privileged moments and memorable performances,1,positive
"you can fire a torpedo through some of clancy's holes,",0,negative
is best when illustrating the demons bedevilling the modern masculine journey.,1,positive
averting an american-russian armageddon,1,positive
fatal,0,negative
is heartfelt and hilarious in ways you ca n't fake,1,positive
than its exploitive array of obligatory cheap,0,negative
feel the love,1,positive
triple x,1,positive
exhaustingly contrived,0,negative
have brought back the value and respect for the term epic cinema.,1,positive
observant.,1,positive
the adrenaline jolt of a sudden lunch rush at the diner,1,positive
an insane comic undertaking that ultimately coheres into a sane and breathtakingly creative film,1,positive
"into a genre that has been overexposed, redolent of a thousand cliches, and yet remains uniquely itself, vibrant with originality",1,positive
as tiresome as 9 seconds of jesse helms ' anti- castro,0,negative
"it forces you to watch people doing unpleasant things to each other and themselves, and",0,negative
look at that clever angle!,1,positive
balances both traditional or modern stories,1,positive
ca n't recommend it enough,1,positive
rekindles,1,positive
"pleasingly emphatic in this properly intense, claustrophobic tale of obsessive love",1,positive
"due to some script weaknesses and the casting of the director's brother, the film trails off into inconsequentiality.",0,negative
the cast and crew thoroughly enjoyed themselves and believed in their small-budget film,1,positive
settles too easily,0,negative
burning,0,negative
they ca n't generate enough heat in this cold vacuum of a comedy to start a reaction.,0,negative
"inhabit that special annex of hell where adults behave like kids,",0,negative
a movie that accomplishes so much that one viewing ca n't possibly be enough,1,positive
a minimalist beauty,1,positive
's much to recommend the film,1,positive
"speculation, conspiracy theories or, at best, circumstantial evidence",0,negative
expects something special but instead gets ( sci-fi ) rehash.,0,negative
discerning taste,1,positive
the thinness of its characterizations,0,negative
with such provocative material,1,positive
one experiences mr. haneke's own sadistic tendencies toward his audience,0,negative
love it ...,1,positive
feel free to go get popcorn whenever he's not onscreen.,0,negative
deep inside righteousness can be found a tough beauty,1,positive
"the talented cast alone will keep you watching, as will the fight scenes.",1,positive
"to consider the unthinkable, the unacceptable, the unmentionable",0,negative
`` pretty woman '' wanted to be,1,positive
"understand that the idea of exploiting molestation for laughs is funny, not actually exploiting it yourself",0,negative
the passions that sometimes fuel our best achievements and other times,1,positive
"all comedy is subversive, but this unrelenting bleak insistence on opting out of any opportunity for finding meaning in relationships or work just becomes sad",0,negative
"an extended, open-ended poem",1,positive
"a woefully dull, redundant concept that bears more than a whiff of exploitation, despite iwai's vaunted empathy",0,negative
"the film's crisp, unaffected style and air of gentle longing",1,positive
a simple misfire,0,negative
to get at the root psychology of this film would require many sessions on the couch of dr. freud.,0,negative
fun and funky look,1,positive
a polished and vastly entertaining caper film that puts the sting back into the con.,1,positive
"the color sense of stuart little 2 is its most immediate and most obvious pleasure, but it would count for very little if the movie were n't as beautifully shaped and as delicately calibrated in tone as it is.",1,positive
deteriorates into a terribly obvious melodrama and rough-hewn vanity project for lead actress andie macdowell,0,negative
a disappointment,0,negative
cagney's ` top of the world ' has been replaced by the bottom of the barrel,0,negative
fails to portray its literarily talented and notorious subject as anything much more than a dirty old man.,0,negative
a real filmmaker,1,positive
of unintentional melodrama and tiresome love triangles,0,negative
"unambitious writing emerges in the movie, using a plot that could have come from an animated-movie screenwriting textbook.",0,negative
tv episodes,1,positive
possible angle,1,positive
`` crazy '',0,negative
of ` laugh therapy ',1,positive
flinging their feces,0,negative
about as unsettling to watch as an exploratory medical procedure or an autopsy,0,negative
"whereas oliver stone's conspiracy thriller jfk was long, intricate, star-studded and visually flashy, interview with the assassin draws its considerable power from simplicity.",1,positive
"vowing, `",1,positive
a much more successful translation than its most famous previous film adaptation,1,positive
"a clumsily manufactured exploitation flick,",0,negative
especially clever,1,positive
has wonderfully funny moments,1,positive
's little to recommend snow dogs,0,negative
made to look bad,0,negative
even slightly wised-up kids would quickly change the channel,0,negative
it's tough to be startled when you 're almost dozing.,0,negative
pathetic idea,0,negative
chronically mixed signals,0,negative
knee-jerk misogyny,0,negative
"seen as hip, winking social commentary",1,positive
"it's still a sweet, even delectable diversion.",1,positive
the director at his most sparkling,1,positive
students that deals with first love sweetly but also seriously,1,positive
"intense, claustrophobic",0,negative
"in more ways that one in clockstoppers, a sci-fi thriller as lazy as it is interminable",0,negative
"though it's not very well shot or composed or edited, the score is too insistent and the dialogue is frequently overwrought and crudely literal, the film shatters you in waves.",0,negative
visual delights,1,positive
drags,0,negative
finest kind,1,positive
", '' derrida is an undeniably fascinating and playful fellow.",1,positive
rarely seem sure of where it should go,0,negative
richly entertaining and suggestive,1,positive
a high-minded snoozer.,0,negative
combustible mixture,1,positive
gag,0,negative
descends into such message-mongering moralism that its good qualities are obscured,0,negative
bouncy,1,positive
something awfully deadly,0,negative
fill the after-school slot,0,negative
a certain degree of wit and dignity,1,positive
"nair's cast is so large it's altman-esque, but she deftly spins the multiple stories in a vibrant and intoxicating fashion",1,positive
"that kate is n't very bright, but that she has n't been worth caring about",0,negative
"made by a proper, middle-aged woman.",1,positive
your indifference,0,negative
one of the finest,1,positive
"dreams,",1,positive
good period reconstruction,1,positive
"a good ear for dialogue,",1,positive
bearing the unmistakable stamp of authority,1,positive
"wimps out by going for that pg-13 rating, so the more graphic violence is mostly off-screen and",0,negative
an enthusiastic charm in fire,1,positive
"a sun-drenched masterpiece, part parlor game,",1,positive
the light comedic work,1,positive
misconceived,0,negative
their lofty perch,1,positive
sloughs one's way,0,negative
is a visual treat for all audiences,1,positive
ozpetek avoids most of the pitfalls you 'd expect in such a potentially sudsy set-up,1,positive
some first-rate performances,1,positive
painfully formulaic and stilted,0,negative
the most offensive thing about the movie,0,negative
virtually no aftertaste,0,negative
evokes the bottom tier of blaxploitation flicks from the 1970s,0,negative
is well suited to capture these musicians in full regalia,1,positive
too much like an infomercial for ram dass's latest book,0,negative
"intelligent, caustic",1,positive
the level of classic romantic comedy to which it aspires,1,positive
made a decent ` intro ' documentary,1,positive
"for the most part, it works beautifully as a movie without sacrificing the integrity of the opera.",1,positive
"by the brutality of the jokes, most at women's expense",0,negative
has some of the funniest jokes of any movie,1,positive
the girls ' amusing personalities,1,positive
befuddled in its characterizations as it begins to seem as long as the two year affair which is its subject,0,negative
useless,0,negative
", energetic and original",1,positive
adventure and song,1,positive
a coherent rhythm going,1,positive
sixties-style slickness in which the hero might wind up,1,positive
kurys seems intimidated by both her subject matter and the period trappings of this debut venture into the heritage business.,0,negative
you 'd do well to check this one out because it's straight up twin peaks action ...,1,positive
ready-made midnight movie,1,positive
"a thoughtful and surprisingly affecting portrait of a screwed-up man who dared to mess with some powerful people,",1,positive
a game supporting cast,1,positive
is extremely thorough,1,positive
perceptive,1,positive
skeptics,0,negative
"following up a delightful, well-crafted family film",1,positive
unforced comedy-drama,1,positive
deft comic timing,1,positive
full of the kind of obnoxious chitchat that only self-aware neurotics engage in.,0,negative
"to a new, self-deprecating level",0,negative
"... expands the horizons of boredom to the point of collapse, turning into a black hole of dullness, from which no interesting concept can escape.",0,negative
"is a cinematic car wreck, a catastrophic collision of tastelessness and gall that nevertheless will leave fans clamoring for another ride",0,negative
this likable movie,1,positive
"been there, done that,",0,negative
to be oblivious to the existence of this film would be very sweet indeed.,0,negative
"muscles and a lot more smarts, but just as endearing and easy to watch",1,positive
add up to little more than a screenful of gamesmanship that's low on both suspense and payoff.,0,negative
a-list director,1,positive
as ill-fitting as shadyac's perfunctory directing chops,0,negative
cheered at just that,1,positive
awful acts,0,negative
the script becomes lifeless and falls apart like a cheap lawn chair.,0,negative
is a big letdown,0,negative
finds warmth,1,positive
a minor miracle of self-expression,1,positive
the film shatters you in waves.,1,positive
firing on all cylinders,1,positive
"is even more embracing than monty, if only because it accepts nasty behavior and severe flaws as part of the human condition.",1,positive
by someone who obviously knows nothing about crime,0,negative
while certainly clever in spots,1,positive
as the chatter of parrots raised on oprah,0,negative
"a movie, a vampire soap opera that does n't make much",0,negative
detailed historical document,1,positive
quite a vision,1,positive
", unusual, even nutty",1,positive
hollywood has crafted a solid formula for successful animated movies,1,positive
"the huskies are beautiful, the border collie is funny and the overall feeling is genial and decent.",1,positive
yong kang,1,positive
a touching drama about old age and grief,1,positive
cast and surehanded direction,1,positive
it's not the least of afghan tragedies that this noble warlord would be consigned to the dustbin of history.,0,negative
"powerful, chilling, and affecting study",1,positive
characterisation has been sacrificed for the sake of spectacle.,0,negative
a singularly off-putting romantic comedy.,0,negative
a poor fit with kieslowski's lyrical pessimism,0,negative
had to endure last summer,0,negative
"a document of what it felt like to be a new yorker -- or, really, to be a human being -- in the weeks after 9/11",1,positive
"plodding, peevish and gimmicky.",0,negative
"a meatier deeper beginning and/or ending would have easily tipped this film into the `` a '' range, as is, it's a very very strong `` b +.''",1,positive
exercise in sham actor workshops and an affected malaise,0,negative
such exuberance and passion,1,positive
that's shapeless and uninflected,0,negative
"everything its fans are hoping it will be, and in that sense is a movie that deserves recommendation",1,positive
relaxed in its perfect quiet pace and proud in its message,1,positive
the punch lines,1,positive
it's technically sumptuous but also almost wildly alive.,1,positive
"kind, unapologetic,",1,positive
adequately,1,positive
shows how deeply felt emotions can draw people together across the walls that might otherwise separate them.,1,positive
makes the material seem genuine rather than pandering.,1,positive
"crafted, and well",1,positive
the real issues tucked between the silly and crude storyline,0,negative
unique way shainberg,1,positive
"incompetent, incoherent or",0,negative
but it does have one saving grace.,1,positive
has all the scenic appeal of a cesspool,0,negative
"polished,",1,positive
"each scene drags, underscoring the obvious",0,negative
evokes the style and flash of the double-cross that made mamet's `` house of games '' and last fall's `` heist '' so much fun,1,positive
there are laughs aplenty,1,positive
abandon their scripts and go where the moment takes them,0,negative
as shameful,0,negative
", unmemorable filler.",0,negative
's surprisingly bland despite the heavy doses of weird performances and direction.,0,negative
full of life and small delights --,1,positive
"like the imaginary sport it projects onto the screen -- loud, violent and mindless.",0,negative
it aimlessly and unsuccessfully attempts to fuse at least three dull plots into one good one.,0,negative
work as well as a remarkably faithful one,1,positive
cliches and pat storytelling,0,negative
we 'll keep watching the skies for his next project,1,positive
"falls victim to sloppy plotting, an insultingly unbelievable final act and a villainess who is too crazy to be interesting.",0,negative
"a very slow, uneventful ride around a pretty tattered old carousel.",0,negative
that's a bad sign when they 're supposed to be having a collective heart attack,0,negative
watching these eccentrics is both inspiring and pure joy.,1,positive
`` home movie '' is a sweet treasure and something well worth your time.,1,positive
that accomplishes so much that one viewing ca n't possibly be enough,1,positive
steers clear of the sensational and offers instead an unflinching and objective look at a decidedly perverse pathology,0,negative
are pretty valuable,1,positive
"an emotionally and spiritually compelling journey seen through the right eyes, with the right actors and with the kind of visual flair that shows what great cinema can really do.",1,positive
"it might not be 1970s animation,",0,negative
alternately hilarious and sad,1,positive
vague impressions and a nasty aftertaste but little clear memory of its operational mechanics,0,negative
are jarring and deeply out of place in what could have ( and probably should have ) been a lighthearted comedy,0,negative
"is remarkably fuddled about motives and context, which drains it of the dramatic substance that would shake us in our boots ( or cinema seats ).",0,negative
to both people's capacity for evil and their heroic capacity for good,1,positive
in praise of love remains a ponderous and pretentious endeavor that's unfocused and tediously exasperating,0,negative
's the perfect cure for insomnia.,0,negative
"a bland, pretentious mess.",0,negative
pseudo-intellectual kid,0,negative
reduces wertmuller's social mores and politics to tiresome jargon,0,negative
"you have some idea of the glum, numb experience of watching o fantasma",0,negative
"funny, insightfully human",1,positive
"is an accuracy of observation in the work of the director, frank novak, that keeps the film grounded in an undeniable social realism.",1,positive
difficulty,0,negative
the trashy teen-sleaze equivalent,0,negative
beautifully shaped,1,positive
are so spot on,1,positive
the limitations of his skill and,0,negative
tremendous,1,positive
ambivalence,0,negative
does not work.,0,negative
it's like an all-star salute to disney's cheesy commercialism.,0,negative
of stunning images and effects,1,positive
"into something provocative, rich, and strange",1,positive
spooky and subtly,1,positive
a word of advice to the makers of the singles ward : celebrity cameos do not automatically equal laughs.,0,negative
little is done to support the premise other than fling gags at it to see which ones shtick.,0,negative
rambles,0,negative
with complications,1,positive
a glorified episode,0,negative
"falls victim to sloppy plotting, an insultingly unbelievable final act and a villainess who is too crazy to be interesting",0,negative
an oscar nomination,1,positive
with a light ( yet unsentimental ) touch,1,positive
"from start to finish, featuring a fall from grace that still leaves shockwaves",1,positive
"amy and matthew have a bit of a phony relationship,",0,negative
a rare and lightly entertaining look behind the curtain that separates comics from the people laughing in the crowd.,1,positive
one not-so-small problem,0,negative
an unbalanced mixture,0,negative
on intimate relationships,1,positive
", 91-minute trailer",0,negative
"it's an ambitious film, and as with all ambitious films, it has some problems",1,positive
a bit melodramatic and even a little dated,0,negative
this movie has the usual impossible stunts ... but it has just as many scenes that are lean and tough enough to fit in any modern action movie,1,positive
it was particularly funny,1,positive
the best possible senses of both those words,1,positive
inane,0,negative
"a skillfully assembled, highly polished and professional adaptation ... just about as chilling and unsettling as ` manhunter '",1,positive
"this is a movie that refreshes the mind and spirit along with the body, so",1,positive
", amusing, tender and heart-wrenching",1,positive
highly uneven and,0,negative
hip hop fantasy,1,positive
not remotely incisive enough,0,negative
"who, exactly, is fighting whom here",0,negative
earns extra points,1,positive
"so completely loses himself to the film's circular structure to ever offer any insightful discourse on, well, love in the time of money.",0,negative
"buried somewhere inside its fabric, but never clearly",0,negative
parody.,1,positive
play like a milquetoast movie of the week blown up for the big screen,0,negative
schaefer's ... determination to inject farcical raunch ... drowns out the promise of the romantic angle.,0,negative
sincere performance,1,positive
7th heaven,0,negative
to drag on for nearly three hours,0,negative
"a key strength in its willingness to explore its principal characters with honesty, insight and humor",1,positive
the source material movie,1,positive
would be a toss-up between presiding over the end of cinema as we know it and another night of delightful hand shadows,0,negative
bawdy,0,negative
"is that, even in all its director's cut glory, he's made a film that's barely shocking, barely interesting and most of all, barely anything",0,negative
smokers only,0,negative
"this is a good script, good dialogue, funny even for adults.",1,positive
a college keg party,0,negative
a derivative collection of horror and sci-fi cliches.,0,negative
", everything else about the film tanks.",0,negative
"even when he's not at his most critically insightful, godard can still be smarter than any 50 other filmmakers still at work.",1,positive
"max pokes, provokes, takes expressionistic license and hits a nerve",1,positive
"fessenden has nurtured his metaphors at the expense of his narrative, but he does display an original talent",1,positive
", it offers hope",1,positive
it comes off as annoying rather than charming,0,negative
the movie is a dud.,0,negative
painfully forced,0,negative
"one hopes mr. plympton will find room for one more member of his little band, a professional screenwriter.",0,negative
deceit,0,negative
", magnificent to behold in its sparkling beauty yet in reality it's one tough rock.",1,positive
parents beware,0,negative
two fine actors,1,positive
"a dull, somnambulant exercise",0,negative
no entertainment value,0,negative
"while not quite `` shrek '' or `` monsters, inc. '', it's not too bad.",1,positive
"awash in self-consciously flashy camera effects, droning house music and flat, flat dialogue",0,negative
masterly,1,positive
a jaw-droppingly beautiful work that upends nearly every cliché,1,positive
strange,0,negative
rich with period minutiae,1,positive
co-writers lisa bazadona and grace woodard,1,positive
"so that, by the time the credits roll across the pat ending, a warm, fuzzy feeling prevails",1,positive
amari has dressed up this little parable in a fairly irresistible package full of privileged moments and memorable performances.,1,positive
get in the way,0,negative
"it looks good, but it is essentially empty",0,negative
that soars above the material realm,1,positive
a bad movie,0,negative
an off-beat and fanciful film about the human need for monsters to blame for all that is amiss in the world.,1,positive
hackery,0,negative
yourself praying for a quick resolution,0,negative
detox is ultimately a pointless endeavor.,0,negative
try hard,0,negative
appreciate,1,positive
an unexpectedly sweet story of sisterhood.,1,positive
"is gone, replaced by the forced funniness found in the dullest kiddie flicks",0,negative
pompous,0,negative
it's a very very strong `` b +.'',1,positive
make this surprisingly decent flick,1,positive
this is a film living far too much in its own head.,0,negative
of the worst dialogue,0,negative
's updating works surprisingly well,1,positive
an annoying orgy of excess and exploitation that has no point and goes nowhere,0,negative
"well-acted,",1,positive
its generic villains lack any intrigue ( other than their funny accents ) and,0,negative
is intriguing but quickly becomes distasteful and downright creepy,0,negative
carmen ( vega ) and,1,positive
credible account,1,positive
obnoxious adults,0,negative
... continue to impress,1,positive
one of the year's most intriguing movie experiences,1,positive
"reveals itself slowly,",1,positive
as good as the original,1,positive
the process comes out looking like something wholly original,1,positive
brosnan's finest non-bondish performance yet fails to overcome the film's manipulative sentimentality and annoying stereotypes.,0,negative
nutty cliches and far too much dialogue,0,negative
"sweet, funny, charming, and",1,positive
counter-cultural,1,positive
"a routine crime thriller remarkable only for its lack of logic and misuse of two fine actors, morgan freeman and ashley judd.",0,negative
may just end up trying to drown yourself in a lake afterwards,0,negative
received such a sophisticated and unsentimental treatment on the big screen as they do in this marvelous film,1,positive
manages to bring something new into the mix,1,positive
"of a troubadour, his acolytes, and the triumph of his band",1,positive
funniest film,1,positive
familiar and insufficiently cathartic,0,negative
"a poster movie, a mediocre tribute to films like them",0,negative
"just another disjointed,",0,negative
most severe,0,negative
uses modern technology to take the viewer inside the wave,1,positive
lifeless rumblings,0,negative
"the audacity to view one of shakespeare's better known tragedies as a dark comedy is, by itself, deserving of discussion.",0,negative
interesting storytelling devices,1,positive
you might to scrutinize the ethics of kaufman's approach,0,negative
"changing lanes is also a film of freshness, imagination and insight.",1,positive
complex story,1,positive
layered and stylistic,1,positive
by the surprisingly shoddy makeup work,0,negative
or emptying rat traps.,0,negative
"some of the visual flourishes are a little too obvious, but restrained and subtle storytelling, and fine performances make this delicate coming-of-age tale a treat",1,positive
that plays things so nice,1,positive
freakshow,0,negative
make it as much fun as reading an oversized picture book before bedtime,1,positive
to transcend its clever concept,1,positive
"the movie is busy contriving false, sitcom-worthy solutions to their problems.",0,negative
how this gets us in trouble,0,negative
dimming,0,negative
"drug abuse, infidelity and death are n't usually comedy fare, but turpin's film allows us to chuckle through the angst",1,positive
", `` they 're out there!''",1,positive
' is banal in its message and the choice of material to convey it.,0,negative
best spent elsewhere,0,negative
recalls the classics of early italian neorealism,1,positive
"i thought the relationships were wonderful, the comedy was funny",1,positive
more successful,1,positive
is nothing short of a travesty of a transvestite comedy.,0,negative
by now intolerable,0,negative
"under the skin of a man we only know as an evil, monstrous lunatic",0,negative
"there's no real sense of suspense,",0,negative
twohy's a good yarn-spinner,1,positive
"family, forgiveness and love",1,positive
a visual spectacle full of stunning images and effects.,1,positive
"'s a boring movie about a boring man, made watchable by a bravura performance from a consummate actor incapable of being boring.",0,negative
the irwins ' scenes are fascinating ; the movie as a whole is cheap junk and an insult to their death-defying efforts.,0,negative
perfect for the proud warrior that still lingers in the souls of these characters,1,positive
more recent successes,1,positive
"kinnear does n't aim for our sympathy, but rather delivers a performance of striking skill and depth.",1,positive
"he's just a sad aristocrat in tattered finery, and the film seems as deflated as he does.",0,negative
they were insulted and the audience was put through torture for an hour and a half,0,negative
like having two guys yelling in your face for two hours,0,negative
veered off too far into the exxon zone,0,negative
those who trek to the ` plex predisposed to like it probably will enjoy themselves.,1,positive
to remarkable performances,1,positive
is to be mesmerised,1,positive
crafted a complicated hero who is a welcome relief from the usual two-dimensional offerings,1,positive
"the overcooked, ham-fisted direction",0,negative
"but while the highly predictable narrative falls short, treasure planet is truly gorgeous to behold.",1,positive
"a dazzling, remarkably unpretentious reminder",1,positive
dickens ' words,1,positive
is sabotaged by ticking time bombs and other hollywood-action cliches,0,negative
becomes more and more frustrating as the film goes on.,0,negative
really special walk,1,positive
"attal's hang-ups surrounding infidelity are so old-fashioned and, dare i say, outdated",0,negative
that's packed with just as much intelligence as action,1,positive
hmmm,0,negative
is less a documentary and more propaganda by way of a valentine sealed with a kiss.,0,negative
does such high-profile talent serve such literate material,1,positive
are universal and involving,1,positive
"ultimate x is the gabbiest giant-screen movie ever, bogging down in a barrage of hype.",0,negative
is nothing but a convenient conveyor belt of brooding personalities that parade about as if they were coming back from stock character camp -- a drowsy drama infatuated by its own pretentious self-examination.,0,negative
"every moment crackles with tension, and by the end of the flick, you 're on the edge of your seat",1,positive
"'s a square, sentimental drama that satisfies, as comfort food often can",1,positive
"gets the details right, from its promenade of barely clad bodies in myrtle beach, s.c., to the adrenaline jolt of a sudden lunch rush at the diner.",1,positive
achingly enthralling premise,1,positive
unstoppable,1,positive
"'s unfortunate that wallace, who wrote gibson's braveheart as well as the recent pearl harbor, has such an irrepressible passion for sappy situations and dialogue",0,negative
is little else to recommend `` never again.,0,negative
is grand-scale,1,positive
die hideously,0,negative
", smartly played and smartly directed.",1,positive
's nowhere near as good as the original,0,negative
"is dicaprio's best performance in anything ever, and easily the most watchable film of the year.",1,positive
"the large-frame imax camera lends itself beautifully to filming the teeming life on the reefs, making this gorgeous film a must for everyone from junior scientists to grown-up fish lovers.",1,positive
elicit a chuckle,1,positive
's not nearly enough,0,negative
his maudlin ending might not have gotten him into film school in the first place,0,negative
the acting is fine but,1,positive
an epic four-hour indian musical,1,positive
the rare directors who feels acting is the heart and soul of cinema,1,positive
non-exploitive approach,1,positive
does the trick of making us care about its protagonist and celebrate his victories,1,positive
for sick and demented humor,0,negative
see a better thriller this year,0,negative
"the movie should win the band a few new converts, too",1,positive
an intelligently made ( and beautifully edited ) picture that at the very least has a spark of life to it -- more than you can say for plenty of movies that flow through the hollywood pipeline without a hitch.,1,positive
kate is n't very bright,0,negative
instantly transform themselves into a believable mother/daughter pair,1,positive
it's an offbeat treat that pokes fun at the democratic exercise while also examining its significance for those who take part.,1,positive
acting that could be any flatter,0,negative
with heart and humor,1,positive
", warm water under a red bridge is a celebration of feminine energy, a tribute to the power of women to heal.",1,positive
directions and descends into such message-mongering moralism that its good qualities are obscured.,0,negative
ca n't even,0,negative
"has a lot going for it, not least the brilliant performances by testud ... and parmentier",1,positive
grandly,1,positive
of matthew shepard,1,positive
is unconvincing soap opera that tornatore was right to cut,0,negative
coming back from stock character camp,0,negative
"it's a hellish, numbing experience to watch, and",0,negative
gently,1,positive
a joy to watch and -- especially -- to listen to,1,positive
a first-class road movie,1,positive
"a deliberative account of a lifestyle characterized by its surface-obsession -- one that typifies the delirium of post, pre, and extant stardom.",1,positive
that ca n't totally hide its contrivances,0,negative
evans ' career,1,positive
"a meditation on faith and madness, frailty is blood-curdling stuff.",1,positive
no new insight,0,negative
"khouri manages, with terrific flair, to keep the extremes of screwball farce and blood-curdling family intensity on one continuum.",1,positive
"the script, the gags, the characters are all direct-to-video stuff",0,negative
"if you ever wondered what it would be like to be smack in the middle of a war zone armed with nothing but a camera, this oscar-nominated documentary takes you there.",1,positive
has so many flaws it would be easy for critics to shred it.,0,negative
"there's real visual charge to the filmmaking, and a strong erotic spark to the most crucial lip-reading sequence",1,positive
"yes, dull.",0,negative
would leave the theater with a lower i.q. than when i had entered,0,negative
engaging and,1,positive
"road movie, coming-of-age story and",1,positive
could fail to respond,0,negative
"philippe, who makes oliver far more interesting than the character's lines would suggest",1,positive
notice the flaws,0,negative
"it uses very little dialogue, making it relatively effortless to read and follow the action at the same time.",1,positive
as fresh,1,positive
to the scuzzy underbelly of nyc's drug scene,0,negative
"is the kind of movie during which you want to bang your head on the seat in front of you, at its cluelessness, at its idiocy, at its utterly misplaced earnestness.",0,negative
are well worth revisiting as many times as possible,1,positive
makes an amazing breakthrough in her first starring role,1,positive
there's a heaven for bad movies,0,negative
"'s fun, wispy, wise and surprisingly inoffensive for a film about a teen in love with his stepmom",1,positive
the baseball-playing monkey,1,positive
that good,1,positive
"this humbling little film, fueled by the light comedic work of zhao benshan and the delicate ways of dong jie, is just the sort for those moviegoers who complain that ` they do n't make movies like they used to anymore.'",1,positive
being simpleminded,0,negative
"shows crushingly little curiosity about, or is ill-equipped to examine, the interior lives of the characters in his film, much less incorporate them into his narrative.",0,negative
that have reinvigorated the romance genre,1,positive
distanced us,0,negative
of its grand locations,1,positive
a film about female friendship that men can embrace and women,1,positive
to see where one's imagination will lead when given the opportunity,1,positive
a thrill ride,1,positive
more unmentionable subjects,0,negative
the director uses the last act to reel in the audience since its poignancy hooks us completely.,1,positive
has been lost in the translation ... another routine hollywood frightfest in which the slack execution italicizes the absurdity of the premise.,0,negative
plenty of baggage,0,negative
", but i suspect it might deliver again and again.",1,positive
above-average,1,positive
wasted potential,0,negative
"meandering, low on energy",0,negative
cuaron repeatedly,0,negative
not to mention a convincing brogue,1,positive
sequences boring,0,negative
seem smart and well-crafted in comparison,1,positive
"while there are times when the film's reach exceeds its grasp, the production works more often than it does n't.",1,positive
"spiritless, silly and monotonous",0,negative
bielinsky is a filmmaker of impressive talent.,1,positive
"a low-budget affair, tadpole was shot on digital video, and the images often look smeary and blurry, to the point of distraction",0,negative
dreary,0,negative
of the all-time great apocalypse movies,1,positive
could have looked into my future and saw how bad this movie was,0,negative
a suspenseful horror movie,1,positive
provide an intense experience when splashed across the immense imax screen,1,positive
through torture,0,negative
from a television monitor,1,positive
created a masterful work of art of their own,1,positive
on the party favors to sober us up with the transparent attempts at moralizing,0,negative
dogtown & z-boys evokes the blithe rebel fantasy with the kind of insouciance embedded in the sexy demise of james dean.,1,positive
"as immediate as the latest news footage from gaza and, because of its heightened, well-shaped dramas, twice as powerful",1,positive
sermonize,0,negative
unsentimental,0,negative
watching junk,0,negative
a fun one,1,positive
complex,1,positive
this obscenely bad dark comedy,0,negative
impressive stagings,1,positive
directed - a powerful drama with enough sardonic wit to keep it from being maudlin,1,positive
one-of-a-kind,1,positive
see the it,1,positive
", slow and dreary",0,negative
"sexy, peculiar and always entertaining costume drama",1,positive
'' admirably,1,positive
splendid meal,1,positive
annoying specimen,0,negative
the film never recovers from the clumsy cliché of the ugly american abroad,0,negative
fat,0,negative
the beautifully choreographed kitchen ballet,1,positive
like a 10-course banquet,1,positive
her film,1,positive
banal in its message and the choice of material,0,negative
"the sentimental script has problems, but the actors pick up the slack.",1,positive
not funny performers,0,negative
"all the sensuality, all the eroticism of a good vampire tale has been, pardon the pun, sucked out and replaced by goth goofiness.",0,negative
"of perversity, comedy and romance",1,positive
one that was hard for me to warm up to,0,negative
profound ethical and philosophical questions,1,positive
"the effort is sincere and the results are honest, but the film is so bleak that it's hardly watchable.",0,negative
the folly of superficiality that is itself,0,negative
"flat, plodding picture",0,negative
on its taut performances and creepy atmosphere,0,negative
"there's undeniable enjoyment to be had from films crammed with movie references, but the fun wears thin -- then out -- when there's nothing else happening.",1,positive
its elegantly colorful look and,1,positive
on the worst revenge-of-the-nerds clichés the filmmakers could dredge up,0,negative
a jaw-droppingly beautiful work that upends nearly every cliché of japanese animation while delivering a more than satisfactory amount of carnage,1,positive
a movie that harps on media-constructed ` issues ' like whether compromise is the death of self ... this orgasm ( wo n't be an ) exceedingly memorable one for most people.,0,negative
all the hallmarks of a movie,1,positive
the most repugnant adaptation,0,negative
a charm that's conspicuously missing from the girls ' big-screen blowout,0,negative
bad sitcom,0,negative
as the enigmatic mika and anna mouglalis is a stunning new young talent in one of chabrol's most intense psychological mysteries,1,positive
"really earned my indignant, preemptive departure",0,negative
boredom,0,negative
that catches you up in something bigger than yourself,1,positive
glitz,1,positive
something serious to say about the ways in which extravagant chance can distort our perspective and throw us off the path of good sense,1,positive
"the precious trappings of most romantic comedies, infusing into the story",1,positive
"one hour photo may seem disappointing in its generalities, but",0,negative
i thoroughly enjoyed the love story,1,positive
results is the best performance from either in years,1,positive
stooping,0,negative
make it an above-average thriller,1,positive
us ... is a man who uses the damage of war -- far more often than the warfare itself -- to create the kind of art shots that fill gallery shows,1,positive
"figures prominently in this movie, and helps keep the proceedings as funny for grown-ups as for rugrats",1,positive
captures the unsettled tenor of that post 9-11 period far better,1,positive
the giant screen and its hyper-realistic images,1,positive
of virtuosic set pieces,1,positive
trying to make head or tail of the story in the hip-hop indie snipes is enough to give you brain strain --,0,negative
of moronic stunts,0,negative
add up to a satisfying crime drama.,1,positive
about rubbo's dumbed-down tactics,0,negative
than one might expect when you look at the list of movies starring ice-t in a major role,1,positive
done with noticeably less energy and imagination,0,negative
the only thing that distinguishes a randall wallace film from any other is the fact that there is nothing distinguishing in a randall wallace film.,0,negative
"being forceful, sad without being shrill",1,positive
's surprisingly harmless.,1,positive
pap invested in undergraduate doubling subtexts and ridiculous stabs at existentialism reminding of the discovery of the wizard of god in the fifth trek flick.,0,negative
", it's probably not accurate to call it a movie",0,negative
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
"revigorates the mind to see a feature that concentrates on people, a project in which the script and characters hold sway.",1,positive
understands the workings of its spirit,1,positive
a chocolate,1,positive
is virtually without context -- journalistic or historical,0,negative
that makes as much of a mess as this one,0,negative
that might have made no such thing,1,positive
riveting profile,1,positive
has a genuine dramatic impact,1,positive
for bad movies,0,negative
is so convincing that by movies ' end you 'll swear you are wet in some places and feel sand creeping in others.,1,positive
a quietly introspective portrait of the self-esteem of employment and the shame of losing a job,1,positive
an often intense character study,1,positive
will enjoy,1,positive
put together a bold biographical fantasia,1,positive
"many went to see the attraction for the sole reason that it was hot outside and there was air conditioning inside, and i do n't think that a.c. will help this movie one bit",0,negative
burns never really harnesses to full effect the energetic cast.,0,negative
"a distinctly mixed bag, the occasional bursts of sharp writing alternating with lots of sloppiness and the obligatory moments of sentimental ooze.",0,negative
rather like being trapped while some weird relative trots out the video he took of the family vacation to stonehenge,0,negative
alienating,0,negative
felt like an answer to irvine welsh's book trainspotting,1,positive
"humorless, self-conscious art drivel,",0,negative
cheap-shot,0,negative
"has been written so well, that even a simple `` goddammit!''",1,positive
does n't end up being very inspiring or insightful.,0,negative
unsuccessful,0,negative
"to feel anything much while watching this movie, beyond mild disturbance or detached pleasure at the acting",0,negative
bottom-feeder,0,negative
the sparse instances of humor,0,negative
embraces life,1,positive
is competent,1,positive
imitative,0,negative
"is that rare animal known as ' a perfect family film, '",1,positive
loses its ability to shock and amaze,0,negative
a fascinating part,1,positive
this nasty comedy,0,negative
saves,1,positive
most charmless,0,negative
"the actors are simply too good, and the story too intriguing,",1,positive
's mildly interesting,1,positive
"amused and entertained by the unfolding of bielinsky's cleverly constructed scenario,",1,positive
moved by this drama,1,positive
"on the whole, the movie lacks wit, feeling and believability to compensate for its incessant coarseness and banality.",0,negative
inventive cinematic tricks and,1,positive
gets under our skin and draws us in long before the plot kicks into gear,1,positive
of wit and dignity,1,positive
"a cheap thriller, a dumb comedy or",0,negative
introspective and,1,positive
on his sentimental journey of the heart,1,positive
this u-boat does n't have a captain.,0,negative
"solondz is without doubt an artist of uncompromising vision, but that vision is beginning to feel, if not morally bankrupt, at least terribly monotonous.",0,negative
is definitely a cut above the rest,1,positive
that's pure entertainment,1,positive
of the best looking and stylish,1,positive
a fifty car pileup of cliches,0,negative
the modern rut,0,negative
you are likely to be as heartily sick of mayhem as cage's war-weary marine.,0,negative
expands into a meditation on the deep deceptions of innocence,1,positive
"a timely, tongue-in-cheek profile",1,positive
achieves its main strategic objective :,1,positive
engaging and intimate first feature,1,positive
will nevertheless find moving.,1,positive
soul-stirring,1,positive
on its way,1,positive
a mischievous visual style,1,positive
innocent,1,positive
runs for only 71 minutes and,0,negative
ensure that the film is never dull,1,positive
an original idea,1,positive
"manipulation, an exploitation piece doing its usual worst to guilt-trip parents",0,negative
everything seem self-consciously poetic and forced,0,negative
a mobius strip,1,positive
without being insightful,0,negative
agreed,1,positive
a handsome but unfulfilling suspense drama more,0,negative
the ordeal of sitting through it,0,negative
the near-fatal mistake of being what the english call ` too clever by half,0,negative
"might want to take a reality check before you pay the full ticket price to see `` simone, '' and consider a dvd rental instead.",0,negative
call it classicism or be exasperated by a noticeable lack of pace,0,negative
an equally assured narrative coinage,1,positive
have loved it,1,positive
"the film is not only a love song to the movies but it also is more fully an example of the kind of lush, all-enveloping movie experience it rhapsodizes.",1,positive
impressively delicate range,1,positive
has been remarkable about clung-to traditions,1,positive
"even on its own ludicrous terms, the sum of all fears generates little narrative momentum, and invites unflattering comparisons to other installments in the ryan series.",0,negative
too little,0,negative
the story and structure are well-honed.,1,positive
tnt,1,positive
kinnear and dafoe give what may be the performances of their careers.,1,positive
"the leads are natural and lovely, the pace is serene, the humor wry and sprightly.",1,positive
the movie's seams may show ... but pellington gives `` mothman '' an irresistibly uncanny ambience that goes a long way toward keeping the picture compelling,1,positive
"what's surprising about this traditional thriller, moderately successful but not completely satisfying, is exactly how genteel and unsurprising the execution turns out to be.",1,positive
this animated adventure,1,positive
need a playful respite,1,positive
be called animation,1,positive
with a tawdry b-movie scum,0,negative
is left slightly unfulfilled.,0,negative
reaffirms life as it looks in the face of death,1,positive
"is too heady for children, and too preachy for adults.",0,negative
"at achieving the modest, crowd-pleasing goals it sets for itself",1,positive
"takes you by the face, strokes your cheeks and coos beseechingly at you",1,positive
astronomically bad,0,negative
as simple self-reflection meditation,1,positive
"( shyamalan ) turns the goose-pimple genre on its empty head and fills it with spirit, purpose and emotionally bruised characters who add up to more than body count.",1,positive
's not clear,0,negative
into a mundane '70s disaster flick,0,negative
"absorbing,",1,positive
with too little excitement and zero compelling storyline,0,negative
eventual discovery,1,positive
"what ( denis ) accomplishes in his chilling, unnerving film",1,positive
bona fide,1,positive
"pacino is brilliant as the sleep-deprived dormer, his increasing weariness as much existential as it is physical.",1,positive
", state property does n't end up being very inspiring or insightful.",0,negative
lovely flakiness,1,positive
a satisfying summer blockbuster and,1,positive
the scorpion king more than ably meets those standards,1,positive
"is nicely shot, well-edited",1,positive
"jumps off the page, and for the memorable character creations",1,positive
his impressions of life and loss and time and art with us,1,positive
cheapen,0,negative
is too savvy a filmmaker to let this morph into a typical romantic triangle.,1,positive
blob,0,negative
corniest,0,negative
the history is fascinating ; the action is dazzling.,1,positive
sucking you in ... and making you sweat,1,positive
"in no way original, or even all that memorable, but as downtown saturday matinee brain candy",0,negative
takes off in totally unexpected directions,1,positive
"poorly written, murky and weakly acted, the picture feels as if everyone making it lost their movie mojo.",0,negative
's got just enough charm and appealing character quirks to forgive that still serious problem,1,positive
", kissing jessica stein injects freshness and spirit into the romantic comedy genre, which has been held hostage by generic scripts that seek to remake sleepless in seattle again and again.",1,positive
sade achieves the near-impossible,1,positive
less funny than it thinks it is,0,negative
deserving of its oscar nomination,1,positive
it can easily worm its way into your heart.',1,positive
overwhelming sadness,0,negative
is actually quite entertaining.,1,positive
his penchant,1,positive
does n't really know or care about the characters,0,negative
alienate the mainstream audience while ringing cliched to hardened indie-heads,0,negative
touches the heart and the funnybone thanks to the energetic and always surprising performance by rachel griffiths,1,positive
"starts out like heathers, then becomes bring it on, then becomes unwatchable",0,negative
captures some of the discomfort and embarrassment of being a bumbling american in europe,0,negative
appealing about the characters,1,positive
change tables,1,positive
"regret and, ultimately,",0,negative
academy award,1,positive
"formulaic,",0,negative
"gaunt, silver-haired and leonine,",1,positive
how horrible,0,negative
gives everyone something to shout about.,1,positive
this delightful comedy,1,positive
", nothing good can happen",0,negative
"none of this sounds promising and, indeed, the first half of sorority boys is as appalling as any ` comedy ' to ever spill from a projector's lens",0,negative
"explode obnoxiously into 2,500 screens",0,negative
"is high on squaddie banter,",0,negative
"a gorgeously strange movie, heaven is deeply concerned with morality, but it refuses to spell things out for viewers",1,positive
", singing, and unforgettable characters",1,positive
"big fat liar is little more than home alone raised to a new, self-deprecating level.",0,negative
"-- putting together familiar themes of family, forgiveness and love in a new way -- lilo & stitch has a number of other assets to commend it to movie audiences both innocent and jaded.",1,positive
blustery movie,0,negative
", to say nothing of boring.",0,negative
's no other reason why anyone should bother remembering it,0,negative
more interesting,1,positive
beneath it,0,negative
bad in a major movie,0,negative
"pokes, provokes,",1,positive
"of teen-driven, toilet-humor codswallop",0,negative
come with the warning,0,negative
powerful direction,1,positive
a great way,1,positive
that upends nearly every cliché,1,positive
the refreshingly unhibited enthusiasm,1,positive
inferior level,0,negative
be forgettable,0,negative
no way,0,negative
is god,1,positive
an ` a ' list cast and some strong supporting players,1,positive
good theatre,1,positive
of cerebral and cinemantic flair,1,positive
it ends up falling short as a whole,0,negative
seagal ran out of movies years ago,0,negative
a knowing sense of humor and a lot of warmth ignite son of the bride.,1,positive
"on its own, big trouble could be considered a funny little film.",1,positive
insultingly simplistic,0,negative
offers an intriguing what-if premise,1,positive
a generic bloodbath that often becomes laughably unbearable when it is n't merely offensive.,0,negative
"enormously enjoyable, high-adrenaline documentary.",1,positive
frailty will turn bill paxton into an a-list director,1,positive
is a cinematic misdemeanor,0,negative
make a terrific 10th-grade learning tool,1,positive
genuine insight,1,positive
might be best forgotten,0,negative
the movie too often spins its wheels with familiar situations and repetitive scenes,0,negative
both ugly and mindless,0,negative
"as literary desecrations go, this makes for perfectly acceptable, occasionally very enjoyable children's entertainment.",1,positive
'll cheer.,1,positive
"slow and ponderous,",0,negative
there is nothing distinguishing in a randall wallace film,0,negative
of the charm and little,1,positive
of building to a laugh riot,1,positive
"the proficient, dull sorvino has no light touch, and",0,negative
"transformed the rhetoric of hollywood melodrama into something provocative, rich, and strange",1,positive
"despite the predictable parent vs. child coming-of-age theme, first-class, natural acting and a look at `` the real americans '' make this a charmer.",1,positive
is about as humorous as watching your favorite pet get buried alive,0,negative
the ` wow ' factor,0,negative
"is that, even in all its director's cut glory, he's made a film that's barely shocking, barely interesting and most of all, barely anything.",0,negative
its utterly misplaced earnestness,0,negative
"this new movie version of the alexandre dumas classic is the stuff of high romance, brought off with considerable wit.",1,positive
"saddled with an unwieldy cast of characters and angles, but the payoff is powerful and revelatory",1,positive
violated,0,negative
about as enjoyable,1,positive
typical late-twenty-somethings natter on about nothing,0,negative
she can act,1,positive
ugly to look at and not a hollywood product,0,negative
alternately fascinating and frustrating,1,positive
savory and hilarious,1,positive
", most humane and important holocaust movies ever made.",1,positive
"this is popcorn movie fun with equal doses of action, cheese, ham and cheek ( as well as a serious debt to the road warrior ), but",1,positive
"unspeakably,",0,negative
peril,1,positive
that stubbornly refused to gel,0,negative
"the film aims to be funny, uplifting and moving, sometimes all at once.",1,positive
matters play out realistically if not always fairly.,1,positive
"a rich tale of our times, very well told with an appropriate minimum of means.",1,positive
does her best,1,positive
menacing atmosphere,0,negative
seldom has a movie so closely matched the spirit of a man and his work.,1,positive
to have fun with it,1,positive
real heroism and abject suffering,1,positive
a porno flick ( but none of the sheer lust ),0,negative
matches about it.,1,positive
lecherous,0,negative
aims for the toilet and scores a direct hit.,0,negative
once intimate and universal cinema,1,positive
manipulative sentimentality and annoying stereotypes,0,negative
flash but little emotional resonance,0,negative
in terms of the low-grade cheese standards on which it operates,0,negative
adds substantial depth,1,positive
a tattered and ugly past with rose-tinted glasses,0,negative
were the people who paid to see it.,0,negative
an awkwardly garish showcase that diverges from anything,0,negative
without sacrificing any of the cultural intrigue,1,positive
garde,0,negative
is n't very interesting,0,negative
", rather than forcing us to endure every plot contrivance that the cliché-riddled genre can offer",0,negative
"'s surprisingly decent, particularly for a tenth installment in a series",1,positive
a twisted sense of humor,1,positive
finds amusing juxtapositions that justify his exercise,1,positive
most of what passes for sex in the movies look like cheap hysterics,0,negative
some of this laughable dialogue,0,negative
spontaneous creativity,1,positive
stunningly unoriginal,0,negative
feel my eyelids ... getting ... very ...,0,negative
slap me,0,negative
a fantastic dual performance from ian holm,1,positive
ravishing waif,0,negative
sustained fest of self-congratulation between actor and director that leaves scant place for the viewer,0,negative
"while general audiences might not come away with a greater knowledge of the facts of cuban music, they 'll be treated to an impressive and highly entertaining celebration of its sounds.",1,positive
"how they make their choices, and",1,positive
fun-for-fun's,1,positive
into hokum,0,negative
was particularly funny,1,positive
inspire a trip to the video store --,1,positive
"you come away thinking not only that kate is n't very bright, but that she has n't been worth caring about and that maybe she, janine and molly -- an all-woman dysfunctional family -- deserve one another.",0,negative
irreconcilable,0,negative
"that its dying, in this shower of black-and-white psychedelia, is quite beautiful",1,positive
", and yet at the end",1,positive
"derivative elements into something that is often quite rich and exciting, and always",1,positive
", a ripping good yarn is told.",1,positive
been better,0,negative
"all right, so it's not a brilliant piece of filmmaking, but it is a funny ( sometimes hilarious ) comedy with a deft sense of humor about itself, a playful spirit and a game cast.",1,positive
destruction,0,negative
", the emotions seem authentic",1,positive
managed to pack it with enough action to satisfy the boom-bam crowd without a huge sacrifice of character and mood,1,positive
adds an almost constant mindset of suspense,1,positive
melodramatic paranormal romance,0,negative
too smug,0,negative
unparalleled proportions,1,positive
dead production,0,negative
"kids will love its fantasy and adventure, and grownups should appreciate its whimsical humor",1,positive
"like coming into a long-running, well-written television series where you 've missed the first half-dozen episodes and probably wo n't see the next six.",0,negative
's no new `` a christmas carol '' out in the theaters this year,1,positive
", in short, is n't nearly as funny as it thinks it is",0,negative
is a superior horror flick.,1,positive
the story is lacking any real emotional impact,0,negative
does n't have a passion for the material.,0,negative
love and humility,1,positive
knock back a beer with but they 're simply not funny performers,0,negative
that it ranks with the best of herzog's works,1,positive
what a great way to spend 4 units of your day.,1,positive
they are having so much fun,1,positive
"even if you 've seen `` stomp '' ( the stage show ), you still have to see this!",1,positive
undeniably exceedingly clever,1,positive
toss logic and science,0,negative
"from the screenplay, but rather the mediocre performances",0,negative
ethnic sleeper,1,positive
"you need n't be steeped in '50s sociology, pop culture or movie lore to appreciate the emotional depth of haynes ' work.",1,positive
they need it to sell us on this twisted love story,0,negative
with purpose and finesse,1,positive
"a cast that seems to include every top-notch british actor who did not appear in gosford park ( as well as one, ms. mirren, who did )",1,positive
too dry and too placid,0,negative
is n't going to jell,0,negative
"haphazard, and inconsequential romantic",0,negative
the beat he hears in his soul,1,positive
visually masterful work,1,positive
"is no psychology here, and no real narrative logic -- just a series of carefully choreographed atrocities, which become strangely impersonal and abstract.",0,negative
it is n't much fun.,0,negative
a visually stunning rumination,1,positive
... a rather bland affair.,0,negative
an overwhelming pleasure,1,positive
"in theory, a middle-aged romance pairing clayburgh and tambor sounds promising,",1,positive
the true impact,1,positive
intriguing and alluring premise,1,positive
over with,0,negative
"judging by those standards, ` scratch ' is a pretty decent little documentary.",1,positive
"many went to see the attraction for the sole reason that it was hot outside and there was air conditioning inside,",0,negative
"carrying this wafer-thin movie on his nimble shoulders, chan wades through putrid writing, direction and timing with a smile that says, ` if i stay positive, maybe i can channel one of my greatest pictures, drunken master.'",0,negative
"love and compassion garnered from years of seeing it all, a condition only the old are privy to, and ... often misconstrued as weakness",1,positive
provides a very moving and revelatory footnote to the holocaust.,1,positive
nails hard -,1,positive
girlish tear ducts does n't mean it's good enough for our girls,0,negative
the powder blues and sun-splashed whites of tunis make an alluring backdrop for this sensuous and spirited tale of a prim widow who finds an unlikely release in belly-dancing clubs.,1,positive
"second helpings of love, romance, tragedy, false dawns, real dawns, comic relief, two separate crises during marriage ceremonies,",1,positive
tries-so-hard-to-be-cool,0,negative
"a depraved, incoherent, instantly disposable piece of hackery",0,negative
the efforts of a first-rate cast,1,positive
its characters and communicates something,1,positive
"cherry orchard is badly edited, often awkwardly directed and suffers from the addition of a wholly unnecessary pre-credit sequence designed to give some of the characters a ` back story.'",0,negative
its own quirky hipness,1,positive
"a determined, ennui-hobbled slog that really does n't have much to say beyond the news",0,negative
serving sara is little more than a mall movie designed to kill time.,0,negative
capitalizes on this concept and opts for the breezy and amateurish feel of an after school special on the subject of tolerance,0,negative
distracting,0,negative
", four-star movie",1,positive
who might enjoy this,1,positive
wo n't be remembered as one of ( witherspoon's ) better films.,0,negative
"mind crappy movies as much as adults,",0,negative
"punched through by an inconsistent, meandering, and sometimes dry plot",0,negative
equally miserable,0,negative
very funny,1,positive
"scotland looks wonderful, the fans are often funny fanatics,",1,positive
will find millions of eager fans.,1,positive
richly detailed,1,positive
if it's not entirely memorable,0,negative
a little violence and lots of sex in a bid to hold our attention,0,negative
"so muddled, repetitive and ragged that it says far less about the horrifying historical reality than about the filmmaker's characteristic style",0,negative
is a sincerely crafted picture that deserves to emerge from the traffic jam of holiday movies,1,positive
his own preoccupations and obsessions,1,positive
"than the screenplay, which lags badly in the middle and lurches between not-very-funny comedy, unconvincing dramatics and some last-minute action strongly reminiscent of run lola run",0,negative
a monumental achievement,1,positive
ca n't support the epic treatment,0,negative
"old-fashioned, occasionally charming and",1,positive
that it's hard not to be carried away,1,positive
it's trying to set the women's liberation movement back 20 years,0,negative
two hours fly by -- opera's a pleasure when you do n't have to endure intermissions -- and even a novice to the form comes away exhilarated.,1,positive
watch witherspoon's talents wasting away inside unnecessary films like legally blonde and sweet home abomination,0,negative
"the film starts promisingly, but the ending is all too predictable and far too cliched to really work.",0,negative
"anyone could desire to the cheap, graceless, hackneyed sci-fi serials of the '30s and '40s",0,negative
is more engaging than the usual fantasies hollywood produces,1,positive
nasty aftertaste,0,negative
's most substantial feature for some time,1,positive
"special p.o.v. camera mounts on bikes, skateboards, and motorcycles provide an intense experience when splashed across the immense imax screen.",1,positive
accepting him in the role,1,positive
is so clumsily sentimental and ineptly directed it may leave you speaking in tongues,0,negative
the plot ` surprises,1,positive
really horrible,0,negative
fails to keep it up and,0,negative
"while some of the camera work is interesting, the film's mid-to-low budget is betrayed by the surprisingly shoddy makeup work.",0,negative
the beautiful images and solemn words,1,positive
of the best of a growing strain of daring films,1,positive
"much colorful eye candy, including the spectacle of gere in his dancing shoes,",1,positive
of movie that leaves vague impressions and a nasty aftertaste but little clear memory of its operational mechanics,0,negative
cute partnership,1,positive
"form a remarkably cohesive whole, both visually and thematically, through their consistently sensitive and often exciting treatment of an ignored people",1,positive
skillful filmmaker,1,positive
losin ' his fan base,0,negative
legendary actor michel serrault,1,positive
between being wickedly funny and just plain wicked,1,positive
"striking, quietly vulnerable personality",1,positive
should never forget,1,positive
it gets to you.,1,positive
ararat is fiercely intelligent and uncommonly ambitious.,1,positive
", paralyzed",0,negative
have to give them credit for : the message of the movie,1,positive
pleasure to watch,1,positive
solid ',1,positive
the genre and another first-rate performance,1,positive
"feels like the work of someone who may indeed have finally aged past his prime ... and, perhaps more than he realizes, just wants to be liked by the people who can still give him work.",0,negative
"is hugely overwritten,",0,negative
championship,1,positive
can go home again,1,positive
that the less charitable might describe as a castrated,0,negative
"is the gabbiest giant-screen movie ever,",0,negative
first film something of a sleeper success,1,positive
"based on dave barry's popular book of the same name, the movie benefits from having a real writer plot out all of the characters ' moves and overlapping story.",1,positive
director charles stone iii applies more detail to the film's music than to the story line ; what's best about drumline is its energy.,1,positive
the 1989 paradiso will prefer this new version,1,positive
"aims to be funny, uplifting and moving, sometimes all at once",1,positive
real women have curves truly is life affirming,1,positive
"a funny, triumphant, and moving documentary",1,positive
juwanna mann,1,positive
a joy,1,positive
lets the pictures do the punching,1,positive
"brings a youthful, out-to-change-the-world aggressiveness to the project, as if she's cut open a vein and",1,positive
feels so distant you might as well be watching it through a telescope,0,negative
enough throwaway references to faith and rainbows to plant smile-button faces on that segment of the populace that made a walk to remember a niche hit,1,positive
"it's not like having a real film of nijinsky, but at least it's better than that eponymous 1980 biopic that used soap in the places where the mysteries lingered.",1,positive
sparse,0,negative
"it's kind of insulting, both to men and women.",0,negative
five screenwriters are credited with the cliché-laden screenplay ; it seems as if each watered down the version of the one before.,0,negative
show-stoppingly,1,positive
how desperate the makers of this ` we 're - doing-it-for - the-cash ' sequel were,0,negative
", heartwarming yarn",1,positive
is n't one moment in the film that surprises or delights.,0,negative
"even at its worst, it's not half-bad.",1,positive
bullock's memorable first interrogation of gosling,1,positive
slurs,0,negative
a compelling story of musical passion against governmental odds,1,positive
was impressed by how many tit-for-tat retaliatory responses the filmmakers allow before pulling the plug on the conspirators and averting an american-russian armageddon,1,positive
"have to worry about being subjected to farts, urine, feces, semen, or any of the other foul substances that have overrun modern-day comedies",0,negative
seem so real,1,positive
that only ever walked the delicate tightrope between farcical and loathsome,0,negative
"'s a glorified sitcom, and a long, unfunny one at that.",0,negative
out-of-kilter,0,negative
"the story line may be 127 years old, but el crimen del padre amaro ... could n't be more timely in its despairing vision of corruption within the catholic establishment",1,positive
the insinuation of mediocre acting or a fairly trite narrative,0,negative
"no major discoveries, nor any stylish sizzle",0,negative
between chaplin and kidman,1,positive
he's made at least one damn fine horror movie,1,positive
an hour-and-a-half-long commercial,0,negative
exceptional lead performances,1,positive
so awful,0,negative
are especially fine,1,positive
an adult who's apparently been forced by his kids to watch too many barney videos,1,positive
"allows us to be transported into the life of wladyslaw szpilman, who is not only a pianist, but a good human being.",1,positive
convincing case,1,positive
"a beyond-lame satire, teddy bears ' picnic ranks among the most pitiful directing",0,negative
that will have viewers guessing just who's being conned right up to the finale,1,positive
"a solidly constructed, entertaining thriller that stops short of true inspiration",1,positive
virtually plotless,0,negative
dialogue and inventive moments,1,positive
an eventual cult classic,1,positive
"a mildly funny, sometimes tedious, ultimately insignificant",0,negative
"road to perdition does display greatness, and it's worth seeing.",1,positive
is balanced by a rich visual clarity and deeply,1,positive
emphasizes the computer and the cool,1,positive
"that work -- is charming, is moving",1,positive
boiling point,0,negative
another genre exercise,0,negative
pristine,1,positive
thriller junk,0,negative
aimed mainly at little kids but with plenty of entertainment value to keep grown-ups from squirming in their seats.,1,positive
terrible adaptation,0,negative
"they presume their audience wo n't sit still for a sociology lesson, however entertainingly presented, so",1,positive
the level of acting elevates the material above pat inspirational status and gives it a sturdiness and solidity that we 've long associated with washington the actor.,1,positive
hedonistic creativity,1,positive
the wonderful cinematography and,1,positive
lacking a depth in storytelling usually found in anime like this,0,negative
like leafing through an album of photos accompanied by the sketchiest of captions.,0,negative
more bizarre than,0,negative
"but ... in trying to capture the novel's deeper intimate resonances, the film has -- ironically - distanced us from the characters.",0,negative
that stands a good chance of being the big,1,positive
an engrossing iranian film about two itinerant teachers and some lost and desolate people,1,positive
valley of the dolls,1,positive
"pointed personalities, courage, tragedy",1,positive
"the acting is just fine, but",1,positive
a much better documentary,1,positive
could feel my eyelids ... getting ... very ... heavy,0,negative
"the film, while not exactly assured in its execution, is notable for its sheer audacity and openness.",1,positive
like a medium-grade network sitcom -- mostly inoffensive,0,negative
damn,0,negative
"in their own idiosyncratic way, sum up the strange horror of life in the new millennium",1,positive
attraction,1,positive
"with an admirably dark first script by brent hanley, paxton, making his directorial feature debut, does strong, measured work.",1,positive
also has a strong dramatic and emotional pull that gradually sneaks up on the audience,1,positive
an ebullient affection,1,positive
a computer-generated cold fish,0,negative
"if you 're looking for something new and hoping for something entertaining, you 're in luck.",1,positive
"rewritten, and for the uncompromising knowledge that the highest power of all is the power of love",1,positive
epiphany,1,positive
", first-time director denzel washington and a top-notch cast manage to keep things interesting.",1,positive
is that van wilder does little that is actually funny with the material,0,negative
should be served an eviction notice at every theater stuck with it,0,negative
eric schweig and graham greene both exude an air of dignity that's perfect for the proud warrior that still lingers in the souls of these characters.,1,positive
"jacobi, the most fluent of actors, is given relatively dry material from nijinsky's writings to perform, and the visuals, even erotically frank ones, become dullingly repetitive.",0,negative
romantic comedy with a fresh point of view,1,positive
"good actors, good poetry",1,positive
although i did n't hate this one,1,positive
there's not a fresh idea at the core of this tale.,0,negative
an artistry,1,positive
the grieving process,0,negative
potent,1,positive
just the right tone,1,positive
"it feels like very light errol morris, focusing on eccentricity but failing, ultimately, to make something bigger out of its scrapbook of oddballs.",0,negative
"lack contrast,",0,negative
than seeing an otherwise good movie marred beyond redemption by a disastrous ending,0,negative
low on energy,0,negative
offering fine acting moments and pungent,1,positive
a deficit of flim-flam,0,negative
"fathers and sons, and the uneasy bonds between them, rarely have received such a sophisticated and unsentimental treatment on the big screen as they do in this marvelous film.",1,positive
dullest science fiction,0,negative
barker movie,1,positive
forcing us to endure every plot contrivance that the cliché-riddled genre can offer,0,negative
"sad nonsense,",0,negative
energy and wit to entertain all ages,1,positive
first,1,positive
", ponderous and charmless",0,negative
unoriginal mess,0,negative
subtlety has never been his trademark,0,negative
had a wonderful account to work from,1,positive
"a glorified sitcom,",0,negative
"it's often overwritten, with a surfeit of weighty revelations, flowery dialogue, and nostalgia for the past and roads not taken.",0,negative
"gorgeous, passionate",1,positive
a refreshing and comical spin on the all-too-familiar saga of the contemporary single woman,1,positive
mr. koshashvili is a director to watch.,1,positive
every one ( and no one ),0,negative
is a shrewd and effective film from a director who understands how to create and sustain a mood,1,positive
makes my big fat greek wedding look like an apartheid drama,0,negative
rigid and evasive,0,negative
to an impressive and highly entertaining celebration of its sounds,1,positive
imitations,0,negative
cohesive story,1,positive
would make an excellent companion piece to the similarly themed ` the french lieutenant's woman.,1,positive
those movies barely registering a blip on the radar screen of 2002,0,negative
their lack,0,negative
sit through crap like this,0,negative
works well enough,1,positive
"the film has a laundry list of minor shortcomings, but the numerous scenes of gory mayhem are worth the price of admission ... if `` gory mayhem '' is your idea of a good time.",1,positive
"their often heartbreaking testimony, spoken directly into director patricio guzman's camera,",1,positive
"cell phones, guns, and the internal combustion engine",0,negative
"a generous, inspiring film that unfolds with grace and humor and gradually becomes a testament to faith.",1,positive
"plunges you into a reality that is, more often then not, difficult and sad, and",1,positive
one of the best gay love stories,1,positive
finds its tone and several scenes run,1,positive
it's not like having a real film of nijinsky,0,negative
here's yet another cool crime movie that actually manages to bring something new into the mix.,1,positive
an unseemly pleasure,1,positive
called best bad film you thought was going to be really awful,0,negative
's a very very strong `` b +.'',1,positive
frittered away,0,negative
least favorite,0,negative
ignored it in favor of old ` juvenile delinquent ' paperbacks with titles,0,negative
does n't deserve the energy it takes to describe how bad it is,0,negative
"not a film for the faint of heart or conservative of spirit, but for the rest of us -- especially san francisco lovers -- it's a spirited film and a must-see",1,positive
"the engaging,",1,positive
highly-praised disappointments i,0,negative
the call of the wild,1,positive
mostly believable,1,positive
been slimed in the name of high art,0,negative
"is badly edited, often awkwardly directed and suffers from the addition of a wholly unnecessary pre-credit sequence designed to give some of the characters a ` back story.",0,negative
"a delightful, witty, improbable romantic comedy with a zippy jazzy score",1,positive
"an honest, sensitive story from a vietnamese point",1,positive
"an unsettling, memorable cinematic experience that",1,positive
the holiday message of the 37-minute santa vs. the snowman leaves a lot to be desired.,0,negative
helpful,1,positive
to be something really good,1,positive
"quite simply, a joy to watch and -- especially -- to listen to.",1,positive
uses grant's own twist of acidity to prevent itself from succumbing to its own bathos,1,positive
's a pretty listless collection of kid-movie clichés.,0,negative
reaction,1,positive
to forget that they are actually movie folk,1,positive
"as enlightening, insightful and entertaining",1,positive
delights for adults,1,positive
tense with suspense,1,positive
dazzling dream,1,positive
far the worst movie of the year,0,negative
one of the rarest kinds of films : a family-oriented non-disney film that is actually funny without hitting below the belt,1,positive
could n't be better as a cruel but weirdly likable wasp matron,1,positive
"it's time for an absurd finale of twisted metal, fireballs and revenge",0,negative
a witty,1,positive
"suspense, intriguing characters and bizarre bank robberies",1,positive
"a smart, nuanced look at de sade and what might have happened at picpus",1,positive
delivers a powerful commentary,1,positive
", the film gets added disdain for the fact that it is nearly impossible to look at or understand.",0,negative
"the premise of `` abandon '' holds promise,",1,positive
seems as deflated as he does,0,negative
is very choppy and monosyllabic despite the fact,0,negative
jackass is a vulgar and,0,negative
sexy and romantic.,1,positive
"is fun, and host to some truly excellent sequences",1,positive
sexually explicit,0,negative
bold colors,1,positive
is as deep as a petri dish and as well-characterized,0,negative
nicholson's understated performance is wonderful.,1,positive
that relies on more than special effects,1,positive
something hip and transgressive,1,positive
"a movie filled with unlikable, spiteful idiots",0,negative
is why i have given it a one-star rating.,0,negative
"the sex, a wonderful tale of love and destiny",1,positive
a better thriller,1,positive
stunning new young talent,1,positive
"derivative elements into something that is often quite rich and exciting, and always a beauty to behold",1,positive
luminous,1,positive
just slopped ` em together here,0,negative
it's not an easy one to review.,0,negative
dumbed-down,0,negative
that comes through all too painfully in the execution,0,negative
is such that the movie does not do them justice,0,negative
"my enjoyment came at the expense of seeing justice served, even if it's a dish that's best served cold",1,positive
", you realize there's no place for this story to go but down",0,negative
exciting documentary.,1,positive
feel like mopping up,0,negative
"thrill you, touch you and",1,positive
another in-your-face wallow in the lower depths made by people who have never sung those blues.,0,negative
easy to be bored by as your abc's,0,negative
the piano teacher,1,positive
it may be because teens are looking for something to make them laugh.,1,positive
snore,0,negative
swept away by the sheer beauty of his images,1,positive
a welcome relief,1,positive
"a paunchy midsection, several plodding action sequences",0,negative
these were more repulsive than the first 30 or 40 minutes,0,negative
is not one of the movies you 'd want to watch if you only had a week to live,0,negative
plus,1,positive
and no one ),1,positive
more frustrating than a modem that disconnects every 10 seconds,0,negative
its moviegoing pleasures,1,positive
"a mostly believable, refreshingly low-key and quietly inspirational little sports drama.",1,positive
sometimes endearing,1,positive
anemic,0,negative
heedless,0,negative
little sticky and unsatisfied,0,negative
the kind of entertainment that parents love to have their kids,1,positive
when there's nothing else happening,0,negative
give what may be the performances of their careers,1,positive
the holocaust,0,negative
serious suspense,1,positive
"give shapiro, goldman, and bolado credit for good intentions, but",1,positive
slapped together,0,negative
dissing the film that they did n't mind the ticket cost,0,negative
make it as much fun as reading an oversized picture book before bedtime.,1,positive
potty-mouthed,0,negative
helmer,1,positive
a work of entertainment,1,positive
notable for its sheer audacity and openness,1,positive
"white oleander may leave you rolling your eyes in the dark,",0,negative
of surprises,1,positive
"little too obvious,",0,negative
", this film's impressive performances and adept direction are n't likely to leave a lasting impression.",0,negative
off witty and sophisticated,1,positive
"is the rare common-man artist who's wise enough to recognize that there are few things in this world more complex -- and, as it turns out, more fragile -- than happiness",1,positive
eventually works its way up to merely bad rather than painfully awful.,0,negative
reading your scripts before signing that dotted line,0,negative
a failure as straight drama,0,negative
"it's a compelling and horrifying story, and",1,positive
unlaughable,0,negative
gives a performance that is masterly,1,positive
to gravity and plummets,0,negative
"transcends its agenda to deliver awe-inspiring, at times sublime, visuals and offer a fascinating glimpse into the subculture of extreme athletes whose derring-do puts the x into the games.",1,positive
a cruelly funny twist on teen comedy,1,positive
a good-natured ensemble comedy,1,positive
wastes its time on mood rather than,0,negative
's really just another major league,0,negative
more sophisticated and,1,positive
"here a more annoying, though less angry",0,negative
string together enough charming moments,1,positive
clean and,1,positive
a nicely understated expression of the grief,1,positive
delicious and delicately funny look,1,positive
jacquot preserves tosca's intoxicating ardor through his use of the camera.,1,positive
an attraction that crosses sexual identity,1,positive
"be going through the motions, beginning with the pale script",0,negative
its moment,0,negative
"nair's attention to detail creates an impeccable sense of place, while thurman and lewis give what can easily be considered career-best performances.",1,positive
"'s as rude and profane as ever, always hilarious and, most of the time, absolutely right",1,positive
"despite some strong performances, never rises above the level of a telanovela.",0,negative
just plain dumb,0,negative
even betters it,1,positive
reason to go,1,positive
comedic,1,positive
cagney's ` top of the world ',1,positive
that's its first sign of trouble.,0,negative
of the populace that made a walk to remember a niche hit,1,positive
it one of the best war movies ever made,1,positive
probably the best case for christianity,1,positive
its passages of sensitive observation,1,positive
probe questions of attraction and interdependence,1,positive
with big heart,1,positive
should get all five,1,positive
"much meandering, norton has to recite bland police procedural details, fiennes wanders around in an attempt to seem weird and distanced, hopkins looks like a drag queen",0,negative
"deliberately and devotedly constructed, far from heaven is too picture postcard perfect, too neat and new pin-like, too obviously a recreation to resonate.",1,positive
appreciates the art and reveals a music scene that transcends culture and race,1,positive
"brazil-like, hyper-real satire",1,positive
is interested in nothing,0,negative
i could just skip it,0,negative
may be convinced that he has something significant to say,0,negative
"a difficult, absorbing film that manages to convey more substance despite its repetitions and inconsistencies than do most films than are far more pointed and clear.",1,positive
"( d ) espite its familiar subject matter, ice age is consistently amusing and engrossing ...",1,positive
to spoof both black and white stereotypes equally,1,positive
detailing,1,positive
even after 90 minutes of playing opposite each other,0,negative
seduce and,1,positive
the feel of a fanciful motion picture,1,positive
"also like its hero, it remains brightly optimistic, coming through in the end",1,positive
the obvious cliches,0,negative
shallow rumination,0,negative
highly predictable narrative,0,negative
has its moments -- and almost as many subplots,1,positive
captures the raw comic energy of one of our most flamboyant female comics,1,positive
"oversexed, at times overwrought comedy/drama that",0,negative
attal pushes too hard to make this a comedy or serious drama.,0,negative
"uninspired, and peopled mainly by characters so unsympathetic that you 're left with a sour taste in your mouth",0,negative
that should be used to burn every print of the film,0,negative
"mr. deeds is not really a film as much as it is a loose collection of not-so-funny gags, scattered moments of lazy humor.",0,negative
"nothing happens, and it happens to flat characters.",0,negative
"it's affecting, amusing, sad and reflective.",1,positive
most of jaglom's self-conscious and gratingly irritating films,0,negative
give a spark to `` chasing amy '' and `` changing lanes '' falls flat as thinking man cia agent jack ryan in this summer's new action film,0,negative
", provocative",1,positive
"remarkably fuddled about motives and context, which drains it of the dramatic substance that would shake us in our boots ( or cinema seats )",0,negative
"seem like a recycling of clichés, an assassin's greatest hits",0,negative
in just such a dungpile that you 'd swear you,0,negative
was so uninspiring,0,negative
if it were any more of a turkey,0,negative
are padding unashamedly appropriated from the teen-exploitation playbook,0,negative
is something that is so meditative and lyrical about babak payami's boldly quirky iranian drama secret ballot ... a charming and evoking little ditty that manages to show the gentle and humane side of middle eastern world politics,1,positive
the movie is about as deep as that sentiment.,0,negative
quite the genre-busting film,1,positive
repeating what he's already done way too often,0,negative
", it's not too bad.",1,positive
intriguing and stylish,1,positive
humor wry,1,positive
forgets,0,negative
to finally revel in its splendor,1,positive
the martial arts master to top form,1,positive
"cold, sterile and lacking any color or warmth",0,negative
an already thin story,0,negative
"cleverness, wit or",1,positive
"the production has been made with an enormous amount of affection,",1,positive
"never again, while nothing special, is pleasant, diverting and modest -- definitely a step in the right direction.",1,positive
a bittersweet drama about the limbo of grief and how truth-telling,1,positive
"there are n't too many films that can be as simultaneously funny, offbeat and heartwarming ( without a thick shmear of the goo, at least ),",1,positive
would tax einstein's brain.,0,negative
for whom she shows little understanding,0,negative
slides downhill as soon as macho action conventions assert themselves.,0,negative
( a ) smarter and much funnier version of the old police academy flicks.,1,positive
"a dull, simple-minded and stereotypical tale of drugs",0,negative
captivating and intimate study,1,positive
an old-fashioned drama of substance about a teacher's slide down the slippery slope of dishonesty after an encounter with the rich and the powerful who have nothing but disdain for virtue.,1,positive
"with increasingly amused irony, the relationship between reluctant captors and befuddled captives.",1,positive
gentle,1,positive
stimulating and demanding,1,positive
a chafing inner loneliness and desperate grandiosity,0,negative
employs changes that fit it well rather than ones that were imposed for the sake of commercial sensibilities,1,positive
"really long, slow and dreary time",0,negative
has never been smoother or more confident,1,positive
that same option to slap her creators because they 're clueless and inept,0,negative
the smarter offerings,1,positive
documentary to disregard available bias,1,positive
and drab wannabe,0,negative
kouyate elicits strong performances from his cast,1,positive
... a sour little movie at its core ; an exploration of the emptiness that underlay the relentless gaiety,0,negative
roughly equal amounts of beautiful movement and inside information.,1,positive
the film is strictly routine.,0,negative
a fullness,1,positive
"just about more stately than any contemporary movie this year ... a true study, a film with a questioning heart",1,positive
a bodice-ripper for intellectuals.,1,positive
diverting and modest,1,positive
luscious,1,positive
mark ms. bullock's best work in some time,1,positive
hugely enjoyable in its own right though not really faithful to its source's complexity,1,positive
less-is-more approach,1,positive
"'s something unintentionally comic in the film's drumbeat about authenticity, given the stale plot and pornographic way the film revels in swank apartments, clothes and parties.",0,negative
", it might be like trying to eat brussels sprouts.",0,negative
does not really make the case the kissinger should be tried as a war criminal,0,negative
put on an intoxicating show.,1,positive
love,1,positive
of its seas of sand to the fierce grandeur of its sweeping battle scenes,1,positive
just another combination of bad animation and mindless violence,0,negative
's hard to imagine another director ever making his wife look so bad in a major movie.,0,negative
its recycled aspects,0,negative
the cast portrays their cartoon counterparts well ... but quite frankly,1,positive
"the only possible complaint you could have about spirited away is that there is no rest period, no timeout",1,positive
that it is n't very good,0,negative
"will find little of interest in this film, which is often preachy and poorly acted",0,negative
to grow boring ... which proves that rohmer still has a sense of his audience,1,positive
"the leads are so unmemorable, despite several attempts at lengthy dialogue scenes, that one eventually resents having to inhale this gutter romancer's secondhand material.",0,negative
been smoother or more confident,1,positive
"speaks volumes,",1,positive
appealing,1,positive
swims away with the sleeper movie of the summer award,0,negative
", though, there is a really cool bit -- the movie's conception of a future-world holographic librarian ( orlando jones ) who knows everything and answers all questions, is visually smart, cleverly written, and nicely realized.",1,positive
food-for-thought cinema,1,positive
where one's imagination will lead when given the opportunity,1,positive
"it's not that kung pow is n't funny some of the time -- it just is n't any funnier than bad martial arts movies are all by themselves, without all oedekerk's impish augmentation.",0,negative
to the always hilarious meara and levy,1,positive
comes off like a hallmark commercial,0,negative
"jaw-dropping action sequences, striking villains, a gorgeous color palette, astounding technology,",1,positive
"if you can push on through the slow spots, you 'll be rewarded with some fine acting.",1,positive
for that reason it may be the most oddly honest hollywood document of all,1,positive
a movie that is n't just offensive,0,negative
know the band or the album's songs by heart,1,positive
a crass and insulting homage,0,negative
a distinguished and thoughtful film,1,positive
plainly dull and visually ugly,0,negative
his top-notch creative team,1,positive
"in fact, even better.",1,positive
mending a child's pain for his dead mother via communication with an old woman straight out of eudora welty,0,negative
"and wai ka fai are ) sure to find an enthusiastic audience among american action-adventure buffs, but the film's interests",1,positive
"most opaque, self-indulgent and just plain",0,negative
reasonably entertaining sequel,1,positive
"cheap,",0,negative
rare family movie,1,positive
surprisingly entertaining,1,positive
spiritual survival,1,positive
worth sitting through,1,positive
that rohmer still has a sense of his audience,1,positive
a glorious dose,1,positive
a very tasteful rock and roll movie,1,positive
"it lets you brush up against the humanity of a psycho, without making him any less psycho.",1,positive
irony,0,negative
that you 've spent the past 20 minutes looking at your watch,0,negative
manages to instruct without reeking of research library dust.,1,positive
getting there is not even half the interest.,0,negative
pushed into the margins,0,negative
far more interesting,1,positive
's its first sign of trouble,0,negative
embarrassment and others,0,negative
bargain-basement,0,negative
"the universal themes, earnest performances",1,positive
the advantage of a postapocalyptic setting is that it can be made on the cheap.,0,negative
"a broad, melodramatic estrogen opera that's pretty toxic in its own right.",0,negative
cannibal lust above the ordinary,1,positive
handily,1,positive
is n't a bad film,1,positive
feel pissed off,0,negative
driven by a fantastic dual performance from ian holm ...,1,positive
so boring,0,negative
smarter,1,positive
"everett remains a perfect wildean actor,",1,positive
the better film's ability to make its subject interesting to those who are n't part of its supposed target audience,1,positive
far-flung,0,negative
is masterful,1,positive
"the recording sessions are intriguing,",1,positive
"are beautifully realized through clever makeup design, leaving one to hope that the eventual dvd release will offer subtitles and the original italian-language soundtrack",1,positive
"inescapably gorgeous,",1,positive
totally past his prime,0,negative
"of observation in the work of the director, frank novak, that keeps the film grounded in an undeniable social realism",1,positive
collapses into an inhalant blackout,0,negative
for purposes of bland hollywood romance,0,negative
written and directed with brutal honesty and respect for its audience.,1,positive
then it's the perfect cure for insomnia.,0,negative
shapeless and,0,negative
of drooling idiots,0,negative
extremely languorous rhythms,0,negative
an undeniable energy,1,positive
creates something more beautiful than either of those films,1,positive
"i just saw this movie ... well, it's probably not accurate to call it a movie",0,negative
irritatingly transparent,0,negative
is dreamy and evocative,1,positive
too bad none of it is funny.,0,negative
"that, by the end, no one in the audience or the film seems to really care",0,negative
an engrossing portrait of uncompromising artists trying to create something original,1,positive
is wonderful as the long-faced sad sack,1,positive
the acting is fine but the script is about as interesting as a recording of conversations at the wal-mart checkout line,0,negative
"does a great combination act as narrator, jewish grandmother and subject --",1,positive
contemporary,1,positive
the violence is at once luridly graphic and laughably unconvincing,0,negative
just such a dungpile,0,negative
more fun than conan the barbarian,1,positive
"despite its title, punch-drunk love is never heavy-handed.",1,positive
", it would be rendered tedious by avary's failure to construct a story with even a trace of dramatic interest.",0,negative
"even when there are lulls, the emotions seem authentic,",1,positive
superbly,1,positive
"be low, very low, very very low, for the masquerade to work",0,negative
bogged down in earnest dramaturgy,0,negative
dense,0,negative
admirable reconstruction,1,positive
skillfully assembled,1,positive
laughable,0,negative
`` auto focus '' works as an unusual biopic and document of male swingers in the playboy era,1,positive
"when a movie has stuck around for this long, you know there's something there.",1,positive
this rush to profits,0,negative
"humorless,",0,negative
gripping and compelling,1,positive
it is instructive,1,positive
"an interesting topic, some intriguing characters",1,positive
what ` blade runner ' would 've looked like as a low-budget series on a uhf channel.,0,negative
wildly incompetent but brilliantly named half past dead -- or for seagal pessimists : totally past his prime,0,negative
too many wrong turns,0,negative
clever and cutting,1,positive
the best animated,1,positive
"co-writer/director jonathan parker's attempts to fashion a brazil-like, hyper-real satire fall dreadfully short.",0,negative
"builds to an intense indoor drama about compassion, sacrifice, and christian love",1,positive
no foundation,0,negative
runs on the pure adrenalin,1,positive
you can take the grandkids or the grandparents and never worry about anyone being bored,1,positive
wonderfully sprawling,1,positive
", is a note of defiance over social dictates.",1,positive
genuinely sweet,1,positive
"watch, giggle and get an adrenaline boost",1,positive
annoying orgy,0,negative
"is far-flung, illogical, and plain stupid.",0,negative
a detailed historical document,1,positive
meets those standards,1,positive
for bathroom breaks,0,negative
weird that i honestly never knew what the hell was coming next,1,positive
`` interesting '',1,positive
's a scorcher,1,positive
"the edge of your seat with its shape-shifting perils, political intrigue and brushes",1,positive
"if the film's vision of sport as a secular religion is a bit cloying, its through-line of family and community is heartening in the same way that each season marks a new start.",1,positive
what saves it ... and makes it,1,positive
lightweight but appealing.,1,positive
"construct based on theory, sleight-of-hand, and ill-wrought hypothesis",0,negative
", murder hits and generally sustains a higher plateau with bullock's memorable first interrogation of gosling.",1,positive
illustrating the demons bedevilling the modern masculine journey,0,negative
", original talent",1,positive
perfectly serviceable,1,positive
genuinely witty,1,positive
is nothing funny in this every-joke-has - been-told-a - thousand-times - before movie.,0,negative
the gorgeous piano and strings on the soundtrack,1,positive
intelligence and a vision both painterly and literary,1,positive
"of marivaux's rhythms, and mira sorvino's limitations as a classical actress",0,negative
a play that only ever walked the delicate tightrope between farcical and loathsome,0,negative
"has a built-in audience, but only among those who are drying out from spring break and are still unconcerned about what they ingest",0,negative
frightening and compelling,1,positive
should strike a nerve in many,0,negative
what enlivens this film,1,positive
the improperly hammy performance from poor stephen rea,0,negative
desperate for attention it nearly breaks its little neck trying to perform entertaining tricks,0,negative
its worst harangues,0,negative
is about to turn onto a different path,1,positive
seeking anyone with acting ambition but no sense of pride or shame,0,negative
little more than a mall movie designed to kill time,0,negative
i thought my own watch had stopped keeping time as i slogged my way through clockstoppers.,0,negative
clunky tv-movie approach,0,negative
it is n't very good,0,negative
"in the simple telling, proves simultaneously harrowing and uplifting",1,positive
some body smacks of exhibitionism more than it does cathartic truth telling.,0,negative
will laugh their *** off for an hour-and-a-half,1,positive
a love story as sanguine,0,negative
an artsploitation movie with too much exploitation and too little art,0,negative
personal tragedy and,0,negative
"a far bigger, far more meaningful story",1,positive
one good idea,1,positive
well together,1,positive
"kouyate elicits strong performances from his cast,",1,positive
a pretty good execution of a story that's a lot richer than the ones hollywood action screenwriters usually come up with on their own,1,positive
it's hard to shake the feeling that it was intended to be a different kind of film.,0,negative
see the attraction for the sole reason,1,positive
"remarkable for its excellent storytelling, its economical, compressed characterisations and for its profound humanity, it's an adventure story and history lesson all in one.",1,positive
a fascinating glimpse of urban life,1,positive
"'s all about anakin ... and the lustrous polished visuals rich in color and creativity and, of course, special effect.",1,positive
if it pared down its plots and characters to a few rather than dozens ... or,0,negative
a battle between bug-eye theater and dead-eye matinee.,0,negative
did n't hate this one,1,positive
you never know where changing lanes is going to take you,1,positive
"makes the viewer feel like the movie's various victimized audience members after a while, but it also happens to be the movie's most admirable quality",1,positive
to remake sleepless in seattle again and again,0,negative
with a tale full of nuance and character dimension,1,positive
filling nearly every minute ...,1,positive
like mike raises some worthwhile themes while delivering a wholesome fantasy for kids.,1,positive
the image that really tells the tale,1,positive
not that any of us,0,negative
", sordid universe",0,negative
landmark as monumental as disney's 1937 breakthrough snow white and the seven dwarfs.,1,positive
independent-community guiding lights,1,positive
privileged moments and,1,positive
intelligent screenplay,1,positive
with raw urban humor,1,positive
the most creative mayhem,1,positive
the books are better,0,negative
bad love,1,positive
"assume he had a bad run in the market or a costly divorce, because there is no earthly reason other than money why this distinguished actor would stoop so low",0,negative
"these self-styled athletes have banged their brains into the ground so frequently and furiously, their capacity to explain themselves has gone the same way as their natural instinct for self-preservation.",0,negative
rodriguez does a splendid job of racial profiling hollywood style -- casting excellent latin actors of all ages -- a trend long overdue.,1,positive
is also a testament to the integrity and vision of the band,1,positive
be sealed in a jar and left on a remote shelf indefinitely,0,negative
did we really need a remake of `` charade,0,negative
"takes a clunky tv-movie approach to detailing a chapter in the life of the celebrated irish playwright, poet and drinker",0,negative
"the film does n't really care about the thousands of americans who die hideously, it cares about how ryan meets his future wife and makes his start at the cia.",0,negative
last year's lame musketeer,0,negative
it's not really funny,0,negative
a complete waste of time,0,negative
"is moody, oozing, chilling and heart-warming all at once ... a twisting, unpredictable, cat-and-mouse thriller.",1,positive
that is more accurate than anything i have seen in an american film,1,positive
thrills the eye,1,positive
incoherent,0,negative
", enigma offers all the pleasure of a handsome and well-made entertainment.",1,positive
"the evocative imagery and gentle, lapping rhythms of this film are infectious -- it gets under our skin and draws us in long before the plot kicks into gear",1,positive
a portrait of alienation so perfect,1,positive
opera on film is never satisfactory.,0,negative
( lin chung's ) voice is rather unexceptional,0,negative
actually amusing,1,positive
with tremendous skill,1,positive
"scooby doo is surely everything its fans are hoping it will be, and in that sense is a movie that deserves recommendation.",1,positive
's an energy to y tu mamá también.,1,positive
unpleasant,0,negative
"even then, i 'd recommend waiting for dvd and just skipping straight to her scenes.",0,negative
do n't add up to much more than trite observations on the human condition,0,negative
clumsily manufactured exploitation flick,0,negative
being cast in action films when none of them are ever any good,0,negative
between realistic characters,1,positive
"elaborate special effects take center screen, so that the human story is pushed to one side.",1,positive
"an elegant work, food of love is as consistently engaging as it is revealing.",1,positive
it is n't merely offensive,0,negative
even less surprises,0,negative
takes such a speedy swan dive,1,positive
through 300 hundred years of russian cultural identity and a stunning technical achievement,1,positive
"stripped almost entirely of such tools as nudity, profanity and violence",0,negative
"it's not just a feel-good movie, it's a feel movie.",1,positive
made watchable by a bravura performance,1,positive
sign a pact to burn the negative and the script and pretend the whole thing never existed,0,negative
old-fashioned but emotionally stirring adventure tale,1,positive
the rich promise,1,positive
routine action and jokes like this,0,negative
is thought-provoking.,1,positive
appropriate,1,positive
"if you go in knowing that, you might have fun in this cinematic sandbox",1,positive
such a pleasure,1,positive
agonizing,0,negative
"a crowd-pleaser, but then",1,positive
", the humor wry and sprightly",1,positive
wears thin,0,negative
disguising this,0,negative
's quinn ( is ) a leather clad grunge-pirate with a hairdo like gandalf in a wind-tunnel and a simply astounding cor-blimey-luv-a-duck cockney accent.,0,negative
", laissez-passer has all the earmarks of french cinema at its best.",1,positive
lift the movie above its playwriting 101 premise,1,positive
wreck,0,negative
proceeds to flop,0,negative
ditched the artsy pretensions,1,positive
bratty for sympathy,0,negative
proves to be a good match of the sensibilities of two directors,1,positive
breathless anticipation,1,positive
is also imbued with strong themes of familial ties and spirituality that are powerful and moving without stooping to base melodrama,1,positive
a bad name,0,negative
"not about scares but a mood in which an ominous, pervasive, and unknown threat lurks just below the proceedings and adds an almost constant mindset of suspense.",1,positive
"it's also, clearly, great fun.",1,positive
manipulating our collective fear,1,positive
is somehow making its way instead to theaters.,0,negative
understanding of the expressive power of the camera,1,positive
"to the actress, and to her inventive director",1,positive
the film is a verbal duel between two gifted performers.,1,positive
"be a thoughtful, emotional movie experience",1,positive
favorably compared to das boot,1,positive
's endgame,1,positive
"gritty realism, crisp storytelling and radiant compassion",1,positive
stiflingly,0,negative
slight but,0,negative
above the run-of-the-mill singles blender,1,positive
occasion,0,negative
"there are n't many conclusive answers in the film, but",0,negative
"the complex, politically charged tapestry of contemporary chinese life this exciting new filmmaker has brought to the screen is like nothing we westerners have seen before.",1,positive
sincere,1,positive
"the problem with wendigo,",0,negative
uptight,0,negative
much about the ownership and redefinition of myth,1,positive
spectacle,1,positive
clarity and,1,positive
deserves a place of honor,1,positive
pitch-perfect forster,1,positive
that prevents them from firing on all cylinders,0,negative
"a tired, unnecessary retread",0,negative
condescending,0,negative
a divine monument,1,positive
daft by half ... but supremely good natured,1,positive
"forces us to consider the unthinkable, the unacceptable, the unmentionable",1,positive
starting,1,positive
"as beautiful, desirable,",1,positive
it had been only half-an-hour long or a tv special,0,negative
"-- not the first, by the way --",0,negative
"a non-stop funny feast of warmth, color and cringe",1,positive
"adults will wish the movie were less simplistic, obvious, clumsily plotted and shallowly characterized.",0,negative
"some very good acting,",1,positive
", and room noise",1,positive
"the overall effect is awe and affection -- and a strange urge to get on a board and, uh, shred, dude.",1,positive
so vivid a portrait of a woman consumed by lust and love and crushed by betrayal that it conjures up the intoxicating fumes and emotional ghosts of a freshly painted rembrandt.,1,positive
with a series of riveting set pieces,1,positive
"obvious, obnoxious and didactic burlesque.",0,negative
"the film would have been more enjoyable had the balance shifted in favor of water-bound action over the land-based ` drama, ' but",0,negative
a technological exercise that lacks juice and delight,0,negative
the sentimental cliches mar an otherwise excellent film.,1,positive
"bile, and irony",0,negative
from the characters,1,positive
an annoying orgy of excess and exploitation that has no point and goes nowhere.,0,negative
"after watching this digital-effects-heavy, supposed family-friendly comedy",0,negative
"so sloppy, so uneven, so damn unpleasant",0,negative
exceptional to justify a three hour running time,1,positive
"the cartoons look almost shakespearean -- both in depth and breadth -- after watching this digital-effects-heavy, supposed family-friendly comedy.",1,positive
pleased,1,positive
"exploitative for the art houses and too cynical, small and",0,negative
unforgivingly inconsistent,0,negative
", not as gloriously flippant as lock, stock and two smoking barrels",0,negative
"begins to resemble the shapeless,",0,negative
genre-busting film,1,positive
"nakata's technique is to imply terror by suggestion, rather than the overuse of special effects.",1,positive
warm up to,1,positive
you want the story to go on and on,1,positive
been remarkable about clung-to traditions,1,positive
's also not very good.,0,negative
worldly knowledge comes from tv reruns and supermarket tabloids,0,negative
ong's promising debut is a warm and well-told tale of one recent chinese immigrant's experiences in new york city.,1,positive
precise,1,positive
"low-brow humor, gratuitous violence and",0,negative
is so intent on hammering home his message that he forgets to make it entertaining.,0,negative
the worst dialogue,0,negative
feel like a short stretched out to feature length,0,negative
drowning's too good for this sucker.,0,negative
of the best,1,positive
certainly does the trick of making us care about its protagonist and celebrate his victories,1,positive
powder blues,1,positive
it's loud and boring,0,negative
is a treat,1,positive
"even if you do n't know the band or the album's songs by heart, you will enjoy seeing how both evolve",1,positive
a diverting enough hour-and-a-half for the family audience,1,positive
by forming a chain of relationships that come full circle to end on a positive ( if tragic ) note,1,positive
at the helm,1,positive
most magical,1,positive
avid interest,1,positive
are surprising in how much they engage and even touch us.,1,positive
contrived and secondhand,0,negative
'd live in if argento's hollywood counterparts ... had this much imagination and nerve,1,positive
handled well,1,positive
contemporary chinese life this exciting new filmmaker has brought to the screen,1,positive
"is far less mature, interpreting the play as a call for pity and sympathy for anachronistic phantasms haunting the imagined glory of their own pasts",0,negative
easy to make such a worthless film,0,negative
that may not always work,0,negative
as a two-way time-switching myopic mystery that stalls in its lackluster gear of emotional blandness,0,negative
so packed with subplots involving the various silbersteins that it feels more like the pilot episode of a tv series than a feature film,0,negative
the butt of its own joke,0,negative
"enjoys quirky, fun, popcorn movies",1,positive
"kouyate elicits strong performances from his cast, and",1,positive
engaging criminal,1,positive
if you 're the kind of parent who enjoys intentionally introducing your kids to films which will cause loads of irreparable damage that years and years of costly analysis could never fix,0,negative
although this idea is `` new '' the results are tired,0,negative
inconsequential,0,negative
may also be the best sex comedy about environmental pollution ever made,1,positive
stretched out to feature length,0,negative
allusions,1,positive
", you wo n't feel like it's wasted yours",1,positive
in me,1,positive
quite good at providing some good old fashioned spooks,1,positive
"elling never gets too cloying thanks to the actors ' perfect comic timing and sweet, genuine chemistry.",1,positive
"unspeakably, unbearably dull",0,negative
is entertaining.,1,positive
"... a delightfully unpredictable, hilarious comedy with wonderful performances that tug at your heart in ways that utterly transcend gender labels.",1,positive
"still, this flick is fun, and host to some truly excellent sequences.",1,positive
"( `` safe conduct '' ) is a long movie at 163 minutes but it fills the time with drama, romance, tragedy, bravery, political intrigue, partisans and sabotage",1,positive
obnoxious title character,0,negative
the impressively discreet filmmakers,1,positive
found a tough beauty,1,positive
zhang ... has done an amazing job of getting realistic performances from his mainly nonprofessional cast.,1,positive
"a few nonbelievers may rethink their attitudes when they see the joy the characters take in this creed, but skeptics are n't likely to enter the theater.",1,positive
come out in various wet t-shirt and shower scenes,0,negative
"every once in a while a film arrives from the margin that gives viewers a chance to learn, to grow, to travel.",1,positive
us to endure every plot contrivance that the cliché-riddled genre can offer,0,negative
movies with the courage to go over the top and movies that do n't care about being stupid,1,positive
has severe body odor,0,negative
"frantic than involving,",0,negative
a bad taste in your mouth and questions,0,negative
"shot in artful, watery tones of blue, green and brown.",1,positive
demanding than it needs to be,0,negative
"between bursts of automatic gunfire, the story offers a trenchant critique of capitalism.",1,positive
"a pleasant distraction, a friday night diversion",1,positive
is ultimately scuttled by a plot that's just too boring and obvious,0,negative
exposes the limitations of his skill and the basic flaws in his vision.',0,negative
does n't,0,negative
solid filmmaking,1,positive
unhibited,1,positive
"has reached puberty actually finding the characters in slackers or their antics amusing, let alone funny",0,negative
traditional layers of awakening and ripening and separation and recovery,1,positive
does n't give us a reason to be in the theater beyond wilde's wit and the actors ' performances,0,negative
a catastrophic collision,0,negative
poor remake,0,negative
profane and exploitative as the most offensive action flick you 've ever seen.,0,negative
it will remind them that hong kong action cinema is still alive and kicking.,1,positive
the limited chemistry,0,negative
a cheap scam,0,negative
bordering on confessional,0,negative
"a pretty funny movie,",1,positive
staggers between flaccid satire and what,0,negative
they poorly rejigger fatal attraction into a high school setting,0,negative
"it does n't believe in itself, it has no sense of humor ... it's just plain bored.",0,negative
"is, also, frequently hilarious",1,positive
too mushy,0,negative
"while the filmmaking may be a bit disjointed, the subject matter is so fascinating that you wo n't care.",1,positive
comes to resemble the kind of soft-core twaddle you 'd expect to see on showtime's ` red shoe diaries.,0,negative
communal spirit,1,positive
empathy and pity fogging up the screen ...,0,negative
sub-formulaic slap,0,negative
happened to good actors,1,positive
both times,1,positive
the plot and a powerfully evocative mood combining heated sexuality with a haunting sense of malaise,1,positive
fairly straightforward,1,positive
"new zealand whose boozy, languid air is balanced by a rich visual clarity and deeply",1,positive
"an oily arms dealer, squad car pile-ups and the requisite screaming captain",0,negative
", illuminating study",1,positive
city by the sea is a gritty police thriller with all the dysfunctional family dynamics one could wish for.,1,positive
"it is messy, uncouth, incomprehensible, vicious and absurd.",0,negative
not into high-tech splatterfests,0,negative
"a dull girl,",0,negative
"ambitious, moving, and adventurous directorial debut",1,positive
as an eloquent memorial,1,positive
despite the surface attractions -- conrad l. hall's cinematography will likely be nominated for an oscar next year -- there's something impressive and yet lacking about everything.,1,positive
also a -- dare i say it twice --,0,negative
viewed as pure composition and form --,1,positive
"the cheap, graceless, hackneyed sci-fi serials of the '30s and '40s",0,negative
"takes a classic story, casts attractive and talented actors and",1,positive
time is a beautiful film to watch,1,positive
the war movie compendium across its indulgent two-hour-and-fifteen-minute length,0,negative
"somewhat flawed,",0,negative
good guy,1,positive
is that the filmmakers and studio are brazen enough to attempt to pass this stinker off as a scary movie,0,negative
a little less bling-bling and a lot more romance,1,positive
"unfunny and lacking any sense of commitment to or affection for its characters, the reginald hudlin comedy relies on toilet humor, ethnic slurs.",0,negative
anyone who loves both dance and cinema,1,positive
is simple but absorbing,1,positive
's no surprise that as a director washington demands and receives excellent performances,1,positive
an action film that delivers on the promise of excitement,1,positive
far more stylish,1,positive
able to tear their eyes away from the screen,1,positive
sensation,1,positive
enter and accept another world,1,positive
appreciates,1,positive
is the distinct and very welcome sense of watching intelligent people making a movie,1,positive
morally bankrupt characters,0,negative
"takes a classic story, casts attractive and talented actors",1,positive
"vaguely interesting, but it's just too too much.",0,negative
"crackerjack entertainment -- nonstop romance, music, suspense and action.",1,positive
immaculately,1,positive
"historically significant, and personal,",1,positive
represents an auspicious feature debut for chaiken.,1,positive
drops the ball too many times,0,negative
rich and full life,1,positive
as inept as big-screen remakes of the avengers and the wild wild west.,0,negative
successfully,1,positive
gigantic proportions,1,positive
uzumaki's interesting social parallel and defiant aesthetic seems a prostituted muse ...,0,negative
", easily substitutable",0,negative
you 're gon na like this movie.,1,positive
an idea that should 've been so much more even if it was only made for teenage boys and wrestling fans,0,negative
fairly harmless,1,positive
a more credible script,1,positive
i do n't think this movie loves women at all.,0,negative
"takes a surprising, subtle turn at the midway point.",1,positive
directs one of the best ensemble casts of the year,1,positive
"the acting is amateurish, the cinematography is atrocious, the direction is clumsy",0,negative
the man who bilked unsuspecting moviegoers,0,negative
major pleasures from portuguese master manoel de oliviera,1,positive
muttering words like `` horrible '' and `` terrible,0,negative
"'s about as convincing as any other arnie musclefest, but has a little too much resonance with real world events and ultimately comes off as insultingly simplistic",0,negative
"the world's best actors, daniel auteuil,",1,positive
both the beauty of the land and the people,1,positive
the cold light,0,negative
the story compelling,1,positive
to go out of his way to turn the legendary wit's classic mistaken identity farce into brutally labored and unfunny hokum,0,negative
sadistic bike flick,0,negative
"colorful, joyous celebration",1,positive
waldo salt screenwriting award,1,positive
is nothing but boilerplate clichés from start to finish,0,negative
"this is rote spookiness, with nary an original idea ( or role, or edit, or score, or anything, really ) in sight, and the whole of the proceedings beg the question ` why",0,negative
edge,1,positive
many such biographical melodramas,0,negative
a hollywood film,1,positive
"can drive right by it without noticing anything special, save for a few comic turns, intended and otherwise.",0,negative
the movie is concocted and carried out by folks worthy of scorn,0,negative
many subplots,1,positive
in modern alienation,0,negative
captivates and shows,1,positive
ache with sadness ( the way chekhov is funny ),1,positive
"the movie is amateurish, but it's a minor treat.",1,positive
a stunning new young talent in one of chabrol's most intense psychological mysteries,1,positive
"is too calm and thoughtful for agitprop,",0,negative
about one in three gags in white's intermittently wise script hits its mark ; the rest are padding unashamedly appropriated from the teen-exploitation playbook.,0,negative
"makes a great impression as the writer-director of this little $ 1.8 million charmer, which may not be cutting-edge indie filmmaking but",1,positive
to be oblivious to the existence of this film,0,negative
than a worthwhile effort,1,positive
depressingly,0,negative
sincere and artful,1,positive
"'s a pedestrian, flat drama that screams out ` amateur ' in almost every frame",0,negative
engaging enough,1,positive
is entertainment opportunism at its most glaring,1,positive
this schlocky horror/action hybrid,0,negative
"saddled with an unwieldy cast of characters and angles, but the payoff is powerful and revelatory.",1,positive
most immediate and most obvious pleasure,1,positive
spent elsewhere,0,negative
"is moody, oozing, chilling and heart-warming all at once",1,positive
sparkling newcomer,1,positive
despite its floating narrative,0,negative
skillfully,1,positive
the gags,1,positive
", the film maintains a beguiling serenity and poise that make it accessible for a non-narrative feature.",1,positive
"thriller remarkable only for its lack of logic and misuse of two fine actors, morgan freeman and ashley judd",0,negative
"victim to sloppy plotting, an insultingly unbelievable final act and",0,negative
would benigni's italian pinocchio have been any easier to sit through than this hastily dubbed disaster?,0,negative
proves itself a more streamlined,1,positive
the banality and hypocrisy,0,negative
"a fascinating examination of the joyous, turbulent self-discovery made by a proper, middle-aged woman.",1,positive
very experienced,1,positive
"he has n't lost his touch, bringing off a superb performance in an admittedly middling film",1,positive
for putting together any movies of particular value or merit,1,positive
from a faraway planet,1,positive
close to real life,1,positive
"to its insanely staged ballroom scene, in which 3000 actors appear in full regalia",1,positive
"whatever satire lucky break was aiming for, it certainly got lost in the `` soon-to-be-forgettable '' section of the quirky rip-off prison romp pile.",0,negative
better than any summer blockbuster,1,positive
of barely defensible sexual violence to keep it interested,0,negative
real turns,1,positive
'' overcome its weaknesses,1,positive
"it's also nice to see a movie with its heart so thoroughly, unabashedly on its sleeve",1,positive
would n't make trouble every day any better.,0,negative
skullduggery and,0,negative
generally smart casting,1,positive
clever,1,positive
"to watch witherspoon's talents wasting away inside unnecessary films like legally blonde and sweet home abomination, i mean, alabama",0,negative
is just a corny examination of a young actress trying to find her way.,0,negative
"one of those movies that catches you up in something bigger than yourself, namely, an archetypal desire to enjoy good trash every now and then.",1,positive
of unrecoverable life,0,negative
-- she's pretty and she can act --,1,positive
that rare combination,1,positive
why it works,1,positive
the rare movie that's as crisp and to the point,1,positive
cinematic pollution,0,negative
", i 'd rather watch them on the animal planet.",0,negative
auspicious feature debut,1,positive
more likely to have you scratching your head than hiding under your seat.,0,negative
"filled with unlikable, spiteful idiots",0,negative
in its observation of just how much more grueling and time-consuming the illusion of work is than actual work,1,positive
"takes a potentially trite and overused concept ( aliens come to earth ) and infuses it into a rustic, realistic, and altogether creepy tale of hidden invasion",1,positive
a lovely film ...,1,positive
confessions is without a doubt a memorable directorial debut from king hunk.,1,positive
"a rushed, slapdash, sequel-for-the-sake - of-a-sequel with less than half",0,negative
does a solid job of slowly,1,positive
is paced at a speed that is slow to those of us in middle age and deathly slow to any teen,0,negative
an unflinching and objective look,1,positive
the filmmaking in invincible is such that the movie does not do them justice,0,negative
as it explores the awful complications of one terrifying day,0,negative
a credible account of a puzzling real-life happening,1,positive
bombastic self-glorification,0,negative
an intriguing look,1,positive
"a happy, heady jumble",1,positive
old-fashioned values,1,positive
is beautiful filmmaking from one of french cinema's master craftsmen.,1,positive
"this hastily mounted production exists only to capitalize on hopkins ' inclination to play hannibal lecter again, even though harris has no immediate inclination to provide a fourth book.",0,negative
"vivid, convincing",1,positive
"its refusal to recognize any of the signposts, as if discovering a way through to the bitter end without a map",0,negative
paced at a speed that is slow to those of us in middle age,0,negative
artful,1,positive
warm without ever succumbing to sentimentality,1,positive
to anyone who loves both dance and cinema,1,positive
disjointed,0,negative
owen wilson know a movie must have a story and a script?,0,negative
"unusual, food-for-thought cinema that's as entertaining as it is instructive",1,positive
hooks us completely,1,positive
depress,0,negative
for something new,1,positive
his characters are acting horribly,0,negative
unfaithful is at once intimate and universal cinema.,1,positive
's better than one might expect when you look at the list of movies starring ice-t in a major role.,1,positive
if you enjoy more thoughtful comedies with interesting conflicted characters ; this one is for you.,1,positive
checkout,1,positive
"a china shop, a provocateur crashing into ideas and special-interest groups as he slaps together his own brand of liberalism",1,positive
from blushing to gushing -- imamura squirts the screen in ` warm water under a red bridge ',1,positive
"have written a more credible script, though with the same number of continuity errors",0,negative
it's also one of the smartest,1,positive
to be had from films crammed with movie references,0,negative
", this somber picture reveals itself slowly, intelligently, artfully.",1,positive
are fascinating,1,positive
a bittersweet drama about the limbo of grief and how truth-telling can open the door to liberation.,1,positive
the tasteful little revision works,1,positive
stylistic austerity and forcefulness,1,positive
film about growing up that we do n't see often enough these days,1,positive
unique and,1,positive
overcomes,1,positive
clever,1,positive
a turkey,0,negative
're drawn in by the dark luster,1,positive
or doing last year's taxes with your ex-wife.,0,negative
crafted picture,1,positive
as tiresome as 9,0,negative
while something of bubba ho-tep's clearly evident quality may end up languishing on a shelf somewhere,0,negative
a movie where story is almost an afterthought,0,negative
sketchy characters and immature provocations can fully succeed at cheapening it.,0,negative
"toilet humor,",0,negative
uncertainties,0,negative
"singing and finger snapping it might have held my attention, but as it stands i kept looking for the last exit from brooklyn.",0,negative
"the worst kind of mythologizing, the kind that sacrifices real heroism and abject suffering for melodrama.",0,negative
"straightforward and old-fashioned in the best possible senses of both those words, possession is a movie that puts itself squarely in the service of the lovers who inhabit it.",1,positive
this emotional misery,0,negative
"warm, moving message",1,positive
because it echoes the by now intolerable morbidity of so many recent movies,0,negative
"to a tragedy which is somehow guessable from the first few minutes, maybe because it echoes the by now intolerable morbidity of so many recent movies",0,negative
like a glossy rehash,1,positive
a bomb,0,negative
"alternately hilarious and sad, aggravating and soulful, scathing and joyous",1,positive
an excellent 90-minute film,1,positive
"has a good ear for dialogue, and the characters sound like real people",1,positive
finally has failed him.,0,negative
is something of a triumph.,1,positive
it's no lie,1,positive
"uneven,",0,negative
the movie's various victimized audience members after a while,0,negative
sustains it,1,positive
"a subtle, humorous, illuminating study of politics, power and social mobility",1,positive
"is hilarious as she tries to resuscitate the fun-loving libertine lost somewhere inside the conservative, handbag-clutching sarandon.",1,positive
a more measured or polished production,1,positive
best possible ways,1,positive
filmmaker stacy peralta has a flashy editing style that does n't always jell with sean penn's monotone narration,0,negative
the film is visually dazzling,1,positive
are quietly moving,1,positive
there 'll be a power outage during your screening so you can get your money back,0,negative
really stupid,0,negative
", vibrant introduction",1,positive
well-written,1,positive
the movie's ultimate point -- that everyone should be themselves -- is trite,0,negative
he can rest contentedly with the knowledge that he's made at least one damn fine horror movie,1,positive
a bonus feature,1,positive
"the most opaque, self-indulgent and just plain goofy an excuse for a movie as you can imagine",0,negative
went back,1,positive
generational signpost,1,positive
"becomes just another voyeuristic spectacle,",0,negative
"the jokes are sophomoric,",0,negative
here seems to have recharged him.,1,positive
dour,0,negative
is pretty damned funny.,1,positive
everything that's good,1,positive
had the misfortune to watch in quite some time,0,negative
upfront that the plot makes no sense,0,negative
is akin to a reader's digest condensed version of the source material.,0,negative
most hackneyed,0,negative
it's too harsh to work as a piece of storytelling,0,negative
enough is just the ticket you need.,1,positive
an unprecedented tragedy,0,negative
suffered through the horrible pains of a death by cancer,0,negative
"clichés,",0,negative
like you could n't smell this turkey rotting from miles away.,0,negative
is a filmmaker of impressive talent,1,positive
one of the best looking and stylish animated movies in quite a while ...,1,positive
laughs aplenty,1,positive
respects the material without sentimentalizing it,1,positive
"when the screenwriter responsible for one of the worst movies of one year directs an equally miserable film the following year, you 'd have a hard time believing it was just coincidence.",0,negative
"combines two surefire, beloved genres",1,positive
"taken as a whole, the tuxedo does n't add up to a whole lot.",0,negative
to be a monster movie for the art-house crowd,1,positive
the greatest date movies in years,1,positive
"most opaque,",1,positive
"decidedly flimsier with its many out-sized, out of character and logically porous action set pieces",0,negative
"tell you how tedious, how resolutely unamusing, how thoroughly unrewarding all of this is, and what a reckless squandering of four fine acting talents",0,negative
"charming the masses with star power, a pop-induced score and sentimental moments",1,positive
"nicole holofcenter, the insightful writer/director responsible for this illuminating comedy",1,positive
"they figure the power-lunchers do n't care to understand, either",0,negative
", the film amounts to being lectured to by tech-geeks, if you 're up for that sort of thing.",0,negative
to the point of ridiculousness,0,negative
's about as convincing as any other arnie musclefest,0,negative
"horrible, 99-minute",0,negative
almost gags on its own gore.,0,negative
as miraculous as its dreamworks makers,1,positive
"a smart, arch and rather cold-blooded comedy",1,positive
succeeds through sincerity,1,positive
offers an unexpected window,1,positive
loopy,0,negative
"no more racist portraits of indians, for instance )",0,negative
have that kind of impact on me these days,1,positive
"call me a cynic,",0,negative
well-thought stunts,1,positive
make for one splendidly cast pair,1,positive
nothing overly original,0,negative
"'s affecting, amusing, sad and reflective.",1,positive
"morrissette has performed a difficult task indeed - he's taken one of the world's most fascinating stories and made it dull, lifeless, and irritating",0,negative
the right to be favorably compared to das boot,1,positive
the resourceful amnesiac,0,negative
all awkward,0,negative
's unlikely we 'll see a better thriller this year.,1,positive
a moving story of determination and the human spirit.,1,positive
a heartening tale of small victories and enduring,1,positive
conventional but heartwarming tale,1,positive
shining star,1,positive
", this is the most visually unappealing.",0,negative
sophisticated film,1,positive
i 'd watch these two together again in a new york minute.,1,positive
melancholic,0,negative
entertainment,1,positive
"has little to do with the story, which becomes something about how lame it is to try and evade your responsibilities and that you should never, ever, leave a large dog alone with a toddler.",0,negative
remains oddly detached,0,negative
if the filmmakers were worried the story would n't work without all those gimmicks,0,negative
utter sincerity,1,positive
deliberately and devotedly constructed,1,positive
will be from unintentional giggles -- several of them.,0,negative
so overwhelmed by its lack of purpose that it seeks excitement in manufactured high drama,0,negative
is better,1,positive
that will capture the minds and hearts of many,1,positive
", this is a film that takes a stand in favor of tradition and warmth.",1,positive
an action hero motivated by something more than franchise possibilities,1,positive
unabashedly hopeful,1,positive
from a stunningly unoriginal premise,0,negative
what begins brightly gets bogged down over 140 minutes.,0,negative
incorporates so much,1,positive
make `` the good girl '' a film worth watching.,1,positive
"building slowly and subtly, the film, sporting a breezy spontaneity and realistically drawn characterizations, develops into a significant character study that is both moving and wise.",1,positive
so freely,1,positive
an empty shell of an epic rather than the real deal.,0,negative
"ca n't properly be called acting -- more accurately, it's moving",0,negative
the whole thing comes off like a particularly amateurish episode of bewitched that takes place during spring break.,0,negative
's hard to understand why anyone in his right mind would even think to make the attraction a movie,0,negative
slightest difficulty,0,negative
"despite its flaws, crazy as hell marks an encouraging new direction for la salle.",1,positive
terrific flair,1,positive
heartwarming,1,positive
enjoyable 100 minutes,1,positive
it's not a motion picture ; it's an utterly static picture.,0,negative
cross between highlander and lolita,1,positive
witty and,1,positive
` fatal script error,0,negative
sibling reconciliation with flashes of warmth and gentle humor,1,positive
"look more like stereotypical caretakers and moral teachers, instead of serious athletes",0,negative
"candid, archly funny and deeply authentic take",1,positive
a passing twinkle,1,positive
is plenty of fun for all,1,positive
powerful acting clinic,1,positive
is deadly,0,negative
drive past -- even if it chiefly inspires you to drive a little faster,0,negative
be like trying to eat brussels sprouts,0,negative
's rare,1,positive
"no psychology here,",0,negative
its own ironic implications,0,negative
we get a cinematic postcard that's superficial and unrealized.,0,negative
subtle direction,0,negative
the bard as black comedy -- willie would have loved it.,1,positive
laugh-out-loud funny,1,positive
the subtle direction,1,positive
most inventive,1,positive
"catches the chaotic horror of war, but why bother if you 're going to subjugate truth to the tear-jerking demands of soap opera?",0,negative
"rustic, realistic, and altogether creepy",1,positive
thanks to the presence,1,positive
reasonably creative,1,positive
the movie keeps coming back to the achingly unfunny phonce and his several silly subplots.,0,negative
by a lackluster script and substandard performances,0,negative
at a failure of our justice system,0,negative
a clear-eyed chronicle of a female friendship that is more complex and honest than anything represented in a hollywood film,1,positive
"rather, pity anyone who sees this mishmash.",0,negative
refreshingly forthright,1,positive
"lucas has in fact come closer than anyone could desire to the cheap, graceless, hackneyed sci-fi serials of the '30s and '40s.",0,negative
indignant,0,negative
screaming but yawning,0,negative
enjoyably,1,positive
is kind of special,1,positive
cool gadgets and creatures keep this fresh.,1,positive
unconcerned about what they ingest,0,negative
too infuriatingly quirky and taken with its own style.,0,negative
fail,0,negative
bad at a fraction the budget,0,negative
", movies like ghost ship will be used as analgesic balm for overstimulated minds.",0,negative
"has enough wit, energy and geniality to please not only the fanatical adherents on either side, but also people who know nothing about the subject and think they 're not interested.",1,positive
", it remains brightly optimistic, coming through in the end",1,positive
those underrated professionals who deserve but rarely receive it,1,positive
the plot seems a bit on the skinny side,0,negative
"that kate is n't very bright, but that she has n't been worth caring about and",0,negative
"i have always appreciated a smartly written motion picture, and, whatever flaws igby goes down may possess, it is undeniably that.",1,positive
is truly gorgeous,1,positive
be smarter and more diabolical,1,positive
"is n't a product of its cinematic predecessors so much as an mtv, sugar hysteria, and playstation cocktail.",0,negative
the arguments,1,positive
miss it,0,negative
"it all was, and started doing nothing but reacting to it - feeling a part of its grand locations, thinking urgently as the protagonists struggled, feeling at the mercy of its inventiveness, gasping at its visual delights",1,positive
i did n't particularly like e.t. the first time i saw it as a young boy,0,negative
glib but,0,negative
scenes all end in someone screaming,0,negative
predecessors the mummy and the mummy returns stand as intellectual masterpieces next to the scorpion king.,0,negative
no conversion effort,0,negative
some savvy producer,1,positive
"much of the digitally altered footage appears jagged, as if filmed directly from a television monitor, while the extensive use of stock footage quickly becomes a tiresome cliché.",0,negative
"perfectly executed and wonderfully sympathetic characters, who are alternately touching and funny",1,positive
"some kid who ca n't act, only echoes of jordan, and",0,negative
possibly will enjoy it,1,positive
complex and quirky,1,positive
the peak of all things insipid,0,negative
especially charm,1,positive
"is degraded, handheld blair witch video-cam footage",0,negative
original and insightful,1,positive
engage,1,positive
of heart and unsettling subject matter,1,positive
makes it all the more compelling,1,positive
", secretary takes the most unexpected material and handles it in the most unexpected way.",1,positive
"whether it's the worst movie of 2002, i ca n't say for sure :",0,negative
"of the wise, wizened visitor from a faraway planet",1,positive
comes across as a fairly weak retooling.,0,negative
ungainly movie,0,negative
"this is a movie that starts out like heathers, then becomes bring it on, then becomes unwatchable.",0,negative
a film with almost as many,1,positive
sluggish,0,negative
wondrous beats,1,positive
should avoid this like the dreaded king brown snake,0,negative
futility,0,negative
but it does somehow manage to get you under its spell.,1,positive
are well done and perfectly constructed to convey a sense of childhood imagination,1,positive
", politically charged tapestry",1,positive
"the need to stay in touch with your own skin, at 18 or 80",1,positive
a rambling and incoherent manifesto,0,negative
disgracefully,0,negative
melodramatic movie,1,positive
excellent job,1,positive
's too loud,0,negative
captivating new film.,1,positive
it is quite a vision.,1,positive
is wonderful.,1,positive
"actory concoctions, defined by childlike dimness and a handful of quirks",0,negative
after that it becomes long and tedious like a classroom play in a college history course.,0,negative
summer-camp talent show,0,negative
take an entirely stale concept and push it through the audience's meat grinder one more time,0,negative
enjoy,1,positive
"excels because, unlike so many other hollywood movies of its ilk, it offers hope.",1,positive
somnambulant exercise,0,negative
"try to create characters out of the obvious cliches, but",0,negative
vacant,0,negative
looking for a return ticket to realism,0,negative
"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
"return to never land is much more p.c. than the original version ( no more racist portraits of indians, for instance ), but the excitement is missing",0,negative
simone is not a bad film.,1,positive
is about as deep as that sentiment,0,negative
becomes too heavy for the plot,0,negative
it treats ana's journey with honesty that is tragically rare in the depiction of young women in film.,1,positive
weighty and ponderous but every bit as filling as the treat of the title,1,positive
should n't the reality seem at least passably real,0,negative
wasting,0,negative
good films,1,positive
the choices we make underneath such a mountain of clichés and borrowed images,0,negative
by-the-numbers yarn.,0,negative
overall it's an entertaining and informative documentary.,1,positive
is the script's endless assault of embarrassingly ham-fisted sex jokes,0,negative
"flat, misguided comedy",0,negative
nicolas cage is n't the first actor to lead a group of talented friends astray,0,negative
a small movie with a big heart.,1,positive
and they succeed merrily at their noble endeavor.,1,positive
"inspiring, ironic, and revelatory of just",1,positive
seamless,1,positive
honesty and dignity,1,positive
has n't progressed as nicely as ` wayne.',0,negative
that offers a thoughtful and rewarding glimpse into the sort of heartache everyone,1,positive
"the stale, standard, connect-the-dots storyline which has become commonplace in movies that explore the seamy underbelly of the criminal world",0,negative
is surprisingly brilliant,1,positive
deliberate laughs,1,positive
overrides,0,negative
"i ca n't begin to tell you how tedious, how resolutely unamusing, how thoroughly unrewarding all of this is, and what a reckless squandering of four fine acting talents ...",0,negative
"although i did n't hate this one, it's not very good either.",0,negative
to being very funny,1,positive
avoid the ghetto of sentimental chick-flicks by treating female follies with a satirical style,0,negative
nicely shot,1,positive
for most of the movie's success,1,positive
slapping its target audience,0,negative
polished,1,positive
has done excellent work here,1,positive
go-for-broke acting that heralds something special,1,positive
a depressing story,0,negative
with a big impact,1,positive
"one of these days hollywood will come up with an original idea for a teen movie, but until then there's always these rehashes to feed to the younger generations.",0,negative
"in part to interesting cinematic devices ( cool visual backmasking ), a solid cast, and some wickedly sick and twisted humor",1,positive
on every frame of this stylish film that is able to visualize schizophrenia but is still confident enough to step back and look at the sick character with a sane eye,1,positive
intimate and socially encompassing,1,positive
a mess as this one,0,negative
torture,0,negative
sharply comic,1,positive
pay your $ 8 and get ready for the big shear,0,negative
'll feel like you ate a reeses without the peanut butter,0,negative
that the accidental spy is a solid action pic that returns the martial arts master to top form,1,positive
too long and bogs down in a surfeit of characters and unnecessary subplots,0,negative
"as well-written as sexy beast, not as gloriously flippant as lock, stock and two smoking barrels, but stylish and moody and",1,positive
"dip into your wallet, swipe 90 minutes of your time",0,negative
it's a pale imitation.,0,negative
be missing a great deal of the acerbic repartee of the play,0,negative
of happy,1,positive
"the obligatory outbursts of flatulence and the incessant, so-five-minutes-ago pop music on the soundtrack",0,negative
swallow thanks to remarkable performances,1,positive
naturally funny film,1,positive
its emphasis on caring for animals and respecting other cultures,1,positive
"is hard to dismiss -- moody, thoughtful, and lit by flashes of mordant humor",1,positive
love liza is a festival film that would have been better off staying on the festival circuit.,0,negative
of this slick and sprightly cgi feature,1,positive
a movie that understands characters must come first,1,positive
( including a knockout of a closing line ),1,positive
clichés,0,negative
must have baffled the folks in the marketing department,0,negative
the metaphors are provocative,1,positive
inside unnecessary films,0,negative
what may be the performances of their careers,1,positive
complain,0,negative
symbiotic,1,positive
"boredom to the point of collapse, turning into a black hole of dullness, from which no interesting concept can escape",0,negative
"cold,",0,negative
is as delightful as it is derivative.,1,positive
"has been overexposed, redolent of a thousand cliches, and yet",0,negative
schlocky creature,0,negative
bad movie.,0,negative
satisfyingly unsettling ride,1,positive
that deserves recommendation,1,positive
a huge heart,1,positive
groan,0,negative
on its empty head,0,negative
"drumline is -- the mere suggestion, albeit a visually compelling one, of a fully realized story.",1,positive
the way tiny acts of kindness make ordinary life survivable,1,positive
successful animated movies,1,positive
"asia, where ms. shu is an institution",1,positive
"plays like a bad soap opera,",0,negative
crane's decline with unblinking candor,1,positive
in the middle of hopeful,1,positive
of visual flair,1,positive
disbelief,0,negative
you swinging from the trees hooting it's praises,1,positive
"indie of the year, so far.",1,positive
"is made fresh by an intelligent screenplay and gripping performances in this low-budget, video-shot, debut indie effort",1,positive
should appeal to women,1,positive
an unpleasantly,0,negative
", the movie is rather choppy.",0,negative
would do well to cram earplugs in their ears and put pillowcases over their heads for 87 minutes,0,negative
at the absurdities and inconsistencies,0,negative
something to be said for a studio-produced film that never bothers to hand viewers a suitcase full of easy answers,1,positive
groaner,0,negative
the film has in kieran culkin a pitch-perfect holden.,1,positive
more holes,0,negative
"by supporting characters who are either too goodly, wise and knowing or downright comically evil",0,negative
alike to go see this unique and entertaining twist on the classic whale's tale,1,positive
"is little more than home alone raised to a new, self-deprecating level",0,negative
with aplomb,1,positive
with an undeniable energy,1,positive
delivers a terrific performance in this fascinating portrait of a modern lothario,1,positive
"wonderful, ghastly film",1,positive
the movie fails to portray its literarily talented and notorious subject as anything much more than a dirty old man.,0,negative
milked,0,negative
"is grossly contradictory in conveying its social message, if indeed there is one.",0,negative
", i must report that the children of varying ages in my audience never coughed, fidgeted or romped up and down the aisles for bathroom breaks.",1,positive
a guilty pleasure,1,positive
revelatory about his psyche,1,positive
stylish weaponry,1,positive
keeps lifting the pedestal higher,1,positive
binks,1,positive
is a magician,1,positive
"not a film for the faint of heart or conservative of spirit, but for the rest of us -- especially san francisco lovers --",1,positive
"'ll swear that you 've seen it all before, even if you 've never come within a mile of the longest yard.",0,negative
my seat trying to sneak out of the theater,0,negative
", the new star wars installment has n't escaped the rut dug by the last one.",0,negative
with a flimsy ending,0,negative
what i like about men with brooms and what is kind of special,1,positive
"hey everybody, wan na watch a movie in which a guy dressed as a children's party clown gets violently gang-raped?",0,negative
"is too busy getting in its own way to be anything but frustrating, boring, and forgettable",0,negative
"recommend secretary, based on the wonderful acting clinic put on by spader and gyllenhaal",1,positive
symbiotic relationship,1,positive
ca n't remember the last time i saw worse stunt editing or cheaper action movie production values than in extreme ops,0,negative
vaguely interesting,1,positive
the extraordinarily rich landscape,1,positive
film : honest,1,positive
notice the glaring triteness of the plot device,0,negative
"it's a wise and powerful tale of race and culture forcefully told, with superb performances throughout.",1,positive
one of the best ensemble casts of the year,1,positive
an obvious rapport with her actors,1,positive
"a little uneven to be the cat's meow,",0,negative
snow white,1,positive
to keep things interesting,1,positive
this predictable romantic comedy should get a pink slip,0,negative
to hell,0,negative
the bad guys,0,negative
"become a cold, calculated exercise in postmodern pastiche winds up a powerful and deeply moving example of melodramatic moviemaking",1,positive
over-indulgent,0,negative
is hell,0,negative
the movie you 're looking for,1,positive
of an ordeal than an amusement,0,negative
was as superficial,0,negative
"no big whoop, nothing new to see, zero thrills, too many flashbacks and a choppy ending make for a bad film.",0,negative
party-hearty,1,positive
"bringing an unforced, rapid-fire delivery",1,positive
"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
the most enchanting film of the year,1,positive
transforms one of ( shakespeare's ) deepest tragedies into a smart new comedy,1,positive
", nutty, consistently funny.",1,positive
the yawning chasm where the plot should be,0,negative
brightly,1,positive
a consummate actor incapable of being boring,1,positive
like my christmas movies with more elves and snow and less pimps and ho's.,0,negative
not only does the thoroughly formulaic film represent totally exemplify middle-of-the-road mainstream,0,negative
a charming but slight comedy,1,positive
happy ending,1,positive
regardless of race,1,positive
it's still a good yarn -- which is nothing to sneeze at these days.,1,positive
the process created a masterful work of art of their own,1,positive
"what it is -- a nice, harmless date film",1,positive
is boring,0,negative
is a fascinating film because there is no clear-cut hero and no all-out villain,1,positive
"a heady, biting, be-bop ride through nighttime manhattan, a loquacious videologue of the modern male and the lengths to which he 'll go to weave a protective cocoon around his own ego.",1,positive
the rare imax movie that you 'll wish was longer than an hour.,1,positive
america's thirst for violence,0,negative
does a fine job contrasting the sleekness of the film's present with the playful paranoia of the film's past,1,positive
of no real consequence,0,negative
"you only need to watch for about thirty seconds before you say to yourself, ` ah, yes",1,positive
"'s serious, poetic, earnest and -- sadly -- dull",0,negative
sitcomishly,0,negative
iconic hero,1,positive
( especially the frank sex scenes ) ensure that the film is never dull,1,positive
the affection of that moral favorite,1,positive
"if the material is slight and admittedly manipulative, jacquot preserves tosca's intoxicating ardor through his use of the camera.",1,positive
dumb high school comedy,0,negative
"the same way you came -- a few tasty morsels under your belt,",1,positive
"although mainstream american movies tend to exploit the familiar, every once in a while a film arrives from the margin that gives viewers a chance to learn, to grow, to travel.",1,positive
"beyond road warrior, it owes enormous debts to aliens and every previous dragon drama",1,positive
"yakusho, as always, is wonderful as the long-faced sad sack ... and his chemistry with shimizu is very believable.",1,positive
"is messy, uncouth, incomprehensible, vicious and absurd",0,negative
evokes the style and flash of the double-cross that made mamet's `` house of games '' and last fall's `` heist '' so much fun.,1,positive
including a knockout of a closing line,1,positive
just does n't figure in the present hollywood program.,0,negative
forced drama in this wildly uneven movie,0,negative
for conveying the way tiny acts of kindness make ordinary life survivable,1,positive
"unfolds with all the mounting tension of an expert thriller, until the tragedy beneath it all gradually reveals itself.",1,positive
obscenely bad dark comedy,0,negative
cross swords with the best of them and,1,positive
to laugh at how bad,0,negative
a film that plays things so nice,1,positive
but it was n't horrible either,1,positive
highly watchable stuff.,1,positive
a 60-second homage,1,positive
intricately structured and well-realized,1,positive
endear itself,1,positive
less a movie,0,negative
plight and isolation,0,negative
comes through all too painfully in the execution,0,negative
"of the whole slo-mo, double-pistoled, ballistic-pyrotechnic hong kong action aesthetic",0,negative
too many pointless situations,0,negative
doze off for a few minutes or,0,negative
play fine,1,positive
the most depressing movie-going experiences,0,negative
about surprising us by trying something new,1,positive
its charm,1,positive
good deal funnier,1,positive
is genial and decent,1,positive
of the elements that will grab you,1,positive
of a respectable summer blockbuster,1,positive
its clumsiness,0,negative
has stepped into the mainstream of filmmaking with an assurance worthy of international acclaim and with every cinematic tool well under his control,1,positive
"to be seen as hip, winking social commentary",1,positive
love reading and/or poetry,1,positive
recognized,1,positive
"the best films of the year with its exquisite acting, inventive screenplay, mesmerizing music, and many inimitable scenes",1,positive
demonstrating vividly,1,positive
mostly to the tongue-in-cheek attitude of the screenplay,1,positive
fits,1,positive
mixed-up films,0,negative
overinflated,0,negative
an emotionally satisfying exploration,1,positive
in its own direction,1,positive
"the way it introduces you to new, fervently held ideas and fanciful thinkers",1,positive
lan yu seems altogether too slight to be called any kind of masterpiece.,0,negative
"the satire is unfocused, while the story goes nowhere.",0,negative
third-rate horror sequels,0,negative
"plodding, peevish and gimmicky",0,negative
", the film never recovers from the clumsy cliché of the ugly american abroad, and the too-frosty exterior ms. paltrow employs to authenticate her british persona is another liability.",0,negative
is too busy hitting all of its assigned marks to take on any life of its own.,0,negative
"makes you ache with sadness ( the way chekhov is funny ), profound without ever being self-important",1,positive
having two guys yelling in your face for two hours,0,negative
provides an accessible introduction as well as some intelligent observations on the success of bollywood in the western world.,1,positive
celebrated,1,positive
"thinking about how good it all was, and started doing nothing but reacting to it - feeling a part of its grand locations, thinking urgently as the protagonists struggled, feeling at the mercy of its inventiveness, gasping at its visual delights",1,positive
hugely rewarding,1,positive
one of the funniest motion,1,positive
their memorable and resourceful performances,1,positive
both deserve better.,0,negative
equally impressive degree,1,positive
if the filmmakers come up with nothing original in the way of slapstick sequences,0,negative
its director could ever have dreamed,1,positive
"better to go in knowing full well what's going to happen, but willing to let the earnestness of its execution and skill of its cast take you down a familiar road with a few twists",1,positive
this beautifully drawn movie,1,positive
can depress you about life itself,0,negative
clients,1,positive
have given audiences the time of day by concentrating on the elements of a revealing alienation among a culture of people who sadly are at hostile odds with one another through recklessness and retaliation,1,positive
"an inept, tedious spoof of '70s kung fu pictures",0,negative
"to grab us, only to keep letting go at all the wrong moments",0,negative
features one of the most affecting depictions of a love affair ever committed to film.,1,positive
with a script that prevents them from firing on all cylinders,0,negative
"arrive on the big screen with their super-powers, their super-simple animation and their super-dooper-adorability intact",1,positive
satisfyingly unsettling,1,positive
"a sweet, laugh-a-minute crowd pleaser that lifts your spirits as well as the corners of your mouth",1,positive
want to see it twice,1,positive
's refreshing to see a movie that embraces its old-fashioned themes and in the process comes out looking like something wholly original.,1,positive
"it's an observant, unfussily poetic meditation about identity and alienation.",1,positive
the laughs are as rare as snake foo yung.,0,negative
courage and,1,positive
why lee's character did n't just go to a bank manager and save everyone the misery,0,negative
"wildly overproduced, inadequately motivated every step of the way",0,negative
"there's a plethora of characters in this picture,",1,positive
"death to smoochy is often very funny,",1,positive
"a fast, frenetic, funny, even punny 6 --",1,positive
on a potentially interesting idea,1,positive
that plays better only for the film's publicists or for people who take as many drugs as the film's characters,0,negative
quirky and satirical touches,1,positive
tardier,0,negative
insufferably,0,negative
"the movie's major and most devastating flaw is its reliance on formula, though",0,negative
yiddish stage,1,positive
the attempt to complicate the story only defies credibility,0,negative
this charmer,1,positive
what once was conviction is now affectation,0,negative
tremendous promise,1,positive
is drowned out by director jon purdy's sledgehammer sap,0,negative
become wearisome,0,negative
"bogdanovich taps deep into the hearst mystique, entertainingly reenacting a historic scandal.",1,positive
found a cult favorite,1,positive
a film's title served such dire warning,0,negative
quarter the fun of toy story 2,0,negative
"by the cast members, who seem bound and determined to duplicate bela lugosi's now-cliched vampire accent",0,negative
feminist empowerment tale thinly,0,negative
purpose and finesse,1,positive
evocative shades,1,positive
the dullest science fiction,0,negative
step backward,0,negative
on lingering terror punctuated by sudden shocks and not constant bloodshed,1,positive
"as satisfyingly odd and intriguing a tale as it was a century and a half ago ... has a delightfully dour, deadpan tone and stylistic consistency.",1,positive
that finally returns de palma to his pulpy thrillers of the early '80s,1,positive
pallid,0,negative
slow down,0,negative
a technical triumph and,1,positive
imagine anybody ever being `` in the mood '' to view a movie as harrowing and painful as the grey zone,0,negative
funny thrill,1,positive
"sweet, funny, charming,",1,positive
made you love it,1,positive
"presents a side of contemporary chinese life that many outsiders will be surprised to know exists, and does so with an artistry that also smacks of revelation.",1,positive
this sappy ethnic sleeper proves that not only blockbusters pollute the summer movie pool.,0,negative
moving documentary,1,positive
"olympia, wash., based filmmakers anne de marcken and marilyn freeman did just that and it's what makes their project so interesting",1,positive
if any of them list this ` credit ' on their resumes in the future,0,negative
cliche with little new added.,0,negative
preachy,0,negative
"unfortunately, there is almost nothing in this flat effort that will amuse or entertain them, either.",0,negative
", soderbergh's solaris is a gorgeous and deceptively minimalist cinematic tone poem.",1,positive
swallow thanks to remarkable performances by ferrera and ontiveros,1,positive
give performances of exceptional honesty,1,positive
"not everything in this ambitious comic escapade works, but coppola, along with his sister, sofia, is a real filmmaker.",1,positive
much stronger,1,positive
"it's like rocky and bullwinkle on speed, but that's neither completely enlightening, nor does it catch the intensity of the movie's strangeness",0,negative
pack raw dough in my ears,0,negative
"austin powers for the most part is extremely funny, the first part making up for any flaws that come later.",1,positive
so flabby,0,negative
become a major-league leading lady,1,positive
"another genre exercise, gangster no. 1 is as generic as its title.",0,negative
nicely mixes in as much humor as pathos to take us on his sentimental journey of the heart.,1,positive
", time out offers an exploration that is more accurate than anything i have seen in an american film.",1,positive
on too many tried-and-true shenanigans that hardly distinguish it from the next teen comedy,0,negative
"it's a thin notion, repetitively stretched out to feature length, awash in self-consciously flashy camera effects, droning house music and flat, flat dialogue.",0,negative
all the pleasure of a handsome and well-made entertainment,1,positive
"sophisticated, discerning taste",1,positive
feeling a part of its grand locations,1,positive
"laughs -- sometimes a chuckle, sometimes a guffaw and, to my great pleasure,",1,positive
did we really need a remake of `` charade?,0,negative
completely satisfying,1,positive
in auteil's less dramatic but equally incisive performance,1,positive
peaked about three years ago,1,positive
derivative horror film,0,negative
"can tell what it is supposed to be, but ca n't really call it a work of art.",0,negative
"makes compelling, provocative and prescient viewing",1,positive
a sour little movie at its core ; an exploration of the emptiness that underlay the relentless gaiety,0,negative
"it is ok for a movie to be something of a sitcom apparatus, if the lines work, the humor has point",1,positive
queasy,0,negative
the magnificent swooping aerial shots are breathtaking,1,positive
"say the least, not to mention inappropriate and wildly undeserved",0,negative
is generally amusing from time to time,1,positive
by a natural sense for what works,1,positive
that disconnects every 10 seconds,0,negative
too much exploitation and too little art,0,negative
"a chilly, remote, emotionally distant piece ... so dull that its tagline should be : `",0,negative
there's something awfully deadly about any movie with a life-affirming message,0,negative
an infinitely wittier version of the home alone formula.,1,positive
a powerfully evocative mood,1,positive
dialogue and sharp,1,positive
aesthetic experience,1,positive
well worth,1,positive
which means that birthday girl is the kind of quirkily appealing minor movie she might not make for a while,1,positive
of its sweeping battle scenes,1,positive
stylized swedish fillm about a modern city where all the religious and civic virtues that hold society in place are in tatters.,1,positive
definitive account,1,positive
how clever,1,positive
spend $ 9 on the same stuff you can get for a buck or so in that greasy little vidgame pit in the theater lobby,0,negative
"a sun-drenched masterpiece, part parlor game",1,positive
"not just ticking, but humming",1,positive
of an underdone potato,0,negative
did n't offer an advance screening,0,negative
"anything special, save for a few comic turns,",0,negative
too amateurish and awkward,0,negative
fearlessly,1,positive
his secret life enters the land of unintentional melodrama and tiresome love triangles,0,negative
"satisfies, as comfort food often can",1,positive
"brings to the role her pale, dark beauty and characteristic warmth",1,positive
"hopeful and, perhaps paradoxically, illuminated",1,positive
eviction,1,positive
"could just rent those movies instead, let alone seek out a respectable new one",0,negative
there is a real subject here,1,positive
curiously depressing,0,negative
you 'll find in this dreary mess.,0,negative
has enough gun battles and throwaway humor to cover up the yawning chasm where the plot should be.,0,negative
the psychology 101 study of romantic obsession,1,positive
less-than-thrilling,0,negative
"a pointless, meandering celebration of the goth-vampire, tortured woe-is-me lifestyle",0,negative
is remarkably engaging despite being noticeably derivative of goodfellas and at least a half dozen other trouble-in-the-ghetto flicks.,1,positive
one of those rare docs that paints a grand picture of an era and makes the journey feel like a party,1,positive
an adrenaline boost,1,positive
tries so hard to be quirky and funny that the strain is all too evident,0,negative
for a sketchy work-in-progress that was inexplicably rushed to the megaplexes before its time,0,negative
tongue-in-cheek preposterousness has always been part of for the most part wilde's droll whimsy helps `` being earnest '' overcome its weaknesses and parker's creative interference ...,1,positive
genuinely inspirational,1,positive
of dramatic enlightenment,1,positive
case zero.,0,negative
is lacking,0,negative
so stupid,0,negative
fun with it all,1,positive
numbness.,0,negative
oscar-worthy,1,positive
putrid it is not worth,0,negative
"as predictable as the outcome of a globetrotters-generals game, juwanna mann is even more ludicrous than you 'd expect from the guy-in-a-dress genre, and a personal low for everyone involved.",0,negative
's provocative stuff,1,positive
an old-fashioned nature film that educates viewers with words and pictures while entertaining them,1,positive
substitute volume and primary colors for humor and bite,0,negative
more dimensional and complex than its sunny disposition,1,positive
hand viewers a suitcase full of easy answers,0,negative
a journey that is as difficult for the audience to take as it is for the protagonist,0,negative
relatively dry material,0,negative
great performance,1,positive
disguise the slack complacency of ( godard's ) vision,0,negative
inimitable diaz,1,positive
extraordinary,1,positive
is the drama within the drama,1,positive
so aggressively anti-erotic,0,negative
the charisma,1,positive
"what's most offensive is n't the waste of a good cast,",0,negative
'n safe as to often play like a milquetoast movie of the week blown up for the big screen,0,negative
"another wholly unnecessary addition to the growing, moldering pile of, well, extreme stunt",0,negative
you feel pissed off,0,negative
different ( and better ),1,positive
simple tale,1,positive
direction to give the film a soul and an unabashed sense of good old-fashioned escapism,1,positive
big trouble remains a loosely tied series of vignettes which only prove that ` zany ' does n't necessarily mean ` funny.',0,negative
"it a step further, richer and deeper",1,positive
"the story is also as unoriginal as they come, already having been recycled more times than i 'd care to count.",0,negative
"is, more often then",1,positive
", we do n't feel much for damon/bourne or his predicament",0,negative
the pleasures that it does afford may be enough to keep many moviegoers occupied amidst some of the more serious-minded concerns of other year-end movies.,1,positive
's all bluster -- in the end it's as sweet as greenfingers,1,positive
", will find morrison's iconoclastic uses of technology to be liberating.",1,positive
fairly solid,1,positive
their largest-ever historical canvas,1,positive
as it is spooky and subtly in love with myth,1,positive
"sporadic bursts of liveliness, some so-so slapstick and a few ear-pleasing songs on its soundtrack",1,positive
genuinely enthusiastic,1,positive
an in-depth portrait of an iconoclastic artist,1,positive
sweet and sexy,1,positive
popped up with more mindless drivel,0,negative
gets an exhilarating new interpretation in morvern callar.,1,positive
a half-assed film.,0,negative
"the actors ' perfect comic timing and sweet, genuine chemistry",1,positive
sweeping,1,positive
"( toback's ) fondness for fancy split-screen, stuttering editing and pompous references to wittgenstein and kirkegaard ... blends uneasily with the titillating material.",0,negative
a brilliant movie,1,positive
an artistry that also smacks of revelation,1,positive
", you 'd better have a good alternative",0,negative
jovial air,1,positive
breaks no new ground and,0,negative
liking,1,positive
toes the fine line between cheese and earnestness remarkably well ; everything is delivered with such conviction that it's hard not to be carried away,1,positive
riveting and surprisingly romantic,1,positive
you 'll love it and probably want to see it twice.,1,positive
that delivers a surprising,1,positive
shankman ... and screenwriter karen janszen bungle their way through the narrative as if it were a series of bible parables and not an actual story.,0,negative
standout,1,positive
the stomach-knotting suspense of a legal thriller,1,positive
is classic nowheresville in every sense,0,negative
its rough edges,0,negative
zings all the way,1,positive
"have problems, which are neither original nor are presented in convincing way.",0,negative
showing honest emotions,1,positive
"once one experiences mr. haneke's own sadistic tendencies toward his audience, one is left with a sour taste in one's mouth, and little else.",0,negative
makes these lives count,1,positive
bespeaks an expiration date passed a long time ago,0,negative
encounter than the original could ever have hoped to be,1,positive
by orchestrating a finale that is impenetrable and dull,0,negative
easier to digest,1,positive
"it's surprisingly decent, particularly for a tenth installment in a series.",1,positive
my greatest pictures,1,positive
aimed mainly at little kids but with plenty of entertainment value to keep grown-ups from squirming in their seats,1,positive
becomes something about how lame it is to try and evade your responsibilities,0,negative
a sense of dramatic urgency,1,positive
to little more than punishment,0,negative
"lets you brush up against the humanity of a psycho,",1,positive
in the place where a masterpiece should be,1,positive
"'s little to recommend snow dogs, unless one considers cliched dialogue and perverse escapism a source of high hilarity",0,negative
did n't mean much to me,0,negative
action man cliché atop wooden dialogue,0,negative
"is a funny, puzzling movie ambiguous enough to be engaging and oddly moving.",1,positive
formula family tearjerker,1,positive
genuinely unnerving,0,negative
"no solace here, no entertainment value, merely a fierce lesson in where filmmaking can take us",0,negative
"in its understanding, often funny way",1,positive
the multi-layers of its characters,1,positive
"there is plenty of room for editing, and",0,negative
that it's impossible to care,0,negative
"you never want to see another car chase, explosion or gunfight again",0,negative
whenever it threatens to get bogged down in earnest dramaturgy,0,negative
tiny acts of kindness,1,positive
repressed,0,negative
to give the film the substance it so desperately needs,0,negative
brisk hack,0,negative
softheaded metaphysical claptrap,0,negative
hard to make the most of a bumper,0,negative
i 'm likely to see all year,1,positive
of fascinating performances,1,positive
most moronic,0,negative
an instance of an old dog not only learning but inventing a remarkable new trick.,1,positive
i last walked out on a movie,0,negative
blasphemous and,0,negative
feel ` stoked,1,positive
enigma lacks it.,0,negative
"if you love the music, and i do, its hard to imagine having more fun watching a documentary ...",1,positive
the movie is about as humorous as watching your favorite pet get buried alive.,0,negative
that rare animal,1,positive
play second fiddle to the dull effects that allow the suit to come to life,0,negative
"each scene drags, underscoring the obvious, and sentiment is slathered on top.",0,negative
the mill sci-fi film with a flimsy ending and lots of hype,0,negative
unexpected blast,0,negative
of almost perpetually wasted characters,0,negative
ongoing - and unprecedented -,1,positive
a decent-enough nail-biter,1,positive
opening up,1,positive
", high-adrenaline documentary.",1,positive
"does not proclaim the truth about two love-struck somebodies, but permits them time and space to convince us of that all on their own.",1,positive
north or south vietnamese,1,positive
a fascinating literary mystery story with multiple strands about the controversy of who really wrote shakespeare's plays.,1,positive
"never does `` lilo & stitch '' reach the emotion or timelessness of disney's great past, or even that of more recent successes such as `` mulan '' or `` tarzan.''",0,negative
impersonal and,0,negative
pleasant but not,1,positive
figures prominently in this movie,1,positive
'll enjoy this movie,1,positive
"with its subject matter in a tasteful, intelligent manner, rather than forcing us to endure every plot contrivance that the cliché-riddled genre can offer",1,positive
together ( time out and human resources ) establish mr. cantet as france's foremost cinematic poet of the workplace.,1,positive
adding the rich details and go-for-broke acting that heralds something special,1,positive
"is exceedingly pleasant,",1,positive
your first instinct,1,positive
entirely believable,1,positive
a rich historical subject,1,positive
at times auto focus feels so distant you might as well be watching it through a telescope.,0,negative
neil burger here succeeded in ... making the mystery of four decades back the springboard for a more immediate mystery in the present.,1,positive
hard-core slasher aficionados will find things to like ... but overall the halloween series has lost its edge,0,negative
dramatic and emotional,1,positive
this sneaky feel to it -- as if the director is trying to dupe the viewer into taking it all as very important simply because the movie is ugly to look at and not a hollywood product,0,negative
surprising emotional depth,1,positive
return to neverland manages to straddle the line between another classic for the company and just another run-of-the-mill disney sequel intended for the home video market.,0,negative
"a boring, pretentious muddle",0,negative
"diesel is that rare creature -- an action hero with table manners, and one who proves that elegance is more than tattoo deep.",1,positive
into an excruciating film,0,negative
to quibble with a flick boasting this many genuine cackles,1,positive
"business notable largely for its overwhelming creepiness, for an eagerness to create images you wish you had n't seen",0,negative
is sappy and amateurish,0,negative
's a frankenstein-monster of a film that does n't know what it wants to be.,0,negative
providing some good old fashioned spooks,1,positive
spout hilarious dialogue about following your dream and ` just letting the mountain tell you what to do,1,positive
the soulful development,1,positive
are both excellent,1,positive
", an art form at once visceral and spiritual, wonderfully vulgar and sublimely lofty -- and as emotionally grand as life.",1,positive
bad sound,0,negative
the visceral excitement,1,positive
is a strong directorial stamp on every frame of this stylish film that is able to visualize schizophrenia but is still confident enough to step back and look at the sick character with a sane eye.,1,positive
"to a satisfying complete picture of this particular, anciently demanding métier",1,positive
", e.t. is carried less by wow factors than by its funny, moving yarn that holds up well after two decades.",1,positive
effortlessly,1,positive
have a good shot at a hollywood career,1,positive
wonderful but sometimes confusing,1,positive
that should 've been so much more even if it was only made for teenage boys and wrestling fans,0,negative
is as close as you can get to an imitation movie,0,negative
father cliché,0,negative
easily,1,positive
a low-budget hybrid of scarface or carlito's way,0,negative
you had already seen that movie,0,negative
that made it all work,1,positive
love stories you will ever see,1,positive
the best little `` horror '' movie,1,positive
"is genial but never inspired, and little",1,positive
any easier to sit through than this hastily dubbed disaster,0,negative
the vital comic ingredient of the hilarious writer-director himself,1,positive
the worthy successor,1,positive
as subtle and as enigmatic,1,positive
"shows holmes has the screen presence to become a major-league leading lady, ( but )",1,positive
conned,0,negative
all hollywood fantasies,0,negative
"falsehoods pile up, undermining the movie's reality and stifling its creator's comic voice.",0,negative
films that leaps over national boundaries and celebrates universal human nature,1,positive
smell the grease on the plot,1,positive
savvy street activism,1,positive
vehicle to showcase the canadian's inane ramblings,0,negative
even gritty enough,1,positive
has a bloated plot that stretches the running time about 10 minutes,0,negative
"been there, done that, liked it much better the first time around - when it was called the professional",0,negative
offers no new insight on the matter,0,negative
is little more than a mall movie designed to kill time.,0,negative
that makes the banger sisters a fascinating character study with laughs to spare,1,positive
as a comedy,1,positive
rings false,0,negative
the film's vision of sport as a secular religion is a bit cloying,0,negative
fascinating documentary,1,positive
is barely an hour long.,0,negative
once overly old-fashioned in its sudsy,0,negative
quickly sinks into by-the-numbers territory.,0,negative
acute writing and a host of splendid performances,1,positive
yet lacking about everything,0,negative
old story,0,negative
"the full monty, but a really strong second effort",1,positive
"has all the hallmarks of a movie designed strictly for children's home video, a market so insatiable it absorbs all manner of lame entertainment, as long as 3-year-olds find it diverting.",0,negative
a tribute,1,positive
most incoherent,0,negative
", it should pay reparations to viewers.",0,negative
"the chelsea hotel today is populated by whiny, pathetic, starving and untalented artistes",0,negative
ya-ya's,1,positive
dying and,0,negative
intriguing and stylish.,1,positive
( unintentionally ) funniest moments,1,positive
that annoying specimen,0,negative
impish,0,negative
"makes the women look more like stereotypical caretakers and moral teachers, instead of serious athletes",0,negative
by 86 minutes of overly-familiar and poorly-constructed comedy,0,negative
you may feel compelled to watch the film twice or pick up a book on the subject.,1,positive
wasted in it,0,negative
this movie got me grinning.,1,positive
"overall, it's a very entertaining, thought-provoking film with a simple message : god is love",1,positive
"'s fairly lame, making it par for the course for disney sequels.",0,negative
an extra-dry office comedy that seems twice as long as its 83 minutes,0,negative
"expect no major discoveries, nor any stylish sizzle,",0,negative
"as looking, sounding and simply feeling like no other film in recent history",1,positive
rises above superficiality,1,positive
less an examination of neo-nazism than a probe into the nature of faith itself.,1,positive
achieves some kind of goofy grandeur,1,positive
in a way that does n't make you feel like a sucker,1,positive
one of the most genuinely sweet films to come along in quite some time.,1,positive
( seagal's ) strenuous attempt at a change in expression could very well clinch him this year's razzie.,0,negative
"fills the time with drama, romance, tragedy, bravery, political intrigue, partisans and sabotage",1,positive
"if you 've ever entertained the notion of doing what the title of this film implies, what sex with strangers actually shows may put you off the idea forever.",0,negative
"by the time it's done with us,",0,negative
"good sources,",1,positive
insanely violent and very graphic,0,negative
a thought-provoking picture.,1,positive
"is without doubt an artist of uncompromising vision, but that vision is beginning to feel, if not morally bankrupt, at least terribly monotonous",0,negative
of nonsense,0,negative
one that attempts and often achieves a level of connection and concern,1,positive
packed with adventure and a worthwhile environmental message,1,positive
of ` should have been a sketch on saturday night live,0,negative
to reveal his impressively delicate range,1,positive
sparking,1,positive
this is one of those war movies that focuses on human interaction rather than battle and action sequences ... and,1,positive
deranged immediacy,1,positive
"at its most basic, this cartoon adventure is that wind-in-the-hair exhilarating.",1,positive
"human nature is a goofball movie, in the way that malkovich was, but it tries too hard.",1,positive
can such a cold movie claim to express warmth and longing?,0,negative
why a guy with his talent ended up in a movie this bad,0,negative
for silly summer entertainment,1,positive
little less bling-bling and a lot more,0,negative
ultimately the story compels,1,positive
a moving and important film.,1,positive
amused by its special effects,1,positive
number 1,1,positive
lush and beautifully,1,positive
cheer flick,1,positive
a major director is emerging in world cinema,1,positive
something both ugly and mindless,0,negative
in the film that surprises or delights,1,positive
"is a visually stunning rumination on love, memory, history and the war between art and commerce",1,positive
world trade center tragedy,0,negative
illuminating,1,positive
better off staying on the festival circuit,0,negative
"is to imply terror by suggestion, rather than the overuse of special effects",1,positive
a riot,1,positive
"goosebumps as its uncanny tale of love, communal discord, and justice",1,positive
you 'll find yourself wishing that you and they were in another movie.,0,negative
entertainment adults can see without feeling embarrassed,1,positive
his passion,1,positive
laughing,1,positive
the mill sci-fi film with a flimsy ending and,0,negative
crucifixion,0,negative
suffers from its timid parsing of the barn-side target of sons trying to breach gaps in their relationships with their fathers.,0,negative
nominated for an oscar next year,1,positive
"our deepest, media-soaked fears",0,negative
fresnadillo has something serious to say about the ways in which extravagant chance can distort our perspective and throw us off the path of good sense.,1,positive
with their charisma,1,positive
good laughs,1,positive
of a good vampire tale,1,positive
is by far the worst movie of the year,0,negative
creates in maelstrom a world where the bizarre is credible and the real turns magical,1,positive
", laughably predictable wail pitched to the cadence of a depressed fifteen-year-old's suicidal poetry.",0,negative
"the kids in the audience at the preview screening seemed bored, cheering the pratfalls but little else",0,negative
holds promise,1,positive
a sour little movie,0,negative
wo n't enjoy the movie at all,0,negative
'd do well to check this one out because it's straight up twin peaks action,1,positive
destined to fill the after-school slot at shopping mall theaters across the country.,1,positive
an intense and effective film about loneliness and the chilly anonymity of the environments where so many of us spend so much of our time.,1,positive
that things fall apart,0,negative
"a beautiful, timeless and universal tale of heated passions -- jealousy, betrayal, forgiveness and murder.",1,positive
a source of high hilarity,1,positive
mediocre exercise,0,negative
most of the dialogue made me want to pack raw dough in my ears.,0,negative
relegated to the background -- a welcome step forward from the sally jesse raphael atmosphere of films like philadelphia and american beauty,1,positive
"adrift, bentley and hudson stare and sniffle, respectively, as ledger attempts, in vain, to prove that movie-star intensity can overcome bad hair design.",0,negative
balances real-time rhythms with propulsive incident.,1,positive
ballistic :,1,positive
"the acting is amateurish, the cinematography is atrocious, the direction is clumsy,",0,negative
an adorably whimsical comedy,1,positive
manic and energetic,1,positive
captures the innocence and budding demons within a wallflower,1,positive
vastly entertaining,1,positive
a surprisingly faithful remake of its chilly predecessor,1,positive
grey zone,0,negative
strangely believable,1,positive
"a searing, epic treatment of a nationwide blight that seems to be,",1,positive
astonishingly,1,positive
"demonstrates the unusual power of thoughtful, subjective filmmaking",1,positive
"dense, exhilarating documentary.",1,positive
a potentially good comic premise and excellent cast,1,positive
"the places, and the people,",1,positive
the script is too mainstream and the psychology too textbook to intrigue.,0,negative
staggeringly compelling character,1,positive
"an atrociously, mind-numbingly, indescribably bad movie",0,negative
saccharine as,0,negative
"the goods and audiences will have a fun, no-frills ride",1,positive
of creative belly laughs,1,positive
"ramsay is clearly extraordinarily talented,",1,positive
"new, fervently held ideas and fanciful thinkers",1,positive
into by-the-numbers territory,0,negative
"how resolutely unamusing, how thoroughly unrewarding all of this is, and",0,negative
surprising winner,1,positive
one of those films that started with a great premise and then just fell apart.,0,negative
a sadistic bike flick that would have made vittorio de sica proud,1,positive
a bit too eager to please.,0,negative
and -- sadly -- dull,0,negative
one of the best of a growing strain of daring films,1,positive
"'d probably turn it off, convinced that you had already seen that movie",0,negative
that leaves you scratching your head in amazement over the fact that so many talented people could participate in such an,0,negative
droning house music,0,negative
a powerful drama,1,positive
communicates something,1,positive
"refuses to let slackers be seen as just another teen movie, which means he can be forgiven for frequently pandering to fans of the gross-out comedy.",1,positive
then this first film to use a watercolor background since `` dumbo '' certainly ranks as the most original in years.,1,positive
"staged like `` rosemary's baby, '' but is not as well-conceived as either of those films.",0,negative
"all three actresses are simply dazzling, particularly balk, who's finally been given a part worthy of her considerable talents.",1,positive
sweetly conspiratorial,1,positive
explicit,1,positive
mel,0,negative
offers little insight,0,negative
seeks to rely on an ambiguous presentation,0,negative
"a lot more smarts, but just as endearing and easy to watch",1,positive
be a power outage during your screening so you can get your money back,0,negative
to be as naturally charming as it needs to be,1,positive
"forces them into bizarre, implausible behavior",0,negative
hopkins ) does n't so much phone in his performance as fax it.,0,negative
dull and,0,negative
"baran is shockingly devoid of your typical majid majidi shoe-loving, crippled children.",0,negative
to take us on his sentimental journey of the heart,1,positive
"gets vivid, convincing performances from a fine cast, and generally keeps things going at a rapid pace, occasionally using an omniscient voice-over narrator in the manner of french new wave films",1,positive
"a pathetic exploitation film that tries to seem sincere, and just seems worse for the effort.",0,negative
"i like that smith, he's not making fun of these people, he's not laughing at them.",1,positive
smeary,0,negative
"is that for the most part, the film is deadly dull.",0,negative
reality tv obsession,0,negative
"of the most plain, unimaginative romantic comedies i",0,negative
a few evocative images,1,positive
our most conservative and hidebound movie-making traditions,1,positive
"goes nowhere and goes there very, very slowly",0,negative
"and lee seems just as expectant of an adoring, wide-smiling reception.",1,positive
adept,1,positive
sordid universe,0,negative
the familiar topic of office politics,1,positive
a cultural wildcard experience,1,positive
completely transfixes the audience.,1,positive
is heartening in the same way that each season marks a new start,1,positive
has fashioned an absorbing look at provincial bourgeois french society.,1,positive
you 're a fan of the series,1,positive
moving and revelatory,1,positive
the film maintains a beguiling serenity and poise that make it accessible for a non-narrative feature.,1,positive
"there's nothing like love to give a movie a b-12 shot, and",1,positive
trivializing it,0,negative
no quarter,0,negative
an intense political and psychological thriller,1,positive
by that old familiar feeling of ` let's get this thing over with ',0,negative
in laramie following the murder of matthew shepard,0,negative
"a calm, self-assured portrait of small town regret, love, duty and friendship",1,positive
this remarkable and memorable film,1,positive
with its subjects,1,positive
the best espionage picture to come out in weeks,1,positive
the misery of these people,0,negative
his charming 2000 debut shanghai noon,1,positive
droning,0,negative
"the writing is indifferent, and",0,negative
that craven endorses they simply because this movie makes his own look much better by comparison,0,negative
does n't match his ambition,0,negative
a realistically terrifying movie that puts another notch in the belt of the long list of renegade-cop tales,1,positive
undone by a filmmaking methodology that's just experimental enough to alienate the mainstream audience while ringing cliched to hardened indie-heads,0,negative
", crazy as hell marks an encouraging new direction for la salle.",1,positive
visually dazzling,1,positive
of the worst sin of attributable to a movie like this,0,negative
"have been allowed to use the word `` new '' in its title, because there's not an original character, siuation or joke in the entire movie",0,negative
end it all by stuffing himself into an electric pencil sharpener,0,negative
becomes a questionable kind of inexcusable dumb innocence,0,negative
to enjoy its own transparency,1,positive
kid-empowerment fantasy,1,positive
aggravating,0,negative
"'s just too bad the screenwriters eventually shoot themselves in the feet with cop flick cliches like an oily arms dealer, squad car pile-ups and the requisite screaming captain.",0,negative
narcissism and self-congratulation disguised as a tribute,0,negative
best espionage picture,1,positive
in a film you will never forget -- that you should never forget,1,positive
", unforced",1,positive
"it works well enough, since the thrills pop up frequently, and",1,positive
fanboy,0,negative
are canny and spiced with irony,1,positive
the ups and downs of friendships,1,positive
is a smorgasbord of soliloquies about nothing delivered by the former mr. drew barrymore,0,negative
a very ambitious project,1,positive
almost immediately that welcome to collinwood is n't going to jell,0,negative
"this is the kind of subject matter that could so easily have been fumbled by a lesser filmmaker, but ayres makes the right choices at every turn.",1,positive
"tsai has a well-deserved reputation as one of the cinema world's great visual stylists, and in this film, every shot enhances the excellent performances.",1,positive
which gives you an idea just how bad it was,0,negative
that actually manages to bring something new into the mix,1,positive
grows on you.,1,positive
change the channel,0,negative
"come away from his film overwhelmed, hopeful and, perhaps paradoxically, illuminated.",1,positive
the imagination,1,positive
unrecoverable life,0,negative
is entirely appealing as pumpkin,1,positive
cinematic poem,1,positive
depressingly retrograde,0,negative
this so-called satire,0,negative
is one word that best describes this film : honest,1,positive
"its characters, about whose fate it is hard to care",0,negative
"more confused, less interesting",0,negative
shaky,0,negative
"we hate ( madonna ) within the film's first five minutes,",0,negative
ultimately vapid,0,negative
done his homework,1,positive
potty-mouthed enough,0,negative
bad and,0,negative
"it's a strange film, one that was hard for me to warm up to.",0,negative
at existing photos,1,positive
is surprisingly refreshing.,1,positive
the extent to which it succeeds is impressive.,1,positive
"brutally honest and told with humor and poignancy, which makes its message resonate.",1,positive
", you 're in luck.",1,positive
more forced than usual,0,negative
anachronistic phantasms haunting the imagined glory of their own pasts,1,positive
the director is a magician,1,positive
fresh and absorbing look,1,positive
at theaters,1,positive
leave us stranded with nothing more than our lesser appetites.,0,negative
capture these musicians in full regalia,1,positive
does n't ignore the more problematic aspects of brown's life.,1,positive
seen it all before,0,negative
is a greater attention to the parents -- and particularly the fateful fathers -- in the emotional evolution of the two bewitched adolescents,1,positive
a bad sitcom,0,negative
"a surprisingly juvenile lark,",0,negative
absolutely not.,0,negative
this 10th film in the series looks and feels tired.,0,negative
but the second half of the movie really goes downhill.,0,negative
of character-driven storytelling,1,positive
"unlikable, uninteresting, unfunny,",0,negative
"77 minutes of pokemon may not last 4ever, it just seems like it does.",0,negative
impart a message without bludgeoning the audience over the head,1,positive
out on video before month's end,0,negative
"in other words, about as bad a film",0,negative
ironically killer soundtrack,1,positive
"deep-seated, emotional",1,positive
sweet and sexy film,1,positive
"this new jangle of noise, mayhem and stupidity",0,negative
snaps under the strain of its plot contrivances and its need to reassure.,0,negative
", the movie stirs us as well.",1,positive
no,0,negative
attentive,1,positive
a successful career,1,positive
", this thriller is too loud and thoroughly overbearing",0,negative
"its courage, ideas, technical proficiency",1,positive
"sillier, cuter,",1,positive
it looks neat,1,positive
lifts blue crush into one of the summer's most pleasurable movies,1,positive
lacking in charm and charisma,0,negative
`` spider-man '' certainly delivers the goods,1,positive
"- west coast rap wars, this modern mob music drama never fails to fascinate.",1,positive
family,1,positive
would have been better off staying on the festival circuit,0,negative
"plenty of warmth to go around, with music and laughter and the love of family",1,positive
book report,0,negative
slap her is a small but rewarding comedy that takes aim at contemporary southern adolescence and never lets up.,1,positive
"throughout all the tumult, a question comes to mind : so why is this so boring?",0,negative
the rare capability to soothe and break your heart with a single stroke,1,positive
"lyrical tale probes the ambiguous welcome extended by iran to the afghani refugees who streamed across its borders, desperate for work and food.",1,positive
"the most moronic screenplays of the year,",0,negative
a solid action pic that returns the martial arts master to top form,1,positive
's plenty to enjoy --,1,positive
it's almost impossible not to be swept away by the sheer beauty of his images.,1,positive
"impeccable comic timing, raffish charm and piercing intellect",1,positive
"the movie is hardly a masterpiece,",0,negative
entertains,1,positive
a whole heap,0,negative
"a bit of a downer and a little over-dramatic at times,",0,negative
best thing,1,positive
well to cram earplugs,0,negative
to describe how bad it is,0,negative
ozpetek falls short in showing us antonia's true emotions,0,negative
especially with the weak payoff,0,negative
"like a skillful fisher, the director uses the last act to reel in the audience since its poignancy hooks us completely.",1,positive
understated piece,1,positive
easily one of the best and most exciting movies of the year,1,positive
"while bollywood/hollywood will undoubtedly provide its keenest pleasures to those familiar with bombay musicals, it also has plenty for those ( like me ) who are n't.",1,positive
interesting social,1,positive
the plot offers few surprises,0,negative
"it's nice to see piscopo again after all these years, and",1,positive
beats new life into it,1,positive
argue that it ranks with the best of herzog's works,1,positive
"the work of the director, frank novak, that keeps the film grounded in an undeniable social realism",1,positive
in practice it's something else altogether -- clownish and offensive and nothing at all like real life,0,negative
"in its own aloof, unreachable way it's so fascinating you wo n't be able to look away for a second.",1,positive
help but engage,1,positive
stuffiest,0,negative
is equally hackneyed,0,negative
peerlessly,1,positive
staggers,0,negative
beloved-major,1,positive
"the best comedy concert movie i 've seen since cho's previous concert comedy film, i 'm the one that i want, in 2000.",1,positive
who enjoy moaning about their cruel fate,0,negative
"goofy, life-affirming moments",1,positive
one-sidedness,0,negative
"maybe she, janine and molly -- an all-woman dysfunctional family -- deserve one another",0,negative
too many barney videos,0,negative
"an unsettling, memorable cinematic experience that does its predecessors proud.",1,positive
", action-packed chiller",1,positive
dark little morality tale,1,positive
wo n't join the pantheon of great monster/science fiction flicks that we have come to love,0,negative
from a ploddingly melodramatic structure,0,negative
hold our attention,1,positive
on a string of exotic locales,1,positive
attractive and talented actors,1,positive
", contrived sequels",0,negative
very little to add beyond the dark visions already relayed by superb,0,negative
especially grateful for freedom,1,positive
"rich in shadowy metaphor and as sharp as a samurai sword, jiang wen's devils on the doorstep is a wartime farce in the alternately comic and gut-wrenching style of joseph heller or kurt vonnegut.",1,positive
whose cumulative effect is chilling,1,positive
"parents may even find that it goes by quickly, because it has some of the funniest jokes of any movie this year, including those intended for adults.",1,positive
it all drags on so interminably it's like watching a miserable relationship unfold in real time.,0,negative
in a wind-tunnel and a simply astounding cor-blimey-luv-a-duck cockney accent,1,positive
"the most ravaging,",1,positive
"no, i hate it.",0,negative
"we never feel anything for these characters, and",0,negative
the earnestness of its execution and skill of its cast,1,positive
the right conditions,1,positive
"nothing wrong with performances here,",1,positive
a cockeyed shot all the way.,0,negative
but it's hardly a necessary enterprise.,0,negative
intellectual and emotional pedigree,1,positive
creepy and dead-on performance,1,positive
rather less than the sum of its underventilated père-fils confrontations,0,negative
the incomprehensible anne rice novel,0,negative
marveled,1,positive
too mainstream,0,negative
smug grin,0,negative
reminds us of our own responsibility,1,positive
"that tom tykwer, director of the resonant and sense-spinning run lola run, has turned out to be a one-trick pony",0,negative
has dreamed up such blatant and sickening product placement in a movie.,0,negative
of bubba ho-tep's clearly evident quality,1,positive
"keeps us riveted with every painful nuance, unexpected flashes of dark comedy and the character's gripping humanity",1,positive
is one of those rare docs that paints a grand picture of an era and makes the journey feel like a party,1,positive
's refreshing after the phoniness of female-bonding pictures like divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood,1,positive
a terrific screenplay and,1,positive
may rethink their attitudes when they see the joy the characters take in this creed,1,positive
the genius of the work,1,positive
low-budget hybrid,0,negative
unfolds with all the mounting tension of an expert thriller,1,positive
affirming and,1,positive
"the film is like sitting in a downtown café, overhearing a bunch of typical late-twenty-somethings natter on about nothing, and desperately wishing you could change tables.",0,negative
is as delightful as it is derivative,1,positive
makes a better short story,0,negative
` stock up on silver bullets for director neil marshall's intense freight train of a film.',1,positive
offers the none-too-original premise that everyone involved with moviemaking is a con artist and a liar,0,negative
by bad luck and their own immaturity,0,negative
sewing together what could have been a confusing and horrifying vision into an intense and engrossing head-trip,1,positive
with witty dialogue and inventive moments,1,positive
is richer than anticipated,1,positive
it's both sitcomishly predictable and cloying in its attempts to be poignant.,0,negative
a serious movie with serious ideas,1,positive
idea ( of middle-aged romance ) is not handled well and,0,negative
panic room is interested in nothing more than sucking you in ... and making you sweat,1,positive
"as i was, by its moods, and by its subtly transformed star",1,positive
high-octane thriller,1,positive
"the movie, as opposed to the manifesto, is really, really stupid.",0,negative
... an adorably whimsical comedy that deserves more than a passing twinkle.,1,positive
"borstal boy represents the worst kind of filmmaking, the kind that pretends to be passionate and truthful but is really frustratingly timid and soggy.",0,negative
"jolt you out of your seat a couple of times, give you a few laughs,",1,positive
ones that were imposed for the sake of commercial sensibilities,0,negative
drop dead gorgeous,1,positive
lousy movie,0,negative
"the bottom line with nemesis is the same as it has been with all the films in the series : fans will undoubtedly enjoy it, and the uncommitted need n't waste their time on it.",1,positive
schnieder,1,positive
grating and tedious,0,negative
anyone who wants to start writing screenplays,1,positive
supporting,1,positive
the film is deadly dull,0,negative
", duvall ( also a producer ) peels layers from this character that may well not have existed on paper.",1,positive
a sub-formulaic slap in the face to seasonal cheer.,0,negative
"a strong script,",1,positive
colorful,1,positive
slow.,0,negative
emphasizes the well-wrought story,1,positive
not smart or,0,negative
"( jeff's ) gorgeous, fluid compositions,",1,positive
by the better film's ability to make its subject interesting to those who are n't part of its supposed target audience,1,positive
bitter italian comedy,0,negative
hashiguchi uses the situation to evoke a japan bustling atop an undercurrent of loneliness and isolation.,1,positive
squeeze the action and our emotions,1,positive
tepid and,0,negative
dramatic punch and depth,1,positive
"an appalling, odoriferous thing ... so",0,negative
", absurd collection",0,negative
"making kahlo's art a living, breathing part of the movie, often",1,positive
"not only is entry number twenty the worst of the brosnan bunch, it's one of the worst of the entire franchise.",0,negative
"as enlightening, insightful and entertaining as grant's two best films",1,positive
of being a really bad imitation of the really bad blair witch project,0,negative
"i liked about schmidt a lot, but i have a feeling that i would have liked it much more if harry & tonto never existed",1,positive
timeless,1,positive
clever and,1,positive
the worst in otherwise talented actors,0,negative
few things more frustrating to a film buff than seeing an otherwise good movie marred beyond redemption by a disastrous ending,0,negative
open windows,1,positive
somber earnestness in the new adaptation of the cherry orchard,1,positive
a fascinating documentary that provides a rounded and revealing overview of this ancient holistic healing system,1,positive
deeply unpleasant,0,negative
"too long, and larded with exposition, this somber cop drama ultimately feels as flat as the scruffy sands of its titular community.",0,negative
... get a sense of good intentions derailed by a failure to seek and strike just the right tone.,0,negative
lies ...,0,negative
that resident evil is not it,0,negative
it's goofy ( if not entirely wholesome ) fun,1,positive
an unusual biopic and document of male swingers in the playboy era,1,positive
a big box of consolation candy,0,negative
"seen in a while, a meander through worn-out material",0,negative
between these two marginal characters,0,negative
"though clearly well-intentioned, this cross-cultural soap opera is painfully formulaic and stilted.",0,negative
goofball stunts any `` jackass '' fan,0,negative
's so devoid of joy and energy,0,negative
fails at both endeavors,0,negative
sparked by two actresses in their 50s working at the peak of their powers.,1,positive
jersey lowbrow accent uma,0,negative
not everything,0,negative
", but because of the startling intimacy",1,positive
mostly fool's,0,negative
really a thriller so much,1,positive
"feels more like an extended, open-ended poem than a traditionally structured story",1,positive
"it's a smart, funny look at an arcane area of popular culture, and if it is n't entirely persuasive, it does give exposure to some talented performers.",1,positive
regards reign of fire with awe.,1,positive
"it's hard to quibble with a flick boasting this many genuine cackles, but notorious c.h.o. still feels like a promising work-in-progress.",1,positive
quite fun in places,1,positive
garcia and the other actors help make the wobbly premise work.,1,positive
gently comic even as the film breaks your heart,1,positive
his characters stage,1,positive
there's enough melodrama in this magnolia primavera to make pta proud yet director muccino's characters are less worthy of puccini than they are of daytime television.,0,negative
that it 'll probably be the best and most mature comedy of the 2002 summer season speaks more of the season than the picture,1,positive
surprises you,1,positive
whole stretches of the film may be incomprehensible to moviegoers not already clad in basic black.,0,negative
manages to nail the spirit-crushing ennui of denuded urban living without giving in to it.,1,positive
awe and affection -- and,1,positive
"carry the movie because they are believable as people -- flawed, assured of the wrong things, and scared to admit how much they may really need the company of others.",1,positive
"good action, good acting, good dialogue",1,positive
it must be the end of the world : the best film so far this year is a franchise sequel starring wesley snipes,1,positive
"` it's painful to watch witherspoon's talents wasting away inside unnecessary films like legally blonde and sweet home abomination, i mean, alabama.'",0,negative
excuse to eat popcorn,0,negative
one of the most unpleasant things the studio,0,negative
intellectual and emotional,1,positive
make this an eminently engrossing film.,1,positive
"shallow, noisy and pretentious.",0,negative
is handled with intelligence and care,1,positive
crummy,0,negative
film buffs,1,positive
outdated,0,negative
the film runs on a little longer than it needs to -- muccino either does n't notice when his story ends or just ca n't tear himself away from the characters,0,negative
poignant if familiar story of a young person,1,positive
this quirky soccer import is forgettable,0,negative
an indispensable peek at the art and the agony of making people laugh.,1,positive
put pillowcases over their heads for 87 minutes,0,negative
upper west sidey exercise in narcissism and self-congratulation disguised as a tribute.,0,negative
cute,1,positive
"a mixture of deadpan cool, wry humor and just the measure",1,positive
even bother to rent this on video,0,negative
genuine rather than pandering,1,positive
"yet, it must be admitted",0,negative
the most multilayered and sympathetic female characters of the year,1,positive
sham actor workshops and,0,negative
after an uncertain start,0,negative
"because it has some of the funniest jokes of any movie this year, including those intended for adults",1,positive
... a sour little movie at its core ; an exploration of the emptiness that underlay the relentless gaiety of the 1920's ... the film's ending has a `` what was it all for,0,negative
"vainly, i think",0,negative
gratingly unfunny,0,negative
"with its exquisite acting, inventive screenplay, mesmerizing music, and many inimitable scenes",1,positive
"the kids in the audience at the preview screening seemed bored, cheering the pratfalls but little else ; their parents, wise folks that they are, read books",0,negative
ultimately tragic,0,negative
"if the full monty was a freshman fluke, lucky break is ( cattaneo ) sophomore slump.",0,negative
a collection of wrenching cases is corcuera's attention to detail.,1,positive
's both charming and,1,positive
vulgar is too optimistic a title.,0,negative
very pleasing at its best moments,1,positive
suitable,1,positive
enough gun battles and,0,negative
"the movie straddles the fence between escapism and social commentary, and on both sides it falls short",0,negative
odd bedfellows,0,negative
"as a film director, labute continues to improve.",1,positive
"slow, uneventful",0,negative
the lady and the duke represents the filmmaker's lifelong concern with formalist experimentation in cinematic art.,1,positive
manages to be pleasant in spite of its predictability,1,positive
"in this film, every shot enhances the excellent performances",1,positive
because it is japanese and yet feels universal,1,positive
"enjoyably dumb, sweet, and intermittently hilarious -- if you 've a taste for the quirky, steal a glimpse",1,positive
the cleverness,1,positive
"growing, moldering pile",0,negative
like an infomercial for ram dass's latest book,0,negative
laconic and,0,negative
a fast paced and suspenseful argentinian thriller about the shadow side of play,1,positive
cartoonish performance,0,negative
"schaeffer's film never settles into the light-footed enchantment the material needs, and the characters ' quirks and foibles never jell into charm.",0,negative
a jaw-droppingly beautiful work that upends nearly every cliché of japanese animation while delivering a more than satisfactory amount of carnage.,1,positive
"love, family and",1,positive
has performed a difficult task indeed,1,positive
the lines work,1,positive
is n't nearly as funny,0,negative
a great cast,1,positive
recent past,1,positive
the scariest movie,1,positive
is a good and ambitious film,1,positive
flirts with propaganda,0,negative
emaciated,0,negative
a whole lot of nada,0,negative
it is formula filmmaking,0,negative
nothing but an episode of smackdown,0,negative
", standoffish to everyone else, and smugly suggests a superior moral tone is more important than filmmaking skill",0,negative
no discernible feeling,0,negative
a generic international version,0,negative
"savvy, compelling",1,positive
"it's like every bad idea that's ever gone into an after-school special compiled in one place, minus those daytime programs ' slickness and sophistication ( and who knew they even had any?).",0,negative
"more like stereotypical caretakers and moral teachers, instead",0,negative
"but then again, i hate myself most mornings.",0,negative
the dragons are the real stars of reign of fire and you wo n't be disappointed,1,positive
is also a creative urge,1,positive
"self-consciously flashy camera effects, droning house music",0,negative
"... a fascinating curiosity piece -- fascinating, that is, for about ten minutes.",0,negative
", i 'm going to recommend secretary, based on the wonderful acting clinic put on by spader and gyllenhaal",1,positive
like a fish that's lived too long,0,negative
that was inexplicably rushed to the megaplexes before its time,0,negative
they trot out the conventional science-fiction elements of bug-eyed monsters and futuristic women in skimpy clothes,0,negative
these things,1,positive
nearly as fresh or enjoyable,1,positive
"druggy and self-indulgent, like a spring-break orgy for pretentious arts majors",0,negative
"a time machine, a journey back to your childhood, when cares melted away in the dark theater, and",1,positive
crisp framing,1,positive
"'s still tainted by cliches, painful improbability and murky points",0,negative
circuit is the awkwardly paced soap opera-ish story.,0,negative
recommended,1,positive
could relish,1,positive
best,1,positive
most savagely hilarious social critics,1,positive
"twohy's a good yarn-spinner,",1,positive
this is an action movie with an action icon who's been all but decommissioned.,0,negative
"of rancid, well-intentioned, but shamelessly manipulative movie making",0,negative
threefold expansion,1,positive
"fincher takes no apparent joy in making movies, and",0,negative
"only of one man's quest to be president, but of how that man single-handedly turned a plane full of hard-bitten, cynical journalists into what was essentially, by campaign's end, an extended publicity department",1,positive
embarrassed to be part of,0,negative
"the power of shanghai ghetto, a documentary by dana janklowicz-mann and amir mann,",1,positive
powerful act,1,positive
bones tickled,1,positive
sophisticated in the worst way,0,negative
a skyscraper,1,positive
"lacks any real raw emotion, which is fatal for a film that relies on personal relationships.",0,negative
low-budget constraints,0,negative
"a dashing and resourceful hero ; a lisping, reptilian villain ; big fights ; big hair",1,positive
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
being exciting,1,positive
assume is just another day of brit cinema,0,negative
compelling film.,1,positive
most antsy youngsters,1,positive
to look as if it were being shown on the projection television screen of a sports bar,0,negative
"absurd plot twists, idiotic court maneuvers and",0,negative
) utterly convincing -- and deeply appealing -- as a noble teacher who embraces a strict moral code,1,positive
less-is-more,0,negative
that was hard for me to warm up to,0,negative
mediterranean sparkles,1,positive
dull,0,negative
and `` terrible,0,negative
almost saves the movie.,0,negative
fit,1,positive
comes ... uncomfortably close to coasting in the treads of the bicycle thief.,0,negative
"is to ponder how a whole segment of pop-music history has been allowed to get wet, fuzzy and sticky.",0,negative
one ca n't deny its seriousness and quality.,1,positive
"makes this man so watchable is a tribute not only to his craft, but to his legend.",1,positive
craig bartlett and director tuck tucker should be commended for illustrating the merits of fighting hard for something that really matters.,1,positive
is so packed with subplots involving the various silbersteins that it feels more like the pilot episode of a tv series than a feature film,0,negative
enriched,1,positive
filled with raw emotions conveying despair and love,1,positive
"all-powerful,",1,positive
surprisingly brilliant,1,positive
"is most remarkable not because of its epic scope, but because of the startling intimacy it achieves despite that breadth.",1,positive
more than another `` best man '' clone by weaving a theme throughout this funny film,1,positive
"are both superb, while huppert ... is magnificent.",1,positive
ever knew about generating suspense,1,positive
studios,1,positive
"contains no wit, only labored gags",0,negative
it is hard to resist,1,positive
"serves up all of that stuff, nearly subliminally,",1,positive
terrific performance,1,positive
a terrific screenplay and fanciful direction,1,positive
drown a viewer in boredom than to send any shivers down his spine,0,negative
"'s a beautiful film, full of elaborate and twisted characters",1,positive
does n't have a single surprise up its sleeve.,0,negative
phoney-feeling sentiment,0,negative
what is surely the funniest and most accurate depiction of writer,1,positive
an inarticulate screenplay,0,negative
"the 2002 film does n't really believe in it, and breaks the mood with absurdly inappropriate ` comedy ' scenes.",0,negative
well-developed,1,positive
bargain-basement special,0,negative
impish divertissement,0,negative
waited three years with breathless anticipation for a new hal hartley movie,1,positive
leaves something to be desired.,0,negative
life-affirming,1,positive
with lots of sloppiness,0,negative
stifles creativity and allows the film to drag on for nearly three hours,0,negative
the whole thing never existed,0,negative
is heartening in the same way that each season marks a new start.,1,positive
marks a modest if encouraging return to form,1,positive
to confident filmmaking and a pair of fascinating performances,1,positive
enjoyable,1,positive
the quirky and recessive charms,1,positive
has something fascinating to do,1,positive
have failed,0,negative
the plot almost arbitrary,0,negative
those monologues stretch on and on,0,negative
beresford nicely mixes in as much humor as pathos to take us on his sentimental journey of the heart.,1,positive
needs more impressionistic cinematography and exhilarating point-of-view shots and fewer slow-motion ` grandeur ' shots and quick-cut edits that often detract from the athleticism.,0,negative
this thing is just garbage.,0,negative
clever and very satisfying,1,positive
it may not be a great piece of filmmaking,0,negative
cliché-laden screenplay,0,negative
"the more outre aspects of ` black culture ' and the dorkier aspects of ` white culture, ' even as it points out how inseparable the two are",1,positive
a familiar anti-feminist equation ( career - kids = misery ) in tiresome romantic-comedy duds,0,negative
"sexy, and rousing",1,positive
that never quite equals the sum of its pretensions.,0,negative
has a lot of charm,1,positive
a day at the beach,1,positive
"sly, intricate magic",1,positive
deftly captures the wise-beyond-her-years teen,1,positive
"shreve's graceful dual narrative gets clunky on the screen, and",0,negative
none of the characters or plot-lines are fleshed-out enough to build any interest.,0,negative
the major problem with windtalkers is that the bulk of the movie centers on the wrong character.,0,negative
that i usually dread encountering the most,0,negative
thrown-together feel,0,negative
dull-witted and disquietingly,0,negative
men in black ii achieves ultimate insignificance,0,negative
for a breath of fresh air now and then,1,positive
valuable messages are forgotten 10 minutes after the last trombone,0,negative
to see a movie that embraces its old-fashioned themes and in the process comes out looking like something wholly original,1,positive
than this mess,0,negative
a hallmark film in an increasingly important film industry and worth the look.,1,positive
this gorgeous film a must for everyone from junior scientists to grown-up fish lovers,1,positive
"may be relieved that his latest feature, r xmas, marks a modest if encouraging return to form.",1,positive
"star power,",1,positive
"it's got all the familiar bruckheimer elements, and schumacher does probably as good a job as anyone at bringing off the hopkins/rock collision of acting styles and onscreen personas.",1,positive
clearly evident quality,1,positive
ghastly,0,negative
"works spectacularly well ... a shiver-inducing, nerve-rattling ride",1,positive
the lazy material and,0,negative
one of those unassuming films that sneaks up on you and stays with you long after you have left the theater.,1,positive
"scary, action-packed chiller",1,positive
genteel and,1,positive
"an eerily suspenseful, deeply absorbing piece that works as a treatise on spirituality as well as a solid sci-fi thriller.",1,positive
entertaining and informative,1,positive
its own ludicrous terms,0,negative
contrived plot points,0,negative
"also looked like crap, so crap is what i was expecting.",0,negative
while hollywood ending has its share of belly laughs ( including a knockout of a closing line ),1,positive
the funnier movies,1,positive
the gross-out comedy,0,negative
it magic,1,positive
the pantheon of the best of the swashbucklers,1,positive
i enjoyed.,1,positive
"a gracious, eloquent film",1,positive
mildly interesting,1,positive
"the histrionic muse still eludes madonna and, playing a charmless witch",0,negative
", there remains a huge gap between the film's creepy",0,negative
"another iteration of what's become one of the movies ' creepiest conventions, in which the developmentally disabled",0,negative
"by those on both sides of the issues, if only for the perspective it offers",1,positive
prima,1,positive
heartfelt concern,1,positive
"crafted an engaging fantasy of flavors and emotions, one part romance novel, one part recipe book",1,positive
` hip ',1,positive
"the most beautiful, evocative works",1,positive
wait to see this terrific film with your kids -- if you do n't have kids borrow some,1,positive
without beauty or humor,0,negative
the best of both worlds,1,positive
is pretty weary,0,negative
admitted egomaniac,0,negative
"like the excruciating end of days, collateral damage presents schwarzenegger as a tragic figure, but sympathy really belongs with any viewer forced to watch him try out so many complicated facial expressions.",0,negative
"is shallow, offensive and redundant, with pitifully few real laughs",0,negative
a lower i.q. than when i had entered,0,negative
of the best special effects,1,positive
cheated,0,negative
ca n't quite live up to it,0,negative
"at its worst, it implodes in a series of very bad special effects.",0,negative
no unifying rhythm or visual style,0,negative
despite the opulent lushness of every scene,1,positive
many pleasures,1,positive
get the same love story and,1,positive
is stiff or just plain bad.,0,negative
and adults will at least have a dream image of the west to savor whenever the film's lamer instincts are in the saddle.,0,negative
"as good, if not better",1,positive
"none of the crackle of `` fatal attraction '', `` 9 1/2 weeks '', or even `` indecent proposal ''",0,negative
"the movie's messages are quite admirable,",1,positive
"a wonderful, ghastly film.",1,positive
disreputable doings and exquisite trappings are dampened by a lackluster script and substandard performances.,0,negative
off his game,0,negative
as its own most damning censure,0,negative
"it's packed with adventure and a worthwhile environmental message, so",1,positive
- greaseballs mob action-comedy.,0,negative
this charming but slight tale,1,positive
one of the worst of the entire franchise,0,negative
gives the lady and the duke something of a theatrical air,1,positive
are an absolute joy,1,positive
"the plot is nothing but boilerplate clichés from start to finish, and the script assumes that not only would subtlety be lost on the target audience, but that it's also too stupid to realize that they 've already seen this exact same movie a hundred times",0,negative
sonny needs to overcome gaps in character development and story logic,0,negative
is amused by its special effects,1,positive
subversive,0,negative
"you can taste it, but there's no fizz",0,negative
"the documentary is much too conventional -- lots of boring talking heads, etc. -- to do the subject matter justice.",0,negative
a finely tuned mood,1,positive
"guy gets girl, guy loses girl, audience falls asleep.",0,negative
hilariously,1,positive
the film buzz and whir,1,positive
need a stronger stomach than us,0,negative
death to smoochy is often very funny,1,positive
"haynes makes us see familiar issues, like racism and homophobia, in a fresh way.",1,positive
shows the promise of digital filmmaking,1,positive
longer exposition sequences between them,0,negative
"a pointed, often tender, examination of the pros and cons of unconditional love and familial duties.",1,positive
"the most frantic, virulent and foul-natured",0,negative
drop your jaw,1,positive
laughably,0,negative
the plot is paper-thin and,0,negative
most poorly staged and lit action,0,negative
than indecent proposal,1,positive
pushed into the margins by predictable plotting and tiresome histrionics,0,negative
for laughs and not the last time,1,positive
neatly constructed thriller.,1,positive
"old movies, when you could just rent those movies instead, let alone seek out a respectable new one",0,negative
as a pink slip,0,negative
"does n't offer much besides glib soullessness, raunchy language and a series of brutal set pieces ... that raise the bar on stylized screen violence.",0,negative
the courage,1,positive
"surprising, subtle turn",1,positive
then you 're in for a painful ride.,0,negative
distracted,0,negative
nails hard,1,positive
's so much to look at in metropolis you hate to tear your eyes away from the images long enough to read the subtitles.,1,positive
"the most brilliant and brutal uk crime film since jack carter went back to newcastle, the first half of gangster no. 1 drips with style and, at times, blood.",1,positive
"ramsay is clearly extraordinarily talented, and",1,positive
a little too smugly,0,negative
"ultimately, the film never recovers from the clumsy cliché of the ugly american abroad, and the too-frosty exterior ms. paltrow employs to authenticate her british persona is another liability.",0,negative
over-the-top trash,0,negative
to be the best espionage picture to come out in weeks,1,positive
"as stiff, ponderous and charmless as a mechanical apparatus",0,negative
good chance,1,positive
out there!,1,positive
cool stuff,1,positive
is so bad it does n't improve upon the experience of staring at a blank screen,0,negative
"payami tries to raise some serious issues about iran's electoral process,",0,negative
teenagers fixating on its body humor and reinforcement of stereotypes,0,negative
is an undeniably intriguing film from an adventurous young talent who finds his inspiration on the fringes of the american underground,1,positive
child acting,0,negative
no way original,0,negative
a bad day,0,negative
humble,1,positive
"updates the setting in an attempt to make the film relevant today, without fully understanding what it was that made the story relevant in the first place.",0,negative
diesel is n't the actor to save it.,0,negative
carries you,1,positive
entertaining movie,1,positive
"bright, inventive",1,positive
much needed,1,positive
about memory and regret,1,positive
does n't allow an earnest moment to pass without reminding audiences that it's only a movie.,0,negative
all bluster,0,negative
you will emerge with a clearer view of how the gears of justice grind on and the death report comes to share airtime alongside the farm report.,1,positive
kids ( of all ages ) that like adventure,1,positive
a negligible british comedy.,0,negative
"of the world's best actors, daniel auteuil,",1,positive
"it was the unfulfilling, incongruous, `` wait a second",0,negative
"a determined, ennui-hobbled slog",0,negative
"people are innocent, childlike and inherently funny",1,positive
valiant,1,positive
"it's a film with an idea buried somewhere inside its fabric, but never clearly seen or felt.",0,negative
there are great rewards here.,1,positive
falls into the trap of pretention,0,negative
is so intimate and sensual and funny and psychologically self-revealing that it makes most of what passes for sex in the movies look like cheap hysterics,1,positive
from the incongruous but chemically,0,negative
"not about scares but a mood in which an ominous, pervasive, and unknown threat lurks just below the proceedings and adds an almost constant mindset of suspense",1,positive
several scenes of this tacky nonsense,0,negative
vein,1,positive
"the way the roundelay of partners functions, and the interplay within partnerships and among partnerships and the general air of gator-bashing are consistently delightful.",1,positive
deferred and desire,1,positive
"the idea of making kahlo's art a living, breathing part of the movie, often catapulting the artist into her own work",1,positive
after a while,0,negative
character creations,1,positive
a remarkably alluring film,1,positive
of lingerie models and bar dancers,1,positive
cinematic car wreck,0,negative
", in the history of the academy, people may be wondering what all that jazz was about `` chicago '' in 2002.",0,negative
brief pretentious period,0,negative
lumbering,0,negative
scenes brim,1,positive
"combined with so much first-rate talent ... could have yielded such a flat, plodding picture",0,negative
what they see in each other also is difficult to fathom.,0,negative
extraordinary debut from josh koury,1,positive
full of the kind of obnoxious,0,negative
from a severe case of hollywood-itis,0,negative
the real horror may be waiting for us at home,0,negative
mostly due to its superior cast,1,positive
"goes off the beaten path, not necessarily for the better.",0,negative
are odd and pixilated,0,negative
to just die already,0,negative
there is only so much baked cardboard i need to chew.,0,negative
self-flagellation,0,negative
falls flat as thinking man cia agent jack ryan,0,negative
has tackled a meaty subject and drawn engaging characters while peppering the pages with memorable zingers,1,positive
near-masterpiece.,1,positive
meandering and confusing.,0,negative
the simpering soundtrack and editing more so,0,negative
an exclamation point,1,positive
compelling pre-wwii drama,1,positive
is a heavyweight film that fights a good fight on behalf of the world's endangered reefs,1,positive
"nothing but one relentlessly depressing situation after another for its entire running time, something that you could easily be dealing with right now in your lives.",0,negative
"authentically vague, but ultimately purposeless, study",0,negative
lulls you,0,negative
with few respites,1,positive
of the painstaking,0,negative
to narrative filmmaking with a visually masterful work of quiet power,1,positive
i have a new favorite musical,1,positive
amusing and unexpectedly insightful examination,1,positive
those 24-and-unders looking for their own caddyshack to adopt as a generational signpost may have to keep on looking.,0,negative
"'s sanctimonious, self-righteous and so eager to earn our love that you want to slap it",0,negative
keep the movie slaloming through its hackneyed elements with enjoyable ease.,1,positive
with its unbelievable naïveté and arbitrary flashbacks,0,negative
is just the point,1,positive
resemble the shapeless,0,negative
dazzling entertainment,1,positive
the film has an infectious enthusiasm,1,positive
is quite beautiful,1,positive
"'s a frightful vanity film that, no doubt, pays off what debt miramax felt they owed to benigni",0,negative
"of insulting, both to men and women",0,negative
", sometimes creepy intimacy",0,negative
it misses a major opportunity to be truly revelatory about his psyche.,0,negative
a tribute to the power of women to heal,1,positive
blanchett and ribisi compellingly tap into a spiritual aspect of their characters ' suffering,1,positive
rage,0,negative
often surprising twists and an intermingling of naiveté and sophistication,1,positive
that fly at such a furiously funny pace that the only rip off that we were aware of,1,positive
like puppies with broken legs,0,negative
at once overly old-fashioned in its sudsy plotting,0,negative
"our reality tv obsession,",0,negative
's an utterly static picture,0,negative
look too deep into the story,0,negative
in cynicism every bit,0,negative
"watch for that sense of openness, the little surprises",1,positive
"those who are not acquainted with the author's work, on the other hand, may fall fast asleep.",0,negative
its mean-spirited second half,0,negative
that's about as overbearing and over-the-top as the family it,0,negative
"ineffable, elusive, yet inexplicably powerful",1,positive
tawdry trash,0,negative
"by halfway through this picture i was beginning to hate it, and, of course, feeling guilty for it ... then, miracle of miracles, the movie does a flip-flop.",1,positive
"'s a wonderful, sobering, heart-felt drama.",1,positive
will make you laugh,1,positive
an extended dialogue exercise in retard 101,0,negative
"permeates all its aspects -- from the tv movie-esque, affected child acting to the dullest irish pub scenes ever filmed.",0,negative
"though lan yu lacks a sense of dramatic urgency, the film makes up for it with a pleasing verisimilitude.",1,positive
'll be treated to an impressive and highly entertaining celebration of its sounds,1,positive
"that not only would subtlety be lost on the target audience, but",0,negative
illustrates the ability of the human spirit to overcome adversity,1,positive
more tiring than anything,0,negative
enhance,1,positive
salma hayek has a feel for the character at all stages of her life,1,positive
a splendid job,1,positive
i 'd be lying if i said my ribcage did n't ache by the end of kung pow.,1,positive
life-changing chance encounters,1,positive
"what an idea, what a thrill ride.",1,positive
this sensuous and spirited tale,1,positive
"unfocused, excruciatingly tedious",0,negative
picture-perfect,1,positive
"the art direction is often exquisite,",1,positive
quibble with a flick boasting this many genuine cackles,1,positive
seems hopelessly juvenile,0,negative
"is so insanely stupid, so awful in so many ways that watching it leaves you giddy",0,negative
as south park,0,negative
it's rare that a movie can be as intelligent as this one is in every regard except its storyline ; everything that's good is ultimately scuttled by a plot that's just too boring and obvious.,0,negative
bring,1,positive
"manages, with terrific flair",1,positive
"an overstylized, puréed mélange",0,negative
", pinocchio never quite achieves the feel of a fanciful motion picture.",0,negative
great film,1,positive
the cinematic equivalent of patronizing a bar,0,negative
laughed,1,positive
might be wishing for a watch that makes time go faster rather than the other way around,0,negative
better than,1,positive
mainstream matinee-style entertainment,1,positive
"a portrait of alienation so perfect, it will certainly succeed in alienating most viewers.",0,negative
comes off as a pale successor.,0,negative
"funny, sexy",1,positive
intoxicating documentary,1,positive
an edgy thriller that delivers a surprising,1,positive
"though the aboriginal aspect lends the ending an extraordinary poignancy, and the story itself could be played out in any working class community in the nation.",1,positive
letting you share her one-room world for a while,1,positive
"a refreshingly realistic, affectation-free coming-of-age tale.",1,positive
labors as storytelling,0,negative
at the end that extravagantly redeems it,1,positive
stunning fusion,1,positive
as france's foremost cinematic poet of the workplace,1,positive
"'s the element of condescension, as the filmmakers look down on their working-class subjects from their lofty perch, that finally makes sex with strangers, which opens today in the new york metropolitan area, so distasteful.",0,negative
an impressive and highly entertaining celebration,1,positive
best movie work,1,positive
enough charm and appealing character quirks to forgive that still serious problem,1,positive
terrific setpieces,1,positive
kill the effect,0,negative
content and narrative strength,1,positive
's as if a bored cage spent the duration of the film's shooting schedule waiting to scream : `` got aids yet,0,negative
scherfig's light-hearted profile,1,positive
"the film is grossly contradictory in conveying its social message, if indeed there is one.",0,negative
drawn toward the light -- the light of the exit sign,0,negative
give it considerable punch.,1,positive
"in the end, you feel alive - which is what they did",1,positive
is one helluva singer,1,positive
a strangely stirring experience that finds warmth in the coldest environment and makes each crumb of emotional comfort,1,positive
fantasies,1,positive
"feels like the work of someone who may indeed have finally aged past his prime ... and, perhaps more than he realizes,",0,negative
are enthralling,1,positive
"a wry, affectionate delight.",1,positive
is rotten in the state of california,0,negative
oppressively heavy,0,negative
"manages just to be depressing, as the lead actor phones in his autobiographical performance",0,negative
an unsuccessful attempt,0,negative
a fascinating glimpse,1,positive
an american tragedy,0,negative
( other than the very sluggish pace ),0,negative
warped logic by writer-director kurt wimmer at the screenplay level,0,negative
looking down at your watch and realizing serving sara is n't even halfway through,0,negative
"flat-out amusing, sometimes endearing and often fabulous, with a solid cast, noteworthy characters, delicious dialogue and a wide supply of effective sight gags.",1,positive
can argue that the debate it joins is a necessary and timely one,1,positive
"unparalleled proportions, writer-director parker",1,positive
"i have returned from the beyond to warn you : this movie is 90 minutes long, and life is too short.",0,negative
"taken one of the world's most fascinating stories and made it dull, lifeless, and irritating",0,negative
"a little melodramatic, but with enough",0,negative
"do justice to the awfulness of the movie,",0,negative
a sturdiness and solidity,1,positive
could easily be called the best korean film of 2002,1,positive
refreshes the mind and spirit along with the body,1,positive
"sit still for two hours and change watching such a character, especially when rendered in as flat and impassive a manner as phoenix's",0,negative
"is hilariously, gloriously alive, and quite often hotter than georgia asphalt.",1,positive
here's a fun one.,1,positive
"carries its share of laughs -- sometimes a chuckle, sometimes a guffaw and, to my great pleasure, the occasional belly laugh",1,positive
for a silly hack-and-slash flick,0,negative
that plays like a loosely-connected string of acting-workshop exercises,0,negative
reveals how bad an actress she is,0,negative
manages to be wholesome and subversive at the same time.,1,positive
"it is a kind, unapologetic, sweetheart of a movie, and mandy moore leaves a positive impression",1,positive
has never been filmed more irresistibly than in ` baran.,1,positive
jackass '' fan,1,positive
face arrest 15 years after their crime,0,negative
wonderfully creepy,1,positive
he can not overcome the sense that pumpkin is a mere plot pawn for two directors with far less endearing disabilities.,0,negative
"no psychology here, and no real narrative logic --",0,negative
real and,1,positive
starts as a tart little lemon drop of a movie and ends up as a bitter pill,0,negative
emotional comfort,1,positive
"about compassion, sacrifice, and christian love",1,positive
it demands that you suffer the dreadfulness of war from both sides,1,positive
successful on other levels,1,positive
achingly unfunny phonce,0,negative
", iwai's gorgeous visuals seduce.",1,positive
just not a thrilling movie,0,negative
of an authentic feel,1,positive
it wears you down like a dinner guest showing off his doctorate,0,negative
seems to go out of his way to turn the legendary wit's classic mistaken identity farce into brutally labored and unfunny hokum,0,negative
"fathers and sons, and the uneasy bonds between them",1,positive
amusing study,1,positive
suffocating,0,negative
"a beautiful, entertaining two hours",1,positive
of the most poorly staged and lit action in memory,0,negative
discarded,0,negative
pure entertainment,1,positive
"is suspenseful and ultimately unpredictable, with a sterling ensemble cast.",1,positive
"forbidden love, racial tension, and other issues that are as valid today as they were in the 1950s",1,positive
meditation ),1,positive
fearlessness,1,positive
subzero version,0,negative
consistent with the messages espoused in the company's previous video work,1,positive
playing the obvious game,0,negative
cheats on itself and retreats to comfortable territory,0,negative
a bit exploitative,0,negative
it's dark but has wonderfully funny moments ; you care about the characters ; and the action and special effects are first-rate.,1,positive
"what might have been readily dismissed as the tiresome rant of an aging filmmaker still thumbing his nose at convention takes a surprising, subtle turn at the midway point.",0,negative
an inspired portrait of male-ridden angst,1,positive
is a masterfully,1,positive
an art,1,positive
disgust,0,negative
is misbegotten,0,negative
"the chateau has one very funny joke and a few other decent ones, but",0,negative
than i 'd expected it to be,1,positive
"beautifully shot,",1,positive
the filmmakers have made every effort to disguise it as an unimaginative screenwriter's invention,0,negative
"made, on all levels,",1,positive
by director jon purdy's sledgehammer sap,0,negative
"dull, inconsistent, dishonest female bonding",0,negative
"the film itself -- as well its delightful cast -- is so breezy, pretty and gifted, it really won my heart",1,positive
feeble comedy.,0,negative
first-time director denzel washington and a top-notch cast manage to keep things interesting.,1,positive
has ( its ) moments,1,positive
this one aims for the toilet and scores a direct hit.,0,negative
hardly seems worth the effort.,0,negative
can be distinguished from a mediocre one by the better film's ability to make its subject interesting to those who are n't part of its supposed target audience,1,positive
american action-adventure buffs,1,positive
an intelligent and deeply,1,positive
a bitter pill,0,negative
made but uninvolving,0,negative
live in if argento's hollywood counterparts ... had this much imagination and nerve,1,positive
in frustration,0,negative
sense-of-humour failure,0,negative
that seek to remake sleepless in seattle again and again,0,negative
on cue,1,positive
"nurtures the multi-layers of its characters, allowing us to remember that life's ultimately a gamble and last orders are to be embraced",1,positive
those exceedingly rare films,1,positive
"including the assumption that `` crazy '' people are innocent, childlike and inherently funny",0,negative
the subtle strength of `` elling '' is that it never loses touch with the reality of the grim situation.,1,positive
the worst movie,0,negative
"an inexperienced director,",0,negative
", it might just be the movie you 're looking for.",1,positive
gross romanticization of the delusional personality type,0,negative
juvenile camera movements,0,negative
severe flaws,0,negative
"that between the son and his wife, and the wife and the father, and between the two brothers,",1,positive
this 100-minute movie only has about 25 minutes of decent material.,0,negative
it also has a strong dramatic and emotional pull that gradually sneaks up on the audience,1,positive
"it's a bad sign when you 're rooting for the film to hurry up and get to its subjects ' deaths just so the documentary will be over,",0,negative
it looks as though jay roach directed the film from the back of a taxicab,0,negative
it's a fantastic movie,1,positive
martial arts and gunplay with too little excitement and zero compelling storyline,0,negative
harks,1,positive
cold,0,negative
he has actually bothered to construct a real story this time.,1,positive
astonishing ... ( frames ) profound ethical and philosophical questions in the form of dazzling pop entertainment.,1,positive
abbass's understated,1,positive
its brilliant touches,1,positive
career,1,positive
to the gifted korean american stand-up,1,positive
a hit,1,positive
to the most enchanting film of the year,1,positive
falls,0,negative
"is pleasant, diverting and modest -- definitely a step in the right direction.",1,positive
a rock-solid little genre picture,1,positive
unendurable,0,negative
"to inspire anything more than a visit to mcdonald's, let alone some savvy street activism",0,negative
first shocking thing,0,negative
but the movie has a tougher time balancing its violence with kafka-inspired philosophy,0,negative
the direction is clumsy,0,negative
"some cute moments, funny scenes, and hits the target audience ( young bow wow fans )",1,positive
"the historical, philosophical",1,positive
while ringing cliched to hardened indie-heads,0,negative
melodramatic bodice-ripper,0,negative
very stupid and annoying,0,negative
bungle their way through the narrative as if it were a series of bible parables and not an actual story,0,negative
"fascinating, ludicrous, provocative and vainglorious",1,positive
"better characters, some genuine quirkiness and",1,positive
"because the film deliberately lacks irony, it has a genuine dramatic impact ;",1,positive
... the kind of entertainment that parents love to have their kids see.,1,positive
"( russell ) makes good b movies ( the mask, the blob )",1,positive
in the thrill of the company's astonishing growth,1,positive
"lyrical tale probes the ambiguous welcome extended by iran to the afghani refugees who streamed across its borders, desperate for work and food",1,positive
'' is a shapeless inconsequential move relying on the viewer to do most of the work.,0,negative
could have guessed at the beginning,0,negative
you 've never seen the deep like you see it in these harrowing surf shots,1,positive
a bit of a downer and a little,0,negative
this stylish film that is able to visualize schizophrenia but is still confident enough to step back and look at the sick character with a sane eye,1,positive
"if the plot seems a bit on the skinny side, that's because panic room is interested in nothing more than sucking you in ... and making you sweat.",1,positive
"fun and funny in the middle, though",1,positive
organized,1,positive
"an overly familiar scenario is made fresh by an intelligent screenplay and gripping performances in this low-budget, video-shot, debut indie effort.",1,positive
inspiring tale,1,positive
is a masterfully conducted work.,1,positive
genuine dramatic impact,1,positive
"one of the year's best films, featuring an oscar-worthy performance by julianne moore.",1,positive
riveted to our seats,1,positive
"a fascinating, unnerving examination",1,positive
"no charm,",0,negative
fluffy and disposible.,0,negative
you to scratch a hole in your head,0,negative
're going to subjugate truth to the tear-jerking demands of soap opera,0,negative
as imaginative as one might have hoped,1,positive
the film's story does not live up to its style,0,negative
", alas, it collapses like an overcooked soufflé.",0,negative
so easily after a few tries and become expert fighters after a few weeks,0,negative
taylor's cartoonish performance,0,negative
thriller remarkable,1,positive
"to finish, like a wet burlap sack of gloom",0,negative
( seagal's ) strenuous attempt at a change in expression,0,negative
"a wry, affectionate delight",1,positive
like those d.w. griffith made in the early days of silent film,1,positive
it is great summer fun to watch arnold and his buddy gerald bounce off a quirky cast of characters.,1,positive
steers clear of the sensational and,1,positive
have fun with it,1,positive
has created a breathtakingly assured and stylish work of spare dialogue and acute expressiveness.,1,positive
's too close to real life to make sense,0,negative
"the music makes a nice album, the food is enticing and",1,positive
should stick to his day job,0,negative
he fails.,0,negative
offers opportunities for occasional smiles and,1,positive
better celebration,1,positive
technically superb film,1,positive
will need all the luck they can muster just figuring out who's who in this pretentious mess,0,negative
a perfectly entertaining summer diversion,1,positive
"though it begins to drag two-thirds through, when the melodramatic aspects start to overtake the comedy",0,negative
"numerous, world-renowned filmmakers",1,positive
acclaimed 1952 screen adaptation,1,positive
flavorless,0,negative
its unique feel,1,positive
suitable summer entertainment that offers escapism without requiring a great deal of thought,1,positive
does not proclaim the truth about two love-struck somebodies,0,negative
"skip this dreck,",0,negative
deserves a place of honor next to nanook as a landmark in film history,1,positive
can not be revived,0,negative
is a beautiful film to watch,1,positive
straightforward and old-fashioned,1,positive
pair that with really poor comedic writing ... and,0,negative
mattei's underdeveloped effort here is nothing but a convenient conveyor belt of brooding personalities that parade about as if they were coming back from stock character camp -- a drowsy drama infatuated by its own pretentious self-examination.,0,negative
to feel like you were n't invited to the party,0,negative
"'s super - violent, super-serious and super-stupid",0,negative
popular gulzar and jagjit singh,1,positive
few films capture so perfectly the hopes and dreams of little boys on baseball fields as well as the grown men who sit in the stands.,1,positive
it's not the ultimate depression-era gangster movie.,0,negative
reenacting a historic scandal,1,positive
keep it from being simpleminded,1,positive
", and to the script's refusal of a happy ending",0,negative
explode obnoxiously,0,negative
gussied up with so many distracting special effects and visual party tricks that it's not clear whether we 're supposed to shriek or,0,negative
the ideas tie together beautifully,1,positive
a skillful filmmaker,1,positive
political and psychological thriller,1,positive
relative,1,positive
sit through -- despite some first-rate performances,1,positive
robotically,0,negative
the emphasis on the latter leaves blue crush waterlogged,0,negative
legal battle,0,negative
invites unflattering comparisons to other installments in the ryan series,0,negative
one-sided,0,negative
would be a total washout,0,negative
carried out,1,positive
has crafted an intriguing story of maternal instincts and misguided acts of affection.,1,positive
ranges from bad,0,negative
do n't think most of the people who loved the 1989 paradiso will prefer this new version.,0,negative
the most exciting action films,1,positive
"ponderous to work as shallow entertainment, not remotely incisive enough to qualify as drama, monsoon",0,negative
a frustrating ` tweener ' -- too slick,0,negative
showtime eventually folds under its own thinness.,0,negative
crude humor and vulgar innuendo,0,negative
it's more of the ` laughing at ' variety than the ` laughing with,0,negative
this a moving experience for people who have n't read the book,1,positive
terrific performances,1,positive
such a talented director as chen kaige,1,positive
mass drug-induced bowel,0,negative
gets old quickly.,0,negative
and diesel is n't the actor to save it.,0,negative
a hard time sitting through this one,0,negative
"lots of boring talking heads, etc.",0,negative
"an unencouraging threefold expansion on the former mtv series, accompanying the stunt-hungry dimwits in a random series of collected gags, pranks, pratfalls, dares, injuries, etc..",0,negative
move with grace and panache,1,positive
lazily,0,negative
generous,1,positive
fall dreadfully short,0,negative
somewhat less,0,negative
as he creates,1,positive
integrating the characters in the foreground into the extraordinarily rich landscape,1,positive
a rumor of angels does n't just slip -- it avalanches into forced fuzziness.,0,negative
filmed more irresistibly than in ` baran,1,positive
"inspiring, ironic",1,positive
shiri is a must for genre fans.,1,positive
genteel and unsurprising the execution,1,positive
it does n't improve upon the experience of staring at a blank screen,0,negative
"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
leaves you wanting more,1,positive
indulgence,0,negative
"a sweet, tender sermon about a 12-year-old welsh boy more curious about god",1,positive
fabuleux,1,positive
to it -- as if the director is trying to dupe the viewer into taking it all as very important simply because the movie is ugly to look at and not a hollywood product,0,negative
"tavernier's film bounds along with the rat-a-tat energy of `` his girl friday, '' maintaining a light touch while tackling serious themes.",1,positive
"it's pleasant enough and its ecological, pro-wildlife sentiments are certainly welcome.",1,positive
that annoying specimen of humanity,0,negative
repeated at least four times,0,negative
has made its way into your very bloodstream,1,positive
fetid underbelly,0,negative
tanks.,0,negative
tame,1,positive
"purposefully shocking in its eroticized gore, if unintentionally dull in its lack of poetic frissons.",0,negative
"miracles,",1,positive
so bland,0,negative
tribute,1,positive
"beautifully shot, but",1,positive
guarantee that no wise men will be following after it,0,negative
are often engaging,1,positive
make us share their enthusiasm,1,positive
it unexpectedly rewarding,1,positive
is a little tired,0,negative
lost in the translation ... another routine hollywood frightfest in which the slack execution italicizes the absurdity of the premise,0,negative
consistently clever and suspenseful.,1,positive
a mostly magnificent directorial career,1,positive
portrays their cartoon counterparts well ... but quite,1,positive
unexpectedly moving meditation,1,positive
telegraphed in the most blithe exchanges gives the film its lingering tug,0,negative
"an authentically vague, but ultimately purposeless, study in total",0,negative
offers the none-too-original premise,0,negative
hitting your head on the theater seat,0,negative
"that never amount to a satisfying complete picture of this particular, anciently demanding métier",0,negative
before but never so vividly,1,positive
promises is a compelling piece that demonstrates just how well children can be trained to live out and carry on their parents ' anguish.,1,positive
fails so fundamentally on every conventional level that it achieves some kind of goofy grandeur,0,negative
where something's happening,1,positive
"classy, sprightly spin",1,positive
dylan thomas alive to witness first-time director,1,positive
", the more you will probably like it.",1,positive
... a triumph of emotionally and narratively complex filmmaking.,1,positive
's a bad action movie,0,negative
` direct-to-video ' release,0,negative
weak and,0,negative
wannabe-hip crime comedy,0,negative
squandering,0,negative
"quirky, original",1,positive
compelling supporting characters,1,positive
on screen been so aggressively anti-erotic,0,negative
of interest,1,positive
saw that was written down,0,negative
unfunny comedy,0,negative
"engages us in constant fits of laughter, until we find ourselves surprised at how much we care about the story, and",1,positive
good looks,1,positive
interesting and at times captivating,1,positive
it's stylishly directed with verve ...,1,positive
the film's mid-to-low budget,0,negative
acted by a british cast to rival gosford park's.,1,positive
basic flaws,0,negative
"whose lives were as claustrophic, suffocating and chilly as the attics to which they were inevitably consigned",0,negative
surreal ache of mortal awareness,1,positive
kids-and-family-oriented cable channel,1,positive
is a deeply unpleasant experience,0,negative
"with the visceral sensation of longing, lasting traces of charlotte's web of desire and desperation",1,positive
one of the most splendid,1,positive
"the script is smart, not cloying.",1,positive
"pumpkin takes an admirable look at the hypocrisy of political correctness, but it does so with such an uneven tone that you never know when humor ends and tragedy begins.",0,negative
"like a mere excuse for the wan, thinly sketched story",0,negative
"the proficient, dull sorvino has no light touch, and rodan is out of his league",0,negative
vainly,0,negative
"flawless film,",1,positive
go hand in hand,1,positive
is the sense that peace is possible,1,positive
", they 'll be treated to an impressive and highly entertaining celebration of its sounds.",1,positive
"mckay shows crushingly little curiosity about, or is ill-equipped to examine, the interior lives of the characters in his film, much less incorporate them into his narrative.",0,negative
"witty, wistful new film",1,positive
what makes it transporting is that it's also one of the smartest,1,positive
unerring,1,positive
"tired of the whole slo-mo, double-pistoled, ballistic-pyrotechnic hong kong action aesthetic",0,negative
"love cinema paradiso, whether the original version or new director's cut",1,positive
speaks more of the season than the picture,0,negative
", save your disgust and your indifference",0,negative
a solid base,1,positive
intriguing and alluring,1,positive
kicks that it ends up being surprisingly dull,0,negative
"unexpected ways, touching",1,positive
"talkiness is n't necessarily bad, but the dialogue frequently misses the mark",0,negative
contains very few laughs and even less surprises.,0,negative
family fundamentals gets you riled up,1,positive
"a paunchy midsection, several plodding action sequences and a wickedly undramatic central theme",0,negative
kinnear's performance is a career-defining revelation.,1,positive
veiling tension,0,negative
that ends up slapping its target audience in the face by shooting itself in the foot,0,negative
means a great movie,1,positive
making the right choice in the face of tempting alternatives,1,positive
love and familial,1,positive
leftovers,1,positive
a deep bow,1,positive
pays earnest homage to turntablists and,1,positive
all the enjoyable randomness,1,positive
the filmmakers needed more emphasis on the storytelling and less on the glamorous machine that thrusts the audience into a future they wo n't much care about.,0,negative
unfunny and,0,negative
it is hard to conceive anyone else in their roles.,1,positive
"low-grade dreck that usually goes straight to video -- with a lousy script, inept direction, pathetic acting, poorly dubbed dialogue and murky cinematography",0,negative
stuart little 2 manages sweetness largely without stickiness.,1,positive
help be entertained by the sight of someone getting away with something,1,positive
"it's a terrible movie in every regard, and utterly painful to watch.",0,negative
ramble,0,negative
", the dialogue sounds like horrible poetry.",0,negative
", i pledge allegiance to cagney and lacey.",1,positive
to set and shoot a movie at the cannes film festival,1,positive
counts heart as important as humor,1,positive
this intricately structured and well-realized drama that presents a fascinating glimpse of urban life and the class warfare that embroils two young men,1,positive
and intermittently hilarious,1,positive
"he has improved upon the first and taken it a step further, richer and deeper.",1,positive
does n't so much phone in his performance as fax it.,0,negative
squirming in their seats,1,positive
the way to striking a blow for artistic integrity,1,positive
baseball movies that try too hard to be mythic,0,negative
bang-up job,1,positive
linger long after this film has ended,1,positive
a crescendo,1,positive
vulgarities in a sequel you can refuse,0,negative
"tries to seem sincere, and just",0,negative
"flat-out amusing, sometimes endearing and often fabulous",1,positive
goofy ( if not entirely wholesome ) fun,1,positive
", food-for-thought cinema",1,positive
"stereotypes in good fun, while adding a bit of heart and unsettling subject matter",1,positive
overly-familiar,0,negative
"at every opportunity to do something clever, the film goes right over the edge and kills every sense of believability ... all you have left",0,negative
in world cinema,1,positive
used my two hours better watching,0,negative
handsome and,1,positive
too eager to please,0,negative
overwhelmed by its lack of purpose,0,negative
sharp comedy,1,positive
reminds us of our own responsibility to question what is told as the truth,1,positive
there is a certain sense of experimentation and improvisation to this film that may not always work,0,negative
poverty,0,negative
"hill looks to be going through the motions, beginning with the pale script.",0,negative
the best war movies ever made,1,positive
is a film tailor-made for those who when they were in high school would choose the cliff-notes over reading a full-length classic,0,negative
viscerally exciting,1,positive
vivid performances,1,positive
"switch to a mix of the shining, the thing, and any naked teenagers horror flick from the 1980s",0,negative
"a dull, somnambulant exercise in pretension whose pervasive quiet",0,negative
manipulative,0,negative
annoying and artificial,0,negative
great cinematic polemic,1,positive
a marginal thumbs,1,positive
for drawing wrenching performances from his actors ( improvised over many months ) and for conveying the way tiny acts of kindness make ordinary life survivable,1,positive
safe conduct is anything but languorous.,1,positive
plays better only for the film's publicists or for people who take as many drugs as the film's characters,0,negative
cinematic corpse,0,negative
warmed up to him,1,positive
is the needlessly poor quality of its archival prints and film footage.,0,negative
von sydow ...,1,positive
adaptation's success,1,positive
"there is an interesting story of pointed personalities, courage, tragedy and the little guys vs. the big guys",1,positive
the film high above run-of-the-filth gangster flicks,1,positive
"flawless film, ( wang )",1,positive
horizons,1,positive
your senses are as mushy as peas,0,negative
thumbs up to paxton for not falling into the hollywood trap and making a vanity project with nothing new to offer,1,positive
too fluffy,0,negative
does not go far enough in its humor or stock ideas to stand out as particularly memorable or even all that funny.,0,negative
while the transgressive trappings ( especially the frank sex scenes ) ensure that the film is never dull,1,positive
"a movie, which normally is expected to have characters and a storyline",0,negative
playing a role of almost bergmanesque intensity ... bisset is both convincing and radiant,1,positive
deeply authentic,1,positive
motionless characters,0,negative
tartly,0,negative
98,1,positive
not to mention absolutely refreshed.,1,positive
impressed by the skill of the actors involved in the enterprise,1,positive
distinguished and,1,positive
"'s most thoughtful films about art, ethics, and the cost of moral compromise",1,positive
into a deadly bore,0,negative
moonlight mile does n't quite go the distance but the cast is impressive and they all give life to these broken characters who are trying to make their way through this tragedy,1,positive
extravagantly redeems it,1,positive
"tara reid plays a college journalist, but she looks like the six-time winner of the miss hawaiian tropic pageant, so i do n't know what she's doing in here",0,negative
"it's the type of film about growing up that we do n't see often enough these days : realistic, urgent, and",1,positive
great missed opportunity,0,negative
"just a string of stale gags,",0,negative
"little more than a particularly slanted, gay s/m fantasy",0,negative
just another combination of bad animation and mindless violence ... lacking the slightest bit,0,negative
intelligent jazz-playing exterminator,1,positive
about either the nature of women or,1,positive
a sane regimen,1,positive
ca n't shake the feeling that crossroads is nothing more than an hour-and-a-half-long commercial for britney's latest album,0,negative
much self-centered,0,negative
"that it's offensive,",0,negative
an actor this uncharismatically beautiful,1,positive
"has crafted an engaging fantasy of flavors and emotions, one part romance novel, one part recipe book",1,positive
sorvino makes the princess seem smug and cartoonish,0,negative
the high standards,1,positive
magnificent directorial career,1,positive
the movie is undone by a filmmaking methodology that's just experimental enough to alienate the mainstream audience while ringing cliched to hardened indie-heads.,0,negative
paints a specifically urban sense of disassociation here,1,positive
the mayhem in formula 51,0,negative
to make us care about zelda's ultimate fate,1,positive
"is without doubt an artist of uncompromising vision, but that vision is beginning to feel, if not morally bankrupt, at least terribly monotonous.",0,negative
"is depressing, ruthlessly pained and depraved, the movie equivalent of staring into an open wound.",0,negative
of the film buzz and whir ; very little of it,0,negative
a compelling motion picture that illustrates an american tragedy.,1,positive
had all its vital essence scooped out,0,negative
"like a pack of dynamite sticks, built for controversy.",0,negative
the subject matter is as adult as you can get,1,positive
... a boring parade of talking heads and technical gibberish that will do little to advance the linux cause.,0,negative
bad at it is cruel,0,negative
... a pretentious mess ...,0,negative
is compelling enough,1,positive
grab us,1,positive
first love sweetly,1,positive
the lack of linearity,0,negative
"bundling the flowers of perversity, comedy and romance into a strangely tempting bouquet of a movie",1,positive
of the most purely enjoyable and satisfying evenings at the movies i 've had in a while,1,positive
"fits into a classic genre,",1,positive
"until it veered off too far into the exxon zone, and left me behind at the station looking for a return ticket to realism",0,negative
hilarity,1,positive
lame and,0,negative
", heart-felt drama",1,positive
is even better than the fellowship,1,positive
that fails to match the freshness of the actress-producer and writer,0,negative
viewers will wish there had been more of the `` queen '' and less of the `` damned.'',0,negative
insightfully written,1,positive
interminably bleak,0,negative
"is no rest period, no timeout",1,positive
independent film,1,positive
provide the funniest moments in this oddly sweet comedy about jokester highway patrolmen,1,positive
"of fun and funny in the middle, though somewhat less hard-hitting",1,positive
movie nothing,0,negative
lacks depth.,0,negative
do a load of good,1,positive
"its courage, ideas",1,positive
"children's entertainment, superhero comics,",1,positive
becomes one more dumb high school comedy about sex gags and prom dates,0,negative
these brats will ever be anything more than losers,0,negative
evans is no hollywood villain,1,positive
on cotton candy,1,positive
"something, one that attempts and often achieves a level of connection and concern",1,positive
an integrity,1,positive
"wonderful, imaginative script",1,positive
"a breezy romantic comedy that has the punch of a good sitcom, while offering exceptionally well-detailed characters.",1,positive
"their cheap, b movie way",0,negative
very very strong,1,positive
"interview with the assassin is structured less as a documentary and more as a found relic, and as such the film has a difficult time shaking its blair witch project real-time roots",0,negative
an overly sillified plot and stop-and-start pacing,0,negative
a stadium-seat megaplex,1,positive
of awakening and ripening,1,positive
is never quite able to overcome the cultural moat surrounding its ludicrous and contrived plot.',0,negative
the funniest moments in this oddly sweet comedy about jokester highway patrolmen,1,positive
is a such a brainless flibbertigibbet,0,negative
", ryan gosling ( murder by numbers ) delivers a magnetic performance.",1,positive
brosnan's finest non-bondish performance,1,positive
scrutinize,0,negative
the rare trick of seeming at once both refreshingly different and reassuringly familiar,1,positive
same sledgehammer appeal,1,positive
"rock solid family fun out of the gates,",1,positive
a metaphor for a modern-day urban china,1,positive
everyone should be able to appreciate the wonderful cinematography and naturalistic acting.,1,positive
... and excellent use of music by india's popular gulzar and jagjit singh,1,positive
"a searing, epic treatment of a nationwide blight that seems to be, horrifyingly, ever on the rise.",1,positive
consistently amusing but,1,positive
"begins as a seven rip-off,",0,negative
a breathtaking adventure,1,positive
the overall fabric is hypnotic,1,positive
's a masterpiece.,1,positive
of the rollicking dark humor so necessary,1,positive
"a bit of a downer and a little over-dramatic at times, but this is a beautiful film for people who like their romances to have that french realism.",1,positive
nothing about this movie,0,negative
like a bottom-feeder sequel in the escape from new york series,0,negative
"an obvious copy of one of the best films ever made, how could it not be?",0,negative
"boisterous, heartfelt comedy",1,positive
obvious cliches,0,negative
"the director, with his fake backdrops and stately pacing",0,negative
deserve a passing grade,1,positive
"good, dry, reliable textbook",1,positive
a soul-stirring documentary,1,positive
has enough laughs to sustain interest to the end,1,positive
constricted,0,negative
"give his audience a single character worth rooting for ( or worth rooting against, for that matter )",0,negative
though jones and snipes are enthralling,1,positive
it's a work by an artist so in control of both his medium and his message that he can improvise like a jazzman.,1,positive
"a sloppy, amusing comedy that proceeds from a stunningly unoriginal premise",0,negative
first and,0,negative
can only love the players it brings to the fore for the gifted but no-nonsense human beings they are and for the still-inestimable contribution they have made to our shared history.,1,positive
the guise of a modern motion picture,0,negative
endlessly superficial.,0,negative
slump,0,negative
bad direction and bad acting --,0,negative
the death of self ... this orgasm ( wo n't be an ),0,negative
"yes, that's right",1,positive
"amusing, let alone funny",1,positive
is that it's a brazenly misguided project.,0,negative
makes an amazing breakthrough in her first starring role and eats up the screen,1,positive
that provides a rounded and revealing overview of this ancient holistic healing system,1,positive
what emerges is an unsettling picture of childhood innocence combined with indoctrinated prejudice.,1,positive
you will have completely forgotten the movie by the time you get back to your car in the parking lot.,0,negative
", the story offers a trenchant critique of capitalism.",1,positive
almost guaranteed that even the stuffiest cinema goers will laugh their *** off for an hour-and-a-half,1,positive
"this quiet, introspective and entertaining independent is worth seeking.",1,positive
an exceptionally,1,positive
a reasonably good time with the salton sea,1,positive
why did they deem it necessary to document all this emotional misery?,0,negative
"sticks, really, except a lingering creepiness one feels from being dragged through a sad, sordid universe of guns, drugs, avarice and damaged dreams",0,negative
provides a strong itch to explore more.,1,positive
everyone's to blame here.,0,negative
"i 've seen some bad singer-turned actors, but",0,negative
a hokey piece of nonsense,0,negative
same old story,0,negative
"terrified of the book's irreverent energy, and scotches most",0,negative
does such a good job of it,1,positive
distinctly sub-par ...,0,negative
fleet-footed and pleasingly upbeat,1,positive
see a romance this smart,1,positive
"such a straightforward, emotionally honest manner that by the end",1,positive
more meaningful,1,positive
"may take its sweet time to get wherever it's going, but if you have the patience for it, you wo n't feel like it's wasted yours",1,positive
"fun, and",1,positive
the movie is without intent.,0,negative
pedro,1,positive
a snore,0,negative
director claude chabrol has become the master of innuendo.,1,positive
until then there's always these rehashes to feed to the younger generations,0,negative
"sorority boys, which is as bad at it is cruel,",0,negative
familiar and tired,0,negative
one of ( witherspoon's ) better films,1,positive
a ragbag of cliches.,0,negative
with a wonderful ensemble cast of characters that bring the routine day to day struggles of the working class to life,1,positive
"'m convinced i could keep a family of five blind, crippled, amish people alive in this situation better than these british soldiers do at keeping themselves kicking",0,negative
unoriginal terms,0,negative
a sparkling newcomer,1,positive
're content with a clever pseudo-bio that manages to have a good time as it doles out pieces of the famous director's life,1,positive
"buzz, blab and money",0,negative
"maelstrom is strange and compelling, engrossing and different, a moral tale with a twisted sense of humor.",1,positive
"are complex and quirky, but entirely believable as the remarkable ensemble cast brings them to life",1,positive
keep the extremes of screwball farce and blood-curdling family intensity on one continuum,1,positive
a delicately crafted film,1,positive
a good idea,1,positive
a substantive movie,1,positive
tediously,0,negative
simple and precise that anything discordant would topple the balance,1,positive
dehumanizing and,0,negative
"a lot going for it, not least the brilliant performances by testud ... and",1,positive
"rooting against,",0,negative
there's so much to look at in metropolis you hate to tear your eyes away from the images long enough to read the subtitles.,1,positive
tries to shift the tone to a thriller's rush,1,positive
austin powers in goldmember has some unnecessary parts and is kinda wrong in places.,0,negative
other than fling gags at it,0,negative
costner's warm-milk persona is just as ill-fitting as shadyac's perfunctory directing chops,0,negative
with the right actors and with the kind of visual flair that shows what great cinema can really do,1,positive
cyndi lauper,0,negative
create a ruffle in what is already an erratic career,0,negative
lively and engaging examination,1,positive
compelling character,1,positive
"convinced i could keep a family of five blind, crippled, amish people alive in this situation better than these british soldiers do at keeping themselves kicking",0,negative
crisp storytelling,1,positive
is a masterpiece of elegant wit and artifice.,1,positive
whose meaning and,1,positive
"map thematically and stylistically, and borrows heavily from lynch, jeunet, and von trier while failing to find a spark of its own",0,negative
"such high-wattage brainpower coupled with pitch-perfect acting and an exquisite, unfakable sense of cinema",1,positive
its poignancy hooks us completely,1,positive
... there is enough originality in ` life ' to distance it from the pack of paint-by-number romantic comedies that so often end up on cinema screens.,1,positive
can get on television for free,0,negative
can enjoy,1,positive
i had a lot of problems with this movie.,0,negative
"yet not as hilariously raunchy as south park, this strangely schizo cartoon seems suited neither to kids or adults.",0,negative
of the tortured and self-conscious material,0,negative
ultimately purposeless,0,negative
sophomore effort,0,negative
playful and haunting,1,positive
too damn weird,0,negative
some honest insight,1,positive
our best achievements,1,positive
the best silly horror movies,1,positive
"realize, much to our dismay,",0,negative
belinsky is still able to create an engaging story that keeps you guessing at almost every turn.,1,positive
sucks you in and,1,positive
socially encompassing,1,positive
while it is welcome to see a chinese film depict a homosexual relationship in a mature and frank fashion,1,positive
is a great film.,1,positive
metaphysical claptrap,0,negative
combined with the misconceived final 5,0,negative
"filling nearly every minute ... with a lighthearted glow, some impudent snickers, and a glorious dose of humankind's liberating ability to triumph over a scrooge or two",1,positive
put a lump in your throat while reaffirming washington as possibly the best actor working in movies today,1,positive
a bad run in the market or a costly divorce,0,negative
offers a thoughtful and rewarding glimpse into the sort of heartache everyone,1,positive
this mess of a movie is nothing short of a travesty of a transvestite comedy.,0,negative
"has the thrown-together feel of a summer-camp talent show : hastily written, underrehearsed, arbitrarily plotted and",0,negative
elevate,1,positive
emphasising her plight and isolation,1,positive
chore,0,negative
cloaked in the euphemism ` urban drama,0,negative
affirm,1,positive
their contrast,1,positive
noteworthy characters,1,positive
works as pretty contagious fun,1,positive
is fatal for a film that relies on personal relationships,0,negative
distant,0,negative
delivers fascinating psychological fare,1,positive
a clichéd and shallow cautionary tale about the hard-partying lives of gay men.,0,negative
remarkable skill,1,positive
"a hit - and-miss affair, consistently amusing but not as outrageous or funny as cho may have intended or as imaginative as one might have hoped.",0,negative
bilingual charmer,1,positive
botching a routine assignment,0,negative
"is due primarily to the perkiness of witherspoon ( who is always a joy to watch, even when her material is not first-rate )",1,positive
"these two literary figures, and even the times",1,positive
"it desperately wants to be a wacky, screwball comedy",0,negative
are pretty valuable these days,1,positive
disconcertingly,0,negative
has something to say,1,positive
` grandeur ' shots,1,positive
captures both the beauty of the land and the people,1,positive
has a great cast and a great idea.,1,positive
the viewer is left puzzled by the mechanics of the delivery,0,negative
schmaltz,0,negative
music and laughter,1,positive
the innate theatrics that provide its thrills and extreme emotions,1,positive
resonance,1,positive
'll wait in vain for a movie to happen,0,negative
heaven proves to be a good match of the sensibilities of two directors.,1,positive
... a powerful sequel and one of the best films of the year.,1,positive
"her complicated characters be unruly, confusing and, through it all, human",1,positive
excellent use of music by india's popular gulzar and jagjit singh,1,positive
enables shafer to navigate spaces both large ... and small ... with considerable aplomb,1,positive
seagal is painfully foolish in trying to hold onto what's left of his passe ' chopsocky glory.,0,negative
already relayed by superb,1,positive
", it feels painfully redundant and inauthentic.",0,negative
crawlies,0,negative
favor of an altogether darker side,1,positive
big box office bucks,1,positive
in an inarticulate screenplay,0,negative
the new film is a lame kiddie flick,0,negative
eventually cloying pow drama.,0,negative
"holofcener's film offers just enough insight to keep it from being simpleminded, and",1,positive
not a stereotype is omitted nor a cliché left unsaid.,0,negative
intelligent people,1,positive
chris,1,positive
stories drowned by all too clever complexity,0,negative
through sincerity,1,positive
a drag how nettelbeck sees working women -- or at least this working woman -- for whom she shows little understanding,0,negative
"just about all of the film is confusing on one level or another, making ararat far more demanding than it needs to be.",0,negative
cute factor,1,positive
as the shabby digital photography,0,negative
sorry use of aaliyah in her one and only starring role,0,negative
has its moments -- and almost as many subplots.,1,positive
nothing i had n't already seen.,0,negative
"would imagine, as searching for a quarter in a giant pile of elephant feces ... positively dreadful",0,negative
"is a master of shadow, quietude, and room noise",1,positive
and uninspired.,0,negative
the film buzz and whir ;,1,positive
remarkable,1,positive
incapable of controlling his crew,0,negative
there's something fishy about a seasonal holiday kids ' movie,0,negative
"really, really, really good things can come in enormous packages",1,positive
as sci-fi generic,0,negative
there's always these rehashes to feed to the younger generations,0,negative
"who needs mind-bending drugs when they can see this, the final part of the ` qatsi ' trilogy, directed by godfrey reggio, with music by philip glass?",1,positive
imagination in the soulful development of two rowdy teenagers,1,positive
", the film does pack some serious suspense.",1,positive
bears ... should keep parents amused with its low groan-to-guffaw ratio.,1,positive
"brainless, but enjoyably over-the-top, the retro gang melodrama, deuces wild represents",1,positive
coal is n't as easy to come by as it used to be and this would be a worthy substitute for naughty children's stockings,0,negative
"the production design, score and choreography are simply intoxicating.",1,positive
is masterful.,1,positive
the breezy and amateurish feel,0,negative
to take everyone to since there's no new `` a christmas carol '' out in the theaters this year,0,negative
loss and denial,0,negative
a saga of the ups and downs of friendships,1,positive
"it gives poor dana carvey nothing to do that is really funny, and then expects us to laugh because he acts so goofy all the time.",0,negative
with incredible subtlety and acumen,1,positive
equally impressive,1,positive
some buoyant human moments,1,positive
liked a lot of the smaller scenes.,1,positive
", it would still be beyond comprehension",0,negative
the film's highlight,1,positive
a blast of adrenalin,1,positive
an infinitely wittier version,1,positive
be a collection taken for the comedian at the end of the show,0,negative
i enjoyed it just as much!,1,positive
rocky and,1,positive
the fetid underbelly of fame,0,negative
extravaganza,1,positive
this pretty watchable,1,positive
good news to anyone,1,positive
magical,1,positive
is n't as funny as you 'd hoped.,0,negative
largely flat and uncreative,0,negative
that paints a grand picture of an era and makes the journey feel like a party,1,positive
so impersonal or,0,negative
"the limits of what a film can be,",0,negative
of the plot ` surprises ',1,positive
", powerful act",1,positive
sets a new benchmark for lameness,0,negative
", hartley created a monster but did n't know how to handle it.",0,negative
have a stirring time at this beautifully drawn movie,1,positive
intrigue,1,positive
before the plot kicks into gear,1,positive
"take center screen, so that the human story is pushed to one side",0,negative
"( gosling's ) combination of explosive physical energy and convincing intelligence helps create a complex, unpredictable character.",1,positive
ineffective,0,negative
anger,0,negative
labors as storytelling.,0,negative
their work is fantastic.,1,positive
is sordid and disgusting.,0,negative
"is a subzero version of monsters, inc., without the latter's imagination, visual charm or texture",0,negative
goes on for too long and bogs down in a surfeit of characters and unnecessary subplots,0,negative
"chan wades through putrid writing, direction and timing with a smile that says, ` if i stay positive, maybe i can channel one of my greatest pictures, drunken master.'",0,negative
( which might have been called freddy gets molested by a dog ),0,negative
arthur schnitzler's reigen,1,positive
a lump of play-doh,1,positive
i 'd rather watch them on the animal planet.,0,negative
wrapped in the heart-pounding suspense of a stylish psychological thriller,1,positive
", salvation and good intentions",1,positive
"for most movies, 84 minutes is short",0,negative
undercut by its awkward structure and a final veering toward melodrama.,0,negative
delivered dialogue and a heroine who comes across as both shallow and dim-witted.,0,negative
felt performances across the board.,1,positive
cram too many ingredients,0,negative
're in a slap-happy mood,1,positive
pushing the jokes at the expense of character,0,negative
's really wrong with this ricture,0,negative
hugely entertaining,1,positive
beautifully read and,1,positive
atypically hypnotic approach,1,positive
current americanized adaptation,1,positive
have managed to pack it with enough action to satisfy the boom-bam crowd without a huge sacrifice of character and mood,1,positive
our special talents can be when put in service of of others,1,positive
exactly how bad,0,negative
if it were subtler ... or if it had a sense of humor,0,negative
"it seems impossible that an epic four-hour indian musical about a cricket game could be this good, but it is",1,positive
have viewers guessing just who's being conned right up to the finale,1,positive
"find an enthusiastic audience among american action-adventure buffs, but the film's interests",1,positive
too much resonance,0,negative
it is notable for its stylistic austerity and forcefulness,1,positive
a ridiculous wig no respectable halloween costume shop would ever try to sell,0,negative
fussy,0,negative
's nothing remotely topical or sexy here.,0,negative
barney throws away the goodwill the first half of his movie generates by orchestrating a finale that is impenetrable and dull.,0,negative
giggling at the absurdities and inconsistencies is part of the fun.,1,positive
"like the rugrats movies, the wild thornberrys movie does n't offer much more than the series, but its emphasis on caring for animals and respecting other cultures is particularly welcome",1,positive
the film's ill-considered notion,0,negative
a great premise but only a great premise,0,negative
sitcom material,0,negative
"the biggest is that secret ballot is a comedy, both gentle and biting.",1,positive
`` die another day '' one of the most entertaining bonds in years,1,positive
a torrent of emotion,1,positive
living far too much in its own head,0,negative
oscar nomination,1,positive
gives a performance that is masterly.,1,positive
"compared to the movie's contrived, lame screenplay and listless direction",0,negative
revealed before about the source of his spiritual survival,1,positive
as plain and pedestrian as catsup --,0,negative
"lets go your emotions, taking them to surprising highs, sorrowful lows and hidden impulsive niches ... gorgeous, passionate, and at times uncommonly moving",1,positive
"'m not sure which half of dragonfly is worse : the part where nothing's happening, or the part where something's happening",0,negative
why?,0,negative
phony imagery or music,0,negative
"the rueful, wry humor",1,positive
"for its lack of logic and misuse of two fine actors, morgan freeman and ashley judd",0,negative
the fine line between cheese,0,negative
majidi shoe-loving,1,positive
a kiss,1,positive
's one of the worst of the entire franchise.,0,negative
a masterful work,1,positive
duds,0,negative
veers,0,negative
brings out the allegory with remarkable skill,1,positive
a fascinating study of isolation and frustration,1,positive
the upper echelons of the directing world,1,positive
prolific director,1,positive
the way this all works out,1,positive
sharper,1,positive
is violated,0,negative
( kline's ) utterly convincing -- and deeply appealing -- as a noble teacher who embraces a strict moral code,1,positive
tired stereotypes,0,negative
point at things that explode into flame,0,negative
creepy and dead-on,1,positive
comes off like a particularly amateurish episode of bewitched that takes place during spring break,0,negative
for the still-inestimable contribution they have made to our shared history,1,positive
gentlemen,1,positive
"is the time really ripe for a warmed-over james bond adventure, with a village idiot as the 007 clone?",0,negative
an absolute joy,1,positive
populating its hackneyed and meanspirited storyline with cardboard characters and performers who,0,negative
"from the brave, uninhibited performances",1,positive
stands a good chance of being the big,1,positive
"disingenuous,",0,negative
"the tv movie-esque, affected child acting to the dullest irish pub scenes ever filmed",0,negative
"a movie that starts out like heathers, then becomes bring it on, then becomes unwatchable",0,negative
remarkably original,1,positive
watchable,1,positive
brainless flibbertigibbet,0,negative
"an energizing,",1,positive
"here, alas, it collapses like an overcooked soufflé.",0,negative
"original is its content, look, and style",1,positive
like a masterpiece,1,positive
real laughs,1,positive
"better characters, some genuine quirkiness and at least",1,positive
"the story of trouble every day ... is so sketchy it amounts to little more than preliminary notes for a science-fiction horror film,",0,negative
pointless meditation on losers in a gone-to-seed hotel,0,negative
has a florid turn of phrase that owes more to guy ritchie than the bard of avon,0,negative
looked like as a low-budget series on a uhf channel,0,negative
joyful,1,positive
"an unmistakable, easy joie de vivre",1,positive
"seeing as the film lacks momentum and its position remains mostly undeterminable, the director's experiment is a successful one.",1,positive
it's just not very smart.,0,negative
phoned-in business as usual.,0,negative
"delivers what it promises : a look at the `` wild ride '' that ensues when brash young men set out to conquer the online world with laptops, cell phones and sketchy business plans.",1,positive
"what makes salton sea surprisingly engrossing is that caruso takes an atypically hypnotic approach to a world that's often handled in fast-edit, hopped-up fashion.",1,positive
"nelson's intentions are good, but the end result does no justice to the story itself",0,negative
a jaw-droppingly beautiful work,1,positive
lies in the utter cuteness of stuart and margolo.,1,positive
stylish and,1,positive
problematic,0,negative
amid the new populist comedies that underscore the importance of family tradition and familial community,1,positive
"the character to unearth the quaking essence of passion, grief and fear",1,positive
ruined his career,0,negative
"cut to a new scene, which also appears to be the end",0,negative
this in the right frame of mind,1,positive
close enough in spirit to its freewheeling trash-cinema roots to be a breath of fresh air,1,positive
"often look smeary and blurry, to the point of distraction",0,negative
dullest kiddie flicks,0,negative
maintains your interest until the end and even leaves you with a few lingering animated thoughts.,1,positive
of quiet desperation,0,negative
it is worth searching out.,1,positive
"bigger, fatter heart",1,positive
is distressingly rote,0,negative
makes it a comic book with soul,1,positive
does n't do more than expand a tv show to movie length.,0,negative
is a horrible movie -- if only it were that grand a failure,0,negative
carrying this wafer-thin movie on his nimble shoulders,0,negative
"mostly told through on-camera interviews with several survivors, whose riveting memories are rendered with such clarity that it's as if it all happened only yesterday",1,positive
tongue to keep from laughing at the ridiculous dialog or the oh-so convenient plot twists,0,negative
when something goes bump in the night and nobody cares,0,negative
own pretentious self-examination,0,negative
"sc2 is an autopilot hollywood concoction lacking in imagination and authentic christmas spirit, yet it's geared toward an audience full of masters of both.",0,negative
by its end offers a ray of hope to the refugees able to look ahead and resist living in a past,1,positive
do that is really funny,1,positive
india's popular gulzar and jagjit singh,1,positive
"a sense of real magic, perhaps.",1,positive
the paranoid claustrophobia of a submarine movie with the unsettling spookiness of the supernatural --,1,positive
", solid storytelling.",1,positive
"both shrill and soporific, and because everything is repeated five or six times",0,negative
makes her nomination as best actress even more of a an a,1,positive
trembling and gratitude,1,positive
self-consciously flashy camera effects,0,negative
"it's a fine, focused piece of work that reopens an interesting controversy and never succumbs to sensationalism.",1,positive
sensuous and,1,positive
dying for this kind of entertainment,1,positive
"that you hope britney wo n't do it one more time, as far as",0,negative
no film could possibly be more contemptuous of the single female population.,0,negative
"with few exceptions, it rarely stoops to cheap manipulation or corny conventions to do it",1,positive
"swinging, the film makes it seem, is not a hobby that attracts the young and fit.",0,negative
it's loud and boring ;,0,negative
"works even without vulgarity, sex scenes, and cussing",1,positive
for the most part wilde's droll whimsy helps `` being earnest '' overcome its weaknesses and,1,positive
to the soggy performances,0,negative
has this sneaky feel to it -- as if the director is trying to dupe the viewer into taking it all as very important simply because the movie is ugly to look at and not a hollywood product.,0,negative
"degrades its characters, its stars and its audience",0,negative
strains,0,negative
of barney's crushingly self-indulgent spectacle,1,positive
absolute delight,1,positive
as one of the year's most intriguing movie experiences,1,positive
", chilling and heart-warming",1,positive
"did n't cut their losses -- and ours -- and retitle it the adventures of direct-to-video nash, and send it to its proper home",0,negative
say for plenty of movies,1,positive
companionable,1,positive
when it's not wallowing in hormonal melodrama,0,negative
", multi-layered and profoundly humanist ( not to mention gently political ) meditation",1,positive
"this is a movie filled with unlikable, spiteful idiots ; whether or not their friendship is salvaged makes no difference in the least.",0,negative
"an uncomfortable movie, suffocating and sometimes almost senseless",0,negative
as original and insightful as last week's episode of behind the music.,0,negative
"love it, too.",1,positive
is a man who uses the damage of war -- far more often than the warfare itself -- to create the kind of art shots that fill gallery shows,1,positive
well-crafted letdown.,0,negative
"for easy, seductive pacing",1,positive
"has a dashing and resourceful hero ; a lisping, reptilian villain ; big fights ; big hair ; lavish period scenery ; and a story just complicated enough to let you bask in your own cleverness as you figure it out.",1,positive
"that not only would subtlety be lost on the target audience,",0,negative
with pitifully few real laughs,0,negative
an interesting slice of history.,1,positive
"staged violence overshadows everything,",0,negative
to invest such subtlety and warmth in an animatronic bear when the humans are acting like puppets,0,negative
"the cracked lunacy of the adventures of buckaroo banzai, but thanks to an astonishingly witless script",0,negative
a compelling story to tell,1,positive
of elaborate and twisted characters,1,positive
limpid and,0,negative
search of purpose or even a plot,0,negative
"stomps in hobnail boots over natalie babbitt's gentle, endearing 1975 children's novel.",0,negative
to the most crucial lip-reading sequence,0,negative
"earnest, unsubtle and hollywood-predictable",0,negative
"in short, is n't nearly as funny as it thinks it is",0,negative
"it's a demented kitsch mess ( although the smeary digital video does match the muddled narrative ), but it's savvy about celebrity and has more guts and energy than much of what will open this year.",1,positive
an undeniably moving film to experience,1,positive
shines through every frame,1,positive
frustrated and detached,0,negative
are terribly wasted.,0,negative
a pleasing way,1,positive
sometimes a chuckle,1,positive
"an ultra-loud blast of pointless mayhem, going nowhere fast",0,negative
season,1,positive
all the signs of rich detail condensed,1,positive
"at times, the suspense is palpable, but by the end there's a sense that the crux of the mystery hinges on a technicality that strains credulity and leaves the viewer haunted by the waste of potential.",0,negative
the first half of gangster no. 1 drips with style,1,positive
anthropomorphic,1,positive
a catalyst for the struggle of black manhood in restrictive and chaotic america ...,1,positive
of the most splendid,1,positive
all too predictable and far too cliched,0,negative
the earnestness of its execution and skill of its cast take you down a familiar road with a few twists,1,positive
"with humor, warmth, and intelligence",1,positive
many tense scenes in trapped,1,positive
high-concept films,1,positive
relaxed in its perfect quiet pace and proud in its message.,1,positive
"how resolutely unamusing, how thoroughly unrewarding all of this is,",0,negative
smart and fun,1,positive
high note,1,positive
"have much panache, but with material this rich it does n't need it",1,positive
look at a slice of counterculture that might be best forgotten.,0,negative
become just another situation romance about a couple of saps stuck in an inarticulate screenplay,0,negative
so integrated with the story,1,positive
both a level of sophisticated intrigue and human-scale characters,1,positive
bad hair design,0,negative
depressing,0,negative
"has been written so well, that even a simple `` goddammit",1,positive
is ( cattaneo ) sophomore slump.,0,negative
"is far from disappointing, offering an original",1,positive
worth revisiting,1,positive
"even if you do n't know the band or the album's songs by heart, you will enjoy seeing how both evolve,",1,positive
hooting it's praises,1,positive
funny ( sometimes hilarious ) comedy,1,positive
determined to uncover the truth and hopefully inspire action,1,positive
thoroughly overbearing,0,negative
"an incredibly thoughtful, deeply meditative picture that neatly and effectively captures the debilitating grief felt in the immediate aftermath of the terrorist attacks.",1,positive
's just not very smart,0,negative
barely defensible sexual violence to keep it interested,0,negative
upbeat,1,positive
"dawns, comic relief",1,positive
"this is a gorgeous film - vivid with color, music and life.",1,positive
it would count for very little if the movie were n't as beautifully shaped and as delicately calibrated in tone as it is,1,positive
"i thought the relationships were wonderful, the comedy was funny, and",1,positive
`` simone '' is a fun and funky look into an artificial creation in a world that thrives on artificiality.,1,positive
moralizing,1,positive
buoyant romantic comedy,1,positive
in its characterizations,1,positive
"normally good actors, even kingsley, are made to look bad",0,negative
"has to recite bland police procedural details, fiennes wanders around in an attempt",0,negative
of the greatest date movies in years,1,positive
a hint of humor,1,positive
keep them guessing,1,positive
sick,0,negative
"watching this gentle, mesmerizing portrait of a man coming to terms with time, you barely realize your mind is being blown.",1,positive
a funny yet dark and seedy clash,1,positive
-- the sober-minded original was as graceful as a tap-dancing rhino --,0,negative
happily stays close to the ground in a spare and simple manner and does n't pummel us with phony imagery or music.,1,positive
steers clear of the sensational and offers instead an unflinching and objective look at a decidedly perverse pathology.,1,positive
could easily wait for your pay per view dollar,0,negative
makes their project so interesting,1,positive
elaborate continuation,1,positive
"a brilliant, absurd collection of vignettes that, in their own idiosyncratic way, sum up the strange horror of life in the new millennium.",1,positive
the gorgeous piano and,1,positive
is found in its ability to spoof both black and white stereotypes equally,1,positive
's a charismatic charmer likely to seduce and conquer,1,positive
be oblivious to the existence of this film,0,negative
"pat storylines, precious circumstances and beautiful stars",1,positive
'll still be glued to the screen.,1,positive
amuses,1,positive
allow the suit to come to life,1,positive
equal amounts of beautiful movement and inside information.,1,positive
ability to take what is essentially a contained family conflict and put it into a much larger historical context,1,positive
campanella's competent direction,1,positive
never comes close to recovering from its demented premise,0,negative
pays off,1,positive
is one of the rare directors who feels acting is the heart and soul of cinema.,1,positive
hate it because it's lousy.,0,negative
vivid characters and,1,positive
", you can feel the love.",1,positive
makes it to the boiling point,1,positive
"witty and often surprising, a dark little morality tale disguised as a romantic comedy.",1,positive
every articulate player,1,positive
with fascinating connections,1,positive
far more witty,1,positive
full of masters of both,1,positive
of oscar wilde's classic satire,1,positive
the sequel plays out like a flimsy excuse to give blade fans another look at wesley snipes ' iconic hero doing battle with dozens of bad guys -- at once.,0,negative
"bill plympton, the animation master,",1,positive
"the case is a convincing one, and should give anyone with a conscience reason to pause.",1,positive
a minor-league soccer remake of the longest yard.,0,negative
"the manner of the storytelling, which undercuts the devastatingly telling impact of utter loss personified in the film's simple title",0,negative
gimmicks,0,negative
"derive from the screenplay, but rather the mediocre performances by most of the actors involved",0,negative
"a lovely, eerie film",1,positive
the rare sequel,1,positive
too textbook to intrigue,0,negative
"mr. polanski is in his element here : alone, abandoned, but still consoled by his art, which is more than he has ever revealed before about the source of his spiritual survival.",1,positive
make us care about zelda's ultimate fate,1,positive
unafraid to throw elbows when necessary,1,positive
it's hard to believe these jokers are supposed to have pulled off four similar kidnappings before.,0,negative
heartily sick,0,negative
deep intelligence and,1,positive
highly predictable,0,negative
"the structure is simple, but in its own way, rabbit-proof fence is a quest story as grand as the lord of the rings.",1,positive
ought to be a whole lot scarier than they are in this tepid genre offering.,0,negative
"somber, absurd,",0,negative
that's pure pr hype.,0,negative
i 'd rather watch a rerun of the powerpuff girls,0,negative
that the new film is a lame kiddie flick and,0,negative
imbued with passion and attitude.,1,positive
"designed as a reverie about memory and regret, but the only thing you 'll regret is remembering the experience of sitting through it.",0,negative
confusing and horrifying,0,negative
winning performances and some effecting moments,1,positive
"yes, but also intriguing and honorable,",1,positive
"irrelevant as on the engaging, which gradually turns what",0,negative
"it's sharply comic and surprisingly touching, so hold the gong",1,positive
questionable kind,0,negative
stock footage,0,negative
"a pastiche of children's entertainment, superhero comics, and japanese animation",1,positive
of the year's best,1,positive
underconfident,0,negative
forgiveness and love,1,positive
played this story straight,1,positive
does a film so graceless and devoid of merit as this one come along,0,negative
"by not averting his eyes, solondz forces us to consider the unthinkable, the unacceptable, the unmentionable.",1,positive
in the worst way,0,negative
their recklessness,0,negative
shows he can outgag any of those young whippersnappers making moving pictures today.,1,positive
devastatingly powerful and astonishingly vivid holocaust drama.,1,positive
a hallmark hall of fame,1,positive
"a delightful, witty, improbable romantic comedy",1,positive
i liked about schmidt a lot,1,positive
accurate,1,positive
emptiness and,0,negative
offers just enough sweet and traditional romantic comedy to counter the crudity.,1,positive
is astounding on any number of levels,1,positive
near-masterpiece,1,positive
"cast, but never quite gets off the ground",0,negative
"brave, uninhibited performances",1,positive
"works spectacularly well ... a shiver-inducing, nerve-rattling ride.",1,positive
"the movie is concocted and carried out by folks worthy of scorn, and the nicest thing i can say is that i ca n't remember a single name responsible for it.",0,negative
say mean things and shoot a lot of bullets,0,negative
all over this `` un-bear-able '' project,0,negative
the power of the huston performance,1,positive
aged past his prime,0,negative
the double-cross that made mamet's `` house of games '' and last fall's `` heist '' so much fun,1,positive
probes in a light-hearted way the romantic problems of individuals,1,positive
"it's inoffensive, cheerful, built to inspire the young people, set to an unending soundtrack of beach party pop numbers and aside from its remarkable camerawork and awesome scenery, it's about as exciting as a sunburn.",0,negative
demonstrated a knack for mixing action and idiosyncratic humor in his charming 2000 debut shanghai noon,1,positive
about the thousands of americans who die hideously,0,negative
is trite,0,negative
the wasted potential,0,negative
... with `` the bourne identity '' we return to the more traditional action genre.,1,positive
is completely at sea,1,positive
makes the banger sisters a fascinating character study with laughs to spare,1,positive
a 95-minute commercial,0,negative
of dreck,0,negative
every cliche in the war movie compendium across its indulgent two-hour-and-fifteen-minute length,0,negative
degenerates,0,negative
"the movie, shot on digital videotape rather than film, is frequently indecipherable",0,negative
a happy ending,1,positive
more trifle than triumph.,0,negative
one of the more glaring signs of this movie's servitude to its superstar is the way it skirts around any scenes that might have required genuine acting from ms. spears.,0,negative
notice the 129-minute running time,0,negative
poetic road movie,1,positive
"rifkin no doubt fancies himself something of a hubert selby jr., but there is n't an ounce of honest poetry in his entire script ;",0,negative
splendor,1,positive
transcends the boy-meets-girl posturing of typical love stories.,1,positive
has a film used manhattan's architecture in such a gloriously goofy way.,1,positive
tosses around some intriguing questions about the difference between human and android life,1,positive
"incoherent, instantly disposable",0,negative
a dramatic slap,0,negative
"took three minutes of dialogue, 30 seconds of plot and turned them into a 90-minute movie that feels five hours long.",0,negative
a slow-moving police-procedural thriller,0,negative
the abiding impression,1,positive
"talk to her is not the perfect movie many have made it out to be, but it's still quite worth seeing",1,positive
", triumphant,",1,positive
follows its standard formula in this animated adventure,1,positive
"has created a predictably efficient piece of business notable largely for its overwhelming creepiness, for an eagerness to create images you wish you had n't seen, which, in this day and age, is of course the point",1,positive
its epic scope,1,positive
beaten,0,negative
lacks fellowship's heart,0,negative
"a baffling subplot involving smuggling drugs inside danish cows falls flat, and if you 're going to alter the bard's ending, you 'd better have a good alternative",0,negative
ca n't say it's on par with the first one,0,negative
my sweet has so many flaws it would be easy for critics to shred it.,0,negative
a direct hit,1,positive
teddy bears ' picnic ranks among the most pitiful directing,0,negative
"is definitely meaningless, vapid and devoid",0,negative
a formula comedy redeemed by its stars,1,positive
", intelligent eyes",1,positive
manipulative and as bland,0,negative
oftentimes funny,1,positive
"a lot of laughs in this simple, sweet and romantic comedy",1,positive
"a subtlety that makes the silly, over-the-top coda especially disappointing",0,negative
add anything fresh,1,positive
all the sibling rivalry and,0,negative
", is wry and engrossing.",1,positive
potential,1,positive
enough sweet and,1,positive
's simply unbearable,0,negative
stink bomb.,0,negative
"imagine ( if possible ) a pasolini film without passion or politics,",0,negative
dover kosashvili's outstanding feature debut,1,positive
"in their cheap, b movie way, they succeed",1,positive
loyal fans,1,positive
did n't connect with me would require another viewing,0,negative
clooney directs this film always keeping the balance between the fantastic and the believable ...,1,positive
very distinctive sensibility,1,positive
"the movie is n't painfully bad, something to be ` fully experienced '",0,negative
a visionary marvel,1,positive
dialogue and murky cinematography,0,negative
any shoddy product,0,negative
"there's nothing like love to give a movie a b-12 shot,",1,positive
transcends ethnic lines,1,positive
very top,1,positive
's fitting that a movie as artificial and soulless as the country bears owes its genesis to an animatronic display at disneyland,0,negative
to convince the audience that these brats will ever be anything more than losers,0,negative
"its script, which nurses plot holes gaping enough to pilot an entire olympic swim team through",0,negative
therefore i know better than to rush to the theater for this one,0,negative
"narratively, trouble every day is a plodding mess.",0,negative
"absurd,",0,negative
been gathering dust on mgm's shelf,0,negative
not once in the rush to save the day did i become very involved in the proceedings ; to me,0,negative
a more ambitious movie,1,positive
its digs at modern society are all things we 've seen before.,0,negative
would probably have worked better as a one-hour tv documentary,0,negative
"some very good comedic songs,",1,positive
the con,0,negative
ca n't wait to see end.,1,positive
the overall experience is awesome,1,positive
dying and going,0,negative
's easier to change the sheets,0,negative
asks the right questions at the right time in the history of our country,1,positive
into an argentine retread of `` iris '' or `` american beauty,0,negative
is labored,0,negative
"a banal, virulently unpleasant excuse",0,negative
find their own rhythm and protect each other from the script's bad ideas and awkwardness.,0,negative
a fascinating study of isolation and frustration that successfully recreates both the physical setting and emotional tensions of the papin sisters,1,positive
numb experience,0,negative
wang xiaoshuai directs this intricately structured and well-realized drama that presents a fascinating glimpse of urban life and the class warfare that embroils two young men.,1,positive
"despite the film's shortcomings, the stories are quietly moving.",1,positive
"death to smoochy is often very funny, but what's even more remarkable is the integrity of devito's misanthropic vision.",1,positive
"admirable energy, full-bodied characterizations",1,positive
ideal,1,positive
his film overwhelmed,1,positive
entertaining comedy,1,positive
it's hardly watchable,0,negative
of ' a nightmare,0,negative
tell a story about the vietnam war before the pathology set in,1,positive
"flows forwards and back, weaving themes among three strands which allow us to view events as if through a prism",1,positive
rambling,0,negative
two marvelously,1,positive
"showtime is n't particularly assaultive, but it can still make you feel that you never want to see another car chase, explosion or gunfight again",0,negative
i found myself howling more than cringing,1,positive
quietly affecting cop drama,1,positive
rejects,0,negative
maladjusted teens in a downward narcotized spiral,0,negative
small-budget,0,negative
same time to congratulate himself for having the guts to confront it,1,positive
been replaced by the bottom of the barrel,0,negative
"graphic sex may be what's attracting audiences to unfaithful, but gripping performances by lane and gere are what will keep them awake.",1,positive
have you scratching your head than hiding under your seat,0,negative
while the performances are often engaging,1,positive
engages us,1,positive
"fairy-tale formula, serves as a paper skeleton for some very good acting, dialogue, comedy, direction and especially charm.",1,positive
very simply sets out to entertain and ends up delivering in good measure,1,positive
's most weirdly engaging and unpredictable character pieces,1,positive
solid movie,1,positive
we get the comedy we settle for.,0,negative
waters it down,0,negative
do you,1,positive
sensual and funny,1,positive
the sexual politics too smug,0,negative
"'s a sweet, laugh-a-minute crowd pleaser that lifts your spirits as well as the corners of your mouth",1,positive
troubled,0,negative
the wild thornberrys movie does n't offer much more than the series,0,negative
i like all four of the lead actors a lot and they manage to squeeze a few laughs out of the material,1,positive
eric,1,positive
seem tired,0,negative
"the movie eventually gets around to its real emotional business, striking deep chords of sadness.",1,positive
"is very much of a mixed bag, with enough negatives to outweigh the positives.",0,negative
"that, like shiner's organizing of the big fight, pulls off enough",1,positive
big trouble could be considered a funny little film.,1,positive
it 'll only put you to sleep.,0,negative
"a surprising, subtle turn",1,positive
wonder of wonders -- a teen movie with a humanistic message,1,positive
"for the most part he makes sure the salton sea works the way a good noir should, keeping it tight and nasty",1,positive
it appears that something has been lost in the translation to the screen.,0,negative
a winning piece of work,1,positive
cult classic,1,positive
wishing that you and they were in another movie,0,negative
`` radical '' or `` suck '',0,negative
her most charmless,0,negative
often exciting,1,positive
celebrates the human spirit with such unrelenting dickensian decency that it turned me ( horrors!),1,positive
episode ii -- attack of the clones is a technological exercise that lacks juice and delight.,0,negative
might have fun in this cinematic sandbox,1,positive
holds interest,1,positive
maintains a beguiling serenity and poise that make it accessible for a non-narrative feature,1,positive
into a terribly obvious melodrama and rough-hewn vanity project for lead actress andie macdowell,0,negative
... hokey art house pretension.,0,negative
a marvelous performance by allison lohman,1,positive
difficult,0,negative
painfully slow,0,negative
watchable stuff.,1,positive
is all but useless,0,negative
"watch, giggle and get an adrenaline boost without feeling like you 've completely lowered your entertainment standards",1,positive
's rare to see a movie that takes such a speedy swan dive from `` promising '' to `` interesting '' to `` familiar '' before landing squarely on `` stupid '',0,negative
laughs --,1,positive
as a chance to revitalize what is and always has been remarkable about clung-to traditions,1,positive
"like a bad improvisation exercise, the superficially written characters ramble on tediously about their lives, loves and the art",0,negative
"of the vulgar, sexist, racist humor",0,negative
"kwan is a master of shadow, quietude, and room noise, and lan yu is a disarmingly lived-in movie.",1,positive
the more outre aspects of ` black culture ' and the dorkier aspects,0,negative
"not only a coming-of-age story and cautionary parable, but also a perfectly rendered period piece",1,positive
spontaneity in its execution,1,positive
want to be jolted out of their gourd,1,positive
a genuinely funny ensemble,1,positive
finds a nice rhythm.,1,positive
unimaginative and,0,negative
pure venality --,0,negative
what makes this film special is serry's ability to take what is essentially a contained family conflict and put it into a much larger historical context.,1,positive
a disoriented but occasionally disarming saga,0,negative
say you were n't warned,0,negative
of self-congratulation between actor and director,0,negative
"a gentle, unforced intimacy",1,positive
dared to mess with some powerful people,0,negative
the delicate forcefulness of greene's prose,1,positive
a sloppy slapstick,0,negative
"ravishing, baroque beauty",1,positive
churns up not one but two flagrantly fake thunderstorms to underscore the action,0,negative
funniest and most likeable,1,positive
for realizing that you 've spent the past 20 minutes looking at your watch and waiting for frida to just die already,0,negative
french filmmaker karim dridi that celebrates the hardy spirit of cuban music,1,positive
ponderous and,0,negative
to feed to the younger generations,1,positive
an intriguing what-if premise,1,positive
the great american comedy,1,positive
as an actress in a role,0,negative
of the self-esteem of employment and the shame of losing a job,0,negative
few cheap shocks,0,negative
nonjudgmental kind,1,positive
"analyze this, not",0,negative
would 've worked a lot better had it been a short film,0,negative
once a good idea that was followed by the bad idea to turn it into a movie,0,negative
irritates and,0,negative
striking deep chords of sadness,1,positive
wonderfully vulgar,1,positive
is worth the price of admission,1,positive
so crucial to the genre and another first-rate performance,1,positive
lazy but enjoyable,1,positive
rubbo runs through a remarkable amount of material in the film's short 90 minutes.,1,positive
it's stuffy and pretentious in a give-me-an-oscar kind of way,0,negative
"velocity represents everything wrong with '' independent film '' as a commodified, sold-out concept on the american filmmaking scene.",0,negative
leaves us laughing,1,positive
"uncomfortably timely, relevant, and",1,positive
", eisenstein delivers.",1,positive
troubled and,0,negative
"funny, sexy, and rousing",1,positive
but quietly effective retelling,1,positive
a script that prevents them from firing on all cylinders,0,negative
is deadpan,0,negative
touches the heart,1,positive
love in remembrance.,1,positive
"seen through the right eyes, with the right actors and with the kind of visual flair that shows what great cinema can really do",1,positive
progressed as nicely as ` wayne,1,positive
so that the human story is pushed to one side,0,negative
"deeply biased, and wholly",0,negative
"the subtitled costume drama is set in a remote african empire before cell phones, guns, and the internal combustion engine, but the politics that thump through it are as timely as tomorrow",1,positive
", surreal ache of mortal awareness emerges a radiant character portrait.",1,positive
difficult to tell who the other actors in the movie are,0,negative
of work and 2002's first great film,1,positive
"how a rich historical subject, combined with so much first-rate talent ... could have yielded such a flat, plodding picture",0,negative
"impersonal, almost generic",0,negative
a wind-tunnel and a simply astounding cor-blimey-luv-a-duck cockney accent,1,positive
both exude an air of dignity that's perfect for the proud warrior that still lingers in the souls of these characters.,1,positive
works on no level whatsoever for me.,0,negative
great actors hamming it up,1,positive
figures out how to make us share their enthusiasm,1,positive
"moretti ... is the rare common-man artist who's wise enough to recognize that there are few things in this world more complex -- and, as it turns out, more fragile -- than happiness.",1,positive
desultory,0,negative
to be dismissed,0,negative
screams,0,negative
"some movies were made for the big screen, some for the small screen, and some, like ballistic : ecks vs. sever, were made for the palm screen",0,negative
is certainly amusing,1,positive
another classic for the company,1,positive
"funny in a way that's too loud, too goofy and too short of an attention span",0,negative
"holofcener's film offers just enough insight to keep it from being simpleminded, and the ensemble cast is engaging enough to keep you from shifting in your chair too often",1,positive
rather special,1,positive
right actors,1,positive
audiences are advised to sit near the back and squint to avoid noticing some truly egregious lip-non-synching,0,negative
an appealing blend of counter-cultural idealism and hedonistic creativity,1,positive
moore wonderfully underplays the long-suffering heroine with an unflappable '50s dignity somewhere between jane wyman and june cleaver,1,positive
"seems more tacky and reprehensible, manipulating our collective fear without bestowing the subject with the intelligence or sincerity it unequivocally deserves.",0,negative
the exploitative,0,negative
"its insights into the dream world of teen life, and its electronic expression through cyber culture",1,positive
warm,1,positive
unfunny wannabe,0,negative
not good enough to pass for a litmus test of the generation gap and not bad enough to repulse any generation of its fans.,0,negative
enthusiastic audience,1,positive
pathetic junk,0,negative
director douglas mcgrath,1,positive
an appealing blend,1,positive
"quaid is utterly fearless as the tortured husband living a painful lie,",1,positive
"the irrelevant as on the engaging, which gradually turns what time",0,negative
rendered in as flat,0,negative
nice to see what he could make with a decent budget,1,positive
a river of sadness that pours into every frame,1,positive
with poetic force and buoyant feeling,1,positive
its metaphors,1,positive
become a historically significant work as well as a masterfully made one,1,positive
an impossible spot because his character's deceptions ultimately undo him and,0,negative
no apparent joy,0,negative
they go to a picture-perfect beach during sunset.,1,positive
the country bears wastes an exceptionally good idea.,0,negative
"worth a look by those on both sides of the issues, if only for the perspective it offers, one the public rarely sees.",1,positive
its best moments,1,positive
"fincher takes no apparent joy in making movies, and he gives none to the audience",0,negative
genuine and sweet,1,positive
great material,1,positive
"indeed almost never, is such high-wattage brainpower coupled with pitch-perfect acting and an exquisite, unfakable sense of cinema.",1,positive
"the audience when i saw this one was chuckling at all the wrong times, and that's a bad sign when they 're supposed to be having a collective heart attack",0,negative
the aaa of action,1,positive
are the greatest musicians of all time.,1,positive
a dead-end existence,0,negative
in full consciousness,1,positive
inevitable and,0,negative
much of this slick and sprightly cgi feature,1,positive
exciting to watch as two last-place basketball,0,negative
in a light-hearted way the romantic problems,1,positive
"is a brilliantly played, deeply unsettling experience",1,positive
"fun and funny in the middle, though somewhat less",1,positive
classy,1,positive
stylized humor throughout,1,positive
falling in love,1,positive
the stills might make a nice coffee table book,0,negative
his intellectual rigor or,1,positive
occasional belly laugh,1,positive
the story has little wit and no surprises.,0,negative
a bold biographical fantasia,1,positive
why spend $ 9 on the same stuff you can get for a buck or so in that greasy little vidgame pit in the theater lobby?,0,negative
": an atrociously, mind-numbingly, indescribably bad movie",0,negative
the wonderfully lush morvern callar,1,positive
italian freakshow,0,negative
"far from heaven is a dazzling conceptual feat, but more than that, it's a work of enthralling drama",1,positive
it ends up being surprisingly dull,0,negative
"cold, sterile and lacking",0,negative
"she nearly glows with enthusiasm, sensuality and a conniving wit.",1,positive
artistic aspirations,1,positive
swimfan does catch on,1,positive
"it provides the grand, intelligent entertainment of a superior cast playing smart people amid a compelling plot.",1,positive
meets his future wife,1,positive
dull moment,0,negative
"it's definitely not made for kids or their parents, for that matter",0,negative
"much of it comes from the brave, uninhibited performances by its lead actors.",1,positive
this aging series,0,negative
"the art direction is often exquisite, and the anthropomorphic animal characters are beautifully realized through clever makeup design, leaving one to hope that the eventual dvd release will offer subtitles and the original italian-language soundtrack.",1,positive
pleasant enough -- and oozing with attractive men,1,positive
delivered in grand passion,1,positive
we have given up to acquire the fast-paced contemporary society,1,positive
there's more repetition than creativity throughout the movie.,0,negative
frequently misses the mark,0,negative
the accidental spy is a solid action pic that returns the martial arts master to top form,1,positive
padding,1,positive
"... while certainly clever in spots, this too-long, spoofy update of shakespeare's macbeth does n't sustain a high enough level of invention.",0,negative
more tiring than anything.,0,negative
more mature,1,positive
ayurveda does the field no favors,0,negative
"vividly conveys the passion, creativity, and fearlessness of one of mexico's most colorful and controversial artists -- a captivating drama that will speak to the nonconformist in us all.",1,positive
that washington most certainly has a new career ahead of him,1,positive
"with an intimate feeling, a saga of the ups and downs of friendships",1,positive
godard's ode to tackling life's wonderment is a rambling and incoherent manifesto about the vagueness of topical excess ... in praise of love remains a ponderous and pretentious endeavor that's unfocused and tediously exasperating.,0,negative
notwithstanding my problem with the movie's final half hour,0,negative
"should shame americans, regardless of whether or not ultimate blame",0,negative
rated eee for excitement.,1,positive
carved their own comfortable niche in the world,1,positive
"super - violent,",0,negative
"a solidly constructed, entertaining thriller",1,positive
that ca n't get sufficient distance from leroy's,0,negative
a real filmmaker's eye,1,positive
"soulful,",1,positive
is n't much better.,0,negative
"a movie that is definitely meaningless, vapid and devoid of substance",0,negative
fascinate,1,positive
into a grim future that does n't come close to the level of intelligence and visual splendor that can be seen in other films,0,negative
"sobering, heart-felt drama",1,positive
reef,1,positive
"tragedy, bravery, political intrigue, partisans and sabotage",1,positive
drug abuse,0,negative
birthday girl is the kind of quirkily appealing minor movie she might not make for a while,1,positive
` blade ii ' just does n't cut it,0,negative
"are sweet and believable, and are defeated by a screenplay that forces them into bizarre, implausible behavior",0,negative
demands and receives excellent performances,1,positive
"style, structure and rhythms",1,positive
escape,1,positive
"sees those relationships, including that between the son and his wife, and the wife and the father, and between the two brothers, with incredible subtlety and acumen.",1,positive
some major alterations,1,positive
terrifying message,0,negative
splendid,1,positive
with so much passion,1,positive
"` punch-drunk love is so convinced of its own brilliance that, if it were a person, you 'd want to smash its face in.'",0,negative
with cardboard characters and performers,0,negative
unhurried narrative,1,positive
a good-hearted ensemble comedy with a variety of quirky characters and an engaging story,1,positive
you wondering about the characters ' lives after the clever credits roll,1,positive
if there was ever a movie where the upbeat ending feels like a copout,0,negative
"it does n't flinch from its unsettling prognosis, namely, that the legacy of war is a kind of perpetual pain.",0,negative
sketchy with actorish notations on the margin of acting,0,negative
"an astounding performance that deftly, gradually reveals a real human soul buried beneath a spellbinding serpent's smirk.",1,positive
"natalie babbitt's gentle, endearing 1975 children's novel",1,positive
"seen 10,000 times",1,positive
a true talent for drawing wrenching performances from his actors ( improvised over many months ) and for conveying the way tiny acts of kindness make ordinary life survivable,1,positive
this is a sincerely crafted picture that deserves to emerge from the traffic jam of holiday movies.,1,positive
tolerance and diversity,1,positive
that something hip and transgressive was being attempted here that stubbornly refused to gel,0,negative
"of an adoring, wide-smiling reception",1,positive
"ford and neeson capably hold our interest, but its just not a thrilling movie",0,negative
"glows with enthusiasm, sensuality and a conniving wit.",1,positive
"it has its faults, but it is a kind, unapologetic, sweetheart of a movie, and mandy moore leaves a positive impression",1,positive
jolie's hideous yellow,0,negative
first scene,1,positive
's easy to like and,1,positive
"death, especially",0,negative
deserve better.,0,negative
succeed in really rattling the viewer,1,positive
"plays like a bad soap opera, with passable performances from everyone in the cast",0,negative
", well-crafted psychological study",1,positive
certainly appeal to asian cult cinema fans and asiaphiles interested to see what all the fuss is about.,1,positive
cheat,0,negative
sends you away a believer again and quite cheered at just that.,1,positive
by the artsy and often pointless visuals,0,negative
are alternately touching and funny,1,positive
showcases tom hanks as a depression era hit-man in this dark tale of revenge.,1,positive
and crudely literal,0,negative
a welcome step,1,positive
emerges a radiant character portrait.,1,positive
its writer-director's,1,positive
the richness,1,positive
youthful affluence,1,positive
decent ` intro ' documentary,1,positive
informative,1,positive
becomes distasteful and downright creepy,0,negative
"franco is an excellent choice for the walled-off but combustible hustler,",1,positive
with breathless anticipation for a new hal hartley movie,1,positive
addition to gluing you to the edge of your seat,1,positive
very much worth,1,positive
the central flaw of the film,0,negative
"goldbacher draws on an elegant visual sense and a talent for easy, seductive pacing ...",1,positive
charisma,1,positive
are limited and so embellished by editing that there's really not much of a sense of action or even action-comedy.,0,negative
"it embraces it, energizes it and takes big bloody chomps out of it",1,positive
"is the one thing that holds interest in the midst of a mushy, existential exploration of why men leave their families",1,positive
with dickens ' words and writer-director douglas mcgrath's even-toned direction,1,positive
that helps make great marching bands half the fun of college football games,1,positive
hard for me,0,negative
the new star wars installment has n't escaped the rut dug by the last one.,0,negative
"assume he had a bad run in the market or a costly divorce, because there is no earthly reason other than money why this distinguished actor would stoop so low.",0,negative
snow dogs finds its humor in a black man getting humiliated by a pack of dogs who are smarter than him,0,negative
overflowing,1,positive
", beloved genres",1,positive
a heavyweight film that fights a good fight on behalf of the world's endangered reefs,1,positive
fashioning an engrossing entertainment out,1,positive
is more interesting ( and funnier ),1,positive
"a triumph,",1,positive
the work of a filmmaker who has secrets buried at the heart of his story and knows how to take time revealing them,1,positive
"wonderland adventure, a stalker thriller,",1,positive
"of a movie so sloppy, so uneven, so damn unpleasant that i ca n't believe any viewer, young or old,",0,negative
does a film so graceless and devoid of merit as this one come along.,0,negative
feel very much like a brand-new tomorrow,1,positive
"a ` girls gone wild ' video for the boho art-house crowd, the burning sensation is n't a definitive counter-cultural document --",0,negative
is more engaging than the usual fantasies hollywood produces.,1,positive
precious little of either,0,negative
"pique your interest, your imagination, your empathy or anything, really, save your disgust and your indifference",0,negative
to hit all of its marks,1,positive
bad enough,0,negative
"reminds you of why animation is such a perfect medium for children, because of the way it allows the mind to enter and accept another world.",1,positive
one of the greatest films i 've ever seen.,1,positive
"no excuse for following up a delightful, well-crafted family film with a computer-generated cold fish",0,negative
"but it's a rushed, slapdash, sequel-for-the-sake - of-a-sequel with less than half the plot and ingenuity",0,negative
"enough intelligence, wit or innovation on the screen to attract and sustain an older crowd",1,positive
brain strain,0,negative
to have you scratching your head than hiding under your seat.,0,negative
thinly-conceived,0,negative
inescapable absurdities,0,negative
the self-serious equilibrium makes its point too well ;,0,negative
engaging.,1,positive
there's a clarity of purpose and even-handedness to the film's direction,1,positive
"does n't care about cleverness, wit or any other kind of intelligent humor.",0,negative
"it might not be 1970s animation, but everything else about it is straight from the saturday morning cartoons -- a retread story, bad writing, and the same old silliness",0,negative
most of the characters forget their lines,0,negative
the fist is hilarious,1,positive
"it sticks rigidly to the paradigm, rarely permitting its characters more than two obvious dimensions and repeatedly placing them in contrived, well-worn situations.",0,negative
good than great,1,positive
always surprising,1,positive
deadeningly drawn-out,0,negative
ridiculousness,0,negative
's easy to like,1,positive
it classicism or be exasperated by a noticeable lack of pace,0,negative
a fiercely clever and subtle film,1,positive
seven rip-off,0,negative
that we feel as if we 're seeing something purer than the real thing,1,positive
"the film has the thrown-together feel of a summer-camp talent show : hastily written, underrehearsed, arbitrarily plotted and filled with crude humor and vulgar innuendo.",0,negative
inspires more,1,positive
comedy special,1,positive
beneath otherwise tender movements,1,positive
coming-of-age theme,1,positive
working-class subjects,1,positive
griffiths proves she's that rare luminary who continually raises the standard of her profession.,1,positive
"art-house to the core, read my lips is a genre-curling crime story that revives the free-wheeling noir spirit of old french cinema.",1,positive
torments,0,negative
banal,0,negative
the hours is one of those reputedly `` unfilmable '' novels that has bucked the odds to emerge as an exquisite motion picture in its own right.,1,positive
that the movie does not do them justice,0,negative
also wanted a little alien as a friend!,1,positive
an incredibly irritating comedy about thoroughly vacuous people ... manages to embody the worst excesses of nouvelle vague without any of its sense of fun or energy.,0,negative
the most splendid,1,positive
"length, awash in self-consciously flashy camera effects, droning house music and flat, flat dialogue",0,negative
"vile, incoherent",0,negative
presume,1,positive
the seemingly irreconcilable situation,0,negative
moves between heartbreak and rebellion,1,positive
pig,0,negative
", savvy, compelling",1,positive
preserves tosca's intoxicating ardor,1,positive
"a square, sentimental drama that satisfies, as comfort food often can",1,positive
"this movie, a certain scene in particular, brought me uncomfortably close to losing my lunch.",0,negative
have bitterly forsaken,0,negative
yarns ever,1,positive
strong and convincing,1,positive
"gets vivid, convincing performances from a fine cast,",1,positive
an almost palpable sense of intensity,1,positive
's pleasant enough,1,positive
bad,0,negative
as inspiring,1,positive
"the movie's plot is almost entirely witless and inane, carrying every gag two or three times beyond its limit to sustain a laugh.",0,negative
"though there are entertaining and audacious moments, the movie's wildly careening tone and an extremely flat lead performance do little to salvage this filmmaker's flailing reputation.",0,negative
"depressing, ruthlessly pained",0,negative
hackneyed elements,0,negative
a year late,0,negative
from squirming in their seats,0,negative
's a satisfying summer blockbuster and worth a look.,1,positive
"this is the kind of movie during which you want to bang your head on the seat in front of you, at its cluelessness, at its idiocy, at its utterly misplaced earnestness.",0,negative
loses all bite on the big screen,0,negative
it finds a nice rhythm.,1,positive
love to come from an american director in years,1,positive
of what makes dover kosashvili's outstanding feature debut so potent,1,positive
its spirit of iconoclastic abandon,0,negative
carvey's rubber-face routine is no match for the insipid script he has crafted with harris goldberg.,0,negative
gaping plot holes sink this ` sub ',0,negative
safe as a children's film,1,positive
excellent 90-minute film,1,positive
"attal's hang-ups surrounding infidelity are so old-fashioned and, dare i say, outdated, it's a wonder that he could n't have brought something fresher to the proceedings simply by accident",0,negative
exquisite acting,1,positive
the goo,0,negative
the most notable observation is how long you 've been sitting still,0,negative
worth seeing just for weaver and lapaglia.,1,positive
of a triumph,1,positive
", sweet, and intermittently hilarious",1,positive
of hackery,0,negative
foul-natured,0,negative
a hilarious kenneth branagh,1,positive
some visual virtues,1,positive
`` orange county '' is far funnier than it would seem to have any right to be.,1,positive
this 20th anniversary edition of the film,1,positive
", imaginative kid's movie",1,positive
nachtwey hates the wars he shows and empathizes with the victims he reveals,1,positive
"'s the kind of under-inspired, overblown enterprise that gives hollywood sequels a bad name",0,negative
"overcomes the script's flaws and envelops the audience in his character's anguish, anger and frustration",1,positive
"are both excellent, in the kind of low-key way that allows us to forget that they are actually movie folk.",1,positive
classic theater piece,1,positive
"all in all, a great party.",1,positive
"is populated by whiny, pathetic, starving and untalented artistes",0,negative
"seen, constantly pulling the rug from underneath us, seeing things from new sides, plunging deeper, getting more intense",1,positive
"flat-out amusing, sometimes endearing and often fabulous, with a solid cast,",1,positive
in enough clever and unexpected,1,positive
"for all its violence, the movie is remarkably dull with only caine making much of an impression.",0,negative
it certainly got lost in the `` soon-to-be-forgettable '' section of the quirky rip-off prison romp pile.,0,negative
creative action,1,positive
this often-hilarious farce manages to generate the belly laughs of lowbrow comedy without sacrificing its high-minded appeal.,1,positive
"as with so many merchandised-to-the-max movies of this type, more time appears to have gone into recruiting the right bands for the playlist and the costuming of the stars than into the script, which has a handful of smart jokes and not much else.",0,negative
is that it's also one of the smartest,1,positive
"ramsay, as in ratcatcher, remains a filmmaker with an acid viewpoint and a real gift for teasing chilly poetry out of lives and settings that might otherwise seem drab and sordid.",1,positive
carefully choreographed atrocities,0,negative
a fairly irresistible package,1,positive
that makes his films so memorable,1,positive
"after one gets the feeling that the typical hollywood disregard for historical truth and realism is at work here, it's a matter of finding entertainment in the experiences of zishe and the fiery presence of hanussen.",1,positive
ca n't deny its seriousness and quality,1,positive
's a clarity of purpose and even-handedness,1,positive
any insight,1,positive
", margarita happy hour represents an auspicious feature debut for chaiken.",1,positive
fly with most intelligent viewers,1,positive
that really does n't have much to say beyond the news,0,negative
if stupid americans will get a kick out of goofy brits with cute accents performing ages-old slapstick and unfunny tricks,0,negative
absurdities and clichés accumulate like lint in a fat man's navel.,0,negative
with promise,1,positive
kills every sense of believability,0,negative
just a bunch of good actors,1,positive
while the frequent allusions to gurus and doshas will strike some westerners as verging on mumbo-jumbo ... broad streaks of common sense emerge with unimpeachable clarity.,1,positive
"although fairly involving as far as it goes, the film does n't end up having much that is fresh to say about growing up catholic or, really, anything.",0,negative
run-of-the-mill raunchy humor and,0,negative
finds no way to entertain or inspire its viewers.,0,negative
a loquacious and dreary piece,0,negative
"its use of the thriller form to examine the labyrinthine ways in which people's lives cross and change,",1,positive
"several survivors,",1,positive
made me want to pack raw dough in my ears,0,negative
"little action, almost no suspense or believable tension, one-dimensional characters up the wazoo and sets",0,negative
provide an intense experience when splashed across the immense imax screen.,1,positive
anti-feminist,0,negative
"animation back 30 years,",0,negative
"a tremendous, offbeat sense",1,positive
"marvelous documentary touches -- ever so gracefully -- on the entire history of the yiddish theater, both in america and israel",1,positive
the soul of a man in pain who gradually comes to recognize it and deal with it,1,positive
does n't so much phone in his performance as fax it,0,negative
navigate spaces both large ... and small ... with considerable aplomb,1,positive
jolts the laughs from the audience,1,positive
the immersive powers of the giant screen and its hyper-realistic images,1,positive
the brawn,1,positive
a.c. will help this movie one bit,1,positive
"so sloppy, so uneven,",0,negative
's quaid who anchors the film with his effortless performance and that trademark grin of his -- so perfect for a ballplayer,1,positive
"get to see the one of the world's best actors, daniel auteuil,",1,positive
the ridiculousness of its premise,0,negative
scuzzy underbelly,0,negative
"seems to have cared much about any aspect of it, from its cheesy screenplay to the grayish quality of its lighting to its last-minute, haphazard theatrical release.",0,negative
why he keeps being cast in action films when none of them are ever any good,0,negative
sometimes is a brilliant movie.,1,positive
of saps stuck in an inarticulate screenplay,0,negative
a fierce dance,1,positive
accused of being a bit undisciplined,0,negative
pitch-perfect,1,positive
uneven film,0,negative
"that it succeeds in entertaining, despite playing out like a feature-length sitcom replete with stereotypical familial quandaries",1,positive
"dull, brain-deadening hangover",0,negative
at this nonsensical story,0,negative
"who are capable of anteing up some movie star charisma when they need it to sell us on this twisted love story, but who can also negotiate the movie's darker turns",1,positive
deserve but rarely receive it,0,negative
"if you 're looking to rekindle the magic of the first film, you 'll need a stronger stomach than us.",0,negative
"about the need to stay in touch with your own skin, at 18 or 80",1,positive
"the high-concept scenario soon proves preposterous, the acting is robotically italicized, and truth-in-advertising hounds take note :",0,negative
intimate and panoramic,1,positive
the exotic surface ( and exotic dancing ),1,positive
great movie,1,positive
ensemble cast,1,positive
money-grubbing,0,negative
"it ends up being neither, and fails at both endeavors.",0,negative
be dismissed as mindless,0,negative
better at fingering problems than finding solutions,0,negative
", overall it's an entertaining and informative documentary.",1,positive
roman polanski's autobiographical gesture at redemption is better than ` shindler's list ',1,positive
freshness and spirit,1,positive
most slyly exquisite anti-adult movies,1,positive
it's waltzed itself into the art film pantheon.,1,positive
hard to conceive anyone else in their roles,1,positive
"as good as the full monty, but a really strong second effort.",1,positive
to the outstanding soundtrack,1,positive
irresponsible,0,negative
guessing plot and an affectionate take on its screwed-up characters,1,positive
and unrelentingly exploitative,0,negative
"wimps out by going for that pg-13 rating, so",0,negative
this bracingly truthful antidote to hollywood teenage movies that slather clearasil over the blemishes of youth captures the combustible mixture of a chafing inner loneliness and desperate grandiosity that tend to characterize puberty.,1,positive
achieves the feel of a fanciful motion picture,1,positive
if mapquest emailed him point-to-point driving directions,1,positive
"a full experience,",1,positive
is terrific,1,positive
disgracefully written dialogue,0,negative
bitter end,0,negative
", it drags",0,negative
pick your nose instead because you 're sure to get more out of the latter experience,0,negative
charge money for this?,0,negative
of smart jokes,1,positive
"lack depth or complexity, with the ironic exception of scooter.",0,negative
the delicious trimmings ...,1,positive
the man,1,positive
consistently amusing but not as outrageous or funny,1,positive
almost peerlessly unsettling.,0,negative
remaining one of the most savagely hilarious social critics,1,positive
", but why bother if you 're going to subjugate truth to the tear-jerking demands of soap opera",0,negative
press the delete key.,0,negative
the artwork,1,positive
silly -- and gross -- but it's rarely as moronic as some campus gross-out films.,0,negative
as bad at a fraction the budget,0,negative
originality,1,positive
invincible,1,positive
have at it,1,positive
for two movies,1,positive
this waste,0,negative
plateau,1,positive
a surprising winner with both adults and younger audiences,1,positive
the result is disappointing,0,negative
be as bored watching morvern callar as the characters are in it,0,negative
", brooding and slow",0,negative
"does a great combination act as narrator, jewish grandmother and subject -- taking us through a film that is part biography, part entertainment and part history",1,positive
"a celebration of feminine energy, a tribute to the power of women to heal",1,positive
so pat it makes your teeth hurt,0,negative
diggs and lathan are among the chief reasons brown sugar is such a sweet and sexy film.,1,positive
leguizamo and jones are both excellent and the rest of the cast is uniformly superb.,1,positive
it is just too bad the film's story does not live up to its style.,0,negative
of a happy ending,1,positive
intriguing species,1,positive
is still a cinematic touchstone,1,positive
never quite makes the grade as tawdry trash.,0,negative
the city's old-world charm,1,positive
"a brilliant, absurd collection of vignettes that, in their own idiosyncratic way, sum up the strange horror of life in the new millennium",1,positive
breathes life,1,positive
featuring an oscar-worthy performance by julianne moore.,1,positive
"loses its sense of humor in a vat of failed jokes, twitchy acting, and general boorishness",0,negative
perpetually wasted,0,negative
is smarter and subtler,1,positive
touching movie,1,positive
is the awkwardly paced soap opera-ish story.,0,negative
a movie that ca n't get sufficient distance from leroy's delusions to escape their maudlin influence.,0,negative
the most impressive player,1,positive
the cinematic canon,1,positive
clichés and mawkish dialogue,0,negative
abuse,0,negative
the mystery of four decades back the springboard for a more immediate mystery in the present,1,positive
an engaging story,1,positive
devoid of objectivity and full of nostalgic comments from the now middle-aged participants,0,negative
the fierce grandeur,1,positive
'' winner,1,positive
this film's impressive performances and,1,positive
"simple, sweet and romantic",1,positive
"and if you 're not nearly moved to tears by a couple of scenes, you 've got ice water in your veins.",1,positive
ample,1,positive
that one eventually resents having to inhale this gutter romancer's secondhand material,0,negative
it is disposable.,0,negative
completely awful iranian drama ...,0,negative
the movie's vision of a white american zealously spreading a puritanical brand of christianity to south seas islanders is one only a true believer could relish.,0,negative
a certain robustness,1,positive
they fascinate in their recklessness.,1,positive
masochistic,0,negative
brutal and,0,negative
"determined, ennui-hobbled slog",0,negative
most enjoyable,1,positive
hitting below the belt,0,negative
no apparent reason except,0,negative
"elusive, yet inexplicably",1,positive
the ethereal beauty of an asian landscape painting,1,positive
awfully,0,negative
little wit,0,negative
"a journey spanning nearly three decades of bittersweet camaraderie and history, in which we feel that we truly know what makes holly and marina tick, and",1,positive
"this well-meaning, beautifully produced film",1,positive
refreshed and,1,positive
entirely irony-free,1,positive
"the film, which very simply sets out to entertain and ends up delivering in good measure",1,positive
jaw-droppingly beautiful work,1,positive
too many scenes toward the end that should move quickly,0,negative
"is to catch the pitch of his poetics, savor the pleasure of his sounds and images, and ponder the historical, philosophical, and ethical issues that intersect with them.",1,positive
shining performance,1,positive
"a cheap, ludicrous attempt at serious horror.",0,negative
"that there is no rest period, no timeout",0,negative
puts enough salt into the wounds of the tortured and self-conscious material to make it sting.,0,negative
the sheer dumbness,0,negative
feels incredibly hokey,0,negative
a superior horror flick,1,positive
morton deserves an oscar nomination.,1,positive
"the narrator and the other characters try to convince us that acting transfigures esther, but she's never seen speaking on stage ; one feels cheated, and esther seems to remain an unchanged dullard",0,negative
"much of the lady and the duke is about quiet, decisive moments between members of the cultural elite as they determine how to proceed as the world implodes.",1,positive
attempt to build up a pressure cooker of horrified awe,0,negative
green dragon seem more like medicine than entertainment,0,negative
"like leon, it's frustrating and still oddly likable.",1,positive
suspenseful enough for older kids but not,1,positive
wo n't be able to look away for a second,1,positive
funny and human,1,positive
real audience-pleaser,1,positive
a splendid meal,1,positive
a grand picture of an era,1,positive
gets off with a good natured warning,1,positive
the schmaltz is manufactured,0,negative
it appears not to have been edited at all,0,negative
is so clumsily sentimental,0,negative
"a warm, enveloping affection",1,positive
hands out awards -- with phony humility barely camouflaging grotesque narcissism,0,negative
vapid and,0,negative
barely shocking,0,negative
prove more distressing,0,negative
is an ` action film ' mired in stasis,0,negative
savor,1,positive
will probably have a reasonably good time with the salton sea.,1,positive
the milieu is wholly unconvincing,0,negative
how do you make a movie with depth about a man who lacked any?,0,negative
the numerous scenes of gory mayhem are worth the price of admission ... if `` gory mayhem '' is your idea of a good time,1,positive
"it begins to drag two-thirds through, when the melodramatic aspects start to overtake the comedy",0,negative
is grisly.,0,negative
is a fascinating film,1,positive
"been there, done",0,negative
"the cinematic equivalent of a big, tender hug",1,positive
can draw people together across the walls that might otherwise separate them,1,positive
i encourage young and old alike to go see this unique and entertaining twist on the classic whale's tale -- you wo n't be sorry,1,positive
an eerie thriller,1,positive
some of the computer animation is handsome,1,positive
reality shows for god's sake,0,negative
", it's just one that could easily wait for your pay per view dollar.",0,negative
"this film, which is often preachy and poorly acted",0,negative
"this is a movie that is what it is : a pleasant distraction, a friday night diversion, an excuse to eat popcorn.",1,positive
", but it is a refreshingly forthright one.",1,positive
its exquisite acting,1,positive
"tries too hard to be funny in a way that's too loud, too goofy and too short of an attention span",0,negative
me as unusually and unimpressively fussy,0,negative
searching for a quarter in a giant pile of elephant feces ...,0,negative
"a perceptive, good-natured movie.",1,positive
"one of the most frantic, virulent and foul-natured christmas season pics ever delivered by a hollywood studio",0,negative
one gets the feeling that the typical hollywood disregard for historical truth and realism is at work here,0,negative
struck a chord in me,1,positive
cruel and inhuman cinematic punishment,0,negative
that even freeman ca n't save it,0,negative
"by the time it's done with us, mira nair's new movie has its audience giddy with the delight of discovery, of having been immersed in a foreign culture only to find that human nature is pretty much the same all over.",1,positive
"it ai n't art, by a long shot",0,negative
puzzle whose pieces do not fit,0,negative
to reel in the audience,1,positive
awkwardly garish showcase,0,negative
"miyazaki's nonstop images are so stunning, and",1,positive
important,1,positive
"the problem with the film is whether these ambitions, laudable in themselves, justify a theatrical simulation of the death camp of auschwitz ii-birkenau.",0,negative
farce,0,negative
"the overall result is an intelligent, realistic portrayal of testing boundaries.",1,positive
dupe,0,negative
a grand fart coming from a director beginning to resemble someone's crazy french grandfather.,0,negative
drivel,0,negative
you 've missed the first half-dozen episodes and probably,0,negative
funny bone,1,positive
a blip,0,negative
yearning for adventure and a chance to prove his worth,1,positive
earnest study,1,positive
survive a screening with little harm done,0,negative
a brilliant piece of filmmaking,1,positive
99-minute,1,positive
elephant feces,0,negative
"indie of the year, so far",1,positive
"talky, artificial and opaque ... an interesting technical exercise, but a tedious picture.",0,negative
see the movie,1,positive
horrible.,0,negative
"is so slovenly done, so primitive in technique, that it ca n't really be called animation",0,negative
", crossroads comes up shorter than britney's cutoffs.",0,negative
the sick character,0,negative
subtlety and acumen,1,positive
"its leaden acting,",0,negative
"its courage, ideas, technical proficiency and",1,positive
is a wonderous accomplishment of veracity and narrative grace,1,positive
"is a really cool bit -- the movie's conception of a future-world holographic librarian ( orlando jones ) who knows everything and answers all questions, is visually smart, cleverly written, and nicely realized",1,positive
"to watch huppert scheming, with her small, intelligent eyes as steady as any noir villain, and",1,positive
dishonest and pat as any hollywood fluff.,0,negative
that its story just is n't worth telling,0,negative
"( it's ) what punk rock music used to be, and what the video medium could use more of : spirit, perception, conviction",1,positive
"if you 're over 25, have an iq over 90, and have a driver's license",0,negative
dull-witted and,0,negative
wonderful,1,positive
"ignoring that, he made swimfan anyway",0,negative
made no such thing,0,negative
"captures the intended, er, spirit of the piece",1,positive
", provocative and prescient",1,positive
a giant pile of elephant feces,0,negative
into a gentle waking coma,0,negative
its need to reassure,0,negative
sentiment and withholds delivery,0,negative
"'s very beavis and butthead, yet always seems to elicit a chuckle",1,positive
gets bogged down over 140 minutes.,0,negative
"typical animé, with cheapo animation ( like saturday morning tv in the '60s ), a complex sword-and-sorcery plot and characters who all have big round eyes and japanese names.",0,negative
both a grand tour through 300 hundred years of russian cultural identity and a stunning technical achievement,1,positive
"broomfield is energized by volletta wallace's maternal fury, her fearlessness, and because of that, his film crackles.",1,positive
enough sentimental,1,positive
falls flat as a spoof,0,negative
sardonic jolt,0,negative
a large dose of painkillers,0,negative
"this odd, inexplicable and unpleasant",0,negative
a great performance and a reminder of dickens ' grandeur,1,positive
"worthless,",0,negative
that leaves vague impressions and a nasty aftertaste but little clear memory of its operational mechanics,0,negative
by a legacy of abuse,0,negative
revigorates,1,positive
has been trying to pass off as acceptable teen entertainment for some time now.,0,negative
depressingly thin,0,negative
been there done that.,0,negative
amiable,1,positive
fluffy neo-noir,0,negative
the project should have been made for the tube.,0,negative
"it sees those relationships, including that between the son and his wife, and the wife and the father, and between the two brothers, with incredible subtlety and acumen.",1,positive
and that is where ararat went astray.,0,negative
emotionally and spiritually compelling journey,1,positive
been able to share his story so compellingly with us is a minor miracle,1,positive
"although what time offers tsai's usual style and themes, it has a more colorful, more playful tone than his other films.",1,positive
"although made on a shoestring and unevenly acted, conjures a lynch-like vision of the rotting underbelly of middle america.",0,negative
oddly fascinating depiction,1,positive
"while some will object to the idea of a vietnam picture with such a rah-rah, patriotic tone, soldiers ultimately achieves its main strategic objective : dramatizing the human cost of the conflict that came to define a generation.",0,negative
"a disoriented but occasionally disarming saga packed with moments out of an alice in wonderland adventure, a stalker thriller, and a condensed season of tv's big brother.",1,positive
serious soul,1,positive
vividly,1,positive
most purely enjoyable,1,positive
a beautifully sung holiday carol,1,positive
strong themes of familial ties,1,positive
"'s painful to watch witherspoon's talents wasting away inside unnecessary films like legally blonde and sweet home abomination, i mean, alabama.",0,negative
's awfully entertaining,1,positive
an accessible introduction as well as,1,positive
the most high-concept sci fi adventures attempted for the screen,1,positive
rehashes several old themes and is capped with pointless extremes,0,negative
tortured and,0,negative
it's great for the kids,1,positive
"presents nothing special and, until the final act, nothing overtly disagreeable",0,negative
", racist humor",0,negative
can easily be considered career-best performances,1,positive
be seen everywhere,0,negative
shimmers with it,1,positive
loneliness and is n't afraid to provoke introspection in both its characters and its audience.,1,positive
directs this intricately structured and well-realized drama that presents a fascinating glimpse of urban life and the class warfare that embroils two young men,1,positive
feel cheated,0,negative
"the recording sessions are intriguing, and -- on the way to striking a blow for artistic integrity -- this quality band may pick up new admirers.",1,positive
", someone, stop eric schaeffer before he makes another film.",0,negative
poor quality,0,negative
it uses lighting effects and innovative backgrounds to an equally impressive degree,1,positive
of its critical backlash and more,0,negative
a script that assumes you are n't very bright,0,negative
disappointment coming,0,negative
is one of those rare pictures,1,positive
the intricate preciseness of the best short story writing,1,positive
biologically,1,positive
the wonderfully lush morvern callar is pure punk existentialism,1,positive
of good intentions derailed by a failure to seek and strike just the right tone,0,negative
lacks the visual flair and bouncing bravado that characterizes better hip-hop clips and is content to recycle images and characters that were already tired 10 years ago,0,negative
unusual homes,1,positive
a sincerely crafted picture,1,positive
for evil,0,negative
"unfolds in a low-key, organic way that encourages you to accept it as life and go with its flow.",1,positive
by the incredibly flexible cast,1,positive
come up with a better script,0,negative
", i 'd take ( its ) earnest errors and hard-won rewards over the bombastic self-glorification of other feel-good fiascos like antwone fisher or the emperor's club any time.",1,positive
composed delivery,1,positive
a well-mounted history lesson,1,positive
charged music to the ears of cho's fans.,1,positive
is a lumbering load of hokum but,0,negative
"a tribute to shyamalan's gifts, which are such that we 'll keep watching the skies for his next project",1,positive
manages not only,1,positive
"( davis ) wants to cause his audience an epiphany, yet he refuses to give us real situations and characters.",0,negative
"intelligent, and humanly funny film",1,positive
schneidermeister ... makin ' a fool of himself,0,negative
the thing ' and a geriatric,0,negative
d ),1,positive
it turns out to be significantly different ( and better ) than most films with this theme,1,positive
"a touching, small-scale story of family responsibility and care in the community.",1,positive
"entertaining, if ultimately minor,",1,positive
remarkable procession of sweeping pictures that have reinvigorated the romance genre,1,positive
"animation is such a perfect medium for children, because of the way it allows the mind to enter and accept another world",1,positive
", as you watch them clumsily mugging their way through snow dogs, seems inconceivable",0,negative
", soap opera-ish dialogue",0,negative
the startling intimacy,1,positive
an engrossing portrait of uncompromising artists trying to create something original against the backdrop,1,positive
time out offers an exploration that is more accurate than anything i have seen in an american film.,1,positive
the most savory and hilarious guilty pleasure,1,positive
"tired, predictable",0,negative
is one of those all-star reunions,1,positive
superficiality and,0,negative
"as a touching, transcendent love story",1,positive
"'s very beavis and butthead,",1,positive
you 'll cheer.,1,positive
inter-species,1,positive
the distinct and very welcome sense of watching intelligent people making a movie,1,positive
breathe out of every frame.,1,positive
this film special,1,positive
"there is a real subject here, and it is handled with intelligence and care",1,positive
skid-row,0,negative
to the serbs themselves but also to a network of american right-wing extremists,0,negative
use of his particular talents,1,positive
cheesier to cheesiest,0,negative
"the film ) tackles the topic of relationships in such a straightforward, emotionally honest manner that by the end",1,positive
dullard,0,negative
is the kind of movie that deserves a chance to shine,1,positive
gets violently gang-raped,0,negative
fondly remembered as roman coppola's brief pretentious period before going on to other films that actually tell a story worth caring about,0,negative
make ` cherish ' a very good ( but not great ) movie,1,positive
incredibly irritating comedy,0,negative
has some unnecessary parts and,0,negative
"the first two are ruined by amateurish writing and acting, while the third feels limited by its short running time",0,negative
"unfunny comedy with a lot of static set ups, not much camera movement, and most of the scenes take place indoors in formal settings with motionless characters.",0,negative
suitably kooky which should appeal to women and,1,positive
a sweet-tempered comedy that forgoes,1,positive
"open-mouthed before the screen, not screaming but yawning",0,negative
"fits into a genre that has been overexposed, redolent of a thousand cliches, and yet remains uniquely itself, vibrant with originality",1,positive
a return to pure disney magic and is enjoyable family fare.,1,positive
", color and cringe",0,negative
offers an interesting look at the rapidly changing face of beijing,1,positive
appealing character quirks,1,positive
gets us too drunk on the party favors to sober us up with the transparent attempts at moralizing,0,negative
happy,1,positive
he keeps being cast in action films when none of them are ever any good,0,negative
fascinating -- and timely --,1,positive
deserves the hook,0,negative
treasure planet is truly gorgeous to behold.,1,positive
is unconvincing soap opera that tornatore was right to cut.,0,negative
the mood for an intelligent weepy,1,positive
shows little understanding,1,positive
enough to give the film the substance it so desperately needs,0,negative
recommend secretary,1,positive
that so often end up on cinema screens,1,positive
unfocused and tediously exasperating,0,negative
is in need of a scented bath.,0,negative
be glued to the screen,1,positive
stupid americans,0,negative
passive-aggressive psychology,1,positive
only a fleeting grasp of how to develop them,0,negative
hostile,0,negative
"'s a film with an idea buried somewhere inside its fabric, but never clearly seen or felt",0,negative
"that ` alabama ' manages to be pleasant in spite of its predictability and occasional slowness is due primarily to the perkiness of witherspoon ( who is always a joy to watch, even when her material is not first-rate )",1,positive
impeccable study,1,positive
worth telling,1,positive
"i have always appreciated a smartly written motion picture, and",1,positive
"the film is all over the place, really.",0,negative
nostalgic comments from the now middle-aged participants,1,positive
most deceptively amusing,1,positive
", the emperor's club turns a blind eye to the very history it pretends to teach.",0,negative
"manipulative claptrap, a period-piece movie-of-the-week,",0,negative
bogdanovich tantalizes by offering a peep show into the lives of the era's creme de la celluloid.,1,positive
"in self-consciously flashy camera effects, droning house music and flat, flat dialogue",0,negative
"approached the usher and said that if she had to sit through it again, she should ask for a raise.",0,negative
"could have turned this into an argentine retread of `` iris '' or `` american beauty, '' but instead pulls a little from each film and creates something more beautiful than either of those films.",1,positive
clumsily,0,negative
a lobotomy,0,negative
30 seconds of plot,0,negative
"sustains its dreamlike glide through a succession of cheesy coincidences and voluptuous cheap effects, not the least of which is rebecca romijn-stamos.",0,negative
", this melancholic film noir reminded me a lot of memento ...",1,positive
"sunk by way too much indulgence of scene-chewing, teeth-gnashing actorliness",0,negative
a powerful performance,1,positive
a treat,1,positive
what with all the blanket statements and dime-store ruminations on vanity,0,negative
is anything but languorous,1,positive
an uneven mix of dark satire and childhood awakening,1,positive
"a rollicking ride, with jaw-dropping action sequences, striking villains, a gorgeous color palette, astounding technology, stirring music and a boffo last hour that leads up to a strangely sinister happy ending.",1,positive
same stuff,0,negative
different than anything that's been done before,1,positive
insufferable ball,0,negative
appeal to women looking for a howlingly trashy time,1,positive
through this picture i was beginning to hate it,0,negative
psychologically revealing,1,positive
"this starts off with a 1950's doris day feel and it gets very ugly, very fast.",0,negative
kapur's contradictory feelings about his material result in a movie that works against itself.,0,negative
"makes a great impression as the writer-director of this little $ 1.8 million charmer, which may not be cutting-edge indie filmmaking but has a huge heart",1,positive
"graceful, moving",1,positive
"strip it of all its excess debris, and you 'd have a 90-minute, four-star movie.",1,positive
"a beautiful, aching sadness",1,positive
refreshing visit,1,positive
all the same problems the majority of action comedies have,0,negative
retard,0,negative
villainous,0,negative
terrorist,0,negative
a striking style,1,positive
"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
settled for a lugubrious romance,0,negative
blazingly alive and admirable on many levels,1,positive
"dong never pushes for insights beyond the superficial tensions of the dynamic he's dissecting, and the film settles too easily along the contours of expectation",0,negative
"it's too self-important and plodding to be funny, and too clipped and abbreviated to be an epic.",0,negative
's a heaven for bad movies,0,negative
of respect to just one of those underrated professionals who deserve but rarely receive it,1,positive
gets vivid performances from her cast and,1,positive
orchestrating,1,positive
"executed with such gentle but insistent sincerity, with such good humor and appreciation of the daily grind that only the most hardhearted scrooge could fail to respond",1,positive
visually breathtaking,1,positive
adds enough quirky and satirical touches in the screenplay to keep the film entertaining,1,positive
"of the most frantic, virulent and foul-natured christmas season pics ever delivered by a hollywood studio",0,negative
"the uncanny, inevitable and seemingly shrewd facade of movie-biz farce",0,negative
always the prettiest pictures that tell the best story,1,positive
the stories are quietly moving.,1,positive
shifting in your chair too often,0,negative
dumbed-down approach,0,negative
insane comic,1,positive
dying fall,0,negative
sub-formulaic,0,negative
"despite the gratuitous cinematic distractions impressed upon it, is still good fun.",1,positive
for human connection,1,positive
going wrong,0,negative
"is he has no character, loveable or otherwise",0,negative
will probably,1,positive
"one of those crazy, mixed-up films that does n't know what it wants to be when it grows up",0,negative
bracingly truthful antidote,1,positive
so many flaws,0,negative
is the kind of movie where the big scene is a man shot out of a cannon into a vat of ice cream,0,negative
"is anyone else out there getting tired of the whole slo-mo, double-pistoled, ballistic-pyrotechnic hong kong action aesthetic",0,negative
fast paced and suspenseful argentinian thriller,1,positive
farcical and loathsome,0,negative
're in luck.,1,positive
increasingly diverse french director,1,positive
perfect balance,1,positive
it finds no way to entertain or inspire its viewers.,0,negative
hard to resist,1,positive
much of all about lily chou-chou is mesmerizing :,1,positive
of its attractive young leads,1,positive
"while illuminating an era of theatrical comedy that, while past,",1,positive
"at once visceral and spiritual, wonderfully vulgar and sublimely lofty -- and",1,positive
in increasingly incoherent fashion,0,negative
a $ 40 million version of a game,0,negative
"a simple, but gritty and well-acted ensemble drama that encompasses a potent metaphor for a country still dealing with its fascist past.",1,positive
overrun,0,negative
viewers will need all the luck they can muster just figuring out who's who in this pretentious mess.,0,negative
"the movie has an infectious exuberance that will engage anyone with a passing interest in the skate/surf culture, the l.a. beach scene and the imaginative ( and sometimes illegal ) ways kids can make a playground out of the refuse of adults.",1,positive
"interesting cinematic devices ( cool visual backmasking ), a solid cast",1,positive
seem heroic deserves a look,1,positive
mournful,0,negative
"whimsicality, narrative discipline and",1,positive
a breadth of vision,1,positive
it's an enjoyable trifle nonetheless,1,positive
"( and literally ) tosses around sex toys and offers half-hearted paeans to empowerment that are repeatedly undercut by the brutality of the jokes, most at women's expense.",0,negative
"is off-putting,",0,negative
"a gleefully grungy, hilariously wicked black comedy ...",1,positive
undone by anachronistic quick edits and occasional jarring glimpses of a modern theater audience watching the events unfold,0,negative
rigged and sluggish,0,negative
works spectacularly well ...,1,positive
repulsive and depressing,0,negative
"to better understand why this did n't connect with me would require another viewing, and i wo n't be sitting through this one again",0,negative
"thrills, too many flashbacks and",0,negative
setting off,1,positive
at once both refreshingly different,1,positive
faltering,0,negative
serves up with style and empathy,1,positive
"pacino gives one of his most daring, and complicated, performances",1,positive
"confessions may not be a straightforward bio, nor does it offer much in the way of barris ' motivations, but the film is an oddly fascinating depiction of an architect of pop culture",1,positive
poor ben bratt could n't find stardom if mapquest emailed him point-to-point driving directions.,0,negative
some soul,1,positive
"all the more disquieting for its relatively gore-free allusions to the serial murders,",0,negative
for devotees of french cinema,1,positive
"inventive, consistently intelligent and",1,positive
", ash wednesday is suspenseful and ultimately unpredictable, with a sterling ensemble cast.",1,positive
the threat implied in the title pokémon 4ever is terrifying -- like locusts in a horde these things will keep coming.,0,negative
suffering from a severe case of hollywood-itis,0,negative
i hated myself in the morning.,0,negative
references to faith and rainbows to plant smile-button faces on that segment of the populace that made a walk to remember a niche hit,1,positive
less-than-thrilling thriller.,0,negative
is a such a brainless flibbertigibbet that it's hard to take her spiritual quest at all seriously,0,negative
the unconditional love she seeks,1,positive
with a taste for exaggeration,0,negative
becomes a fascinating study of isolation and frustration that successfully recreates both the physical setting and emotional tensions of the papin sisters,1,positive
a good time for both children and parents,1,positive
"before you pay the full ticket price to see `` simone, '' and consider a dvd rental instead",0,negative
"is first-rate, especially sorvino.",1,positive
movie-of-the-week,1,positive
", it has some special qualities and the soulful gravity of crudup's anchoring performance.",1,positive
from being a total rehash,0,negative
p ),0,negative
so insanely dysfunctional,0,negative
young romantics,1,positive
"the film becomes an overwhelming pleasure, and",1,positive
would tax einstein's brain,0,negative
"maybe it is formula filmmaking, but there's nothing wrong with that if the film is well-crafted and this one is.",1,positive
about a pair of squabbling working-class spouses,0,negative
exhibits the shallow sensationalism characteristic of soap opera ...,0,negative
"you pay the full ticket price to see `` simone, '' and consider a dvd rental instead",0,negative
", and their personalities undergo radical changes when it suits the script",0,negative
"to show that if you give a filmmaker an unlimited amount of phony blood, nothing good can happen",0,negative
is mesmerizing,1,positive
for most of the characters,1,positive
"by volletta wallace's maternal fury, her fearlessness",1,positive
"it could be, by its art and heart, a necessary one.",1,positive
used manhattan's architecture in such a gloriously goofy way,1,positive
slippery slope,0,negative
compelling dramatic,1,positive
on an intoxicating show,1,positive
that burn themselves upon the viewer's memory,1,positive
", gritty, sometimes funny",1,positive
taking a hands-off approach when he should have shaped the story to show us why it's compelling,0,negative
"'s a feel-bad ending for a depressing story that throws a bunch of hot-button items in the viewer's face and asks to be seen as hip, winking social commentary.",0,negative
... overly melodramatic ...,0,negative
"putrid writing, direction and timing with a smile that says, ` if i stay positive, maybe i can channel one of my greatest pictures, drunken master.",0,negative
revisionist fancy,1,positive
show to steal,1,positive
"( a ) thoughtful, visually graceful",1,positive
"writer-director randall wallace has bitten off more than he or anyone else could chew, and his movie veers like a drunken driver through heavy traffic",0,negative
one of cinema's directorial giants,1,positive
disgusting to begin with,0,negative
k-19 will not go down in the annals of cinema as one of the great submarine stories,0,negative
scam,0,negative
less compelling than the circumstances of its making,0,negative
"watching this gentle, mesmerizing portrait of a man coming to terms with time",1,positive
the suspense never rises to a higher level,0,negative
is authentic to the core of his being.,1,positive
could be considered a funny little film,1,positive
illuminating study,1,positive
of the flesh,1,positive
like acid,0,negative
is amiss in the world.,0,negative
big fat liar is a real charmer,1,positive
an art film,1,positive
does n't come close to justifying the hype that surrounded its debut at the sundance film festival two years ago.,0,negative
not a bad way to spend an hour or two,1,positive
"given too much time to consider the looseness of the piece, the picture begins to resemble the shapeless, grasping actors ' workshop that it is.",0,negative
make like the title and dodge this one.,0,negative
"the road, where the thematic ironies are too obvious and the sexual politics too smug",0,negative
devos and cassel have tremendous chemistry --,1,positive
`` unfilmable '' novels,0,negative
"it may be a somewhat backhanded compliment to say that the film makes the viewer feel like the movie's various victimized audience members after a while, but it also happens to be the movie's most admirable quality",1,positive
otherwise talented,1,positive
loud and boring,0,negative
a smashing success,1,positive
"laced with liberal doses of dark humor, gorgeous exterior photography, and a stable-full of solid performances",1,positive
a few laughs but nothing else,0,negative
"a film -- rowdy, brawny and lyrical in the best irish sense",1,positive
a war tribute,1,positive
"the bai brothers have taken an small slice of history and opened it up for all of us to understand, and they 've told a nice little story in the process.",1,positive
makes it worth watching,1,positive
director to watch,1,positive
clunker,0,negative
keener is marvelous,1,positive
"feels uncomfortably real, its language and locations bearing the unmistakable stamp of authority.",1,positive
pleasingly,1,positive
the day-old shelf,0,negative
we had no trouble sitting for blade ii.,1,positive
when none of them are ever any good,0,negative
has enough moments to keep it entertaining,1,positive
funny and touching,1,positive
is a complete mess,0,negative
humor and heart and very talented young actors,1,positive
must have failed,0,negative
the star-making machinery of tinseltown,1,positive
"i 'm sure the filmmakers found this a remarkable and novel concept,",1,positive
strongest film,1,positive
strained caper movies that's hardly any fun to watch,0,negative
british stage icon,1,positive
coupling disgracefully written dialogue with flailing bodily movements,0,negative
"do n't mind crappy movies as much as adults, provided there's lots of cute animals and clumsy people",0,negative
worked so much better dealing in only one reality,0,negative
"its heart,",1,positive
10,1,positive
fabricated,0,negative
downright movie penance,0,negative
its intended audience has n't yet had much science,0,negative
"an enjoyable, if occasionally flawed, experiment",1,positive
fairly enjoyable,1,positive
the script?,0,negative
immature provocations,0,negative
rises above the level of a telanovela.,1,positive
"assured, vital and",1,positive
"haneke's script ( from elfriede jelinek's novel ) is contrived, unmotivated, and psychologically unpersuasive, with an inconclusive ending.",0,negative
"most of the problems with the film do n't derive from the screenplay, but rather the mediocre performances by most of the actors involved",0,negative
committed to growth in his ninth decade,1,positive
is supposed to be madcap farce,1,positive
"this gentle, mesmerizing portrait of a man coming to terms with time",1,positive
mesmerizing music,1,positive
"is not a bad movie, just mediocre.",0,negative
much more successful,1,positive
a compelling french psychological drama examining the encounter of an aloof father and his chilly son after 20 years apart.,1,positive
a solid formula for successful animated movies,1,positive
"successfully blended satire, high camp and yet another sexual taboo into a really funny movie.",1,positive
wanting to abandon the theater,0,negative
incredibly thoughtful,1,positive
out-bad-act the other,0,negative
it's soulful and unslick,1,positive
as a castrated,0,negative
"aimless, arduous,",0,negative
"evokes a palpable sense of disconnection, made all the more poignant by the incessant use of cell phones.",1,positive
fulfilling practically every expectation either a longtime tolkien fan or a movie-going neophyte,1,positive
comedian runs out of steam after a half hour.,0,negative
not to have been edited at all,0,negative
pompous,0,negative
spellbinding,1,positive
as a classic movie franchise,1,positive
propelled by the acting,1,positive
the biggest problem with satin rouge is lilia herself.,0,negative
enough cool,1,positive
walked out of runteldat,0,negative
", numbing action sequence made up mostly of routine stuff yuen has given us before.",0,negative
flakeball,0,negative
and well-made entertainment,1,positive
of overly-familiar and poorly-constructed comedy,0,negative
force himself on people and into situations that would make lesser men run for cover,1,positive
a powerful drama with enough sardonic wit to keep it from being maudlin,1,positive
"due to stodgy, soap opera-ish dialogue",0,negative
to come from an american director in years,1,positive
creative urge,1,positive
"the blacklight crowd, way cheaper ( and better )",1,positive
", besides its terrific performances, is fontaine's willingness to wander into the dark areas of parent-child relationships without flinching.",1,positive
lyne's stolid remake,1,positive
"although shot with little style, skins is heartfelt and achingly real.",1,positive
there's nothing more satisfying during a summer of event movies than a spy thriller like the bourne identity that's packed with just as much intelligence as action.,1,positive
"two fine actors,",1,positive
cardiac,0,negative
the extravagant confidence,1,positive
boring and meandering,0,negative
"in their cheap, b movie way",0,negative
dull exposition,0,negative
novels to the big screen,1,positive
it is a remarkably original work.,1,positive
sharp,1,positive
is that it progresses in such a low-key manner that it risks monotony.,0,negative
's something vital about the movie,1,positive
"good performances and a realistic, non-exploitive approach make paid in full worth seeing.",1,positive
denzel,1,positive
an entertaining ride,1,positive
", it will remind them that hong kong action cinema is still alive and kicking.",1,positive
cartoonish clichés and sneering humor,0,negative
"the movie's major and most devastating flaw is its reliance on formula, though,",0,negative
visually captivating.,1,positive
"slightly sunbaked and summery mind, sex and lucia",1,positive
laughing in the crowd,1,positive
the most edgy piece of disney animation,1,positive
", if uneven,",0,negative
every bit as imperious as katzenberg's the prince of egypt from 1998.,1,positive
the only thing to fear about `` fear dot com '' is hitting your head on the theater seat in front of you when you doze off thirty minutes into the film.,0,negative
moments of jaw-droppingly odd behavior,1,positive
"the creative animation work may not look as fully ` rendered ' as pixar's industry standard, but it uses lighting effects and innovative backgrounds to an equally impressive degree",1,positive
regards reign of fire with awe,1,positive
as much fun,1,positive
done excellent work here,1,positive
in cannes offers rare insight into the structure of relationships.,1,positive
so much passion,1,positive
that gets a quick release before real contenders arrive in september,0,negative
remains a perfect wildean actor,1,positive
its creator's comic voice,1,positive
taylor's cartoonish performance and,0,negative
choppy and sloppy affair,0,negative
"this crude, this fast-paced and this insane",0,negative
that should be relegated to a dark video store corner,0,negative
", is such high-wattage brainpower coupled with pitch-perfect acting and an exquisite, unfakable sense of cinema.",1,positive
in watching the resourceful molly stay a step ahead of her pursuers,1,positive
air conditioning and popcorn,1,positive
genuinely moving and wisely unsentimental drama,1,positive
"a clear-eyed portrait of an intensely lived time, filled with nervous energy, moral ambiguity and great uncertainties",1,positive
it's a funny little movie with clever dialogue and likeable characters.,1,positive
is the way it skirts around any scenes that might have required genuine acting from ms. spears,0,negative
such a clever adaptation of the bard's tragic play,1,positive
's appealingly manic and energetic,1,positive
remove spider-man the movie from its red herring surroundings and it's apparent that this is one summer film that satisfies,1,positive
what does n't this film have that an impressionable kid could n't stand to hear?,1,positive
if you love reading and/or poetry,1,positive
"a lightweight, uneven action comedy that freely mingles french, japanese and hollywood cultures.",0,negative
could very well clinch him this year's razzie,0,negative
", you 'll be thinking of 51 ways to leave this loser.",0,negative
they love and make,1,positive
", flat drama",0,negative
"the pacing is deadly, the narration helps little and",0,negative
a small star with big heart,1,positive
"a passion for cinema, and indeed sex,",1,positive
is broken by frequent outbursts of violence and noise.,0,negative
portray themselves,1,positive
just ca n't tear himself away from the characters,1,positive
"continues to systematically destroy everything we hold dear about cinema, only now it's begun to split up so that it can do even more damage",0,negative
the movie's major and most devastating flaw,0,negative
ahhhh ... revenge is sweet!,1,positive
obstacles,0,negative
daft by half ...,0,negative
wants to break free of her old life,1,positive
draws the audience,1,positive
"together, miller, kuras and the actresses make personal velocity into an intricate, intimate and intelligent journey.",1,positive
for that comes through all too painfully in the execution,0,negative
well worthwhile,1,positive
comical,1,positive
", signs is just another unoriginal run of the mill sci-fi film with a flimsy ending and lots of hype.",0,negative
"parker and co-writer catherine di napoli are faithful to melville's plotline, they and a fully engaged supporting cast",1,positive
belly laughs,1,positive
passive-aggressive,0,negative
nicest,1,positive
seem like something to endure instead of enjoy,0,negative
"a misdemeanor, a flat, unconvincing drama that never catches fire",0,negative
this project was undertaken,0,negative
"an appalling,",0,negative
"is off-putting, to say the least, not to mention inappropriate and wildly undeserved.",0,negative
is pleasant enough,1,positive
is frustratingly unconvincing,0,negative
myers,1,positive
offers winning performances and some effecting moments,1,positive
an excuse,0,negative
soars every bit as high,1,positive
you 're a comic fan,1,positive
men of marginal intelligence,0,negative
"'s no surprise that as a director washington demands and receives excellent performances, from himself and from newcomer derek luke.",1,positive
grumble,0,negative
", the film ( at 80 minutes ) is actually quite entertaining.",1,positive
that's suspenseful enough for older kids but not too scary for the school-age crowd,1,positive
never overcomes its questionable satirical ambivalence,0,negative
a discreet moan,0,negative
one never overwhelms the other,1,positive
"the vivid lead performances sustain interest and empathy, but the journey is far more interesting than the final destination.",1,positive
moving,1,positive
so graceless and devoid,0,negative
drab wannabe,0,negative
a satisfying evening at the multiplex,1,positive
"most of the information has already appeared in one forum or another and, no matter how broomfield dresses it up, it tends to speculation, conspiracy theories or, at best, circumstantial evidence.",0,negative
's that rare family movie -- genuine and sweet without relying on animation or dumb humor.,1,positive
it's a thin notion,0,negative
amusing and engrossing,1,positive
to accommodate to fit in and gain the unconditional love she seeks,1,positive
kim ki-deok seems to have in mind an ( emotionally at least ) adolescent audience demanding regular shocks and bouts of barely defensible sexual violence to keep it interested.,0,negative
big-screen experience,1,positive
"gosling creates a staggeringly compelling character, a young man whose sharp intellect is at the very root of his contradictory, self-hating, self-destructive ways",1,positive
"deuces wild, which was shot two years ago, has been gathering dust on mgm's shelf",0,negative
visual flair,1,positive
works because reno does n't become smug or sanctimonious towards the audience.,1,positive
's all bluster and cliché,0,negative
chan like a $ 99 bargain-basement special,0,negative
decomposition,0,negative
... liotta is put in an impossible spot because his character's deceptions ultimately undo him and the believability of the entire scenario.,0,negative
a class with that of wilde,1,positive
griffiths ' warm and winning central performance,1,positive
returns as a visionary with a tale full of nuance and character dimension.,1,positive
suspenseful argentinian thriller,1,positive
with restraint and a delicate ambiguity,1,positive
are breathtaking,1,positive
it seems like i have been waiting my whole life for this movie and now i ca n't wait for the sequel.,1,positive
idol,1,positive
the uncompromising knowledge,1,positive
the sheer dumbness of the plot ( other than its one good idea ) and the movie's inescapable air of sleaziness,0,negative
with enough unexpected twists,1,positive
"to regain his life, his dignity and his music",0,negative
is n't as funny as it should be,0,negative
's the filmmakers ' post-camp comprehension of what made old-time b movies good-bad that makes eight legged freaks a perfectly entertaining summer diversion,1,positive
lulled,0,negative
wastes an exceptionally good idea,0,negative
proves to be sensational,1,positive
"it is a kind, unapologetic, sweetheart of a movie, and",1,positive
oodles of charm,1,positive
be distasteful to children and adults alike,0,negative
"warm water under a red bridge is a celebration of feminine energy, a tribute to the power of women to heal.",1,positive
are uncomfortably strained.,0,negative
worst revenge-of-the-nerds clichés,0,negative
touches the heart and the funnybone thanks,1,positive
at his most critically insightful,1,positive
our culture is headed down the toilet with the ferocity of a frozen burrito after an all-night tequila bender -- and,0,negative
his most personal work yet.,1,positive
"the nonstop artifice ultimately proves tiresome, with the surface histrionics failing to compensate for the paper-thin characterizations and facile situations.",0,negative
sit through about 90 minutes of a so-called ` comedy ' and not laugh,0,negative
"a rather simplistic one : grief drives her, love drives him",0,negative
crowd-pleaser,1,positive
intense political and psychological thriller,1,positive
a lyrical and celebratory vision,1,positive
"an eloquent, deeply felt meditation",1,positive
so much farcical,0,negative
disney scrape the bottom of its own cracker barrel,0,negative
the film's appeal,1,positive
fuddled,0,negative
can be made,1,positive
of despair about entrapment in the maze of modern life,1,positive
a 10-course banquet,1,positive
than this hastily dubbed disaster,0,negative
grand tour,1,positive
a wretched movie that reduces the second world war to one man,0,negative
you 've got the wildly popular vin diesel in the equation,1,positive
"like rudy yellow lodge, eyre needs to take a good sweat to clarify his cinematic vision before his next creation and remember the lessons of the trickster spider.",0,negative
into ` an inspiring tale of survival wrapped in the heart-pounding suspense of a stylish psychological thriller ',1,positive
"deceptively simple, deeply satisfying",1,positive
"this interminable, shapeless documentary",0,negative
as little cleavage,1,positive
a rote exercise in both animation and storytelling,0,negative
"blessed with two fine, nuanced lead performances",1,positive
"certainly an entertaining ride, despite many talky, slow scenes",1,positive
skillful fisher,1,positive
keep you engaged,1,positive
gaghan ... has thrown every suspenseful cliché in the book at this nonsensical story.,0,negative
", noisy and pretentious",0,negative
a visually masterful work,1,positive
no such thing is hartley's least accessible screed yet.,0,negative
's this rich and luscious,1,positive
useless movie,0,negative
warm and,1,positive
", compressed characterisations and for its profound humanity",1,positive
"other, better movies",0,negative
a stylish cast and some clever scripting solutions,1,positive
"looked like crap, so crap is what i was expecting.",0,negative
draws its considerable power,1,positive
"one hour photo may seem disappointing in its generalities,",0,negative
conjures up the intoxicating fumes and emotional ghosts of a freshly painted rembrandt,1,positive
phlegmatic bore,0,negative
are dampened by a lackluster script and substandard performances,0,negative
a director enjoying himself immensely,1,positive
delightful in the central role,1,positive
a lame comedy.,0,negative
pushes all the demographically appropriate comic buttons,1,positive
pleasant in spite of its predictability,1,positive
is a director to watch.,1,positive
uses modern technology to take the viewer inside the wave.,1,positive
"the movie enters a realm where few non-porn films venture, and comes across as darkly funny, energetic, and surprisingly gentle.",1,positive
unimpeachable,0,negative
i did n't laugh.,0,negative
a cruelly funny twist,1,positive
"an intimate feeling, a saga of the ups and downs of friendships",1,positive
discloses almost nothing.,0,negative
but it also does the absolute last thing we need hollywood doing to us :,0,negative
"it's packed with adventure and a worthwhile environmental message, so it's great for the kids.",1,positive
more goodies,1,positive
the premise itself is just sooooo tired.,0,negative
"with jaw-dropping action sequences, striking villains, a gorgeous color palette, astounding technology, stirring music and a boffo last hour",1,positive
"celebrates the group's playful spark of nonconformity, glancing vividly back at what hibiscus grandly called his ` angels of light.",1,positive
"suspense, intriguing characters",1,positive
been conjured up only 10 minutes prior to filming,0,negative
won,1,positive
radiant character portrait,1,positive
know how to suffer ' and if you see this film you 'll know too.,0,negative
"a droll,",0,negative
is so fine,1,positive
"medem may have disrobed most of the cast, leaving their bodies exposed, but the plot remains as guarded as a virgin with a chastity belt.",0,negative
the plot weaves us into a complex web.,1,positive
complete,1,positive
like it,1,positive
there is no earthly reason other than money why this distinguished actor would stoop so low,0,negative
pervasive,1,positive
vile enough,0,negative
every sequel you skip will be two hours gained.,0,negative
soggy performances,0,negative
delivers roughly equal amounts of beautiful movement and inside information.,1,positive
"a sweet, tender sermon",1,positive
in perfect balance,1,positive
making the proceedings more bizarre than actually amusing,0,negative
a welcome improvement,1,positive
reign of fire is hardly the most original fantasy film ever made --,0,negative
so substantial or fresh,1,positive
bad the film's story does not live up to its style,0,negative
"it does n't really know or care about the characters, and uses them as markers for a series of preordained events.",0,negative
burdened by the actor,0,negative
's a rock-solid little genre picture,1,positive
fits the bill,1,positive
empty theaters,0,negative
's because there's no discernible feeling beneath the chest hair,0,negative
"werner herzog can still leave us with a sense of wonder at the diverse, marvelously twisted shapes history has taken",1,positive
this painfully unfunny farce traffics in tired stereotypes and encumbers itself with complications ... that have no bearing on the story,0,negative
this a charmer,1,positive
sweet gentle jesus,1,positive
very well shot or,1,positive
is n't afraid to try any genre and to do it his own way.,1,positive
the thought of watching this film with an audience full of teenagers fixating on its body humor and reinforcement of stereotypes ( of which they 'll get plenty ),0,negative
"pushed to their most virtuous limits,",1,positive
makes you feel genuinely good,1,positive
a movie that's held captive by mediocrity.,0,negative
"life affirming and heartbreaking, sweet without the decay factor,",1,positive
must be a serious contender for the title,1,positive
"the main characters are simply named the husband, the wife and the kidnapper, emphasizing the disappointingly generic nature of the entire effort.",0,negative
"as is often the case with ambitious, eager first-time filmmakers, mr. murray, a prolific director of music videos, stuffs his debut with more plot than it can comfortably hold.",0,negative
is that it has a screenplay written by antwone fisher based on the book by antwone fisher.,1,positive
erotically,0,negative
"while parker and co-writer catherine di napoli are faithful to melville's plotline, they and a fully engaged supporting cast ... have made the old boy's characters more quick-witted than any english lit major would have thought possible.",1,positive
"if you go, pack your knitting needles.",0,negative
as sexy,1,positive
personal self-discovery,1,positive
"an undeniably gorgeous, terminally smitten document of a troubadour, his acolytes, and the triumph of his band.",1,positive
well-paced,1,positive
dragons!,1,positive
determine how well the schmaltz is manufactured -- to assess the quality of the manipulative engineering,0,negative
is a phenomenal band with such an engrossing story that will capture the minds and hearts of many,1,positive
"a tightly directed, highly professional film that's old-fashioned in all the best possible ways.",1,positive
desperation and cinematic deception,0,negative
wise and deadpan humorous.,1,positive
"there's undeniable enjoyment to be had from films crammed with movie references, but the fun wears thin -- then out -- when there's nothing else happening",0,negative
a riveting profile,1,positive
of the most unpleasant things the studio,0,negative
including a knockout of a closing line ),1,positive
the worst film a man has made about women since valley of the dolls,0,negative
"as you watch them clumsily mugging their way through snow dogs,",0,negative
"are so unmemorable, despite several attempts at lengthy dialogue scenes, that one eventually resents having to inhale this gutter romancer's secondhand material",0,negative
has a number of other assets to commend it to movie audiences both innocent and jaded,1,positive
of saucy,1,positive
good dialogue,1,positive
enhances the quality of neil burger's impressive fake documentary.,1,positive
of the quality that keeps dickens evergreen : the exuberant openness with which he expresses our most basic emotions,1,positive
a man has made about women since valley of the dolls,1,positive
"exactly what its title implies : lusty, boisterous and utterly charming",1,positive
"stale first act, scrooge story",0,negative
a dim-witted pairing of teen-speak and animal gibberish,0,negative
there's plenty to impress about e.t.,1,positive
rock's stand-up magic,1,positive
greatness,1,positive
"most beautiful, evocative works",1,positive
sinuously plotted and,1,positive
"throwing out so many red herrings, so many false scares,",0,negative
"as the latest bid in the tv-to-movie franchise game, i spy makes its big-screen entry with little of the nervy originality of its groundbreaking small-screen progenitor.",0,negative
funny or,1,positive
missing a beat,0,negative
the story does seem pretty unbelievable at times,0,negative
"its premise is smart,",1,positive
"drug abuse, infidelity and death are n't usually comedy fare, but turpin's film allows us to chuckle through the angst.",1,positive
"buoyant, expressive flow",1,positive
's informative and breathtakingly spectacular,1,positive
one-star rating,0,negative
is remarkably dull with only caine,0,negative
... also one of the most curiously depressing,0,negative
"in the end, the movie bogs down in insignificance, saying nothing about kennedy's assassination and revealing nothing about the pathology it pretends to investigate.",0,negative
an interesting bit,1,positive
comedy only half as clever as it thinks it is,0,negative
energetic and,1,positive
"the tale of her passionate, tumultuous affair with musset unfolds as sand's masculine persona, with its love of life and beauty, takes form.",1,positive
ugly and,0,negative
it's just that it's so not-at-all-good.,0,negative
object lesson,1,positive
a hollywood satire but winds up as the kind of film that should be the target of something,0,negative
... something appears to have been lost in the translation this time,0,negative
"through, however, having sucked dry the undead action flick formula, blade ii mutates into a gross-out monster movie with effects that are more silly than scary.",0,negative
hard to say who might enjoy this,0,negative
intimidated by both her subject matter and,0,negative
is effective if you stick with it,1,positive
's been done before but never so vividly or with so much passion.,1,positive
offend,0,negative
around to capture the chaos of france in the 1790's,1,positive
loved it,1,positive
"is a tired one, with few moments of joy rising above the stale material.",0,negative
to a boatload of screenwriting cliches that sink it faster than a leaky freighter,0,negative
"the importance of being earnest, so thick with wit it plays like a reading from bartlett's familiar quotations",1,positive
"a chance to learn, to grow, to travel",1,positive
the road paved with good intentions leads to the video store '',0,negative
"is, in fact, so interesting",1,positive
may sound like it was co-written by mattel executives and lobbyists for the tinsel industry,0,negative
dead dog,0,negative
deserves a huge amount of the credit for the film's thoroughly winning tone,1,positive
plays like a tired tyco ad.,0,negative
made nature film and a tribute to a woman whose passion for this region and its inhabitants still shines in her quiet blue eyes,1,positive
drown a viewer in boredom,0,negative
the best script,1,positive
i do n't see the point,0,negative
"what enlivens this film, beyond the astute direction of cardoso and beautifully detailed performances by all of the actors, is a note of defiance over social dictates.",1,positive
unsatisfied,0,negative
"the intelligent, well-made b movie",1,positive
not an objectionable or dull film ; it merely lacks everything except good intentions.,0,negative
a masterpeice,1,positive
recognize it,1,positive
an apartheid drama,0,negative
questionable satirical ambivalence,0,negative
is the kind of production that would have been funnier if the director had released the outtakes theatrically and used the film as a bonus feature on the dvd,0,negative
swept away ',1,positive
discovering your destination in life,1,positive
"seem motivated by nothing short of dull, brain-deadening hangover",0,negative
murder,0,negative
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
"more entertaining, too",1,positive
runs around and,1,positive
is the piece works brilliantly.,1,positive
schlocky horror/action hybrid,0,negative
finely cut diamond,1,positive
"`` shakes the clown '', a much funnier film with a similar theme and",1,positive
too many tried-and-true shenanigans,0,negative
that he has been able to share his story so compellingly with us is a minor miracle,1,positive
affable if not timeless,1,positive
"pointed personalities, courage,",1,positive
"on an irresistible, languid romanticism",1,positive
to keep it from being maudlin,0,negative
"does n't conjure proper respect for followers of the whole dead-undead genre, who deserve more from a vampire pic than a few shrieky special effects",0,negative
makes an amazing breakthrough in her first starring role and eats up the screen.,1,positive
especially well,1,positive
"of filmmaking, the kind that pretends to be passionate and truthful but is really frustratingly timid and soggy",0,negative
an ugly-duckling tale so hideously and clumsily,0,negative
cinderella,1,positive
line between passion and pretence.,1,positive
despite its flaws ... belinsky is still able to create an engaging story that keeps you guessing at almost every turn.,1,positive
the komediant is a tale worth catching.,1,positive
"watch huppert scheming, with her small, intelligent eyes as steady as any noir villain",1,positive
far more meaningful story,1,positive
none of which ever seem to hit,0,negative
both a beautifully,1,positive
american and,0,negative
if you only had a week to live,0,negative
on no level whatsoever for me,0,negative
devos delivers a perfect performance that captures the innocence and budding demons within a wallflower.,1,positive
is interesting to witness the conflict from the palestinian side,1,positive
a dentist's waiting room,0,negative
"based on three short films and two features, here's betting her third feature will be something to behold",1,positive
it's also not smart or barbed enough for older viewers -- not,0,negative
feels like a cold old man going through the motions.,0,negative
showtime the most savory and hilarious guilty pleasure of many a recent movie season,1,positive
aimless hodgepodge,0,negative
"comedy that also asks its audience -- in a heartwarming, nonjudgmental kind of way -- to consider what we value in our daily lives",1,positive
"it's definitely not made for kids or their parents, for that matter,",0,negative
"showcases davies as a young woman of great charm, generosity and diplomacy",1,positive
"yes, it's as good as you remember.",1,positive
", and rousing",1,positive
dramatically lackluster,0,negative
so pertinent and enduring,1,positive
sympathy really belongs with any viewer forced to watch him try out so many complicated facial expressions,0,negative
"relationships in such a straightforward, emotionally honest manner that by the end",1,positive
the long and eventful spiritual journey,1,positive
vividly and,1,positive
their enthusiasm,1,positive
the characters are so generic and,0,negative
"a bad premise, just a bad movie",0,negative
a delightfully quirky movie to be made from curling,1,positive
amuse or entertain,1,positive
unlikable characters,0,negative
have carved their own comfortable niche in the world,1,positive
a sub-formulaic slap in the face,0,negative
befuddling,0,negative
hardly an objective documentary,0,negative
"is n't a terrible movie, just a stultifyingly obvious one -- an unrewarding collar for a murder mystery.",0,negative
wrong hands,0,negative
"perfectly pitched between comedy and tragedy, hope and despair",1,positive
people act weird,0,negative
"kwan is a master of shadow, quietude, and room noise,",1,positive
be said for a studio-produced film that never bothers to hand viewers a suitcase full of easy answers,1,positive
absorbing,1,positive
"inept direction,",0,negative
the ya-ya's have many secrets and one is - the books are better,0,negative
gradually sneaks up on the audience,1,positive
solid formula,1,positive
ideal casting,1,positive
reactionary ideas about women and a total lack of empathy,0,negative
worthy idea,1,positive
earns the right to be favorably compared to das boot,1,positive
the journey does n't really go anywhere.,0,negative
"the heart of the film is a touching reflection on aging, suffering and the prospect of death.",1,positive
"literary purists may not be pleased, but as far as mainstream matinee-style entertainment goes, it does a bang-up job of pleasing the crowds.",1,positive
got the wildly popular vin diesel in the equation,1,positive
"warm in its loving yet unforgivingly inconsistent depiction of everyday people, relaxed in its perfect quiet pace and proud in its message.",1,positive
with a visually masterful work of quiet power,1,positive
esther seems to remain an unchanged dullard,0,negative
but strangely believable,1,positive
thousand cliches,0,negative
an hour and a half of joyful solo performance,1,positive
nothing else to watch,1,positive
", a walk to remember is an inspirational love story, capturing the innocence and idealism of that first encounter.",1,positive
could have been much stronger,0,negative
digs beyond the usual portrayals of good kids and bad seeds to reveal a more ambivalent set of characters and motivations,1,positive
a gobbler like this,1,positive
"before long, you 're desperate for the evening to end.",0,negative
makes me feel weird / thinking about all the bad things in the world / like puppies with broken legs / and butterflies that die / and movies starring pop queens,0,negative
might imagine that most every aggrieved father cliché has been unturned,0,negative
"that will thrill you, touch you and make you",1,positive
flashes of mordant humor,1,positive
"the comic elements of the premise,",1,positive
"a core of flimsy -- or, worse yet, nonexistent -- ideas",0,negative
uncommonly sincere,1,positive
just lapses into unhidden british,0,negative
"have been picked not for their acting chops, but for their looks and",1,positive
the redeeming feature of chan's films has always been the action,1,positive
fascinating film,1,positive
a puzzle whose pieces do not fit.,0,negative
"chomp on jumbo ants, pull an arrow out of his back, and",0,negative
nicely,1,positive
"her film is like a beautiful food entrée that is n't heated properly, so that it ends up a bit cold and relatively flavorless.",0,negative
best and,1,positive
", compulsive life",0,negative
vehicle that even he seems embarrassed to be part of.,1,positive
"but the nerve-raked acting, the crackle of lines, the impressive stagings of hardware, make for some robust and scary entertainment.",1,positive
the universal theme,1,positive
conjures the past via surrealist flourishes so overwrought you 'd swear he just stepped out of a buñuel retrospective.,1,positive
an ultra-loud blast of pointless mayhem,0,negative
as particularly memorable or even all that funny,0,negative
"manages to convince almost everyone that it was put on the screen, just for them",1,positive
as a seven rip-off,0,negative
convinced of its own brilliance,0,negative
saw worse stunt editing or cheaper action movie production values than in extreme ops,0,negative
"would be great to see this turd squashed under a truck, preferably a semi.",0,negative
of our most flamboyant female comics,1,positive
", this is a remarkably accessible and haunting film.",1,positive
a rich and intelligent film that uses its pulpy core conceit to probe questions of attraction and interdependence and how the heart accomodates practical,1,positive
hungry-man portions of bad,0,negative
freewheeling trash-cinema roots,0,negative
as good,1,positive
should appeal to anyone willing to succumb to it,1,positive
"is druggy and self-indulgent, like a spring-break orgy for pretentious arts majors.",0,negative
who possibly will enjoy it,0,negative
"blind, crippled, amish people",0,negative
laborious,0,negative
"when all is said and done, she loves them to pieces -- and",1,positive
"good performances and a realistic, non-exploitive approach",1,positive
only makeup-deep,0,negative
uses his usual modus operandi of crucifixion,0,negative
comedically labored,0,negative
is ultimately about as inspiring as a hallmark card.,0,negative
because this movie makes his own look much better by comparison,0,negative
"retread,",0,negative
stripped of most of his budget and all of his sense of humor,0,negative
"for the blacklight crowd, way cheaper ( and better )",1,positive
has fun with the quirks of family life,1,positive
is a fascinating little tale.,1,positive
", xxx is a blast of adrenalin, rated eee for excitement.",1,positive
"does strong, measured work",1,positive
to break the tedium,0,negative
gratitude,1,positive
a been-there,0,negative
goes off the rails in its final 10 or 15 minutes,0,negative
no explanation or even plot relevance,0,negative
the movie tries to make sense of its title character,0,negative
the looseness of the piece,0,negative
bore that tends to hammer home every one of its points.,0,negative
raucously amusing,1,positive
"crafted,",1,positive
in the media,0,negative
", it has some problems",0,negative
a deep and meaningful film.,1,positive
"wallace, who wrote gibson's braveheart as well as the recent pearl harbor, has such an irrepressible passion for sappy situations and dialogue",0,negative
are consistently delightful.,1,positive
practically assures that the pocket monster movie franchise is nearly ready to keel over,0,negative
subtle ironies and visual devices,1,positive
right stuff,1,positive
wonderful performances that tug at your heart in ways that utterly transcend gender,1,positive
do n't think this movie loves women at all,0,negative
blockbuster,1,positive
manages a neat trick,1,positive
perfect starting point,1,positive
have made the original new testament stories so compelling for 20 centuries,1,positive
hampered,0,negative
an ebullient tunisian film about the startling transformation of a tradition-bound widow who is drawn into the exotic world of belly dancing.,1,positive
the footage of the rappers at play and the prison interview with suge knight,1,positive
"'s not a bad premise, just a bad movie.",0,negative
intricate plot,1,positive
are to ourselves and each other,1,positive
you like an extreme action-packed film with a hint of humor,1,positive
"it's difficult to feel anything much while watching this movie, beyond mild disturbance or detached pleasure at the acting.",0,negative
wrong,0,negative
a sloppy script,0,negative
a remarkable movie,1,positive
"with the exception of mccoist, the players do n't have a clue on the park.",0,negative
sleeper,1,positive
an experience that is richer than anticipated,1,positive
"to the cheap, graceless, hackneyed sci-fi serials of the '30s and '40s",0,negative
sporting one of the worst titles in recent cinematic history,0,negative
"is sentimental but feels free to offend, is analytical and then surrenders to the illogic of its characters, is about grief and yet permits laughter.",1,positive
everyone's,1,positive
spellbinding fun and deliciously exploitative.,1,positive
"it may scream low budget, but this charmer has a spirit that can not be denied.",1,positive
the thrill of the company's astonishing growth,1,positive
great over-the-top moviemaking if you 're in a slap-happy mood,1,positive
the insightful writer/director responsible for this illuminating comedy,1,positive
"tipped this film into the `` a '' range, as is",1,positive
"this sloppy, made-for-movie comedy special",0,negative
goofiest stuff,1,positive
're going to feel like you were n't invited to the party,0,negative
keenly observed and refreshingly natural,1,positive
ca n't believe anyone would really buy this stuff,0,negative
a lightweight story about matchmaking,1,positive
"it projects onto the screen -- loud, violent and mindless",0,negative
's just tediously bad,0,negative
"examine, the interior lives of the characters in his film, much less",0,negative
"confused, and totally disorientated",0,negative
larger-than-life figure,1,positive
"the mystery of enigma is how a rich historical subject, combined with so much first-rate talent ... could have yielded such a flat, plodding picture.",0,negative
is a phenomenal band with such an engrossing story that will capture the minds and hearts of many.,1,positive
amused with its low groan-to-guffaw ratio,1,positive
an honored screen veteran and a sparkling newcomer who instantly transform themselves into a believable mother/daughter pair,1,positive
inferior,0,negative
period trappings,0,negative
makin ' a fool of himself,0,negative
you feel genuinely good,1,positive
think it's in danger of going wrong,0,negative
often downright creepy,0,negative
will wish there had been more of the `` queen '' and less of the `` damned.'',0,negative
"guilty-pleasure, daytime-drama sort",1,positive
into your heart,1,positive
"there are laughs aplenty,",1,positive
a heartland so overwhelmed by its lack of purpose that it seeks excitement in manufactured high drama,0,negative
"a simple tale of an unlikely friendship, but thanks to the gorgeous locales and exceptional lead performances",1,positive
"crocodile hunter has the hurried, badly cobbled look of the 1959 godzilla, which combined scenes of a japanese monster flick with canned shots of raymond burr commenting on the monster's path of destruction.",0,negative
ace,1,positive
works better the less the brain is engaged,0,negative
overwhelming pleasure,1,positive
"a distinctly minor effort that will be seen to better advantage on cable, especially considering its barely feature-length running time of one hour.",0,negative
the wasted potential of this slapstick comedy,0,negative
"god help us, but capra and cooper are rolling over in their graves.",0,negative
thoughtful and surprisingly affecting portrait,1,positive
peppered with false starts,0,negative
have been perfect for an old `` twilight zone '' episode,1,positive
has no real point,0,negative
"contemplative, and sublimely beautiful.",1,positive
neither as funny nor as charming as it thinks it is,0,negative
"shanghai ghetto may not be as dramatic as roman polanski's the pianist, but its compassionate spirit soars every bit as high",1,positive
well-thought stunts or,1,positive
"is probably the funniest person in the film, which gives you an idea just how bad it was",0,negative
"'s a choppy, surface-effect feeling to the whole enterprise",0,negative
bad way,0,negative
who bilked unsuspecting moviegoers,0,negative
suffice to say its total promise is left slightly unfulfilled.,0,negative
is difficult to fathom.,0,negative
is enjoyable family fare,1,positive
of the more overtly silly dialogue,0,negative
"the film is filled with humorous observations about the general absurdity of modern life as seen through the eyes outsiders,",1,positive
"lazily and glumly settles into a most traditional, reserved kind of filmmaking.",0,negative
this is n't a movie ;,0,negative
mindless action flick,0,negative
cletis tout is a winning comedy that excites the imagination and tickles the funny bone.,1,positive
happily,1,positive
its pulpy core conceit,0,negative
an unclassifiably awful study in self - and audience-abuse.,0,negative
"silly, outrageous, ingenious thriller",1,positive
less like a cousin to blade runner than like a bottom-feeder sequel in the escape from new york series,0,negative
it ` perfection,1,positive
"it was n't the subject matter that ultimately defeated the film ... it was the unfulfilling, incongruous, `` wait a second",0,negative
those terrific documentaries,1,positive
pale imitation,0,negative
definitely tasty and sweet,1,positive
fiercely clever and subtle film,1,positive
visual virtues,1,positive
makes its point,1,positive
thrilling movie,1,positive
"it's also a -- dare i say it twice -- delightfully charming -- and totally american, i might add -- slice of comedic bliss.",1,positive
illuminating comedy,1,positive
'll be rewarded with some fine acting,1,positive
are worse,0,negative
is somewhat satisfying,1,positive
the fact that virtually no one is bound to show up at theaters for it,0,negative
aimless,0,negative
gaunt,0,negative
", broomfield has compelling new material but he does n't unveil it until the end, after endless scenes of him wheedling reluctant witnesses and pointing his camera through the smeared windshield of his rental car.",0,negative
skillful,1,positive
hip-hop fan to appreciate scratch,1,positive
it's a scorcher.,1,positive
maintain both a level of sophisticated intrigue and human-scale characters that suck the audience in,1,positive
does n't become smug or sanctimonious towards the audience,1,positive
"this sad, compulsive life",0,negative
"that final, beautiful scene",1,positive
"... is at once playful and haunting, an in-depth portrait of an iconoclastic artist who was fundamentally unknowable even to his closest friends.",1,positive
"does n't think much of its characters, its protagonist, or of us.",0,negative
that it's boring,0,negative
"the perfect starting point for a national conversation about guns, violence, and fear",1,positive
"restoring the luster of the national lampoon film franchise, too long reduced to direct-to-video irrelevancy",1,positive
tantamount to insulting the intelligence of anyone who has n't been living under a rock,0,negative
the day-old shelf would be a more appropriate location to store it,0,negative
is little else to recommend `` never again,0,negative
shows crushingly little curiosity about,0,negative
poignant and gently humorous,1,positive
bother to rent this on video,0,negative
just such a dungpile that you 'd swear you,0,negative
the folks who prepare,1,positive
in formula crash-and-bash action,0,negative
", the seesawing of the general's fate in the arguments of competing lawyers has the stomach-knotting suspense of a legal thriller, while the testimony of witnesses lends the film a resonant undertone of tragedy.",1,positive
a remarkably accessible and haunting film,1,positive
are included,1,positive
"'s made a film that's barely shocking, barely interesting and most of all, barely anything",0,negative
"talky, artificial and opaque",0,negative
you enjoy being rewarded by a script that assumes you are n't very bright,0,negative
"funny, puzzling movie",1,positive
best work,1,positive
"light, silly, photographed with color and depth, and rather a good time.",1,positive
is to see two academy award winning actresses ( and one academy award winning actor ) succumb to appearing in this junk that's tv sitcom material at best.,0,negative
", hilariously wicked black comedy ...",1,positive
recommend waiting for dvd and just skipping straight to her scenes,0,negative
the year's best films,1,positive
lackadaisical,0,negative
gets us too drunk on the party favors to sober us up with the transparent attempts at moralizing.,0,negative
i 'm sure there's a teenage boy out there somewhere who's dying for this kind of entertainment.,0,negative
wiggling energy,1,positive
captivating coming-of-age story,1,positive
"a bright, inventive, thoroughly winning flight of revisionist fancy.",1,positive
is neither light nor magical enough to bring off this kind of whimsy.,0,negative
is like a year late,0,negative
elaborate and twisted characters,0,negative
( ferrera ) has the charisma of a young woman who knows how to hold the screen.,1,positive
suffers from over-familiarity since hit-hungry british filmmakers have strip-mined the monty formula mercilessly since 1997.,0,negative
leave fans clamoring for another ride,1,positive
hallmark card sentimentality and,0,negative
resonant chord,1,positive
be a different kind of film,1,positive
to endure instead of enjoy,0,negative
gangster/crime comedy,1,positive
"are immaculate, with roussillon providing comic relief.",1,positive
"refers incessantly to old movies, when you could just rent those movies instead, let alone seek out a respectable new one",0,negative
earnest as a community-college advertisement,0,negative
reign of fire is hardly the most original fantasy film ever made,0,negative
the sheer joy and pride they took in their work -- and in each other -- shines through every frame.,1,positive
find yourself rooting for the monsters in a horror movie,0,negative
", it's not half-bad.",1,positive
a speed that is slow to those of us in middle age,0,negative
"it introduces you to new, fervently held ideas and fanciful thinkers",1,positive
mindless and boring martial arts and gunplay with too little excitement and zero compelling storyline.,0,negative
in the translation ... another routine hollywood frightfest in which the slack execution italicizes the absurdity of the premise,0,negative
dedicated,1,positive
never becomes claustrophobic,1,positive
memorable experience,1,positive
wendigo wants to be a monster movie for the art-house crowd,0,negative
some special qualities and the soulful gravity of crudup's anchoring performance,1,positive
praises,1,positive
obligatory cheap,0,negative
gratify anyone who has ever suspected hollywood of being overrun by corrupt and hedonistic weasels,1,positive
theater,1,positive
his slop,0,negative
"not only better than its predecessor, it may rate as the most magical and most fun family fare of this or any recent holiday season.",1,positive
the superficial tensions,0,negative
"'s difficult to imagine that a more confused, less interesting and more sloppily made film could possibly come down the road in 2002",0,negative
the cast delivers without sham the raw-nerved story.,1,positive
"it's of the quality of a lesser harrison ford movie - six days, seven nights, maybe, or that dreadful sabrina remake.",0,negative
despite some first-rate performances,1,positive
punching up the mix,1,positive
about as exciting to watch as two last-place basketball teams,0,negative
see this piece of crap again,0,negative
too long and,0,negative
you wo n't care,0,negative
grace this deeply touching melodrama.,1,positive
"sweet, even delectable",1,positive
"no special effects, and no hollywood endings",0,negative
tolerate leon barlow,0,negative
quite fun,1,positive
resurrecting performers who rarely work in movies now ...,1,positive
forgettable,0,negative
not counting a few gross-out comedies i 've been trying to forget,0,negative
propaganda film,0,negative
off-putting romantic comedy.,0,negative
the art of getting laid in this prickly indie comedy of manners and misanthropy,1,positive
that make 105 minutes seem twice as long,0,negative
"'s coherent, well shot, and tartly acted",1,positive
"with so many bad romances out there, this is the kind of movie that deserves a chance to shine.",1,positive
"catch the pitch of his poetics, savor the pleasure of his sounds and images,",1,positive
"as one of the cleverest, most deceptively amusing comedies of the year",1,positive
looks more like a travel-agency video targeted at people who like to ride bikes topless and roll in the mud than a worthwhile glimpse of independent-community guiding lights.,0,negative
a welcome and heartwarming addition to the romantic comedy genre,1,positive
the inherent absurdity,0,negative
the lack of linearity is the point of emotional and moral departure for protagonist alice,0,negative
"what makes how i killed my father compelling, besides its terrific performances, is fontaine's willingness to wander into the dark areas of parent-child relationships without flinching.",1,positive
irritating display,0,negative
movie sputters,0,negative
'll trudge out of the theater feeling as though you rode the zipper after eating a corn dog and an extra-large cotton candy.,0,negative
the plot holes,0,negative
cold and dead,0,negative
"one of those films where the characters inhabit that special annex of hell where adults behave like kids, children behave like adults and everyone screams at the top of their lungs no matter what the situation.",0,negative
is even lazier and far less enjoyable,0,negative
to be an effectively chilling guilty pleasure,1,positive
far better,1,positive
huge fan,1,positive
's hard to like a film so cold and dead,0,negative
could make a person who has lived her life half-asleep suddenly wake up and take notice,1,positive
"a bad mannered, ugly and destructive little ****",0,negative
give credit to everyone from robinson down to the key grip that this bold move works,1,positive
"the son of the bride's humor is born out of an engaging storyline, which also is n't embarrassed to make you reach for the tissues.",1,positive
"assembles a fascinating profile of a deeply humanistic artist who, in spite of all that he's witnessed, remains surprisingly idealistic",1,positive
"an ode to unconditional love and compassion garnered from years of seeing it all, a condition only the old are privy to, and ... often misconstrued as weakness",1,positive
it is n't that funny,0,negative
is a fun and funky look into an artificial creation in a world that thrives on artificiality,1,positive
be bad,0,negative
be depressing,0,negative
technically proficient and without the pop-up comments,1,positive
is frustratingly unconvincing.,0,negative
this girl,1,positive
", paxton, making his directorial feature debut, does strong, measured work.",1,positive
spectacularly beautiful,1,positive
it's a road-trip drama with too many wrong turns.,0,negative
"a grittily beautiful film that looks, sounds, and feels more like an extended, open-ended poem than a traditionally structured story.",1,positive
breathes more,1,positive
"expect no major discoveries, nor any stylish sizzle, but the film sits with square conviction and touching good sense on the experience of its women.",1,positive
its absurdities and crudities,0,negative
the broiling sun for a good three days,0,negative
that made a walk to remember a niche hit,1,positive
to be too great,1,positive
nelson's intentions are good,1,positive
"a gorgeously strange movie, heaven is deeply concerned with morality,",1,positive
can be classified as one of those ` alternate reality ' movies ... except that it would have worked so much better dealing in only one reality,0,negative
cross swords with the best of them and helm a more traditionally plotted popcorn thriller while surrendering little of his intellectual rigor or creative composure,1,positive
"proven that no amount of imagination, no creature, no fantasy story and no incredibly outlandish scenery",0,negative
separates comics from the people laughing in the crowd,1,positive
inventive moments,1,positive
`` abandon '' will leave you wanting to abandon the theater.,0,negative
"too often, the viewer is n't reacting to humor so much as they are wincing back in repugnance.",0,negative
"this filmed tosca -- not the first, by the way -- is a pretty good job, if it's filmed tosca that you want.",1,positive
"not only a pianist, but a good human being",1,positive
witty dialog between realistic characters showing honest emotions.,1,positive
unimaginative screenwriter's,0,negative
"conventional,",0,negative
star-making,1,positive
be a most hard-hearted person,0,negative
"the film gets close to the chimps the same way goodall did, with a serious minded patience, respect and affection.",1,positive
"we know the plot's a little crazy, but it held my interest from start to finish.",1,positive
", you 'd probably turn it off, convinced that you had already seen that movie.",0,negative
outstanding,1,positive
possibly the best actor,1,positive
terrific casting and,1,positive
"green ruins every single scene he's in, and the film, while it's not completely wreaked, is seriously compromised by that",0,negative
past love story derisions,0,negative
anyone who welcomes a dash of the avant-garde fused with their humor,1,positive
"leave it to the french to truly capture the terrifying angst of the modern working man without turning the film into a cheap thriller, a dumb comedy or a sappy melodrama",1,positive
as hilarious,1,positive
"a visionary marvel,",1,positive
rivals the top japanese animations of recent vintage.,1,positive
lovely and poignant.,1,positive
"figure out that this is a mormon family movie, and a sappy, preachy one at that",0,negative
"the front ranks of china's now numerous, world-renowned filmmakers",1,positive
the fine star performances,1,positive
can not guess why the cast and crew did n't sign a pact to burn the negative and the script and pretend the whole thing never existed,0,negative
"as the writer-director of this little $ 1.8 million charmer, which may not be cutting-edge indie filmmaking",1,positive
far more alienating than involving,0,negative
into hogwash,0,negative
is an actress works as well as it does because ( the leads ) are such a companionable couple,1,positive
", dopey old",0,negative
film buzz and whir,1,positive
"totally overwrought, deeply biased, and wholly designed to make you feel guilty about ignoring what the filmmakers clearly believe are the greatest musicians of all time.",0,negative
live up to material,1,positive
"are incredibly captivating and insanely funny, thanks in part to interesting cinematic devices ( cool visual backmasking ), a solid cast, and some wickedly sick and twisted humor ...",1,positive
love it,1,positive
inside the massive waves that lifts blue crush into one of the summer's most pleasurable movies,1,positive
is a filmmaker with a bright future ahead of him,1,positive
surprisingly uninvolving,0,negative
tear your eyes away,0,negative
", his most personal work yet.",1,positive
computer-generated cold fish,0,negative
all arty and jazzy,1,positive
"as claustrophic, suffocating and chilly as the attics to which they were inevitably consigned",0,negative
"there's nothing exactly wrong here, but there's not nearly enough that's right.",0,negative
turns a blind eye to the very history it pretends to teach.,0,negative
they wo n't much care about,0,negative
its unerring respect for them,1,positive
", an archetypal desire to enjoy good trash every now and then.",0,negative
is rather like being trapped while some weird relative trots out the video he took of the family vacation to stonehenge,0,negative
have its charms,1,positive
"with the hail of bullets, none of which ever seem to hit",0,negative
a positive ( if tragic ) note,1,positive
into a dullard,0,negative
"try to create characters out of the obvious cliches, but wind up using them as punching bags",0,negative
a serious contender,1,positive
the most brilliant work,1,positive
"the rat-a-tat energy of `` his girl friday, '' maintaining a light touch while tackling serious themes",1,positive
"that are this crude, this fast-paced and this insane",0,negative
"steeped in mystery and a ravishing, baroque beauty",1,positive
it holds itself,1,positive
"lazy, miserable and smug",0,negative
the soulful gravity of crudup's anchoring performance,1,positive
otherwise excellent film,1,positive
rediscovers,1,positive
"of absurd plot twists, idiotic court maneuvers and stupid characters",0,negative
illustrates why the whole is so often less than the sum of its parts in today's hollywood,0,negative
bluer than the atlantic,0,negative
"as darkly funny, energetic",1,positive
"remains fairly light, always entertaining, and smartly written.",1,positive
building to a laugh riot,1,positive
warm and well-told,1,positive
wear thin with repetition,0,negative
can be numbing,0,negative
that gives pic its title an afterthought,0,negative
is ultimately quite unengaging,0,negative
against shimmering cinematography that lends the setting the ethereal beauty of an asian landscape painting,1,positive
set in the world of lingerie models and bar dancers in the midwest that held my interest precisely because it did n't try to.,1,positive
much of what we see is horrible,0,negative
trying to pass off as acceptable teen entertainment for some time now,0,negative
love and,1,positive
achingly sad,0,negative
his machismo,1,positive
even the hastily and amateurishly drawn animation,0,negative
at how clever it's being,1,positive
"brash, intelligent and",1,positive
"injects freshness and spirit into the romantic comedy genre, which has been held hostage by generic scripts that seek to remake sleepless in seattle again and again.",1,positive
"the stars may be college kids, but the subject matter is as adult as you can get :",1,positive
thriller as lazy,0,negative
he allows his cast members to make creative contributions to the story and dialogue.,1,positive
unspeakable,0,negative
it labors as storytelling.,0,negative
"is not really a film as much as it is a loose collection of not-so-funny gags, scattered moments of lazy humor.",0,negative
"sweet, tender sermon",1,positive
keeps coming back to the achingly unfunny phonce and his several silly subplots.,0,negative
irreparable,0,negative
"the weird thing about the santa clause 2, purportedly a children's movie, is that there is nothing in it to engage children emotionally.",0,negative
alarms for duvall's throbbing sincerity and his elderly propensity for patting people while he talks,0,negative
beautifully crafted and cooly unsettling ... recreates,1,positive
a tendency to sag in certain places,0,negative
loaded with good intentions,1,positive
so larger than life and,1,positive
winking social commentary,1,positive
the heroes of horror movies try to avoid,0,negative
that's enough to sustain laughs,1,positive
yet compelling,1,positive
landscape to create a feature film that is wickedly fun to watch,1,positive
the annoyance of that chatty fish,0,negative
"it's not nearly as fresh or enjoyable as its predecessor, but there are enough high points to keep this from being a complete waste of time.",1,positive
out there surrender $ 9 and 93 minutes of unrecoverable life,0,negative
visuals and enveloping sounds,1,positive
it is wise,1,positive
of our respect,1,positive
one of the best,1,positive
make an appealing couple -- he's understated and sardonic,1,positive
"elling '' manages to do all three quite well, making it one of the year's most enjoyable releases",1,positive
retaining an integrity and refusing to compromise his vision,1,positive
", you still have to see this!",1,positive
is impossible to find the film anything but,0,negative
"if divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood suffers from a ploddingly melodramatic structure, it comes to life in the performances.",0,negative
"of such tools as nudity, profanity and violence",0,negative
a true,1,positive
this three-hour endurance test,0,negative
"exalts the marxian dream of honest working folk, with little to show for their labor, living harmoniously, joined in song.",1,positive
to provide insight into a fascinating part of theater history,1,positive
high-concept,1,positive
as i 'm the one that i want,1,positive
prejudices,0,negative
"is on full, irritating display in ( this ) meandering and pointless french coming-of-age import from writer-director anne-sophie birot.",0,negative
"rousing, g-rated family film",1,positive
cutting-edge indie filmmaking,1,positive
"a lot of static set ups, not much camera movement, and most of the scenes",0,negative
pleasuring,1,positive
that educates viewers with words and pictures while entertaining them,1,positive
those who are n't put off by the film's austerity will find it more than capable of rewarding them.,1,positive
"has the thrown-together feel of a summer-camp talent show : hastily written, underrehearsed, arbitrarily plotted",0,negative
is polanski's best film.,1,positive
most original,1,positive
fit well together,1,positive
is a warm and well-told tale of one recent chinese immigrant's experiences in new york city,1,positive
"complex, laden with plenty of baggage and tinged with tragic undertones",1,positive
keenly observed and,1,positive
", plodding picture",0,negative
has an odd purity that does n't bring you into the characters so much as it has you study them.,1,positive
i have not been this disappointed by a movie in a long time.,0,negative
should come with the warning `` for serious film buffs only,0,negative
of goofball stunts any `` jackass '' fan,0,negative
has its faults,0,negative
controversial,0,negative
adding the rich details,1,positive
"is sentimental but feels free to offend, is analytical and then surrenders to the illogic of its characters",0,negative
mixes in as much humor as pathos to take us on his sentimental journey of the heart.,1,positive
seems like someone going through the motions.,0,negative
unfunny and unoriginal mess,0,negative
lost some of the dramatic conviction that underlies the best of comedies,0,negative
pizazz,1,positive
two-dimensional and,0,negative
thought was going to be really awful,0,negative
fails to portray its literarily talented and notorious subject as anything much more than a dirty old man,0,negative
"a very well-meaning movie,",1,positive
radiates star-power potential in this remarkable and memorable film,1,positive
", then by all means check it out.",1,positive
daytime,1,positive
lost in the murk of its own making,0,negative
becomes a simplistic story about a dysfunctional parent-child relationship,0,negative
to think about the ways we consume pop culture,1,positive
director m. night shyamalan can weave an eerie spell,1,positive
their children,1,positive
"it's also cold, gray, antiseptic and emotionally desiccated.",0,negative
a hard time,0,negative
it a party worth attending,1,positive
memories of rollerball,1,positive
utter lack,0,negative
most slyly exquisite,1,positive
has a bloated plot that stretches the running time about 10 minutes past a child's interest and an adult's patience,0,negative
delivers more goodies,1,positive
is more fascinating -- being real -- than anything seen on jerry springer,1,positive
sealed in a jar,0,negative
completely awful iranian drama,0,negative
detailed,1,positive
"enriched by an imaginatively mixed cast of antic spirits, headed by christopher plummer as the subtlest and most complexly evil uncle ralph i 've ever seen in the many film and",1,positive
the delete key,0,negative
lacks the skill or presence,0,negative
imponderably stilted and,0,negative
another boorish movie from the i-heard-a-joke - at-a-frat-party school of screenwriting.,0,negative
is the best star trek movie in a long time,1,positive
even less capable,0,negative
victorious,1,positive
's pretty stupid,0,negative
"wonderful, sobering, heart-felt drama",1,positive
"a naturally funny film, home movie",1,positive
... most viewers will wish there had been more of the `` queen '' and less of the `` damned.'',0,negative
filmmaking with a visually masterful work of quiet power,1,positive
leave,0,negative
is simply brilliant,1,positive
"made a film that's barely shocking, barely interesting and most of all, barely anything",0,negative
interesting to see where one's imagination will lead when given the opportunity,1,positive
"nohe has made a decent ` intro ' documentary, but he feels like a spectator and not a participant.",0,negative
is the way it skirts around any scenes that might have required genuine acting from ms. spears.,0,negative
's exactly what these two people need to find each other,1,positive
reno devolves into a laugh-free lecture.,0,negative
a film that hews out a world and carries us effortlessly from darkness to light,1,positive
the lively appeal of the last kiss,1,positive
an already obscure demographic,0,negative
great film noir,1,positive
lazily and glumly,0,negative
"this sad, occasionally horrifying but often inspiring film",1,positive
"tired, talky feel",0,negative
"poor editing, bad bluescreen",0,negative
love its fantasy and adventure,1,positive
"is a convincing one, and should give anyone with a conscience reason to pause",1,positive
under the strain of its plot contrivances and its need to reassure,0,negative
complaining,0,negative
"follow the stale, standard, connect-the-dots storyline which has become commonplace in movies that explore the seamy underbelly of the criminal world",0,negative
"jostling against farce, thoughtful dialogue elbowed aside by one-liners, and a visual style that incorporates rotoscope animation for no apparent reason except, maybe, that it looks neat",0,negative
frequent flurries of creative belly laughs,1,positive
very well done,1,positive
amaze,1,positive
succeeds where its recent predecessor miserably,1,positive
remarkably alluring,1,positive
a haunting ode to humanity,1,positive
cool crime movie,1,positive
as she continually tries to accommodate to fit in and gain the unconditional love she seeks,1,positive
the knee-jerk misogyny,0,negative
refreshes,1,positive
the extent to which it succeeds,1,positive
'd bother watching past the second commercial break,0,negative
a dungpile,0,negative
"is solid, satisfying fare for adults.",1,positive
"poor editing, bad bluescreen,",0,negative
"the wise, wizened visitor",1,positive
` ick ',0,negative
flashy twists,1,positive
trash-cinema,0,negative
worth,1,positive
much further than we imagine,1,positive
is a seriously intended movie that is not easily forgotten,1,positive
virtuoso,1,positive
effort to watch this movie,0,negative
a dazzling thing to behold -- as long as you 're wearing the somewhat cumbersome 3d goggles the theater provides.,1,positive
beautiful to watch,1,positive
strong performances,1,positive
"are n't too many films that can be as simultaneously funny, offbeat and heartwarming ( without a thick shmear of the goo, at least )",1,positive
"louiso lets the movie dawdle in classic disaffected-indie-film mode, and",0,negative
"costner's warm-milk persona is just as ill-fitting as shadyac's perfunctory directing chops, and some of the more overtly silly dialogue would sink laurence olivier.",0,negative
most deceptively amusing comedies,1,positive
twitchy acting,0,negative
every cheesy scene,0,negative
ties it together with efficiency and an affection for the period,1,positive
have ditched the artsy pretensions and revelled in the entertaining shallows,0,negative
-- and disposable story,0,negative
of the most highly-praised disappointments i,0,negative
watery tones,0,negative
"overall, it's a very entertaining, thought-provoking film with a simple message : god is love.",1,positive
"the idea of exploiting molestation for laughs is funny, not actually exploiting it yourself",0,negative
shakes you vigorously for its duration,1,positive
's kind of sad,0,negative
flatulence,0,negative
"one whose view of america, history and the awkwardness of human life is generous and deep",1,positive
the acting is fine but the script is about as interesting as a recording of conversations at the wal-mart checkout line.,0,negative
swooning elegance,1,positive
it works beautifully as a movie without sacrificing the integrity of the opera.,1,positive
alluring,1,positive
most savagely hilarious,1,positive
to head off in its own direction,1,positive
"a terrific b movie -- in fact, the best in recent memory",1,positive
two-dimensional and pointless,0,negative
nearly three decades of bittersweet camaraderie and history,1,positive
"drama,",0,negative
suffered,0,negative
precocious smarter-than-thou wayward teen,1,positive
"both heartbreaking and heartwarming ... just a simple fable done in an artless sytle, but it's tremendously moving",1,positive
i wo n't be sitting through this one again,0,negative
"though there's a clarity of purpose and even-handedness to the film's direction, the drama feels rigged and sluggish.",0,negative
the most compelling performance of the year,1,positive
"then his tone retains a genteel, prep-school quality that feels dusty and leatherbound",0,negative
"this crude,",0,negative
well paced and satisfying,1,positive
smacks of exhibitionism more than it does cathartic truth telling.,0,negative
his way to becoming the american indian spike lee,1,positive
grossest,0,negative
nasty,0,negative
a genre -- the gangster/crime comedy -- that wore out its welcome with audiences several years ago,0,negative
"broomfield's style of journalism is hardly journalism at all,",0,negative
of clever ideas and visual gags,1,positive
the film's sense of imagery gives it a terrible strength,1,positive
"this is for the most part a useless movie, even with a great director at the helm.",0,negative
innovative,1,positive
on a true and historically significant story,1,positive
"no french people were harmed during the making of this movie, but they were insulted and the audience was put through torture for an hour and a half.",0,negative
muck,0,negative
innovative ' and ` realistic ',1,positive
all too familiar,0,negative
thrills and extreme emotions,1,positive
it thumbs down due to the endlessly repetitive scenes of embarrassment,0,negative
men in black ii achieves ultimate insignificance -- it's the sci-fi comedy spectacle as whiffle-ball epic,0,negative
", it's a pretty listless collection of kid-movie clichés.",0,negative
pollyana would reach for a barf bag,0,negative
is just fine,1,positive
narrative filmmaking with a visually masterful work of quiet power,1,positive
"is funny, not actually exploiting it yourself",1,positive
jolly,1,positive
a minor film with major pleasures from portuguese master manoel de oliviera ...,1,positive
new favorite musical,1,positive
a movie ever could be,1,positive
love is the great equalizer that can calm us of our daily ills and bring out joys in our lives that we never knew,1,positive
downward,0,negative
one viewing ca n't possibly be enough,1,positive
that's plaguing the human spirit in a relentlessly globalizing world,0,negative
star-power potential,1,positive
clueless,0,negative
an effortlessly accomplished and richly resonant work.,1,positive
"most audacious, outrageous,",1,positive
interesting social parallel and defiant aesthetic,1,positive
marvelous first,1,positive
", safe conduct is so rich with period minutiae it's like dying and going to celluloid heaven.",1,positive
"it looks good,",1,positive
of social texture and realism,1,positive
looks and feels tired,0,negative
dogs,1,positive
entertaining on an inferior level,0,negative
kong action,1,positive
", the six musical numbers crystallize key plot moments into minutely detailed wonders of dreamlike ecstasy.",1,positive
a gem,1,positive
probably the best case for christianity since chesterton and lewis,1,positive
feels cheated,0,negative
is a genuinely bone-chilling tale,1,positive
excellent performances,1,positive
there to scare while we delight in the images,1,positive
the only young people who possibly will enjoy it,0,negative
faltering half-step,0,negative
"dull as its characters, about whose fate it is hard to care",0,negative
the problem,0,negative
"( it's ) what punk rock music used to be, and",1,positive
sadly,0,negative
easier to sit through than most of jaglom's self-conscious and gratingly irritating films,0,negative
embraces life in public,1,positive
"would 've reeked of a been-there, done-that sameness.",0,negative
tender movements,1,positive
unimaginable,0,negative
the gorgeous locales and,1,positive
evolved from star to superstar,1,positive
"it's still a comic book,",0,negative
attractive young leads,1,positive
teeth-clenching,1,positive
finesse,1,positive
harris is affecting at times,1,positive
made a movie that is n't just offensive,0,negative
genuinely satisfying,1,positive
"the star who helped give a spark to `` chasing amy '' and `` changing lanes '' falls flat as thinking man cia agent jack ryan in this summer's new action film, `` the sum of all fears",0,negative
but i had a lot of problems with this movie.,0,negative
everything that's good is ultimately scuttled by a plot that's just too boring and obvious,0,negative
deserves an oscar nomination,1,positive
"is sure to give you a lot of laughs in this simple, sweet and romantic comedy.",1,positive
hilarity.,1,positive
entirely wholesome,1,positive
"it's a powerful though flawed movie, guaranteed to put a lump in your throat while reaffirming washington as possibly the best actor working in movies today.",1,positive
cheapened the artistry of making a film,0,negative
live happily ever after,1,positive
yields surprises.,1,positive
comic elements,1,positive
which might have been called freddy gets molested by a dog,0,negative
unaware that it's the butt of its own joke.,0,negative
one of the best love stories of any stripe,1,positive
writer / director m. night shyamalan's ability to pull together easily accessible stories that resonate with profundity,1,positive
takes such a speedy swan dive from `` promising '',0,negative
here is nothing but a convenient conveyor belt of brooding personalities that parade about as if they were coming back from stock character camp -- a drowsy drama infatuated by its own pretentious self-examination.,0,negative
healing,1,positive
shapeless documentary,0,negative
"in a doctor's office, emergency room, hospital bed or insurance company office",0,negative
"is no psychology here, and no real narrative logic -- just a series of carefully choreographed atrocities, which become strangely impersonal and abstract",0,negative
with miscalculations,0,negative
a refreshing and comical spin,1,positive
the quirky,1,positive
tiresomely simpleminded,0,negative
it's refreshing that someone understands the need for the bad boy ;,1,positive
turn this fairly parochial melodrama into something really rather special.,1,positive
is engaged,1,positive
enough to become comparatively sane and healthy,1,positive
makes the princess seem smug and cartoonish,0,negative
cutting-edge,1,positive
coming close to bowling you over,1,positive
"as if trying to grab a lump of play-doh, the harder that liman tries to squeeze his story, the more details slip out between his fingers.",0,negative
kid-empowerment,1,positive
", uncommonly sincere movie that portrays the frank humanity of ... emotional recovery",1,positive
"is a dark, gritty, sometimes funny little gem",1,positive
works its magic,1,positive
really does n't have much to say beyond the news,0,negative
", it's really little more than a particularly slanted, gay s/m fantasy, enervating and deadeningly drawn-out.",0,negative
blanchett's performance confirms her power once again.,1,positive
with no unified whole,0,negative
cheapened,0,negative
than the real thing,1,positive
what made you love it,1,positive
's yet another cool crime movie that actually manages to bring something new into the mix.,1,positive
win any academy awards,1,positive
quickly becomes a tiresome cliché,0,negative
"swimming gets the details right, from its promenade of barely clad bodies in myrtle beach, s.c., to the adrenaline jolt of a sudden lunch rush at the diner.",1,positive
works beautifully as a movie without sacrificing the integrity of the opera,1,positive
of candid camera,1,positive
"very slow, uneventful",0,negative
were written by somebody else,0,negative
punitive minutes,0,negative
a fine-looking film with a bouncy score and,1,positive
"is a terrific role for someone like judd, who really ought to be playing villains",1,positive
wait for your pay per view dollar,0,negative
is something of a triumph,1,positive
"a chilly, brooding but quietly resonant psychological study of domestic tension and unhappiness",1,positive
those famous moments,1,positive
"remarkable for its excellent storytelling, its economical, compressed characterisations and for its profound humanity",1,positive
dark areas,0,negative
is never especially clever and often is rather pretentious,0,negative
distracting special effects and visual party tricks,0,negative
by having the evil aliens ' laser guns actually hit something for once,0,negative
the dubious distinction of being a really bad imitation of the really bad blair witch project,0,negative
fascinating experiment,1,positive
"'s no surprise that as a director washington demands and receives excellent performances,",1,positive
ambiguity to suggest possibilities which imbue the theme with added depth and resonance.,1,positive
dogged,0,negative
", confused, and totally disorientated",0,negative
into a really funny movie,1,positive
a good documentarian,1,positive
through this mess,0,negative
have been more enjoyable had the balance shifted in favor of water-bound action over the land-based ` drama,0,negative
"quiet, confident craftsmanship that tells a sweet, charming tale of intergalactic friendship",1,positive
with attractive men,1,positive
"it's as if solondz had two ideas for two movies, could n't really figure out how to flesh either out",0,negative
its spirit of iconoclastic abandon -- however canned -- makes for unexpectedly giddy viewing.,1,positive
a gorgeous film -,1,positive
a worthy entry in the french coming-of-age genre,1,positive
deafening,0,negative
this is going to be something really good,1,positive
refreshing to see a movie that embraces its old-fashioned themes and in the process comes out looking like something wholly original,1,positive
is that it is one that allows him to churn out one mediocre movie after another,0,negative
it worth checking out at theaters,1,positive
", and for the memorable character creations",1,positive
rumor,0,negative
"with laptops, cell phones and sketchy business plans",0,negative
's superficial and unrealized,0,negative
the action scenes are poorly delivered,0,negative
", almost mystical work",1,positive
well enough,1,positive
it's sweet.,1,positive
schumacher does probably as good a job as anyone at bringing off the hopkins/rock collision of acting styles and onscreen personas,1,positive
the makers of this ` we 're - doing-it-for - the-cash ' sequel,0,negative
a downward narcotized spiral,0,negative
that a prostitute can be as lonely and needy as any of the clients,0,negative
as you would expect from the directors of the little mermaid and aladdin,1,positive
enjoyable feel-good family comedy,1,positive
the big summer movies,1,positive
a sleeper success,1,positive
"no character, loveable or otherwise",0,negative
it equals the original and in some ways even betters it,1,positive
feels painfully redundant and inauthentic,0,negative
to hurry up and get to its subjects ' deaths just so the documentary will be over,0,negative
"hell, i dunno",0,negative
the whole talking-animal thing is grisly.,0,negative
that it's hard to resist his pleas to spare wildlife and respect their environs,1,positive
the thing just never gets off the ground.,0,negative
poking their genitals into fruit pies,0,negative
"gooding is the energetic frontman, and it's hard to resist his enthusiasm, even if the filmmakers come up with nothing original in the way of slapstick sequences",1,positive
a damn fine,1,positive
grace,1,positive
ages-old slapstick and unfunny tricks,0,negative
", insight and humor",1,positive
"emerge dazed, confused as to whether you 've seen pornography or documentary.",0,negative
a terrible story,0,negative
"seem sincere, and just",1,positive
"'s simply, and surprisingly, a nice, light treat",1,positive
"sounds like a cruel deception carried out by men of marginal intelligence, with reactionary ideas about women and a total lack of empathy",0,negative
"` butterfingered ' is the word for the big-fisted direction of jez butterworth, who manages to blast even the smallest sensitivities from the romance with his clamorous approach.",0,negative
feels limited by its short running time,0,negative
uninspired.,0,negative
"( washington's ) strong hand, keen eye, sweet spirit and good taste are reflected in almost every scene.",1,positive
wonderful cinematography,1,positive
an impressive roster of stars and direction,1,positive
"a tender, witty, captivating film about friendship, love, memory, trust and loyalty.",1,positive
driven by a fantastic dual performance from ian holm,1,positive
too insistent,0,negative
the best in recent memory,1,positive
"it's more enjoyable than i expected, though, and",1,positive
if pointless excursion,0,negative
motivated,1,positive
", deeply felt",1,positive
who know nothing about the subject,0,negative
"a fast, frenetic, funny, even punny 6",1,positive
hitler,0,negative
"does n't try to surprise us with plot twists, but rather seems to enjoy its own transparency.",1,positive
warn,0,negative
", you ca n't help suspecting that it was improvised on a day-to-day basis during production.",0,negative
is the kind of quirkily appealing minor movie she might not make for a while,1,positive
a bit of the dry humor that first made audiences on both sides of the atlantic love him,1,positive
confuses its message with an ultimate desire,0,negative
special effect,1,positive
like a change in ( herzog's ) personal policy,1,positive
banal bore,0,negative
solid execution,1,positive
created a substantive movie out,1,positive
the film sparkles with the the wisdom and humor of its subjects.,1,positive
forgotten the movie,0,negative
"tambor and clayburgh make an appealing couple -- he's understated and sardonic, she's appealingly manic and energetic.",1,positive
a picaresque view,1,positive
a semi-autobiographical film that's so sloppily written and cast that you can not believe anyone more central to the creation of bugsy than the caterer,0,negative
visual style,1,positive
wiseman is patient,1,positive
might benefit from a helping hand and a friendly kick in the pants,0,negative
reasonably intelligent,1,positive
to watch too many barney videos,1,positive
"'s steeped in mystery and a ravishing, baroque beauty",1,positive
funny moment,1,positive
"catch the pitch of his poetics, savor the pleasure of his sounds and images, and",1,positive
is n't that funny,0,negative
"no charm, no laughs, no fun, no reason to watch.",0,negative
elegant wit and artifice,1,positive
uncommitted,0,negative
to address his own world war ii experience in his signature style,1,positive
is the far superior film.,1,positive
is impressive,1,positive
the story is smart and entirely charming in intent and execution.,1,positive
exceedingly dull,0,negative
of favor manages not only to find a compelling dramatic means of addressing a complex situation,1,positive
their scenes brim with sexual possibility and emotional danger,1,positive
richly,1,positive
with a twisted sense of humor,1,positive
bracingly nasty,0,negative
lacks the visual flair and bouncing bravado that characterizes better hip-hop clips and is content to recycle images and characters that were already tired 10 years ago.,0,negative
romp of a film,1,positive
"'s consistently funny, in an irresistible junior-high way, and consistently free",1,positive
high crimes is a cinematic misdemeanor,0,negative
of impressive talent,1,positive
message-mongering moralism,0,negative
", they wo n't enjoy the movie at all.",0,negative
", miller eloquently captures the moment when a woman's life, out of a deep-seated, emotional need, is about to turn onto a different path.",1,positive
that propels her into the upper echelons of the directing world,1,positive
is definitely a director to watch,1,positive
to make a classic theater piece,1,positive
actually pulling it off,1,positive
works -,1,positive
misconstrued as weakness,1,positive
"the sum of all fears pretends to be a serious exploration of nuclear terrorism, but",0,negative
delivers more than its fair share of saucy hilarity.,1,positive
the edge of your seat,1,positive
work better as a real documentary without the insinuation of mediocre acting or a fairly trite narrative,0,negative
slam-dunk,1,positive
little propaganda film,0,negative
as epic tragedy,0,negative
"devotees of star trek ii : the wrath of khan will feel a nagging sense of deja vu, and",1,positive
of typical late-twenty-somethings natter on about nothing,0,negative
equal amounts of beautiful movement and inside information,1,positive
"shows its indie tatters and self-conscious seams in places,",0,negative
all movie,1,positive
"extremely funny, ultimately heartbreaking",1,positive
comically dismal social realism,0,negative
"a bittersweet film, simple in form but rich with human events.",1,positive
its scrapbook of oddballs,0,negative
action clichés,0,negative
"the visual panache, the comic touch, and",1,positive
"it's been 13 months and 295 preview screenings since i last walked out on a movie, but resident evil really earned my indignant, preemptive departure.",0,negative
"although purportedly a study in modern alienation, it's really little more than a particularly slanted, gay s/m fantasy, enervating and deadeningly drawn-out.",0,negative
"there's too much forced drama in this wildly uneven movie, about a young man's battle with his inescapable past and uncertain future in a very shapable but largely unfulfilling present.",0,negative
viewers out in the cold,0,negative
ecstasy,1,positive
the problematic characters and overly convenient plot twists foul up shum's good intentions.,0,negative
highly-praised,1,positive
to see a movie that takes such a speedy swan dive from `` promising '' to `` interesting '' to `` familiar '' before landing squarely on `` stupid '',0,negative
mr. polanski is in his element here :,1,positive
what allows it to rank with its worthy predecessors,1,positive
to enter and accept another world,1,positive
"create a film that's not merely about kicking undead ***,",1,positive
's quaid who anchors the film with his effortless performance and that trademark grin of his -- so perfect for a ballplayer.,1,positive
"lacks the wit necessary to fully exploit the comic elements of the premise, making the proceedings more bizarre than actually amusing.",0,negative
hate,0,negative
the dramatic conviction that underlies the best of comedies,1,positive
into this somewhat tired premise,0,negative
f,0,negative
seems to have been ` it's just a kids ' flick.,0,negative
honest insight,1,positive
thoroughly awful.,0,negative
"is clever and funny, is amused by its special effects, and",1,positive
you 'll want things to work out,1,positive
efficient,1,positive
of its gaudy hawaiian shirt,0,negative
it asks nothing of the audience other than to sit back and enjoy a couple of great actors hamming it up.,1,positive
"yes, but also intriguing and honorable, a worthwhile addition to a distinguished film legacy.",1,positive
much worse than bland or better than inconsequential,0,negative
`` barbershop '' is a good-hearted ensemble comedy with a variety of quirky characters and an engaging story.,1,positive
"a detailed historical document, but an engaging and moving portrait of a subculture",1,positive
a properly spooky film about the power of spirits to influence us whether we believe in them or not,1,positive
kaufman's script is never especially clever and often is rather pretentious.,0,negative
the movie's sophomoric blend of shenanigans and slapstick,0,negative
hits all the verbal marks it should.,1,positive
's as good as you remember.,1,positive
fresh territory,1,positive
is laughingly enjoyable,1,positive
of new york locales and sharp writing,1,positive
's as lumpy as two-day old porridge ...,0,negative
stirs us as well,1,positive
halfhearted,0,negative
's great for the kids,1,positive
of inspired humor,1,positive
what makes the film special,1,positive
to a mood that's sustained through the surprisingly somber conclusion,1,positive
"has a knack for casting, often resurrecting performers who rarely work in movies now ... and drawing flavorful performances from bland actors",1,positive
hooked on the delicious pulpiness of its lurid fiction.,1,positive
"'s hard to imagine any recent film, independent or otherwise, that makes as much of a mess as this one.",0,negative
ferrara's strongest and most touching movie of recent years.,1,positive
at your neighbor's garage sale,0,negative
picture that at the very least has a spark of life to it -- more than you can say for plenty of movies that flow through the hollywood pipeline without a hitch.,1,positive
"a must for fans of british cinema, if only because so many titans of the industry are along for the ride.",1,positive
"its story about a young chinese woman, ah na, who has come to new york city to replace past tragedy with the american dream is one that any art-house moviegoer is likely to find compelling.",1,positive
"making this character understandable,",1,positive
"can be as tiresome as 9 seconds of jesse helms ' anti- castro rhetoric, which are included",0,negative
that pollyana would reach for a barf bag.,0,negative
attraction and interdependence,1,positive
normally could n't care less,0,negative
"director alfonso cuaron gets vivid, convincing performances from a fine cast, and generally keeps things going at a rapid pace, occasionally using an omniscient voice-over narrator in the manner of french new wave films.",1,positive
brings to a spectacular completion one,1,positive
both lead performances are oscar-size.,1,positive
interesting topic,1,positive
best comedy concert movie,1,positive
drag it down to mediocrity,0,negative
the grade as tawdry trash,0,negative
a cinematic disaster,0,negative
redemption,1,positive
it's still not a good movie,0,negative
so many flaws it would be easy for critics to shred it,0,negative
not a good movie,0,negative
's compelling,1,positive
manages to infuse the rocky path to sibling reconciliation with flashes of warmth and gentle humor,1,positive
"compressed into an evanescent, seamless and sumptuous stream of consciousness",1,positive
cgi effects,1,positive
meaningful historical context,1,positive
nuanced performance,1,positive
its sensitive handling of some delicate subject matter,1,positive
worst way,0,negative
"as a rumor of angels reveals itself to be a sudsy tub of supernatural hokum, not even ms. redgrave's noblest efforts can redeem it from hopeless sentimentality.",0,negative
"for the most part, director anne-sophie birot's first feature is a sensitive, extraordinarily well-acted drama.",1,positive
vampire fun,1,positive
commercialism all in the same movie ... without neglecting character development for even one minute,1,positive
the way they help increase an average student's self-esteem,1,positive
"all that memorable, but as downtown saturday matinee brain",1,positive
you can smell the grease on the plot,0,negative
the real issues,1,positive
the cast is spot on and the mood is laid back,1,positive
"spider-man is about growing strange hairs, getting a more mature body, and finding it necessary to hide new secretions from the parental units.",0,negative
the film's lamer instincts are in the saddle,0,negative
distinctly sub-par ... more likely to drown a viewer in boredom than to send any shivers down his spine.,0,negative
"strong filmmaking requires a clear sense of purpose, and in that oh-so-important category, the four feathers comes up short.",0,negative
scuttled,0,negative
"enjoyably dumb, sweet, and intermittently hilarious -- if you 've a taste for the quirky, steal a glimpse.",1,positive
"the director mostly plays it straight, turning leys ' fable into a listless climb down the social ladder.",0,negative
feature-length running time,1,positive
up walking out not only satisfied but,1,positive
moving tragedy,1,positive
writer-director juan carlos fresnadillo makes a feature debut that is fully formed and remarkably assured.,1,positive
damn unpleasant,0,negative
"sand's masculine persona, with its love of life and beauty,",1,positive
molested,0,negative
"really, save your disgust and your indifference",0,negative
tiresome cliché,0,negative
is rather choppy,0,negative
is just lazy,0,negative
this gets us in trouble,0,negative
of a chafing inner loneliness and desperate grandiosity that tend to characterize puberty,0,negative
"style adventure that plays like a bad soap opera, with passable performances from everyone in the cast",0,negative
's work as well as a remarkably faithful one.,1,positive
realistically terrifying movie,1,positive
a stable-full of solid performances,1,positive
rather thin moral,0,negative
"zero thrills, too many flashbacks and a choppy ending make for a bad film.",0,negative
while it forces you to ponder anew what a movie can be,1,positive
terrible movie,0,negative
prove diverting enough,1,positive
is that it stinks.,0,negative
the insanity,0,negative
foolish choices,0,negative
` cherish ',1,positive
"it's a hellish, numbing experience to watch",0,negative
that it's tempting just to go with it for the ride,1,positive
he does this so well,1,positive
going to a house party and watching the host defend himself against a frothing ex-girlfriend,0,negative
one of those so-so films that could have been much better,0,negative
from the real-life story to portray themselves in the film,1,positive
"scruffy, dopey old",0,negative
"is plastered with one hollywood cliche after another, most of which involve precocious kids getting the better of obnoxious adults",0,negative
the slippery slope of dishonesty,0,negative
"enjoyably dumb, sweet, and intermittently hilarious --",1,positive
the voice-over hero in columbia pictures ' perverse idea of an animated holiday movie,0,negative
a bold ( and lovely ) experiment,1,positive
most horrific,0,negative
a dreary tract of virtually plotless meanderings,0,negative
"improved upon the first and taken it a step further, richer and deeper",1,positive
sorry use of aaliyah in her one and,0,negative
"if i stay positive, maybe i can channel one of my greatest pictures, drunken master",1,positive
lazier,0,negative
any movie with a life-affirming message,1,positive
lost ideal,0,negative
from burkina faso,1,positive
and poorly-constructed comedy,0,negative
salma goes native and she's never been better in this colorful bio-pic of a mexican icon.,1,positive
better films,0,negative
( and lovely ) experiment,1,positive
frustrates,0,negative
the six musical numbers crystallize key plot moments into minutely detailed wonders of dreamlike ecstasy.,1,positive
"inventive, consistently intelligent and sickeningly savage",1,positive
"an engaging storyline,",1,positive
a huge action sequence,1,positive
largely improvised,0,negative
back-stabbing,0,negative
dismally dull sci-fi comedy.,0,negative
"becomes compulsively watchable in a guilty-pleasure, daytime-drama sort of fashion",1,positive
", introspective and entertaining",1,positive
"super - violent, super-serious and super-stupid",0,negative
"is a strength of a documentary to disregard available bias, especially as temptingly easy as it would have been with this premise",1,positive
", no matter how degraded things get.",0,negative
spend $ 9 on the same stuff you can get for a buck or so in that greasy little vidgame pit in the theater lobby?,0,negative
's a drag how nettelbeck sees working women -- or at least this working woman -- for whom she shows little understanding,0,negative
what the director ca n't do is make either of val kilmer's two personas interesting or worth caring about.,0,negative
to find a movie character more unattractive or odorous ( than leon ),0,negative
despite terrific special effects and funnier gags,1,positive
"the result puts a human face on derrida, and makes one of the great minds of our times interesting and accessible to people who normally could n't care less.",1,positive
's hard to say who might enjoy this,0,negative
chan's uniqueness,1,positive
"there are plenty of scenes in frida that do work, but rarely do they involve the title character herself.",1,positive
cinematic bon bons,1,positive
"flat, unconvincing drama",0,negative
"as simultaneously funny, offbeat",1,positive
directs this intricately structured and well-realized drama that presents a fascinating glimpse of urban life and the class warfare that embroils two young men.,1,positive
for only 71 minutes,1,positive
the filmmakers ' post-camp comprehension of what made old-time b movies good-bad that makes eight legged freaks a perfectly entertaining summer diversion,1,positive
an aimless hodgepodge,0,negative
some wickedly sick and twisted humor,1,positive
's hardly over before it begins to fade from memory,0,negative
the glamorous machine that thrusts the audience into a future they wo n't much care about,0,negative
"the film feels formulaic, its plot and pacing typical hollywood war-movie stuff, while the performances elicit more of a sense of deja vu than awe.",0,negative
"you can watch, giggle and get an adrenaline boost without feeling like you 've completely lowered your entertainment standards.",1,positive
as splendid-looking as this particular film,1,positive
undeniable social realism,1,positive
", flawed humanity",0,negative
when they see the joy the characters take in this creed,1,positive
slaloming through its hackneyed elements with enjoyable ease,1,positive
make this delicate coming-of-age tale a treat,1,positive
an enormously entertaining movie,1,positive
the quality of neil burger's impressive fake documentary,1,positive
you to enjoy yourselves without feeling conned,1,positive
huppert ... is magnificent,1,positive
", pasty lumpen",0,negative
trouble every day is a success in some sense,1,positive
it finds its moviegoing pleasures in the tiny events that could make a person who has lived her life half-asleep suddenly wake up and take notice.,1,positive
a fascinating character,1,positive
like a surge through swirling rapids or a leap from pinnacle to pinnacle,1,positive
deep bow,1,positive
spider web.,0,negative
"will have been discovered, indulged in and rejected as boring before i see this piece of crap again.",0,negative
"touches to a shrill, didactic cartoon",0,negative
can not guess why the cast and crew did n't sign a pact to burn the negative and the script and pretend the whole thing never existed.,0,negative
his reserved but existential poignancy,1,positive
hard-to-swallow premise,0,negative
those moviegoers who would automatically bypass a hip-hop documentary should give `` scratch '' a second look.,1,positive
hollywood trap,0,negative
is uniquely felt with a sardonic jolt,1,positive
caring for animals and,1,positive
a certain ambition,1,positive
"love, history, memory, resistance and artistic transcendence",1,positive
a case of too many chefs fussing over too weak a recipe,0,negative
uncompelling the movie,0,negative
louiso lets the movie dawdle in classic disaffected-indie-film mode,0,negative
"a film neither bitter nor sweet, neither romantic nor comedic, neither warm nor fuzzy",0,negative
", the film retains ambiguities that make it well worth watching.",1,positive
be the cat's meow,1,positive
pretty moments,1,positive
pumpkin is a mere plot pawn for two directors with far less endearing disabilities,0,negative
"uncompromising, difficult",0,negative
spontaneous creativity and,1,positive
"a terrible movie, just",0,negative
place most of the psychological and philosophical material in italics,0,negative
"more accurately, it's moving",1,positive
leave the theater,0,negative
is so slight,0,negative
"sticks rigidly to the paradigm, rarely permitting its characters more than two obvious dimensions and repeatedly placing them in contrived, well-worn situations.",0,negative
"from its ripe recipe, inspiring ingredients",1,positive
"has the thrown-together feel of a summer-camp talent show : hastily written, underrehearsed, arbitrarily plotted and filled with crude humor and vulgar innuendo.",0,negative
humor,1,positive
rough-hewn vanity project,0,negative
takes hold and grips hard,1,positive
funny and touching.,1,positive
as does its sensitive handling of some delicate subject matter,1,positive
this smart-aleck movie ... tosses around some intriguing questions about the difference between human and android life,1,positive
like the excruciating end of days,0,negative
", rent the disney version.",0,negative
gap,0,negative
depth or complexity,0,negative
up not one but two flagrantly fake thunderstorms,0,negative
"flat-out amusing,",1,positive
easily one of the best and most exciting movies,1,positive
", there is n't much to it.",0,negative
"this nicely wound clock not just ticking, but humming",1,positive
"it's another stale, kill-by-numbers flick, complete with blade-thin characters and terrible, pun-laden dialogue.",0,negative
a terrible movie that some people,0,negative
have a barrie good time,1,positive
welcomed tens of thousands of german jewish refugees,1,positive
not a trace of humanity or empathy,0,negative
"having much that is fresh to say about growing up catholic or, really, anything",1,positive
the irwins ' scenes are fascinating,1,positive
if divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood suffers from a ploddingly melodramatic structure,0,negative
a heartfelt romance,1,positive
is n't much fun.,0,negative
"a lot going for it, not least the brilliant performances by testud ...",1,positive
has become the master of innuendo.,1,positive
superb performances,1,positive
"mike white's deft combination of serious subject matter and dark, funny humor",1,positive
"the sorriest and most sordid of human behavior on the screen, then",0,negative
hawaiian shirt,1,positive
the mess that is world traveler,0,negative
murderous,0,negative
"is a movie that starts out like heathers, then becomes bring it on, then becomes unwatchable",0,negative
"terrific performances, great to look at, and funny.",1,positive
much entertainment value,1,positive
"to explore its principal characters with honesty, insight and humor",1,positive
scare the pants off you,1,positive
angelina jolie's surprising flair,1,positive
"little too ponderous to work as shallow entertainment, not remotely incisive enough to qualify as drama, monsoon",0,negative
`` the good girl '' a film worth watching,1,positive
"written so well,",1,positive
its emphasis on caring for animals and respecting other cultures is particularly welcome,1,positive
is nothing distinguishing in a randall wallace film,0,negative
into a roll that could have otherwise been bland and run of the mill,1,positive
of director abel ferrara,1,positive
"a summer entertainment adults can see without feeling embarrassed,",1,positive
that the pocket monster movie franchise is nearly ready to keel over,0,negative
"'s a lovely, sad dance highlighted by kwan's unique directing style.",1,positive
shallow and glib,0,negative
"although the film boils down to a lightweight story about matchmaking, the characters make italian for beginners worth the journey",1,positive
"passionate, tumultuous affair",1,positive
fall dreadfully short.,0,negative
"as rude and profane as ever, always hilarious and, most of the time, absolutely",1,positive
our imagination,1,positive
hack nick davies,0,negative
translating complex characters from novels to the big screen,1,positive
"or worth rooting against, for that matter",0,negative
the film makes up for it with a pleasing verisimilitude.,1,positive
practices,1,positive
smug and cartoonish,0,negative
"all of dean's mannerisms and self-indulgence,",0,negative
"a zany mix of saturday night live-style parody, '70s blaxploitation films and goofball action comedy",1,positive
"deserves, at the very least,",1,positive
", brutally clueless",0,negative
"mindless, lifeless, meandering, loud, painful, obnoxious",0,negative
an extreme action-packed film,1,positive
"conjure proper respect for followers of the whole dead-undead genre, who deserve more from a vampire pic than a few shrieky special effects",0,negative
'll only put you to sleep,0,negative
balancing deafening battle scenes with quieter domestic scenes of women back home receiving war department telegrams,1,positive
never feels derivative,1,positive
is definitely a cut above the rest.,1,positive
wise,1,positive
the comedy was funny,1,positive
genuine love story,1,positive
a muddy psychological thriller,0,negative
"eileen walsh, an engaging, wide-eyed actress whose teeth are a little too big for her mouth,",0,negative
-- like a rather unbelievable love interest and a meandering ending --,0,negative
now it is a copy of a copy of a copy,0,negative
: it's not really funny.,0,negative
the by now intolerable morbidity,0,negative
is easily as bad at a fraction the budget,0,negative
generates little narrative momentum,0,negative
the pushiness and decibel volume,0,negative
soulful and,1,positive
to please others,1,positive
will you feel after an 88-minute rip-off of the rock with action confined to slo-mo gun firing and random glass-shattering?'',0,negative
"to the chateau, a sense of light-heartedness, that makes it attractive throughout",1,positive
equally distasteful,0,negative
trying to laugh at how bad,0,negative
a bunch of typical late-twenty-somethings natter on about nothing,0,negative
smarter offerings,1,positive
"confusing on one level or another, making ararat far more demanding than it needs to be",0,negative
flawless film,1,positive
inconceivable,0,negative
share,1,positive
lessen the overall impact the movie could have had,0,negative
"it's left a few crucial things out, like character development and coherence",0,negative
a working class `` us vs. them '' opera that leaves no heartstring untugged and no liberal cause unplundered.,1,positive
its questionable satirical ambivalence,0,negative
demonic doings on the high seas that works better the less the brain is engaged,0,negative
that was n't at least watchable,0,negative
to alienate the mainstream audience while ringing cliched to hardened indie-heads,0,negative
this supposedly funny movie,0,negative
to the junk-calorie suspense tropes that have all but ruined his career,0,negative
like lint in a fat man's navel,0,negative
emerges as a surprisingly anemic disappointment,0,negative
"the bad sound, the lack of climax and, worst of all, watching seinfeld ( who is also one of the film's producers ) do everything he can to look like a good guy",0,negative
in the spirit of the season,1,positive
is nearly impossible to look at or understand,0,negative
stink,0,negative
"a majestic achievement,",1,positive
have an original bone in his body,0,negative
", to my great pleasure,",1,positive
a few cheap shocks,0,negative
for fashioning an engrossing entertainment out of an almost sure-fire prescription for a critical and commercial disaster,0,negative
"a droll, bitchy frolic which pokes fun at the price of popularity and small-town pretension in the lone star state.",0,negative
(,0,negative
heartwarming and gently comic even as the film breaks your heart.,1,positive
like a promising work-in-progress,1,positive
the whole enterprise,1,positive
an especially well-executed television movie,1,positive
the pungent bite,0,negative
his outstanding performance,1,positive
it's dark but has wonderfully funny moments ; you care about the characters ; and,1,positive
it's a film that affirms the nourishing aspects of love and companionship.,1,positive
well-formed satire,1,positive
canada's arctic light shines bright on this frozen tundra soap opera that breathes extraordinary life into the private existence of the inuit people.,1,positive
"wonderful, imaginative",1,positive
breathe life into this somewhat tired premise,1,positive
terribly episodic,0,negative
to a crescendo that encompasses many more paths than we started with,1,positive
moron,0,negative
"doing nothing but reacting to it - feeling a part of its grand locations, thinking urgently as the protagonists struggled, feeling at the mercy of its inventiveness, gasping at its visual delights",1,positive
"'s also a -- dare i say it twice -- delightfully charming -- and totally american, i might add -- slice of comedic bliss.",1,positive
deflated,0,negative
a pleasant and engaging enough,1,positive
americans to finally revel in its splendor,1,positive
inimitable,1,positive
a joyous communal festival of rhythm,1,positive
looking and stylish,1,positive
succeeds due to its rapid-fire delivery and enough inspired levity that it ca n't be dismissed as mindless.,1,positive
well-rounded tribute,1,positive
breakdown,0,negative
steal your heart away,1,positive
crassly,0,negative
is hell.,0,negative
"in a sense, that's a liability.",0,negative
a climax,1,positive
` swept away ' sinks.,0,negative
's really wrong with this ricture!,0,negative
you really want to understand what this story is really all about,1,positive
a remarkable film,1,positive
smashing success,1,positive
"'s a piece of handiwork that shows its indie tatters and self-conscious seams in places, but has some quietly moving moments and an intelligent subtlety",1,positive
"so unassuming and pure of heart, you ca n't help but warmly extend your arms and yell ` safe!'",1,positive
it appears as if even the filmmakers did n't know what kind of movie they were making.,0,negative
as hilarious lunacy,1,positive
cinematic postcard,1,positive
like mike shoots and scores,1,positive
the things that made the first one charming,1,positive
an allegedly inspiring and easily marketable flick,1,positive
"real-life basis is, in fact, so interesting that no embellishment is",1,positive
a diverse and astonishingly articulate,1,positive
more than people,1,positive
as that sentiment,1,positive
a very moving and revelatory footnote to the holocaust,1,positive
blatant product placement,0,negative
serious critique,0,negative
a bad sign,0,negative
", i 'd say the film works",1,positive
poignant if familiar story of a young person suspended between two cultures.,1,positive
with alexandre desplat's haunting and sublime music,1,positive
uninvolving storytelling,0,negative
go from stark desert to gorgeous beaches.,1,positive
with imbecilic mafia,0,negative
"the town has kind of an authentic feel, but each one of these people stand out and everybody else is in the background and it just seems manufactured to me and artificial",0,negative
watch witherspoon's talents,1,positive
seem at least passably real,1,positive
"a terrific b movie -- in fact, the best in recent memory.",1,positive
"the script boasts some tart tv-insider humor, but the film has not a trace of humanity or empathy.",0,negative
of the match that should be used to burn every print of the film,0,negative
its occasional charms are not to be dismissed.,1,positive
is allegedly `` inspired '' was a lot funnier and more deftly enacted than what's been cobbled together onscreen,0,negative
"from the pitch-perfect forster to the always hilarious meara and levy, like mike shoots and scores, doing its namesake proud",1,positive
's worth the concentration,1,positive
as sharp as a samurai sword,1,positive
with a bright future ahead of him,1,positive
making a vanity project with nothing new,0,negative
"static set ups, not much camera movement,",0,negative
have been lost in the translation this time,0,negative
loves,1,positive
"'s a fine, old-fashioned-movie movie, which is to say it's unburdened by pretensions to great artistic significance.",1,positive
adds enough quirky and satirical touches in the screenplay to keep the film entertaining.,1,positive
"a thoughtful, reverent portrait of what",1,positive
"despite lagging near the finish line, the movie runs a good race, one that will have you at the edge of your seat for long stretches.'",1,positive
of intergalactic friendship,1,positive
"stupidity, incoherence and sub-sophomoric sexual banter",0,negative
a live-wire film that,1,positive
hack,0,negative
"entertaining, if somewhat standardized,",1,positive
even better than the first one!,1,positive
"after the first 10 minutes, which is worth seeing, the movie sinks into an abyss of clichés, depression and bad alternative music.",0,negative
fails to entertain,0,negative
rollicking adventure,1,positive
engages,1,positive
"a summer of teen-driven, toilet-humor codswallop",0,negative
with spikes of sly humor,1,positive
in these characters ' foibles a timeless and unique perspective,1,positive
its exploitive array of obligatory cheap,0,negative
appetizing,1,positive
"imagine ( if possible ) a pasolini film without passion or politics, or an almodovar movie without beauty or humor, and",0,negative
"the cinematic canon,",1,positive
realize that deep inside righteousness can be found a tough beauty,1,positive
the term epic cinema,1,positive
... stumbles over every cheap trick in the book trying to make the outrage come even easier.,0,negative
a sobering and powerful documentary,1,positive
"the delicious trimmings ... arrive early and stay late, filling nearly every minute ... with a lighthearted glow, some impudent snickers, and a glorious dose of humankind's liberating ability to triumph over a scrooge or two.",1,positive
"'s a work that, with humor, warmth, and intelligence, captures a life interestingly lived",1,positive
uneven but a lot of fun,1,positive
"all leather pants & augmented boobs, hawn",0,negative
", he is always sympathetic.",1,positive
"a depraved, incoherent, instantly disposable piece",0,negative
", but it otherwise drowns in a sea of visual and verbal clichés.",0,negative
prepare to marvel again.,1,positive
emotionally stirring,1,positive
hyper-realistic,1,positive
liked it much more if harry & tonto never existed,0,negative
"the filmmakers know how to please the eye, but it is not always the prettiest pictures that tell the best story",1,positive
all the blanket statements and dime-store ruminations on vanity,0,negative
a poignant comedy that offers food for,1,positive
as the protagonists struggled,0,negative
in the travails of creating a screenplay,0,negative
"redundant, sloppy",0,negative
"is a decomposition of healthy eccentric inspiration and ambition -- wearing a cloak of unsentimental, straightforward text -- when it's really an exercise in gross romanticization of the delusional personality type",0,negative
"a stirring, funny and finally transporting re-imagining of beauty and the beast and 1930s horror films",1,positive
sometimes exceptional film,1,positive
"ambitious, eager",1,positive
"adolescents will be adequately served by the movie's sophomoric blend of shenanigans and slapstick, although the more lascivious-minded might be disappointed in the relative modesty of a movie that sports a ` topless tutorial service.'",1,positive
villeneuve spends too much time wallowing in bibi's generic angst ( there are a lot of shots of her gazing out windows ).,0,negative
feel the wasted potential of this slapstick comedy,0,negative
unusual but unfortunately also irritating,0,negative
the director taking a hands-off approach when he should have shaped the story to show us why it's compelling,0,negative
award,1,positive
like any good romance,1,positive
memorable zingers,1,positive
"enriched by an imaginatively mixed cast of antic spirits, headed by christopher plummer as the subtlest and most complexly evil uncle ralph i 've ever seen in the many film and stage adaptations of the work",1,positive
not only is entry number twenty the worst of the brosnan bunch,0,negative
"entertaining and, ultimately, more perceptive moment",1,positive
as compelling or as believable,1,positive
"acting, but ultimately a movie with no reason for being.",0,negative
this film has an ` a ' list cast and some strong supporting players,1,positive
"'s as rude and profane as ever, always hilarious and, most of the time, absolutely right in her stinging social observations.",1,positive
fun in this cinematic sandbox,1,positive
hard to imagine anybody ever being `` in the mood '' to view a movie as harrowing and painful as the grey zone,0,negative
"warmth, wit and interesting characters",1,positive
"random, superficial humor",0,negative
be intimate and socially encompassing,1,positive
grueling,0,negative
"easy, comfortable",1,positive
surprisingly affecting,1,positive
"worse,",0,negative
lose their luster when flattened onscreen.,0,negative
"it's hard to imagine anybody ever being `` in the mood '' to view a movie as harrowing and painful as the grey zone, but it's equally hard to imagine anybody being able to tear their eyes away from the screen once it's started",0,negative
one lousy movie,0,negative
"has been, pardon the pun, sucked out and replaced by goth goofiness",0,negative
criminal conspiracies and true romances move so easily across racial and cultural lines in the film that it makes my big fat greek wedding look like an apartheid drama.,1,positive
with subplots involving the various silbersteins that it feels more like the pilot episode of a tv series than a feature film,0,negative
tailor-made for those who when they were in high school would choose the cliff-notes over reading a full-length classic,0,negative
hardened indie-heads,0,negative
"of this bittersweet, uncommonly sincere movie that portrays the frank humanity of ... emotional recovery",1,positive
may pick up new admirers,1,positive
"even through its flaws, revolution # 9 proves to be a compelling",1,positive
like being trapped while some weird relative trots out the video he took of the family vacation to stonehenge,0,negative
"if you 're willing to have fun with it, you wo n't feel cheated by the high infidelity of unfaithful.",1,positive
"some very good acting, dialogue,",1,positive
predictably,0,negative
"interesting cinematic devices ( cool visual backmasking ), a solid cast,",1,positive
of balto,1,positive
predictable plotting,0,negative
unpaid,0,negative
undoubtedly the scariest movie ever made about tattoos.,1,positive
"not quite as miraculous as its dreamworks makers would have you believe, but it more than adequately fills the eyes and stirs the emotions.",1,positive
pitch-perfect holden,1,positive
$ 99 bargain-basement special,0,negative
a cinematic corpse,0,negative
finely written,1,positive
only unsatisfactorily,0,negative
a director to watch,1,positive
have been an eerie thriller,1,positive
offers a ray of hope to the refugees able to look ahead and resist living in a past,1,positive
funny humor,1,positive
is n't funny.,0,negative
"shines on all the characters,",1,positive
dumped a whole lot of plot in favor of ... outrageous gags,0,negative
", it's a very entertaining, thought-provoking film with a simple message",1,positive
"'s difficult to feel anything much while watching this movie, beyond mild disturbance or detached pleasure at the acting.",0,negative
a truly wonderful tale,1,positive
could force you to scratch a hole in your head.,0,negative
"could have yielded such a flat, plodding picture",0,negative
if they looked at how this movie turned out,0,negative
in crisis,0,negative
"'s a heavy stench of ` been there, done that ' hanging over the film.",0,negative
a very charming and funny movie,1,positive
you could restage the whole thing in your bathtub.,0,negative
delivering in good measure,1,positive
was that movie nothing more than a tepid exercise in trotting out a formula that worked five years ago but has since lost its fizz,0,negative
well worth revisiting as many times as possible,1,positive
deep or,1,positive
"if damon and affleck attempt another project greenlight, next time out they might try paying less attention to the miniseries and more attention to the film it is about.",0,negative
cool,1,positive
auschwitz,0,negative
"seem to keep upping the ante on each other, just as their characters do in the film",1,positive
answered,1,positive
"`` the dangerous lives of altar boys '' has flaws, but it also has humor and heart and very talented young actors",1,positive
bad and baffling,0,negative
moonlight mile does n't quite go the distance but,0,negative
a terrific effort,1,positive
this movie sucks.',0,negative
to be significantly different ( and better ) than most films with this theme,1,positive
"the young actors, not very experienced, are sometimes inexpressive",0,negative
the writing is insipid,0,negative
randolph,1,positive
something original,1,positive
"vivid, thoughtful, unapologetically raw coming-of-age tale",1,positive
behind the scenes of chicago-based rock group wilco,1,positive
pretty watchable,1,positive
cheap hysterics,0,negative
nonsense,0,negative
some intriguing questions about the difference between human and android life,1,positive
remotely topical or sexy,0,negative
"parker and co-writer catherine di napoli are faithful to melville's plotline, they",1,positive
does mark ms. bullock's best work in some time,1,positive
"a memorable experience that, like many of his works, presents weighty issues colorfully wrapped up in his own idiosyncratic strain of kitschy goodwill.",1,positive
`` besotted '' is misbegotten,0,negative
refuses,0,negative
interesting technical,1,positive
"is anyone else out there getting tired of the whole slo-mo, double-pistoled, ballistic-pyrotechnic hong kong action aesthetic?",0,negative
"some movies were made for the big screen, some for the small screen, and some, like ballistic : ecks vs. sever, were made for the palm screen.",0,negative
listen to extremist name-calling,0,negative
a way to make j.k. rowling's marvelous series into a deadly bore,0,negative
moments of promise,1,positive
disappointing,0,negative
"... if it had been only half-an-hour long or a tv special, the humor would have been fast and furious -- at ninety minutes, it drags.",0,negative
"it gives poor dana carvey nothing to do that is really funny,",0,negative
an excellent choice,1,positive
very sluggish pace,0,negative
classical dramatic animated feature,1,positive
and well acted ... but admittedly problematic in its narrative specifics,1,positive
seem bound and determined to duplicate bela lugosi's now-cliched vampire accent,0,negative
"a real audience-pleaser that will strike a chord with anyone who's ever waited in a doctor's office, emergency room, hospital bed or insurance company office.",1,positive
this movie is to be cherished.,1,positive
this is n't a movie,0,negative
a low rate annie,0,negative
cutting hollywood satire,1,positive
confusing sexual messages,0,negative
"a lush, swooning melodrama",1,positive
worthwhile effort,1,positive
during the long build-up of expository material,0,negative
"tends to pile too many `` serious issues '' on its plate at times, yet remains fairly light, always entertaining, and smartly written.",1,positive
"stylish but steady, and",1,positive
"oversexed, at times",0,negative
"it should be interesting, it should be poignant, it turns out to be affected and boring.",0,negative
to an imitation movie,1,positive
burns is a filmmaker with a bright future ahead of him,1,positive
to often play like a milquetoast movie of the week blown up for the big screen,0,negative
be more than another `` best man '' clone by weaving a theme throughout this funny film,1,positive
the film's tone and pacing are off almost from the get-go.,0,negative
the film desperately sinks further and further into comedy futility.,0,negative
"one hour photo may seem disappointing in its generalities, but it's the little nuances that perhaps had to escape from director mark romanek's self-conscious scrutiny to happen, that finally get under your skin.",0,negative
"notwithstanding my problem with the movie's final half hour, i 'm going to recommend secretary, based on the wonderful acting clinic put on by spader and gyllenhaal",1,positive
"can still make you feel that you never want to see another car chase, explosion or gunfight again",0,negative
stimulate,1,positive
too much exploitation and too little,0,negative
tart,1,positive
could young romantics out on a date,1,positive
a rote exercise in both animation and storytelling.,0,negative
"the work of an artist, one whose view of america, history and the awkwardness of human life is generous and deep",1,positive
too campy to work as straight drama and too violent and sordid to function as comedy,0,negative
zinger-filled,1,positive
proved too difficult,0,negative
sharp edges and a deep vein of sadness run through its otherwise comic narrative.,1,positive
actually happened as if it were the third ending of clue,1,positive
the predictable parent,0,negative
", the way this all works out makes the women look more like stereotypical caretakers and moral teachers, instead of serious athletes.",0,negative
juicy soap opera,1,positive
fresh,1,positive
's a spirited film and a must-see,1,positive
of a genre gem,1,positive
"exciting and direct, with ghost imagery that shows just enough to keep us on our toes.",1,positive
with such a wallop of you-are-there immediacy,1,positive
a gritty police thriller,1,positive
the exoticism of its seas of sand to the fierce grandeur of its sweeping battle scenes,1,positive
the only entertainment you 'll derive from this choppy and sloppy affair,0,negative
of tastelessness and gall,0,negative
by his lack of self-awareness,0,negative
consistently amusing,1,positive
might describe as a castrated,0,negative
works on no level whatsoever for me,0,negative
", you might soon be looking for a sign.",0,negative
skeeved out that they 'd need a shower,0,negative
a good alternative,1,positive
an astonishing voice cast ( excepting love hewitt ),1,positive
who ca n't quite distinguish one sci-fi work from another,0,negative
adding the rich details and,1,positive
the ending is all too predictable and far too cliched to really work,0,negative
that portrays the frank humanity of ... emotional recovery,1,positive
"the cast, collectively a successful example of the lovable-loser protagonist,",1,positive
"dragonfly has no atmosphere, no tension -- nothing but costner, flailing away.",0,negative
"'s a terrible movie in every regard, and utterly painful to watch",0,negative
walked out,0,negative
be disappointed in the relative modesty of a movie that sports a ` topless tutorial service,0,negative
"considerable skill and determination, backed by sheer nerve",1,positive
into an inhalant blackout,0,negative
takes its title all too literally,0,negative
some nice twists,1,positive
"the huskies are beautiful, the border collie is funny and the overall feeling is genial and decent",1,positive
catapulting the artist into her own work,1,positive
a lovably,1,positive
the riveting performances by the incredibly flexible cast,1,positive
distinguished actor,1,positive
reading lines from a teleprompter,0,negative
"it was so endlessly, grotesquely, inventive",1,positive
"'s all about anakin ... and the lustrous polished visuals rich in color and creativity and, of course, special effect",1,positive
"interesting cinematic devices ( cool visual backmasking ), a solid cast, and",1,positive
"has a built-in audience, but only among those who are drying out from spring break and",0,negative
romped up and down the aisles for bathroom breaks,0,negative
whipping out the dirty words,0,negative
be baffled,0,negative
in spite of its predictability,0,negative
"laborious whine, the bellyaching of a paranoid and unlikable man.",0,negative
"smooth, shrewd, powerful act",1,positive
a heavy stench,0,negative
is greatness here,1,positive
otherwise bleak tale,0,negative
themes that interest attal and gainsbourg,1,positive
should dispel it,0,negative
"a hugely rewarding experience that's every bit as enlightening, insightful and entertaining as grant's two best films -- four weddings and a funeral and bridget jones's diary",1,positive
just about more stately than any contemporary movie this year,1,positive
intriguing and,1,positive
this junk that's tv sitcom material at best,0,negative
a supremely kittenish performance that gradually accumulates more layers,1,positive
"it's a stale, overused cocktail using the same olives since 1962 as garnish.",0,negative
"come from philippe, who makes oliver far more interesting than the character's lines would suggest, and sarandon, who could n't be better as a cruel but weirdly likable wasp matron.",1,positive
on the premise,1,positive
superficial and unrealized,0,negative
talented friends,1,positive
"are sweet and believable, and",1,positive
crudup's anchoring performance,1,positive
that the film idiotically uses the website feardotcom.com or the improperly hammy performance from poor stephen rea,0,negative
"there is a welcome lack of pretension about the film, which very simply sets out to entertain and ends up delivering in good measure.",1,positive
morally bankrupt,0,negative
an intimate feeling,1,positive
"a welcome, if downbeat, missive",1,positive
's lacking a depth in storytelling usually found in anime like this,0,negative
"an admirable,",1,positive
of isolation and frustration,0,negative
"are pushed to their most virtuous limits, lending the narrative an unusually surreal tone.",1,positive
"kline's superbly nuanced performance,",1,positive
grows on you --,1,positive
"to laugh, groan and hiss",1,positive
the nicest thing that can be said about stealing harvard ( which might have been called freddy gets molested by a dog ),0,negative
succeeded only in making me groggy,0,negative
is a very ambitious project for a fairly inexperienced filmmaker,1,positive
disney's cinderella proved that ' a dream is a wish your heart makes,1,positive
"memorable for a peculiar malaise that renders its tension flaccid and,",0,negative
the auteur's ear for the way fears and slights are telegraphed in the most blithe exchanges gives the film its lingering tug.,1,positive
"an interesting psychological game of cat-and-mouse, three-dimensional characters and believable performances",1,positive
hard-to-predict and absolutely essential chemistry,1,positive
greenlight,1,positive
"it could have been something special, but two things drag it down to mediocrity -- director clare peploe's misunderstanding of marivaux's rhythms, and mira sorvino's limitations as a classical actress.",0,negative
has none of the charm and little of the intrigue from the tv series,0,negative
assaults on america's knee-jerk moral sanctimony,0,negative
"feels contrived, as if the filmmakers were worried the story would n't work without all those gimmicks",0,negative
"some movies suck you in despite their flaws,",1,positive
", with the director taking a hands-off approach when he should have shaped the story to show us why it's compelling.",0,negative
"there is a certain sense of experimentation and improvisation to this film that may not always work, but it is nevertheless compelling",1,positive
"dazzling, remarkably unpretentious",1,positive
"a little too ponderous to work as shallow entertainment, not remotely incisive enough to qualify as drama, monsoon wedding serves mostly to whet one's appetite for the bollywood films.",0,negative
"in the real world, an actor this uncharismatically beautiful would have a résumé loaded with credits like `` girl in bar # 3.''",0,negative
to marry science fiction with film noir and action flicks with philosophical inquiry,1,positive
something of a stiff --,0,negative
give life,1,positive
"with a tighter editorial process and firmer direction this material could work, especially since the actresses in the lead roles are all more than competent, but as is, personal velocity seems to be idling in neutral.",0,negative
sick sense,0,negative
"a film of freshness, imagination and insight",1,positive
brilliantly written and,1,positive
"of a future-world holographic librarian ( orlando jones ) who knows everything and answers all questions, is visually smart, cleverly written, and nicely realized",1,positive
an unexpectedly sweet story of,1,positive
the tinny self-righteousness of his voice,0,negative
"has far more energy, wit and warmth than should be expected from any movie with a `` 2 '' at the end of its title.",1,positive
"funny and, in the end, very touching",1,positive
"did no one on the set have a sense of humor,",0,negative
"the journey to the secret's eventual discovery is a separate adventure,",1,positive
an admirable storyteller,1,positive
the outstanding thrillers of recent years,1,positive
what's needed so badly but what is virtually absent here is either a saving dark humor or the feel of poetic tragedy.,0,negative
"contrived, unmotivated, and",0,negative
in an increasingly important film industry and,1,positive
a classic movie franchise,1,positive
vague without any of its sense of fun or energy,0,negative
"this is an ungainly movie, ill-fitting, with its elbows sticking out where the knees should be.",0,negative
", ms. shreve's novel proved too difficult a text to ` lick, ' despite the efforts of a first-rate cast.",0,negative
"than home alone raised to a new, self-deprecating level",0,negative
finds its moviegoing pleasures in the tiny events that could make a person who has lived her life half-asleep suddenly wake up and take notice,1,positive
excellent latin actors,1,positive
rank frustration from those in the,0,negative
though there's a clarity of purpose and even-handedness to the film's direction,1,positive
"an exquisite, unfakable sense",1,positive
it's a pretty good execution of a story that's a lot richer than the ones hollywood action screenwriters usually come up with on their own.,1,positive
baffled the folks in the marketing department,0,negative
was at least funny,1,positive
"consistently funny, in an irresistible junior-high way,",1,positive
"the half-lit, sometimes creepy intimacy",0,negative
"over-the-top, and",0,negative
dark places,0,negative
the heart of the film,1,positive
a lot more dimensional and complex than its sunny disposition would lead you to believe.,1,positive
of political corruption,0,negative
it's everything you do n't go to the movies for.,0,negative
received such a sophisticated and unsentimental treatment on the big screen,1,positive
"to rescue me from a summer of teen-driven, toilet-humor codswallop",1,positive
tian's meticulous talent has not withered during his enforced hiatus,1,positive
actor to lead a group of talented friends astray,0,negative
"the low-key direction is pleasingly emphatic in this properly intense, claustrophobic tale of obsessive love.",1,positive
actor michel serrault,1,positive
"a sensitive, modest comic tragedy that works as both character study and symbolic examination of the huge economic changes sweeping modern china",1,positive
"loose, poorly structured",0,negative
"an earnest, roughshod document, it serves as a workable primer for the region's recent history, and would make a terrific 10th-grade learning tool.",1,positive
's all the stronger because of it,1,positive
a twist,1,positive
to take an entirely stale concept and push it through the audience's meat grinder one more time,0,negative
"while the last metro ) was more melodramatic, confined to a single theater company and its strategies and deceptions, while tavernier is more concerned with the entire period of history.",1,positive
how families can offer either despair or consolation,1,positive
great team,1,positive
so that it certainly does n't feel like a film that strays past the two and a half mark,1,positive
putters along looking for astute observations and coming up blank,0,negative
mildly entertaining,1,positive
"of five blind, crippled, amish people alive in this situation",0,negative
both innocent and jaded,1,positive
can see coming a mile away,0,negative
to win any academy awards,1,positive
's a fantastic movie,1,positive
bolstered by exceptional performances and a clear-eyed take on the economics of dealing and the pathology of ghetto fabulousness,1,positive
with the director taking a hands-off approach when he should have shaped the story to show us why it's compelling,0,negative
get a kick out of goofy brits,1,positive
gorgeous pair,1,positive
completely predictable plot,0,negative
nausea,0,negative
the intricate preciseness,1,positive
anger and,0,negative
"' dwells on crossing-over mumbo jumbo, manipulative sentimentality, and sappy dialogue.",0,negative
"notwithstanding my problem with the movie's final half hour, i 'm going to recommend secretary, based on the wonderful acting clinic put on by spader and gyllenhaal, and",1,positive
plenty of entertainment value,1,positive
tells this very compelling tale with little fuss or noise,1,positive
a failure,0,negative
"( ramsay ) visually transforms the dreary expanse of dead-end distaste the characters inhabit into a poem of art, music and metaphor.",1,positive
works so well for the first 89 minutes,1,positive
"from its recovery of an historical episode that, in the simple telling, proves simultaneously harrowing and uplifting",1,positive
the typical hollywood disregard for historical truth and realism,0,negative
scarcely worth a mention apart from reporting on the number of tumbleweeds blowing through the empty theaters,0,negative
the movie does not do them justice,0,negative
intense,1,positive
flails,0,negative
to rowling that stifles creativity and allows the film to drag on for nearly three hours,0,negative
acted and directed,0,negative
accomplishment,1,positive
young adult life in urban south korea,1,positive
fails.,0,negative
by a british cast,1,positive
so many talented people,1,positive
"the cast ... keeps this pretty watchable, and casting mick jagger as director of the escort service was inspired",1,positive
been a lighthearted comedy,1,positive
for on-screen chemistry,1,positive
most humane and important,1,positive
a promise nor,1,positive
"'s muy loco, but no more ridiculous",0,negative
like a travel-agency video,0,negative
sneering,0,negative
` masterpiece ' and ` triumph ' and all that malarkey,0,negative
worthy of the gong.,0,negative
disoriented but occasionally,0,negative
excels in the art of impossible disappearing/reappearing acts,1,positive
winning portrayal,1,positive
result in a movie that works against itself.,0,negative
relying on the viewer to do most of the work,0,negative
narcissism,0,negative
similarly ill-timed antitrust,0,negative
"home movie will leave you wanting more, not to mention leaving you with some laughs and a smile on your face.",1,positive
served an eviction notice at every theater stuck with it,0,negative
bitchy frolic,0,negative
is one of the year's worst cinematic tragedies,0,negative
"a worthwhile documentary,",1,positive
against all odds,1,positive
about this love story,1,positive
"will be delighted with the fast, funny, and even touching story.",1,positive
a helping hand,1,positive
creative animation work,1,positive
", it is also elevated by it -- the kind of movie that you enjoy more because you 're one of the lucky few who sought it out.",1,positive
the rotting underbelly of middle america,0,negative
good yarn-spinner,1,positive
"need, neurosis and nervy",0,negative
killer soundtrack,1,positive
"meandering, low on energy,",0,negative
blockbuster,1,positive
i 'm not,0,negative
too many films,0,negative
draws on an elegant visual sense and a talent,1,positive
the characters ' moves are often more predictable than their consequences,0,negative
"filled with honest performances and exceptional detail, baran is a gentle film with dramatic punch, a haunting ode to humanity.",1,positive
wow factors,1,positive
in pain,0,negative
just is n't very funny.,0,negative
"these characters are so well established that the gang feels comfortable with taking insane liberties and doing the goofiest stuff out of left field, and i 'm all for that.",1,positive
guest appearance,1,positive
it's quite diverting nonsense.,0,negative
both damning and damned compelling.,1,positive
more emotional force than any other recent film,1,positive
while peppering the pages with memorable zingers,1,positive
it's an experience in understanding a unique culture that is presented with universal appeal.,1,positive
is simply brilliant.,1,positive
's episode of behind the music,1,positive
substandard performances,0,negative
raw comic energy,1,positive
"a captivatingly quirky hybrid of character portrait, romantic comedy and beat-the-clock thriller",1,positive
heartwarming and gently comic even as the film breaks your heart,1,positive
relentlessly globalizing,0,negative
unbelievable naïveté and arbitrary flashbacks,0,negative
"nothing sticks, really, except a lingering creepiness one feels from being dragged through a sad, sordid universe of guns, drugs, avarice and damaged dreams.",0,negative
one has nothing else to watch,0,negative
"this is n't exactly profound cinema, but it's good-natured and sometimes quite funny",1,positive
a fifty car pileup,0,negative
"return to never land may be another shameless attempt by disney to rake in dough from baby boomer families,",0,negative
as a painful elegy and sobering cautionary tale,1,positive
sweet and memorable film.,1,positive
and educational!,1,positive
bertrand tavernier's oft-brilliant safe conduct ( `` laissez-passer '' ) wears its heart on its sleeve,1,positive
legs,1,positive
the story really has no place to go since simone is not real,0,negative
"dismissed heroes would be a film that is n't this painfully forced, false and fabricated.",0,negative
eloquent,1,positive
"good actors, good poetry and good music help sustain it",1,positive
to recovering from its demented premise,0,negative
an enjoyable experience.,1,positive
fumbles the vital action sequences,0,negative
bad mixture,0,negative
the sheer beauty of his images,1,positive
"( or role, or edit, or score, or anything, really )",0,negative
represents glossy hollywood at its laziest,0,negative
"it also is more fully an example of the kind of lush, all-enveloping movie experience it rhapsodizes",1,positive
as a satisfying kids flck becomes increasingly implausible as it races through contrived plot points,0,negative
an intelligent weepy,1,positive
splendid actors,1,positive
blazing,1,positive
awakening and ripening,1,positive
embraces its old-fashioned themes,1,positive
this one gets off with a good natured warning,1,positive
a charmer from belgium,1,positive
's like having an old friend for dinner ',1,positive
", dramatically forceful, and beautifully shot",1,positive
aimed at mom and dad's wallet,0,negative
never bothers to question why somebody might devote time to see it,0,negative
cliched dialogue and,0,negative
"is a fast, frenetic, funny, even punny 6 -- aimed specifically at a grade-school audience.",1,positive
begins haranguing the wife in bad stage dialogue,0,negative
captured,1,positive
genial,1,positive
virtuoso throat-singing,1,positive
"warm,",1,positive
well-mounted history lesson,1,positive
", it may just scare the pants off you.",1,positive
becomes an overwhelming pleasure,1,positive
"to reduce everything he touches to a shrill, didactic cartoon",0,negative
"surprisingly, considering that baird is a former film editor, the movie is rather choppy.",0,negative
the film is insightful about kissinger's background and history.,1,positive
smaller numbered kidlets will enjoy.,1,positive
", daydreams, memories and one fantastic visual trope",1,positive
can only be described as sci-fi generic,0,negative
a very funny romantic comedy about two skittish new york middle-agers who stumble into a relationship and then struggle furiously with their fears and foibles.,1,positive
confidently orchestrated,1,positive
most depressing,0,negative
corcuera's attention to detail,1,positive
of the upper class almost as much as they love themselves,0,negative
coupled with pitch-perfect acting,1,positive
gone wrong,0,negative
the simpering soundtrack,0,negative
"nicole holofcener's lovely and amazing, from her own screenplay, jumps to the head of the class of women's films that manage to avoid the ghetto of sentimental chick-flicks by treating female follies with a satirical style.",1,positive
assured of the wrong things,1,positive
should have been a more compelling excuse to pair susan sarandon and goldie hawn.,0,negative
and mind-numbing indifference,0,negative
"comes along only occasionally, one so unconventional,",1,positive
make it look as though they are having so much fun,1,positive
"admire this film for its harsh objectivity and refusal to seek our tears, our sympathies",1,positive
the backstage angst,1,positive
much like a fragment of an underdone potato,0,negative
enough sweet and traditional romantic comedy to counter the crudity,1,positive
"smart, provocative and blisteringly funny.",1,positive
the best short story writing,1,positive
"chris columbus ' sequel is faster, livelier and a good deal funnier than his original.",1,positive
crude to serve the work especially well,1,positive
strangely moved by even the corniest and most hackneyed contrivances,1,positive
refresh,1,positive
it's surprisingly bland despite the heavy doses of weird performances and direction.,0,negative
transcends the normal divisions between fiction and nonfiction film,1,positive
an intensely lived time,1,positive
tough enough to fit in any modern action movie,1,positive
being more valuable in the way they help increase an average student's self-esteem,1,positive
with humor and lightness,1,positive
of a particularly nightmarish fairytale,0,negative
trying to decide what annoyed me most about god is great,0,negative
manages to delight without much of a story.,1,positive
", relaxed in its perfect quiet pace and proud in its message.",1,positive
enough,0,negative
as a joint promotion for the national basketball association and teenaged rap and adolescent poster-boy lil ' bow wow,0,negative
the memorable character creations,1,positive
only prove that ` zany ' does n't necessarily mean ` funny,0,negative
winning piece,1,positive
several cliched movie structures : the road movie,0,negative
", but it is a refreshingly forthright one",1,positive
to give you brain strain,0,negative
", smoky and inviting",1,positive
"it would be churlish to begrudge anyone for receiving whatever consolation that can be found in dragonfly, yet it is impossible to find the film anything but appalling, shamelessly manipulative and contrived, and totally lacking in conviction.",0,negative
written by somebody else,0,negative
more than a little pretentious,0,negative
"movie fans, get ready to take off ... the other direction.",0,negative
is ) looking down at your watch and realizing serving sara is n't even halfway through.,0,negative
it should have ditched the artsy pretensions and revelled in the entertaining shallows.,0,negative
with all the mounting tension of an expert thriller,1,positive
is a mediocre movie trying to get out,0,negative
to flat characters,0,negative
a true adaptation,1,positive
handsome widescreen photography,1,positive
known as ' a perfect family film,1,positive
a pleasant and engaging enough sit,1,positive
"just as the recent argentine film son of the bride reminded us that a feel-good movie can still show real heart, time of favor presents us with an action movie that actually has a brain.",1,positive
empowerment tale thinly,0,negative
of that moral favorite,1,positive
stand in future years as an eloquent memorial,1,positive
enjoy its slightly humorous and tender story,1,positive
a schlocky creature,0,negative
"entertaining enough, but nothing new",0,negative
"an incredibly thoughtful, deeply meditative picture that neatly and effectively captures the debilitating grief",1,positive
deserves a better vehicle than this facetious smirk of a movie,0,negative
only thing to fear about `` fear dot com '',0,negative
"when twentysomething hotsies make movies about their lives, hard-driving narcissism is a given",0,negative
valuable messages,1,positive
struck me as unusually and unimpressively fussy,0,negative
full of funny situations and honest observations,1,positive
combines the enigmatic features of ` memento ',1,positive
"hard to care about a film that proposes as epic tragedy the plight of a callow rich boy who is forced to choose between his beautiful, self-satisfied 22-year-old girlfriend and an equally beautiful, self-satisfied 18-year-old mistress",0,negative
those reputedly `` unfilmable '' novels that has bucked the odds to emerge as an exquisite motion picture in its own right,1,positive
"of race and culture forcefully told, with superb performances throughout",1,positive
repeating,1,positive
"sarandon, who could n't be better as a cruel but weirdly likable wasp matron",1,positive
"sillier, cuter, and",1,positive
to hate,0,negative
a heavy-handed indictment of parental failings and,0,negative
"is intriguing, provocative stuff.",1,positive
"dark humor, gorgeous exterior photography,",1,positive
the nicest thing i can say is that i ca n't remember a single name responsible for it,0,negative
defies expectation,1,positive
having a real writer plot,1,positive
this frozen tundra soap opera,0,negative
it does n't make any sense,0,negative
pull us deep into the girls ' confusion and pain as they struggle tragically to comprehend the chasm of knowledge that's opened between them,1,positive
", i 'd recommend waiting for dvd and just skipping straight to her scenes.",0,negative
generic scripts,0,negative
does an established filmmaker so ardently waste viewers ' time with a gobbler like this,0,negative
"the film operates nicely off the element of surprise,",1,positive
the unsettled tenor,0,negative
"often it's meandering, low on energy, and too eager to be quirky at moments when a little old-fashioned storytelling would come in handy",0,negative
many of the things that made the first one charming,1,positive
"can not mount a cogent defense of the film as entertainment, or even performance art, although the movie does leave you marveling at these guys ' superhuman capacity to withstand pain.",0,negative
's one of the few ` cool ' actors who never seems aware of his own coolness,1,positive
wants to be a suspenseful horror movie or a weepy melodrama,0,negative
a better movie experience,1,positive
the problem with movies about angels,0,negative
radiates star-power potential in this remarkable and memorable film.,1,positive
"off with an inauspicious premise, mopes through a dreary tract of virtually plotless meanderings and then ends with a whimper.",0,negative
"... portrays young brendan with his usual intelligence and subtlety, not to mention a convincing brogue.",1,positive
so short could be so flabby,0,negative
"figures prominently in this movie, and helps keep the proceedings as funny for grown-ups as for rugrats.",1,positive
a bit too eager to please,0,negative
do justice to either effort in three hours of screen time,1,positive
sexual and romantic tension,1,positive
"the worst kind of filmmaking, the kind that pretends to be passionate and truthful but is really frustratingly timid and soggy",0,negative
to seek and strike just the right tone,1,positive
half past dead is like the rock on a wal-mart budget,0,negative
ah-nuld's,0,negative
"contains some hefty thematic material on time, death, eternity, and what",1,positive
move so easily across racial and cultural lines in the film,1,positive
"a very long movie, dull in stretches, with entirely too much focus on meal preparation and igloo construction.",0,negative
guess why the cast and crew did n't sign a pact to burn the negative and the script and pretend the whole thing never existed,0,negative
"succeeds in entertaining,",1,positive
of 2-day old coke,0,negative
"modernizes a.e.w. mason's story to suit the sensibilities of a young american, a decision that plucks `` the four feathers '' bare",0,negative
that recalls the classics of early italian neorealism,1,positive
much of the cast is stiff or just plain bad.,0,negative
strikingly devious,1,positive
"she is a lioness,",1,positive
makes no sense,0,negative
of love and humility,1,positive
about hatred,1,positive
crisp clarity,1,positive
"the flowers of perversity, comedy and romance",1,positive
copycat,0,negative
supposed to feel funny and light,0,negative
flavorful performances,1,positive
film history,1,positive
not once does it come close to being exciting.,0,negative
"has the twinkling eyes, repressed smile and determined face needed to carry out a dickensian hero.",1,positive
"while it has definite weaknesses -- like a rather unbelievable love interest and a meandering ending -- this '60s caper film is a riveting, brisk delight.",1,positive
is painful to watch,0,negative
may prove to be ( tsai's ) masterpiece,1,positive
the trifecta of badness,0,negative
the entire movie is so formulaic and forgettable that it's hardly over before it begins to fade from memory.,0,negative
"a chilly, brooding but quietly",1,positive
of crucifixion,0,negative
the promise of digital filmmaking,1,positive
"vaguely interesting, but it's just too too much",0,negative
of a golden book sprung to life,1,positive
oddly colorful and,1,positive
serving sara does n't serve up a whole lot of laughs.,0,negative
on the deep deceptions of innocence,1,positive
the rare movie that's as crisp and to the point as the novel on which it's based,1,positive
sufficiently,1,positive
less of a trifle,1,positive
that already-shallow,0,negative
is honestly affecting,1,positive
"easy sanctimony, formulaic thrills and",0,negative
"listen to extremist name-calling,",0,negative
it might deliver again and again,1,positive
yourself wishing that you and they were in another movie,0,negative
in luminous interviews and amazingly evocative film from three decades ago,1,positive
makes for one of the most purely enjoyable and satisfying evenings at the movies i 've had in a while,1,positive
distaste,0,negative
red dragon '' is entertaining.,1,positive
"makes the same mistake as the music industry it criticizes, becoming so slick and watered-down it almost loses what made you love it in the first place.",0,negative
high-spirited buddy movie,1,positive
scare while we delight in the images,1,positive
would make it the darling of many a kids-and-family-oriented cable channel,1,positive
great credit,1,positive
too bad maggio could n't come up with a better script.,0,negative
"its apparent glee is derived from a lobotomy, having had all its vital essence scooped out and discarded.",0,negative
damage,0,negative
thanks to remarkable performances,1,positive
real situations and characters,1,positive
the most horrific movie experience i 've had since `` ca n't stop the music.'',0,negative
's so muddled and derivative that few will bother thinking it all through,0,negative
an annoying orgy of excess and exploitation,0,negative
's a shame that the storyline and its underlying themes ... finally seem so impersonal or even shallow,0,negative
"both grant and hoult carry the movie because they are believable as people -- flawed, assured of the wrong things, and scared to admit how much they may really need the company of others.",1,positive
quiet power,1,positive
"older men drink to excess, piss on trees, b.s. one another and put on a show in drag",0,negative
would have saved this film a world of hurt.,0,negative
"just another disjointed, fairly predictable psychological thriller.",0,negative
"efficient, suitably anonymous chiller",1,positive
seem so impersonal or even shallow,0,negative
refreshes the mind and spirit,1,positive
keep you wide awake and ... very tense,1,positive
spinning a web of dazzling entertainment,1,positive
the exuberant openness with which he expresses our most basic emotions,1,positive
and it is n't that funny,0,negative
", at last count, numbered 52 different versions",0,negative
"to be compelling, amusing and unsettling at the same time",1,positive
"of clichés, depression and bad alternative music",0,negative
"a colorful, joyous celebration",1,positive
some of the visual flourishes,1,positive
"thoughtless, random, superficial humor and a lot of very bad scouse accents",0,negative
pretty funny movie,1,positive
almost feels as if the movie is more interested in entertaining itself than in amusing us.,0,negative
is a winning comedy that excites the imagination and tickles the funny bone,1,positive
buy this stuff,1,positive
the working out of the plot almost arbitrary,0,negative
get you,1,positive
"some will object to the idea of a vietnam picture with such a rah-rah, patriotic tone",0,negative
"be profane,",0,negative
the ultimate imax trip,1,positive
with grace and panache,1,positive
energy,1,positive
a man in drag is not in and of himself funny,0,negative
with it,1,positive
"tell you how tedious,",0,negative
's like rocky and bullwinkle on speed,1,positive
screenplay to keep the film entertaining,1,positive
both heartbreaking,0,negative
's face is ) an amazing slapstick instrument,1,positive
is it hokey,0,negative
of an almost sure-fire prescription for a critical and commercial disaster,0,negative
"a fast, funny, highly enjoyable movie.",1,positive
eight legged freaks?,0,negative
a satisfying complete picture,1,positive
"find an escape clause and avoid seeing this trite, predictable rehash",0,negative
"after only three films, director/co-writer jacques audiard, though little known in this country, belongs in the very top rank of french filmmakers",1,positive
damned wonderful,1,positive
like a soft drink that's been sitting open too long,0,negative
freeman and judd make it work,1,positive
the background -- a welcome step,1,positive
'd be hard pressed to think of a film more cloyingly sappy than evelyn this year,0,negative
bogdanich is unashamedly pro-serbian and makes little attempt to give voice to the other side.,0,negative
indifference,0,negative
"visually engrossing, seldom hammy,",1,positive
what you wish for,1,positive
close to being the barn-burningly bad movie it promised it would be,0,negative
set the cause of woman warriors back decades,0,negative
an incoherent jumble of a film that's rarely as entertaining as it could have been.,0,negative
an exhilarating,1,positive
engaging offbeat touches,1,positive
"a powerful, inflammatory film about religion that dares to question an ancient faith, and about hatred that offers no easy, comfortable resolution.",1,positive
of the grief,0,negative
sure to make a clear point -- even if it seeks to rely on an ambiguous presentation,1,positive
shapeless and uninflected,0,negative
"beautifully shot, delicately scored and powered by a set of heartfelt performances",1,positive
than to employ hollywood kids and people who owe,1,positive
"recommended viewing for its courage, ideas, technical proficiency and great acting.",1,positive
so-called ` comedy ',0,negative
symbolic graphic design,1,positive
check your brain,0,negative
snoozer,0,negative
"a very compelling, sensitive, intelligent and almost cohesive piece of film entertainment",1,positive
"attract upscale audiences hungry for quality and a nostalgic, twisty yarn that will keep them guessing",1,positive
contribute to a mood that's sustained through the surprisingly somber conclusion,1,positive
with passion,1,positive
"paid in full is so stale, in fact, that its most vibrant scene is one that uses clips from brian de palma's scarface.",0,negative
that are n't so substantial or fresh,0,negative
the most savory and hilarious guilty pleasure of many a recent movie season,1,positive
the relationships were wonderful,1,positive
"if you think it's a riot to see rob schneider in a young woman's clothes, then you 'll enjoy the hot chick.",1,positive
a couple of great actors hamming it up,1,positive
too-frosty exterior,0,negative
"smart, funny",1,positive
incoherent jumble,0,negative
cut through the layers of soap-opera emotion,1,positive
depraved,0,negative
manages to embody the worst excesses of nouvelle vague without any of its sense of fun or energy,0,negative
only obscure the message,0,negative
wrong with this ricture,0,negative
through the constraints of its source,0,negative
a fairly inexperienced filmmaker,0,negative
is such a mesmerizing one,1,positive
"ghost ship is pretty landbound, with its leaden acting, dull exposition and telegraphed ` surprises.'",0,negative
"takes a slightly dark look at relationships,",1,positive
ill at ease sharing the same scene,0,negative
"an extremely funny, ultimately heartbreaking",1,positive
"that everyone, especially movie musical fans, has been hoping for",1,positive
at once overly old-fashioned in its sudsy plotting and,0,negative
could as easily have been called ` under siege 3 : in alcatraz ' ... a cinematic corpse that never springs to life.,0,negative
entertains not,0,negative
nifty twists,1,positive
"is enough to make you put away the guitar, sell the amp, and apply to medical school.",0,negative
anyone who welcomes a dash of the avant-garde fused with their humor should take pleasure in this crazed,1,positive
"remains fairly light, always entertaining, and smartly written",1,positive
"appropriately, the tale unfolds like a lazy summer afternoon and concludes with the crisp clarity of a fall dawn.",1,positive
"into a pulpy concept that, in many other hands would be completely forgettable",0,negative
it's drab.,0,negative
a bad premise,0,negative
through about 90 minutes of a so-called ` comedy ' and not laugh,0,negative
"the movie's sentimental, hypocritical lessons",0,negative
"as often it's meandering, low on energy, and too eager to be quirky at moments when a little old-fashioned storytelling would come in handy",0,negative
taboo subject matter,0,negative
few points,0,negative
"is a tart, smart breath of fresh air",1,positive
retard 101,0,negative
an attention to detail that propels her into the upper echelons of the directing world,1,positive
's get this thing over with,0,negative
it all feels like a monty python sketch gone horribly wrong.,0,negative
"if the first men in black was money, the second is small change.",0,negative
"... a movie that, quite simply, should n't have been made.",0,negative
will leave you wondering about the characters ' lives after the clever credits roll,1,positive
you never know where changing lanes is going to take you but it's a heck of a ride,1,positive
with unimpeachable clarity,1,positive
"a touching, sophisticated film that almost seems like a documentary in the way it captures an italian immigrant family on the brink of major changes.",1,positive
the perverse pleasure of watching disney scrape the bottom of its own cracker barrel,0,negative
a fascinating curiosity piece -- fascinating,1,positive
a festival film that would have been better off staying on the festival circuit,0,negative
-- sometimes tedious --,0,negative
the misleading title,0,negative
in its lackluster gear of emotional blandness,0,negative
an interesting psychological game,1,positive
thoroughly engrossing and,1,positive
"did, with a serious minded patience, respect and affection",1,positive
the most offensive thing about the movie is that hollywood expects people to pay to see it.,0,negative
sketchy it amounts to little more than preliminary notes for a science-fiction horror film,0,negative
"lack depth or complexity,",0,negative
far closer than many movies,1,positive
as it is instructive,1,positive
"the biggest names in japanese anime, with impressive results",1,positive
timeout,0,negative
sit through -- despite some first-rate performances by its lead,0,negative
ardently waste viewers ' time with a gobbler like this,0,negative
highly pleasurable,1,positive
hearts and minds,1,positive
because the movie is ugly to look at and not a hollywood product,0,negative
"wilco fans will have a great time, and the movie should win the band a few new converts, too",1,positive
middle-of-the-road blandness,0,negative
bogging down in a barrage of hype,0,negative
all three sides of his story with a sensitivity and an inquisitiveness reminiscent of truffaut,1,positive
to sit through it again,0,negative
"two fine actors, morgan freeman and",1,positive
delivered with such conviction,1,positive
", i 'm the one that i want, in 2000.",1,positive
a strong thumbs,1,positive
", mad love looks better than it feels.",0,negative
have a good shot,1,positive
an old-fashioned but emotionally stirring adventure tale of the kind they,1,positive
"'s as comprehensible as any dummies guide, something even non-techies can enjoy.",1,positive
unexpected fable,1,positive
tired one,0,negative
what's invigorating about,1,positive
goes downhill.,0,negative
borrows from other movies,0,negative
"a weird little movie that's amusing enough while you watch it, offering fine acting moments and pungent insights into modern l.a.'s show-biz and media subcultures.",1,positive
a good documentary can make interesting a subject you thought would leave you cold.,1,positive
"appear foolish and shallow rather than, as was more likely,",0,negative
"gedeck,",0,negative
i 'm left slightly disappointed that it did n't.,0,negative
"any recent film, independent or otherwise, that makes as much of a mess as this one",0,negative
ian holm conquers france as an earthy napoleon,1,positive
honest attempt to get at something,1,positive
hideously and clumsily,0,negative
acts like a doofus,0,negative
quieter domestic scenes,0,negative
of a sleeper success,1,positive
no doubt intended the film to affirm love's power to help people endure almost unimaginable horror,1,positive
a medium-grade network sitcom --,0,negative
"if ever such a dependable concept was botched in execution, this is it.",0,negative
putters,0,negative
had gone in for pastel landscapes.,1,positive
has failed him,0,negative
assert,0,negative
ferrara's best film,1,positive
a bland animated sequel that,0,negative
find an escape clause,0,negative
"a nearly 21/2 hours, the film is way too indulgent.",0,negative
crackles,1,positive
as important as humor,1,positive
inhabit their world without cleaving to a narrative arc,1,positive
simply runs out of ideas,0,negative
", showtime eventually folds under its own thinness.",0,negative
playfully profound,1,positive
have given this movie a rating of zero.,0,negative
a stately sense of composition,1,positive
"its recycled aspects,",0,negative
a moving and solidly entertaining comedy/drama,1,positive
he respects the material without sentimentalizing it,1,positive
fascinating stories,1,positive
call it magic,1,positive
visually stunning,1,positive
for us,1,positive
"'s the element of condescension, as the filmmakers look down on their working-class subjects from their lofty perch, that finally makes sex with strangers, which opens today in the new york metropolitan area, so distasteful",0,negative
its storytelling prowess and special effects are both listless.,0,negative
designed equilibrium becomes a concept doofus,0,negative
proves that sometimes the dreams of youth should remain just that,0,negative
keep - 'em,1,positive
to build a feel-good fantasy around a vain dictator-madman,0,negative
it's light on the chills and heavy on the atmospheric weirdness,0,negative
well-paced and ultimately,1,positive
voice is rather unexceptional,0,negative
to be a suspenseful horror movie or a weepy melodrama,1,positive
"the plot grows thin soon,",0,negative
a bumper,0,negative
that does the nearly impossible,1,positive
exactly endearing,1,positive
always keeping the balance between the fantastic and the believable,1,positive
are advised to sit near the back and squint to avoid noticing some truly egregious lip-non-synching,0,negative
favorite,1,positive
the film tries too hard to be funny and tries too hard to be hip.,0,negative
despite modest aspirations its occasional charms are not to be dismissed.,1,positive
his personal obstacles,1,positive
"are missing -- anything approaching a visceral kick, and anything approaching even a vague reason to sit through it all",0,negative
pass for a thirteen-year-old's book report on the totalitarian themes of 1984 and farenheit 451,0,negative
edgy camera work,1,positive
of the most important and exhilarating forms of animated filmmaking since old walt,1,positive
"touches smartly and wistfully on a number of themes, not least the notion that the marginal members of society ... might benefit from a helping hand and a friendly kick in the pants.",1,positive
will make you think twice about what might be going on inside each trailer park you drive past -- even if it chiefly inspires you to drive a little faster.,1,positive
"it's crafty, energetic and smart",1,positive
necessary and timely one,1,positive
a joint promotion,1,positive
"very much a home video, and so devoid of artifice and purpose that it appears not to have been edited at all.",0,negative
the vagueness of topical excess,0,negative
lets her character become a caricature -- not even with that radioactive hair,0,negative
schütte's dramatic snapshot,1,positive
familiar -- and not in a good way,0,negative
be the performances of their careers,1,positive
to face frightening late fees,0,negative
"all starts to smack of a hallmark hall of fame, with a few four letter words thrown in that are generally not heard on television.",0,negative
"appears jagged, as if filmed directly from a television monitor, while the extensive use of stock footage quickly becomes a tiresome cliché.",0,negative
"begins with promise, but runs aground after being snared in its own tangled plot",0,negative
", barbershop gets its greatest play from the timeless spectacle of people really talking to each other.",1,positive
as laugh-out-loud lunacy with a pronounced monty pythonesque flavor,1,positive
perfect wildean actor,1,positive
is about something very interesting and odd that,1,positive
gorgeous visuals,1,positive
steadfastly uncinematic but powerfully dramatic.,1,positive
the case for a strong education and good teachers being more valuable in the way they help increase an average student's self-esteem,1,positive
unique directing style,1,positive
of b-movie excitement,1,positive
perhaps the grossest movie,0,negative
a commanding screen presence,1,positive
one ca n't help but be drawn in by the sympathetic characters,1,positive
"comedy that is warm, inviting, and surprising",1,positive
"a gorgeously strange movie, heaven is deeply concerned with morality, but it refuses to spell things out for viewers.",1,positive
"magic and whimsy for children, a heartfelt romance for teenagers and a compelling argument about death",1,positive
's not very good,0,negative
's easier to change the sheets than to change hackneyed concepts when it comes to dreaming up romantic comedies,0,negative
attracting audiences,1,positive
count for very little if the movie were n't as beautifully shaped and as delicately calibrated in tone as it is,1,positive
"so much facile technique, such cute ideas, so little movie.",1,positive
that thrusts the audience into a future they wo n't much care about,0,negative
underneath such a mountain of clichés and borrowed images,0,negative
"a low-key, organic way that encourages you to accept it as life and go with its flow",1,positive
do n't let the subtitles fool you ; the movie only proves that hollywood no longer has a monopoly on mindless action.,0,negative
more than a worthwhile effort,1,positive
in cinema history as the only movie ever in which the rest of the cast was outshined by ll cool j.,0,negative
"seem like they were lifted from terry gilliam's subconscious, pressed through kafka's meat grinder and into buñuel's casings",0,negative
is loopy and ludicrous,0,negative
a coma,0,negative
its laziest,0,negative
the paranoid claustrophobia,0,negative
the film chimes in on the grieving process and strangely draws the audience into the unexplainable pain and eccentricities that are attached to the concept of loss.,1,positive
", the eye candy here lacks considerable brio.",0,negative
an aimlessness that's actually sort of amazing,1,positive
earnhart's film is more about the optimism of a group of people who are struggling to give themselves a better lot in life than the ones,1,positive
"'s hard to imagine any recent film, independent or otherwise, that makes as much of a mess as this one",0,negative
"by an important director who has something new to say about how, in the flip-flop of courtship, we often reel in when we should be playing out",1,positive
grown-up film,1,positive
remains uniquely itself,1,positive
that there is nothing distinguishing in a randall wallace film,0,negative
but certainly not without merit,1,positive
seen such self-amused trash,0,negative
ca n't miss it,1,positive
"ca n't begin to tell you how tedious, how resolutely unamusing, how thoroughly unrewarding all of this is, and what a reckless squandering of four fine acting talents",0,negative
an uneasy mix of run-of-the-mill raunchy humor and seemingly sincere personal reflection.,0,negative
"some idea of the glum, numb experience of watching o fantasma",0,negative
works as well as it does because of the performances,1,positive
at least passably,1,positive
"the story passes time until it's time for an absurd finale of twisted metal, fireballs and revenge.",0,negative
social injustice,0,negative
's brilliant ` videodrome,1,positive
"the hard-to-predict and absolutely essential chemistry between the down-to-earth bullock and the nonchalant grant proves to be sensational, and everything meshes in this elegant entertainment.",1,positive
a beautiful paean to a time,1,positive
markedly inactive,0,negative
"red lights, a rattling noise",0,negative
"has created a film that one can honestly describe as looking, sounding and simply feeling like no other film in recent history.",1,positive
a more balanced or fair portrayal,1,positive
", but also more than anything else slight ... tadpole pulls back from the consequences of its own actions and revelations.",0,negative
of his way to turn the legendary wit's classic mistaken identity farce into brutally labored and unfunny hokum,0,negative
"surely would have resulted in a smoother, more focused narrative without sacrificing any of the cultural intrigue",0,negative
"it's a head-turner -- thoughtfully written, beautifully read and, finally, deeply humanizing.",1,positive
"has some of the funniest jokes of any movie this year,",1,positive
nights feels more like a quickie tv special than a feature film ...,0,negative
"a realistic, non-exploitive approach",1,positive
versace,1,positive
observations on the human condition,1,positive
"enters a realm where few non-porn films venture,",1,positive
new,1,positive
it familiar and insufficiently cathartic,0,negative
hefty helping,1,positive
a wild comedy that could only spring from the demented mind of the writer,1,positive
"to call this one an eventual cult classic would be an understatement,",1,positive
maturity,1,positive
", characterization, poignancy, and intelligence",1,positive
more graceful,1,positive
"gritty, sometimes funny",1,positive
inert sci-fi action thriller,0,negative
"captivates as it shows excess in business and pleasure, allowing us to find the small, human moments, and leaving off with a grand whimper.",1,positive
"does n't even in passing mention political prisoners, poverty and the boat loads of people who try to escape the country",0,negative
and utterly pointless,0,negative
... has done his homework and soaked up some jazzy new revisionist theories about the origins of nazi politics and aesthetics.,1,positive
what a stiflingly unfunny and unoriginal mess this,0,negative
are bad,0,negative
"for casting, often resurrecting performers who rarely work in movies now ... and drawing flavorful performances from bland actors",1,positive
"each story is built on a potentially interesting idea, but the first two are ruined by amateurish writing and acting, while the third feels limited by its short running time.",0,negative
"the lower your expectations, the more you 'll enjoy it.",0,negative
91-minute trailer,0,negative
"the art direction is often exquisite, and",1,positive
conveying the way tiny acts of kindness make ordinary life survivable,1,positive
"poor editing, bad bluescreen, and ultra-cheesy dialogue highlight the radical action.",0,negative
dimwits,0,negative
all too clever complexity,1,positive
", ' i know how to suffer ' and if you see this film you 'll know too.",0,negative
soldiers ultimately achieves its main strategic objective : dramatizing the human cost of the conflict that came to define a generation.,1,positive
no new plot conceptions or,0,negative
", there are great rewards here.",1,positive
"like most of jaglom's films, some of it is honestly affecting, but more of it seems contrived and secondhand",0,negative
utterly static picture,0,negative
a valentine sealed with a kiss,1,positive
who sometimes feel more like literary conceits than flesh-and-blood humans,0,negative
sad ending,0,negative
"fails to give his audience a single character worth rooting for ( or worth rooting against, for that matter )",0,negative
otherwise good-naturedness,1,positive
some people march to the beat of a different drum,1,positive
in the face that's simultaneously painful and refreshing,1,positive
the piquant story needs more dramatic meat on its bones.,0,negative
though a morbid one,0,negative
goes on for the 110 minutes of `` panic room '',0,negative
will probably have a reasonably good time with the salton sea,1,positive
of those movies that catches you up in something bigger than yourself,1,positive
"is so resolutely cobbled together out of older movies that it even uses a totally unnecessary prologue, just because it seems obligatory.",0,negative
laden with plenty of baggage,0,negative
a simply astounding cor-blimey-luv-a-duck cockney accent,1,positive
"all about anakin ... and the lustrous polished visuals rich in color and creativity and, of course, special effect",1,positive
enjoyable 100,1,positive
's a liability,0,negative
new inspiration in it,1,positive
profits,1,positive
for all its shoot-outs,1,positive
charming in comedies like american pie,1,positive
the slow parade of human frailty fascinates,1,positive
what ( frei ) gives us ... is a man who uses the damage of war -- far more often than the warfare itself -- to create the kind of art shots that fill gallery shows.,1,positive
is too long with too little going on,0,negative
sad to say,0,negative
"is above all about a young woman's face, and by casting an actress whose face projects that woman's doubts and yearnings",1,positive
masochistic moviegoers,0,negative
is an unpleasantly shallow and immature character with whom to spend 110 claustrophobic minutes,0,negative
"its courageousness, and comedic employment",1,positive
heartwarming without stooping to gooeyness,1,positive
"a full experience, a love story and a murder mystery that expands into a meditation on the deep deceptions of innocence",1,positive
lacks aspirations of social upheaval,0,negative
little gem,1,positive
's equally hard to imagine anybody being able to tear their eyes away from the screen once it's started,1,positive
"as good,",1,positive
sit through this summer that do not involve a dentist drill,0,negative
"suffers a severe case of oversimplification, superficiality and silliness.",0,negative
lack contrast,0,negative
"folks, it does n't work.",0,negative
the performances are amiable and committed,1,positive
"the man from elysian fields is a cold, bliss-less work that groans along thinking itself some important comment on how life throws us some beguiling curves.",0,negative
"his latest feature, r xmas, marks a modest if encouraging return to form",1,positive
our emotions,1,positive
not the craven of ' a nightmare,0,negative
inspiring and pure joy,1,positive
"stopped thinking about how good it all was, and started doing nothing but reacting to it - feeling a part of its grand locations, thinking urgently as the protagonists struggled, feeling at the mercy of its inventiveness, gasping at its visual delights",1,positive
split up so that it can do even more damage,0,negative
adventure and a worthwhile environmental message,1,positive
a creaky `` pretty woman '',0,negative
gives out,1,positive
"is it a charming, funny and beautifully crafted import",1,positive
schiffer,1,positive
has created a brilliant motion picture.,1,positive
"a better celebration of these unfairly dismissed heroes would be a film that is n't this painfully forced, false and fabricated.",0,negative
a pathetically,0,negative
the director is trying to dupe the viewer into taking it all as very important simply because the movie is ugly to look at and not a hollywood product,0,negative
"in which an ominous, pervasive, and unknown threat lurks just below the proceedings and adds an almost constant mindset of suspense",1,positive
's probably not easy to make such a worthless film,0,negative
"little action, almost no suspense or believable tension, one-dimensional characters up the wazoo and sets that",0,negative
"if villainous vampires are your cup of blood, blade 2 is definitely a cut above the rest.",1,positive
suggest possibilities which imbue the theme with added depth and resonance,1,positive
a sweet treasure and something well worth,1,positive
"sit and stare and turn away from one another instead of talking and it's all about the silences and if you 're into that, have at it",0,negative
"this too-long, spoofy update",0,negative
larded with exposition,0,negative
"she may not be real, but the laughs are",1,positive
ultimate demise,0,negative
lost the politics and the social observation and become just another situation romance about a couple of saps stuck in an inarticulate screenplay,0,negative
memorable film,1,positive
"more entertaining,",1,positive
"an artful, intelligent film that stays within the confines of a well-established genre.",1,positive
that plays like a 95-minute commercial for nba properties,0,negative
can not sustain the buoyant energy level of the film's city beginnings into its country conclusion ',0,negative
a landmark in film history,1,positive
of artifice and purpose,1,positive
"colorful, energetic and sweetly whimsical ...",1,positive
such message-mongering moralism,0,negative
a wonderfully warm human drama that remains vividly in memory long after viewing,1,positive
is clearly a good thing.,1,positive
interesting to witness the conflict from the palestinian side,1,positive
"if you 've a taste for the quirky, steal a glimpse",1,positive
quickly enters the pantheon of wreckage that includes battlefield earth and showgirls,0,negative
you 've ever seen,1,positive
of tenderness required to give this comic slugfest some heart,1,positive
people who like their romances to have that french realism,1,positive
fuels the self-destructiveness of many young people,0,negative
"inconsistent, meandering, and sometimes dry plot",0,negative
a classic,1,positive
"becomes a hopeless, unsatisfying muddle",0,negative
yet i found it weirdly appealing,1,positive
"it's possible that something hip and transgressive was being attempted here that stubbornly refused to gel, but the result is more puzzling than unsettling.",0,negative
excellent use,1,positive
"as beautiful, desirable, even delectable",1,positive
a pathetically inane and unimaginative,0,negative
developed characters,1,positive
simply intrusive,0,negative
"despite auteuil's performance, it's a rather listless amble down the middle of the road, where the thematic ironies are too obvious and the sexual politics too smug.",0,negative
"is an intelligent, realistic portrayal of testing boundaries.",1,positive
"following up a delightful, well-crafted family film with a computer-generated cold fish",1,positive
need to adhere more closely to the laws of laughter,0,negative
spectacular,1,positive
"flashy, overlong soap",0,negative
its crack cast,1,positive
"'s painful to watch witherspoon's talents wasting away inside unnecessary films like legally blonde and sweet home abomination, i mean, alabama",0,negative
is enticing,1,positive
"makes minority report necessary viewing for sci-fi fans,",1,positive
"a very entertaining, thought-provoking film",1,positive
witless and utterly pointless.,0,negative
"is a tribute not only to his craft, but to his legend",1,positive
that is able to visualize schizophrenia but is still confident enough to step back and look at the sick character with a sane eye,1,positive
but unfortunately also,0,negative
a movie theater,1,positive
one of the best looking and stylish animated movies in quite a while,1,positive
"with `` ichi the killer '', takashi miike, japan's wildest filmmaker gives us a crime fighter carrying more emotional baggage than batman ...",0,negative
uniquely felt with a sardonic jolt,1,positive
that is so meditative and lyrical about babak payami's boldly quirky iranian drama secret ballot ... a charming and evoking little ditty that manages to show the gentle and humane side of middle eastern world politics,1,positive
"deals with its subject matter in a tasteful, intelligent manner, rather than forcing us to endure every plot contrivance that the cliché-riddled genre can offer.",1,positive
got as potent a topic as ever here,1,positive
looks and feels tired.,0,negative
refined,1,positive
"a particularly slanted, gay s/m fantasy",0,negative
"it's sweet and fluffy at the time,",1,positive
graces,1,positive
may work as an addictive guilty pleasure but the material never overcomes its questionable satirical ambivalence,0,negative
a riveting story,1,positive
fairly irresistible package,1,positive
the awe in which it holds itself,1,positive
is way too muddled to be an effectively chilling guilty pleasure.,0,negative
faulty,0,negative
to be pleasant in spite of its predictability,1,positive
great rewards,1,positive
spare dialogue and,1,positive
to mediocrity,0,negative
"of failed jokes, twitchy acting, and general boorishness",0,negative
cranky,0,negative
are good,1,positive
"realize, much to our dismay",0,negative
"with the gifted pearce on hand to keep things on semi-stable ground dramatically, this retooled machine is ultimately effective enough at achieving the modest, crowd-pleasing goals it sets for itself.",1,positive
a wonderful ensemble cast,1,positive
is no denying the power of polanski's film,1,positive
grab your kids and run and then probably call the police,0,negative
"a boring, pretentious muddle that uses a sensational, real-life 19th-century crime as a metaphor for -- well, i 'm not exactly sure what -- and has all the dramatic weight of a raindrop",0,negative
that the rampantly designed equilibrium becomes a concept doofus,0,negative
disquieting,0,negative
able to forgive its mean-spirited second half,1,positive
"frankly, it's kind of insulting, both to men and women.",0,negative
"a particularly joyless, and exceedingly dull, period coming-of-age tale.",0,negative
dumb,0,negative
"shot on digital video, whose tiny camera enables shafer to navigate spaces both large ... and small ... with considerable aplomb",1,positive
spent watching this waste of time.,0,negative
not good enough,0,negative
"the most opaque, self-indulgent and just plain goofy",0,negative
high-powered,1,positive
derive from this choppy and sloppy affair,0,negative
"listless, witless,",0,negative
the head of the class of women's films,1,positive
"none of the crackle of `` fatal attraction '', `` 9 1/2 weeks '', or even",0,negative
teen-speak and animal gibberish,0,negative
"tartakovsky's team has some freakish powers of visual charm,",1,positive
too is a bomb.,0,negative
roussillon providing comic relief,1,positive
"comes off as a touching, transcendent love story.",1,positive
tiresome jargon,0,negative
"none of this is meaningful or memorable, but",0,negative
actually make a pretty good team,1,positive
one in which fear and frustration are provoked to intolerable levels,0,negative
in the heart-pounding suspense of a stylish psychological thriller,1,positive
so many false scares,0,negative
terrific role,1,positive
"bad, bad movie",0,negative
the wonderful cinematography and naturalistic acting,1,positive
have you leaving the theater with a smile on your face,1,positive
one of the most repellent things,0,negative
'll like it,1,positive
"a more confused, less interesting and more sloppily",0,negative
alienation,0,negative
take for granted in most films are mishandled here.,0,negative
perfectly serviceable and because he gives the story some soul,1,positive
go back and choose to skip it,0,negative
cheap-looking version of candid camera,0,negative
shamelessly manipulative,0,negative
"in narc, they find new routes through a familiar neighborhood",1,positive
from the awkwardness that results from adhering to the messiness of true stories,0,negative
coy but exhilarating,1,positive
while remaining one of the most savagely hilarious social critics this side of jonathan swift,1,positive
casts attractive and talented actors,1,positive
"grant carries the day with impeccable comic timing, raffish charm and piercing intellect.",1,positive
"feels impersonal, almost generic",0,negative
the film certainly does n't disappoint.,1,positive
was a guilty pleasure,1,positive
dudsville,0,negative
captivated,1,positive
collapses into exactly the kind of buddy cop comedy,0,negative
"witty updatings ( silver's parrot has been replaced with morph, a cute alien creature who mimics everyone and everything around )",1,positive
"a sleep-inducingly slow-paced crime drama with clumsy dialogue, heavy-handed phoney-feeling sentiment, and an overly-familiar set of plot devices.",0,negative
make a pretty good team,1,positive
this film will attach a human face to all those little steaming cartons.,1,positive
"continues to cut a swathe through mainstream hollywood, while retaining an integrity and refusing to compromise his vision",1,positive
centers,1,positive
funny and poignant,1,positive
it accepts nasty behavior and severe flaws as part of the human condition,0,negative
visual merits,1,positive
the unusual power,1,positive
a disappointingly thin slice of lower-class london life ; despite the title ...,0,negative
is at once intimate and universal cinema.,1,positive
are every bit as distinctive as his visuals.,1,positive
a grimly competent and stolid and earnest military courtroom drama.,1,positive
a great script,1,positive
perhaps the grossest movie ever made.,0,negative
disguise 24/7,0,negative
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
"of small town regret, love, duty and friendship",1,positive
yet this one makes up for in heart what it lacks in outright newness.,1,positive
to question why somebody might devote time to see it,0,negative
hews out a world and carries us effortlessly from darkness to light,1,positive
high water mark,1,positive
"a pretty decent kid-pleasing,",1,positive
"see her esther blossom as an actress,",1,positive
is too busy hitting all of its assigned marks to take on any life of its own,0,negative
"like schindler's list, the grey zone attempts to be grandiloquent, but ends up merely pretentious -- in a grisly sort of way.",0,negative
the intensity,1,positive
"it is philosophy, illustrated through everyday events.",1,positive
the hallucinatory drug culture,0,negative
trash cinema,0,negative
an unfortunate title,0,negative
surprisingly funny movie,1,positive
great crimes,1,positive
's like an all-star salute,1,positive
is n't nearly surprising or clever enough to sustain a reasonable degree of suspense on its own.,0,negative
men in black ii achieves ultimate insignificance --,0,negative
", you 'll have a good time with this one too",1,positive
sparkling,1,positive
exploitative for the art houses and,0,negative
and not bad enough to repulse any generation of its fans,1,positive
"are few things in this world more complex -- and, as it turns out, more fragile",1,positive
to have you leaving the theater with a smile on your face,1,positive
on other levels,1,positive
struggle tragically,0,negative
proves unrelentingly grim -- and equally engrossing.,1,positive
muddled,0,negative
's so simple and precise that anything discordant would topple the balance,1,positive
"it's sweet, funny, charming, and completely delightful.",1,positive
"lack contrast, are murky and are frequently too dark to be decipherable",0,negative
"broad, mildly fleshed-out characters that seem to have been conjured up only 10 minutes prior to filming",0,negative
inconsequential road-and-buddy pic,0,negative
a technical triumph and an extraordinary,1,positive
thinking someone made off with your wallet,0,negative
encourages you to accept it as life and go with its flow,1,positive
"fails as a dystopian movie, as a retooling of fahrenheit 451, and even as a rip-off of the matrix",0,negative
actor raymond j. barry is perfectly creepy and believable.,1,positive
elevates the material above pat inspirational status and gives it a sturdiness and solidity that we 've long associated with washington the actor,1,positive
less mature,1,positive
rocks,1,positive
and it is.,1,positive
combine the paranoid claustrophobia of a submarine movie with the unsettling spookiness of the supernatural -- why did n't hollywood think of this sooner?,1,positive
"the recording sessions are intriguing, and",1,positive
a good yarn --,1,positive
poetic force and,1,positive
a weak and ineffective ghost story,0,negative
of intoxicating atmosphere and little else,0,negative
superbly acted offbeat thriller,1,positive
a worthy entry,1,positive
smirk,0,negative
a halfwit plot,0,negative
no..,0,negative
lead a group of talented friends astray,1,positive
those moviegoers who would automatically bypass a hip-hop documentary,1,positive
goodies,1,positive
makes your teeth hurt,0,negative
if unintentionally dull in its lack of poetic frissons,0,negative
heartfelt story,1,positive
with humor,1,positive
lame romantic comedy,0,negative
potentially interesting idea,1,positive
a macabre and very stylized swedish fillm about a modern city where all the religious and civic virtues that hold society in place are in tatters.,1,positive
carries you along in a torrent of emotion,1,positive
as though they are having so much fun,1,positive
whenever you think you 've figured out late marriage,1,positive
"unlike those in moulin rouge, are crisp and purposeful without overdoing it",1,positive
clever and very satisfying picture,1,positive
"a baffling subplot involving smuggling drugs inside danish cows falls flat, and",0,negative
the movie eventually snaps under the strain of its plot contrivances and its need to reassure.,0,negative
"is even more embracing than monty, if only because it accepts nasty behavior and severe flaws as part of the human condition",1,positive
"if you are curious to see the darker side of what's going on with young tv actors ( dawson leery did what ?!? ), or see some interesting storytelling devices, you might want to check it out",1,positive
's not just a feel-good movie,1,positive
for its stylistic austerity and forcefulness,1,positive
much to our dismay,0,negative
would go back and choose to skip it.,0,negative
burns gets caught up in the rush of slapstick thoroughfare.,0,negative
the wild thornberrys movie is pleasant enough and the message of our close ties with animals can certainly not be emphasized enough,1,positive
"while the ideas about techno-saturation are far from novel, they 're presented with a wry dark humor.",1,positive
of the delusional personality type,0,negative
as grant's two best films,1,positive
"elegant, witty and beneath a prim exterior unabashedly romantic",1,positive
"derivative, overlong, and bombastic -- yet surprisingly entertaining",1,positive
feels less,0,negative
"combines improbable melodrama ( gored bullfighters, comatose ballerinas ) with subtly kinky bedside vigils and sensational denouements, and yet at the end, we are undeniably touched.",1,positive
"goes by quickly, because it has some of the funniest jokes of any movie this year, including those intended for adults",1,positive
"fifty years after the fact, the world's political situation seems little different, and ( director phillip ) noyce brings out the allegory with remarkable skill.",1,positive
the film's unhurried pace is actually one of its strengths.,1,positive
this is a fudged opportunity of gigantic proportions -- a lunar mission with no signs of life.,0,negative
taking them,1,positive
"due to stodgy, soap opera-ish dialogue, the rest of the cast comes across as stick figures reading lines from a teleprompter.",0,negative
that hardly distinguish it from the next teen comedy,0,negative
mediocre movie,0,negative
"is surely everything its fans are hoping it will be, and in that sense is a movie that deserves recommendation",1,positive
", it's often overwritten, with a surfeit of weighty revelations, flowery dialogue, and nostalgia for the past and roads not taken.",0,negative
with the pubescent scandalous,0,negative
"is the equivalent of french hip-hop, which also seems to play on a 10-year delay",0,negative
uncinematic but,0,negative
fairly enjoyable mixture,1,positive
"try to balance pointed, often incisive satire and unabashed sweetness, with results that are sometimes bracing, sometimes baffling and quite often, and in unexpected ways, touching.",1,positive
disoriented,0,negative
shrewd,0,negative
tremendous piece,1,positive
"littered with zero-dimensional, unlikable characters and hackneyed, threadbare comic setups.",0,negative
best irish sense,1,positive
"create a very compelling, sensitive, intelligent and almost cohesive piece of film entertainment",1,positive
could have -- should have,0,negative
"full of detail about the man and his country, and is well worth seeing.",1,positive
much more than,1,positive
also treats the subject with fondness and respect,1,positive
straight from the ages,1,positive
four-star,1,positive
"cox offers plenty of glimpses at existing photos, but there are no movies of nijinsky, so instead the director treats us to an aimless hodgepodge",0,negative
"a heart, mind or humor of its own",1,positive
the point of ridiculousness,0,negative
this refreshing visit,1,positive
articulates,1,positive
to be favorably compared to das boot,1,positive
is a monumental achievement,1,positive
"an original character, siuation or joke in the entire movie",0,negative
establishes a wonderfully creepy mood.,1,positive
"for its courage, ideas, technical proficiency and great acting",1,positive
is workmanlike in the extreme,0,negative
a cut-and-paste,0,negative
at the very least,0,negative
"allowing us to find the small, human moments, and leaving off with a grand whimper",1,positive
spin hopelessly out of control -- that is to say,0,negative
a compelling allegory,1,positive
a good way,1,positive
loose,0,negative
a reworking of die hard and cliffhanger,0,negative
"if it wants to be a retro-refitting exercise in campy recall for older fans or a silly, nickelodeon-esque kiddie flick",0,negative
"director/co-writer jacques audiard, though little known in this country, belongs in the very top rank of french filmmakers",1,positive
the avant garde director of broadway's the lion king and the film titus,1,positive
resist his pleas to spare wildlife and respect their environs,1,positive
"mcgrath has deftly trimmed dickens ' wonderfully sprawling soap opera, the better to focus on the hero's odyssey from cowering poverty to courage and happiness.",1,positive
"thinking not only that kate is n't very bright, but that she has n't been worth caring about and that maybe she, janine and molly -- an all-woman dysfunctional family -- deserve one another",0,negative
well-done,1,positive
is instead about as fresh as last week's issue of variety,0,negative
"not exaggerated enough to be a parody of gross-out flicks, college flicks, or even flicks in general",0,negative
a mischievous visual style and oodles of charm,1,positive
anyone can relate,1,positive
but it would be better to wait for the video.,0,negative
what makes it worth the trip to the theater,1,positive
serious urge to grab the old lady at the end of my aisle's walker and toss it at the screen in frustration,0,negative
makes it worth the trip to the theater,1,positive
the highest power,1,positive
"if swimfan does catch on, it may be because teens are looking for something to make them laugh.",0,negative
one of the most splendid entertainments to emerge from the french film industry in years.,1,positive
thought through than in most ` right-thinking ' films,1,positive
you 'd be wise to send your regrets,0,negative
of male hustlers,1,positive
a manically generous christmas,1,positive
hitting your head on the theater seat in front of you when you doze off thirty minutes into the film,0,negative
production values & christian bale's charisma make up for a derivative plot,1,positive
with a sense of wonder,1,positive
an entertainment destination for the general public,1,positive
a sobering and powerful documentary about the most severe kind of personal loss :,1,positive
"congrats disney on a job well done, i enjoyed it just as much!",1,positive
takes place in morton's ever-watchful gaze,1,positive
he has severe body odor,0,negative
"enjoy much of jonah simply, and gratefully,",1,positive
much tongue in cheek in the film,1,positive
in a movie full of surprises,1,positive
earnest and heartfelt,1,positive
"not from any cinematic razzle-dazzle but from its recovery of an historical episode that, in the simple telling, proves simultaneously harrowing and uplifting",1,positive
emotionally distant piece,0,negative
refreshing and comical spin,1,positive
but fails to keep it up and settles into clichés,0,negative
zero-dimensional,0,negative
his cinematic vision,1,positive
even his boisterous energy fails to spark this leaden comedy,0,negative
most enjoyable releases,1,positive
is that there's a casual intelligence that permeates the script.,1,positive
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
it was worth your seven bucks,1,positive
undercut by its awkward structure and a final veering,0,negative
abject suffering,0,negative
charming in comedies like american pie and dead-on in election,1,positive
"it seems most likely that broomfield's interviewees, or even himself, will not be for much longer",0,negative
"by way too much indulgence of scene-chewing, teeth-gnashing actorliness",0,negative
plays like some corny television,0,negative
a dream,1,positive
waged among victims and predators settle into an undistinguished rhythm of artificial suspense,0,negative
"too loud, too goofy and too short",0,negative
graduated,1,positive
the most consistently funny of the austin powers films,1,positive
", stay away.",0,negative
the movie's thesis -- elegant technology for the masses -- is surprisingly refreshing.,1,positive
"ode to unconditional love and compassion garnered from years of seeing it all, a condition only the old are privy to, and ... often misconstrued as weakness",1,positive
"makes shanghai ghetto move beyond a good, dry, reliable textbook",1,positive
"is moody, oozing, chilling and heart-warming all at once ... a twisting, unpredictable, cat-and-mouse thriller",1,positive
spied with my little eye ... a mediocre collection of cookie-cutter action scenes and,0,negative
"it has a dashing and resourceful hero ; a lisping, reptilian villain ; big fights ; big hair ; lavish period scenery ; and a story just complicated enough to let you bask in your own cleverness as you figure it out.",1,positive
maintains a surprisingly buoyant tone throughout,1,positive
anti-,0,negative
"because the film deliberately lacks irony, it has a genuine dramatic impact ; it plays like a powerful 1957 drama we 've somehow never seen before",1,positive
you doze off thirty minutes into the film,0,negative
: land beyond time is an enjoyable big movie primarily because australia is a weirdly beautiful place.,1,positive
that burns is a filmmaker with a bright future ahead of him,1,positive
have forgotten everything he ever knew about generating suspense,0,negative
is n't very funny,0,negative
that it churns up not one but two flagrantly fake thunderstorms to underscore the action,0,negative
enthralling drama,1,positive
as anything much more,1,positive
"dizzy, confused, and totally disorientated",0,negative
"good actors, even kingsley, are made to look bad",0,negative
delight your senses and crash this wedding,1,positive
anguish,0,negative
plays like an unbalanced mixture of graphic combat footage and almost saccharine domestic interludes that are pure hollywood.,0,negative
"smart, not cloying",1,positive
", is a temporal inquiry that shoulders its philosophical burden lightly.",1,positive
stiff,0,negative
historic scandal,0,negative
"weighty revelations, flowery dialogue, and nostalgia for the past",1,positive
is enough to save oleander's uninspired story.,0,negative
dislocation,0,negative
the movie is a lumbering load of hokum but ... it's at least watchable,1,positive
bludgeoning the audience over the head,0,negative
an intoxicating show,1,positive
is the stuff that disney movies are made of,1,positive
a cool event,1,positive
is n't particularly funny,0,negative
a milquetoast movie,0,negative
highly spirited,1,positive
is as generic as its title.,0,negative
have to admit i walked out of runteldat.,0,negative
of purpose,1,positive
a painfully funny ode to bad behavior.,1,positive
this gender-bending comedy is generally quite funny.,1,positive
the barn-burningly bad movie it promised it would be,0,negative
decisive,1,positive
"smart, romantic drama",1,positive
precisely,1,positive
you 're going to feel like you were n't invited to the party.,0,negative
powerful and telling story,1,positive
"artful, watery tones",1,positive
've been trying to forget,0,negative
block,0,negative
"a huge disappointment coming, as it does, from filmmakers and performers of this calibre",0,negative
ecological,1,positive
sturdiest example yet,1,positive
horrible pains,0,negative
so well,1,positive
freshly,1,positive
the ` ick ' in ` classic,0,negative
never achieve the popularity of my big fat greek wedding,0,negative
suffocate,0,negative
"macdowell, whose wifty southern charm has anchored lighter affairs ... brings an absolutely riveting conviction to her role.",1,positive
"manages to bleed it almost completely dry of humor, verve and fun.",0,negative
", evoking memories of day of the jackal, the french connection, and heat.",1,positive
a ruffle in what is already an erratic career,0,negative
was developed hastily after oedekerk,0,negative
the story the movie tells is of brian de palma's addiction to the junk-calorie suspense tropes that have all but ruined his career.,0,negative
bittersweet contemporary comedy,1,positive
", and smugly suggests a superior moral tone is more important than filmmaking skill",0,negative
comes to dreaming up romantic comedies,1,positive
comedy goes,1,positive
from the dull,0,negative
tens,1,positive
especially her agreeably startling use of close-ups and her grace with a moving camera,1,positive
"normally, rohmer's talky films fascinate me, but when he moves his setting to the past, and relies on a historical text, he loses the richness of characterization that makes his films so memorable.",0,negative
carlos,1,positive
of what's on saturday morning tv especially the pseudo-educational stuff we all ca n't stand,0,negative
sour little movie,0,negative
road,0,negative
"zero thrills, too many flashbacks and a choppy ending make for a bad film",0,negative
"is grossly contradictory in conveying its social message, if indeed there is one",0,negative
"of french hip-hop, which also seems to play on a 10-year delay",0,negative
dreadful romance,0,negative
"if ayurveda can help us return to a sane regimen of eating, sleeping and stress-reducing contemplation, it is clearly a good thing.",1,positive
to enhance the self-image of drooling idiots,0,negative
through balzac and the little chinese seamstress that transforms this story about love and culture into a cinematic poem,1,positive
works spectacularly well,1,positive
provides an invaluable service by sparking debate and encouraging thought,1,positive
would do better elsewhere,0,negative
every shot enhances the excellent performances,1,positive
the problematic characters and overly convenient plot twists,0,negative
too sappy,0,negative
it's been 13 months and 295 preview screenings since i last walked out on a movie,0,negative
"there are flaws, but also stretches of impact and moments of awe ;",1,positive
thoroughly enjoyed themselves and believed in their small-budget film,1,positive
russian ark is a new treasure of the hermitage.,1,positive
"bears a grievous but obscure complaint against fathers, and circles it obsessively, without making contact",0,negative
attack of the clones is a technological exercise that lacks juice and delight,0,negative
"other than a mildly engaging central romance, hospital",0,negative
"a highly watchable, giggly little story with a sweet edge to it.",1,positive
lacking in imagination and authentic christmas spirit,0,negative
"4ever has the same sledgehammer appeal as pokemon videos, but it breathes more on the big screen and induces headaches more slowly.",1,positive
learned the hard way just,0,negative
"though its rather routine script is loaded with familiar situations, the movie has a cinematic fluidity and sense of intelligence that makes it work more than it probably should.",1,positive
was worth your seven bucks,1,positive
recommend `` never again,1,positive
dave barry's popular book of the same name,1,positive
endure instead of enjoy,0,negative
uncanny,1,positive
fails to fulfill its own ambitious goals,0,negative
an engrossing story,1,positive
"not-so-funny gags,",0,negative
quickly forgettable,0,negative
pleasurable,1,positive
a straight-ahead thriller that never rises above superficiality.,0,negative
loads of cgi and bushels of violence,0,negative
"skip this dreck, rent animal house",0,negative
viewers out in the cold and undermines some phenomenal performances.,0,negative
make the film relevant today,1,positive
funny film,1,positive
most surprising thing,1,positive
"that it can only encourage us to see samira makhmalbaf as a very distinctive sensibility, working to develop her own film language with conspicuous success",1,positive
a pretentious and,0,negative
strong and unforced supporting cast,1,positive
most politically audacious,1,positive
plummets,0,negative
as powerful rather than cloying,1,positive
"fashion a brazil-like, hyper-real satire",1,positive
"is surprisingly brilliant,",1,positive
genuine acting,1,positive
though its story is only surface deep,1,positive
seems to have ransacked every old world war ii movie for overly familiar material.,0,negative
that the wayward wooden one end it all by stuffing himself into an electric pencil sharpener,0,negative
a rip-off twice removed,0,negative
rare combination,1,positive
as timely as tomorrow,1,positive
plays like a volatile and overlong w magazine fashion spread.,0,negative
"new texture, new relevance, new reality",1,positive
become almost as operatic to us,0,negative
"has an unmistakable, easy joie de vivre.",1,positive
ruined by amateurish writing and acting,0,negative
"it is that rare combination of bad writing, bad direction and bad acting -- the trifecta of badness.",0,negative
monster/science fiction flicks,1,positive
well-made evocation,1,positive
poo-poo jokes,0,negative
"the reality of the new live-action pinocchio he directed, cowrote and starred in borders on the grotesque.",0,negative
is certainly worth seeing at least once,1,positive
"dancing, singing, and unforgettable characters",1,positive
the pleasures of a well-made pizza,1,positive
're looking for an intelligent movie in which you can release your pent up anger,1,positive
rehashes to feed to the younger generations,0,negative
"heavy-handed symbolism, dime-store psychology and endless scenic shots that make 105 minutes seem twice as long",0,negative
terribly monotonous,0,negative
a well-crafted letdown.,0,negative
the absurdity of the premise,0,negative
", wannabe-hip crime comedy",0,negative
"zero-dimensional, unlikable characters",0,negative
torn away,0,negative
makes less sense than the bruckheimeresque american action flicks it emulates.,0,negative
"a cheap thriller, a dumb comedy",0,negative
of inept filmmaking,0,negative
the more common saccharine genre,0,negative
woozy,0,negative
is like being trapped at a bad rock concert,0,negative
her third feature will be something to behold,1,positive
find it uninteresting,0,negative
"'s a dark, gritty story",1,positive
a generic bloodbath that often becomes,0,negative
"mysterious, sensual, emotionally intense, and replete",1,positive
the film has a terrific look and,1,positive
"is to say that it does n't follow the stale, standard, connect-the-dots storyline which has become commonplace in movies that explore the seamy underbelly of the criminal world",1,positive
refusal,0,negative
to find better entertainment,0,negative
the charisma of a young woman who knows how to hold the screen,1,positive
kooky which should appeal to women,1,positive
", the worst of tragedies can be fertile sources of humor",1,positive
scenes of cinematic perfection,1,positive
"difficult, endless",0,negative
"the one of the world's best actors, daniel auteuil,",1,positive
being a complete waste of time,0,negative
too often strains,0,negative
unusual but pleasantly haunting debut,1,positive
"a chronicle not only of one man's quest to be president, but of how that man single-handedly turned a plane full of hard-bitten, cynical journalists into what was essentially, by campaign's end, an extended publicity department.",1,positive
the bigger setpieces flat,0,negative
the kid's ) just too bratty for sympathy,0,negative
drowns out,0,negative
a country skunk,0,negative
"the mothman prophecies, which is mostly a bore",0,negative
"is wasted in this crass, low-wattage endeavor",0,negative
it's an entertaining movie,1,positive
what it's trying to say and,1,positive
"a dark-as-pitch comedy that frequently veers into corny sentimentality, probably would not improve much after a therapeutic zap of shock treatment.",0,negative
"'s a treat -- a delightful, witty, improbable romantic comedy with a zippy jazzy score",1,positive
aimless as an old pickup skidding completely out of control on a long patch of black ice,0,negative
go where the moment takes them,1,positive
just never gets off the ground.,0,negative
no new plot conceptions,0,negative
"a slam-bang extravaganza that is all about a wild-and-woolly, wall-to-wall good time.",1,positive
clumsy,0,negative
blessed,1,positive
quite one of the worst movies of the year,0,negative
", fits the bill perfectly",1,positive
buddy cop comedy,1,positive
engrossing and infectiously enthusiastic,1,positive
that the film's length becomes a part of its fun,1,positive
assassination,0,negative
"a sun-drenched masterpiece, part parlor game, part psychological case study, part droll social satire.",1,positive
"a shaky, uncertain film",0,negative
low on both suspense and payoff,0,negative
"do n't really seem all that profound, at least by way of what can be gleaned from this three-hour endurance test built around an hour's worth of actual material",0,negative
an interest,1,positive
wildly incompetent,0,negative
warm and well-told tale,1,positive
"that carries its share of laughs -- sometimes a chuckle, sometimes a guffaw and, to my great pleasure, the occasional belly laugh",1,positive
a meditation on faith and madness,1,positive
there's a scientific law to be discerned here that producers would be well to heed : mediocre movies start to drag as soon as the action speeds up,0,negative
told in scattered fashion,0,negative
catapulting the artist,1,positive
"things really get weird, though not particularly scary : the movie is all portent and no content",0,negative
an action film disguised as a war tribute is disgusting to begin with,0,negative
"a vibrant whirlwind of love, family and all that goes with it, my big fat greek wedding is a non-stop funny feast of warmth, color and cringe.",1,positive
appealingly,1,positive
the nerve to speak up,1,positive
quirky iranian drama secret ballot,1,positive
in gross-out humor,1,positive
fifth beer-soaked film,0,negative
is a pretty good job,1,positive
"a fun, no-frills ride",1,positive
a legal thriller,1,positive
of routine stuff yuen,0,negative
a film that's not merely about kicking undead ***,1,positive
you watch them clumsily mugging their way through snow dogs,0,negative
reach a truly annoying pitch,0,negative
to be passionate and truthful,1,positive
to keep the extremes of screwball farce and blood-curdling family intensity on one continuum,0,negative
predictable and cloying,0,negative
"a brazil-like, hyper-real satire",0,negative
does n't trust laughs,0,negative
any flaws that come later,0,negative
"just when you think you are making sense of it, something happens that tells you there is no sense.",0,negative
charismatic and tragically,1,positive
enough to keep men,1,positive
j.k. rowling's marvelous series,1,positive
's trying to set the women's liberation movement back 20 years,0,negative
's rare to see a movie that takes such a speedy swan dive from `` promising '' to `` interesting '' to `` familiar '' before landing squarely on `` stupid ''.,0,negative
", pretty and gifted, it really won my heart",1,positive
my little eye is the best little `` horror '' movie i 've seen in years.,1,positive
in her most charmless,0,negative
the irwins ' scenes are fascinating ; the movie as a whole is cheap junk and an insult to their death-defying efforts,0,negative
romance,1,positive
"a much needed kick, making `` die another day '' one of the most entertaining bonds in years",1,positive
looks like he's not trying to laugh at how bad,0,negative
or maybe `` how will you feel after an 88-minute rip-off of the rock with action confined to slo-mo gun firing and random glass-shattering?'',0,negative
"is, its filmmakers run out of clever ideas and visual gags about halfway through.",0,negative
"the filmmaker's extraordinary access to massoud, whose charm, cultivation and devotion to his people are readily apparent",1,positive
the place where a masterpiece should be,1,positive
when you 're a struggling nobody,0,negative
"evolved from star to superstar some time over the past year, which means that birthday girl is the kind of quirkily appealing minor movie she might not make for a while.",1,positive
the whole film has this sneaky feel to it -- as if the director is trying to dupe the viewer into taking it all as very important simply because the movie is ugly to look at and not a hollywood product.,0,negative
about nothing delivered by the former mr. drew barrymore,0,negative
pouty-lipped poof,0,negative
"'s a very entertaining, thought-provoking film with a simple message",1,positive
a harrowing account,1,positive
", contemplative, and sublimely beautiful.",1,positive
"of your seat, tense with suspense",1,positive
nobody in the viewing audience cares,0,negative
times a bit melodramatic and even a little dated,0,negative
serve the work especially well,1,positive
spiteful,0,negative
thank,1,positive
"charming, funny and beautifully",1,positive
relative modesty,1,positive
from dawson's creek,1,positive
something of a public service --,1,positive
well-structured,1,positive
"manages, with terrific flair, to keep the extremes of screwball farce and blood-curdling family intensity on one continuum",1,positive
even if the picture itself is somewhat problematic,0,negative
're simply not funny performers,0,negative
with tiny little jokes and nary an original idea,0,negative
( seagal's ) strenuous attempt,0,negative
it is n't scary.,0,negative
make it well worth watching,1,positive
it is effective,1,positive
'll want to crawl up your own *** in embarrassment,0,negative
an essentially awkward version,0,negative
begins like a docu-drama but builds its multi-character story with a flourish.,1,positive
can be expected from a college comedy that's target audience has n't graduated from junior high school?,0,negative
entirely witless and,0,negative
of the most entertaining bonds in years,1,positive
you can be forgiven for realizing that you 've spent the past 20 minutes looking at your watch and waiting for frida to just die already.,0,negative
makes this film special,1,positive
a long patch of black ice,0,negative
addition to sporting one of the worst titles in recent cinematic history,0,negative
unadulterated thrills,1,positive
the bottom of the barrel,0,negative
a cruel deception,0,negative
totally exemplify,1,positive
is that it counts heart as important as humor.,1,positive
plaguing the human spirit in a relentlessly globalizing world,1,positive
"woven together handsomely, recalling sixties ' rockumentary milestones from lonely boy to do n't look back.",1,positive
the edge,1,positive
", virulently unpleasant excuse",0,negative
does n't have anything really interesting to say.,0,negative
"displaying about equal amounts of naiveté, passion and talent, beneath clouds establishes sen as a filmmaker of considerable potential.",1,positive
"kiddie entertainment, sophisticated wit and symbolic graphic design",1,positive
"rock solid family fun out of the gates, extremely imaginative through out",1,positive
it's still entertaining to watch the target practice.,1,positive
harmoniously,1,positive
"his latest effort,",1,positive
"it will just as likely make you weep, and it will do so in a way that does n't make you feel like a sucker.",1,positive
it's not nearly as fresh or enjoyable as its predecessor,0,negative
a little bit of romance and a dose,1,positive
most battered women,0,negative
laugh at how bad,0,negative
what makes the movie special,1,positive
captures both the beauty of the land and the people.,1,positive
"this makes for perfectly acceptable, occasionally very enjoyable children's entertainment.",1,positive
sure the filmmakers found this a remarkable and novel concept,1,positive
the best korean film of 2002,1,positive
a modem that disconnects every 10 seconds,0,negative
exciting and well-paced,1,positive
far more successful,1,positive
exhibit sharp comic timing that makes the more hackneyed elements of the film easier to digest,1,positive
"so many red herrings, so many false scares,",0,negative
a great film,1,positive
so much first-rate,1,positive
you wish you had n't seen,0,negative
"devastated by war, famine and poverty and documented the cruelty and suffering he has found with an devastating, eloquent clarity",1,positive
potentially just as rewarding,1,positive
spin hopelessly out,0,negative
"despite its floating narrative, this is a remarkably accessible and haunting film.",1,positive
guys say mean things and shoot a lot of bullets.,0,negative
you missed the point,0,negative
impossibly contrived situations,0,negative
no chemistry or,0,negative
compelling mix,1,positive
"quite makes it to the boiling point, but manages to sustain a good simmer for most of its running time",1,positive
the funniest american comedy,1,positive
"benefited from a sharper, cleaner script",1,positive
stylish film,1,positive
as history,1,positive
pubescent,1,positive
'm just about ready to go to the u.n. and ask permission for a preemptive strike,0,negative
"odd, poetic road movie",1,positive
"fascinating, compelling story",1,positive
relied too much,0,negative
tosses around sex toys and offers,0,negative
most refreshing about real women have curves,1,positive
cloying messages,0,negative
earthy,1,positive
jaglom's self-conscious and gratingly irritating films,0,negative
"sharp, overmanipulative hollywood practices",0,negative
be the best and most mature comedy of the 2002 summer season speaks more of the season than the picture,1,positive
"rises above easy, cynical potshots at morally bankrupt characters",1,positive
"by cliches, painful improbability and murky points",0,negative
recommended as an engrossing story about a horrifying historical event and the elements which contributed to it.,1,positive
"was, and started doing nothing but reacting to it - feeling a part of its grand locations, thinking urgently as the protagonists struggled, feeling at the mercy of its inventiveness, gasping at its visual delights",1,positive
digitally altered footage,0,negative
their own mortality,1,positive
mannerisms and self-indulgence,1,positive
along looking for astute observations and coming up blank,0,negative
cliche,0,negative
", after only three films, director/co-writer jacques audiard, though little known in this country, belongs in the very top rank of french filmmakers",1,positive
i stay positive,1,positive
required to give this comic slugfest some heart,0,negative
a compelling coming-of-age drama about the arduous journey of a sensitive young girl through a series of foster homes and a fierce struggle to pull free from her dangerous and domineering mother,1,positive
"a more credible script, though",1,positive
time waster ',0,negative
fairly involving as far as it goes,1,positive
humiliated by a pack of dogs who are smarter than him,0,negative
"virtually collapses into an inhalant blackout, maintaining consciousness just long enough to achieve callow pretension",0,negative
has the perfect face to play a handsome blank yearning to find himself,1,positive
true for being so hot-blooded,1,positive
current innovators,1,positive
won -- and,1,positive
allows his cast members to make creative contributions to the story and dialogue.,1,positive
can seem tiresomely simpleminded.,0,negative
the film's thoroughly recycled plot and tiresome jokes ... drag the movie down.,0,negative
ethnic cleansing,0,negative
this oscar-nominated documentary takes you there.,1,positive
a wonderful tale,1,positive
insurance,1,positive
a grand picture,1,positive
big-budget/all-star movie,1,positive
"is worth your time, especially if you have ellen pompeo sitting next to you for the ride",1,positive
cruelly funny twist,1,positive
you 'll need a stronger stomach than us.,0,negative
i had more fun watching spy than i had with most of the big summer movies.,1,positive
too much of a plunge,0,negative
take us on his sentimental journey of the heart,1,positive
"a profoundly stupid affair, populating its hackneyed and meanspirited storyline with cardboard characters and performers who value cash above credibility.",0,negative
lamer instincts,1,positive
"thanks to the château's balance of whimsicality, narrative discipline and serious improvisation",1,positive
she-cute,1,positive
horrible movie,0,negative
provide insight,1,positive
of lives lived in a state of quiet desperation,1,positive
an engaging,1,positive
only are the film's sopranos gags incredibly dated and unfunny,0,negative
"it's really little more than a particularly slanted, gay s/m fantasy, enervating and deadeningly drawn-out.",0,negative
to have dumped a whole lot of plot in favor of ... outrageous gags,0,negative
this seductive tease,1,positive
aspires to be more than another `` best man '' clone by weaving a theme throughout this funny film,1,positive
"sheridan seems terrified of the book's irreverent energy, and scotches most of its élan, humor, bile, and irony.",0,negative
keep things interesting,1,positive
faced,1,positive
is a beautiful film for people who like their romances to have that french realism,1,positive
do n't even bother to rent this on video,0,negative
as blasphemous and nonsensical as a luis buñuel film,0,negative
pornography or documentary,0,negative
polished,1,positive
a powerful entity,1,positive
no earthly reason other than money why this distinguished actor would stoop so low,0,negative
scoob and shag do n't eat enough during the film.',0,negative
still feels counterproductive,0,negative
create,1,positive
"of things that elevate `` glory '' above most of its ilk, most notably the mere presence of duvall",1,positive
", derrida is all but useless",0,negative
moments of hilarity to be had,1,positive
"that it's offensive, but",0,negative
satisfying complete,1,positive
"the three leads produce adequate performances, but",1,positive
are fun and reminiscent of combat scenes,1,positive
comes with the laziness and arrogance of a thing that already knows it's won,0,negative
"jolt you out of your seat a couple of times, give you a few laughs",1,positive
"a bunch of other, better movies slapped together.",0,negative
languishing on a shelf somewhere,0,negative
"impostor ca n't think of a thing to do with these characters except have them run through dark tunnels, fight off various anonymous attackers, and evade elaborate surveillance technologies.",0,negative
crafty,1,positive
honest and loving,1,positive
"the shameless self-caricature of ` analyze this ' ( 1999 ) and ` analyze that, ' promised ( or threatened ) for later this year",0,negative
"acted, emotionally devastating piece",1,positive
derivative,1,positive
a mundane '70s disaster flick,0,negative
fully realized story,1,positive
"béart and berling are both superb, while huppert ... is magnificent.",1,positive
victims,0,negative
nothing more than an hour-and-a-half-long commercial for britney's latest album,0,negative
deeply pessimistic or,1,positive
this will be an enjoyable choice for younger kids.,1,positive
more repulsive,0,negative
have a hard time,0,negative
sucked up all,0,negative
powerful and reasonably fulfilling,1,positive
good movie,1,positive
's no reason to miss interview with the assassin,1,positive
its story,1,positive
pleasant enough dish,1,positive
for improvement,0,negative
ethan hawke's strained chelsea walls,0,negative
uselessly redundant and shamelessly money-grubbing than most third-rate horror sequels,0,negative
"is too picture postcard perfect, too neat and new pin-like, too obviously a recreation to resonate.",0,negative
cultural identity,1,positive
with most of the big summer movies,1,positive
christian-themed fun,1,positive
that collect a bunch of people who are enthusiastic about something and then,1,positive
"enjoys quirky, fun, popcorn movies with a touch of silliness and a little",1,positive
"story becomes a hopeless, unsatisfying muddle",0,negative
fiendishly,0,negative
you 're willing to have fun with it,1,positive
"from a sharper, cleaner script",1,positive
"gone, replaced by the forced funniness found in the dullest kiddie flicks",0,negative
", but with material this rich it does n't need it",1,positive
than the very sluggish pace,0,negative
own tortured psyche,1,positive
enigmatic features,1,positive
is an uneven film for the most part,0,negative
"signposts marking the slow, lingering death of imagination",0,negative
"a markedly inactive film, city",0,negative
inhabit that special annex of hell where adults behave like kids,0,negative
"a smart, provocative drama that does the nearly impossible :",1,positive
impressive for the sights and sounds of the wondrous beats,1,positive
"the predominantly amateur cast is painful to watch, so stilted and unconvincing",0,negative
proves himself a deft pace master and stylist.,1,positive
not enough fizz,0,negative
funny and touching film,1,positive
remains mostly undeterminable,0,negative
be interested in knowing any of them personally,1,positive
"the two leads, nearly perfect in their roles",1,positive
be better to wait for the video,0,negative
"far from heaven is a dazzling conceptual feat, but more than that, it's a work of enthralling drama.",1,positive
stomach-knotting suspense,1,positive
has the rare capability to soothe and break your heart with a single stroke,1,positive
good fun,1,positive
"is a very funny, heartwarming film.",1,positive
dizzy,0,negative
paints a grand picture of an era and,1,positive
fascinates,1,positive
the best sex comedy,1,positive
"offensive, puerile and unimaginatively foul-mouthed",0,negative
elegant technology,1,positive
this is a seriously intended movie that is not easily forgotten.,1,positive
one decent performance from the cast and not one clever line of dialogue,0,negative
potentially good comic premise,1,positive
really sets the film apart is debrauwer's refusal to push the easy emotional buttons,1,positive
amusing and unpredictable,1,positive
chill,0,negative
"the misery of these people becomes just another voyeuristic spectacle, to be consumed and forgotten.",0,negative
a capable thriller,1,positive
"as much as i laughed throughout the movie, i can not mount a cogent defense of the film as entertainment, or even performance art, although the movie does leave you marveling at these guys ' superhuman capacity to withstand pain.",1,positive
mind-numbingly awful,0,negative
enriched,1,positive
magic and whimsy,1,positive
what i liked about it,1,positive
released the outtakes theatrically and used the film as a bonus feature on the dvd,0,negative
will be put to sleep or bewildered by the artsy and often pointless visuals,0,negative
"its many out-sized,",0,negative
"elegant, witty and beneath",1,positive
"with dickens ' words and writer-director douglas mcgrath's even-toned direction, a ripping good yarn is told.",1,positive
( and better,1,positive
time frame right,1,positive
wholesome fantasy,1,positive
there is one word that best describes this film : honest.,1,positive
better than inconsequential,1,positive
how funny they could have been in a more ambitious movie,0,negative
the story and the actors are served with a hack script.,0,negative
an intelligent screenplay,1,positive
successful at lodging itself in the brain,1,positive
tacky and,0,negative
cuts corners,0,negative
the moviegoing equivalent of going to a dinner party and being forced to watch the host and hostess's home video of their baby's birth.,0,negative
hilarious and sad,1,positive
"go anywhere new,",1,positive
there's a sheer unbridled delight in the way,1,positive
has no snap,0,negative
"surprising, subtle",1,positive
", is still good fun.",1,positive
"you feel good, you feel sad, you feel pissed off, but in the end, you feel alive - which is what they did.",1,positive
downfall,0,negative
of this so-called satire,0,negative
"does n't deliver a great story, nor is the action as gripping as in past seagal films",0,negative
proud in its message,1,positive
gathering dust,0,negative
romantics,1,positive
unfolds predictably,0,negative
a massive infusion,0,negative
"those who are only mildly curious, i fear, will be put to sleep or bewildered by the artsy and often pointless visuals.",0,negative
the requisite faux-urban vibe and,0,negative
loves its characters and communicates something,1,positive
"a sad, soggy potboiler that wastes the talents of its attractive young leads",0,negative
this alleged psychological thriller in search of purpose or even a plot,0,negative
"the gags, and the script, are a mixed bag.",0,negative
"astonishing is n't the word -- neither is incompetent, incoherent or just plain crap.",0,negative
"have resulted in a smoother, more focused narrative without sacrificing any of the cultural intrigue",1,positive
too blatant,0,negative
in conveying its social message,1,positive
manage to squeeze a few laughs out of the material,1,positive
a bad improvisation exercise,0,negative
required genuine acting from ms. spears,1,positive
virtually unwatchable,0,negative
"vibrant, and intelligent",1,positive
user-friendly,1,positive
trifling,0,negative
"acting, but ultimately a movie with no reason for being",0,negative
its audience giddy with the delight of discovery,1,positive
", it is n't much fun.",0,negative
who perfectly portrays the desperation of a very insecure man,1,positive
one look at a girl in tight pants and big tits and you turn stupid,0,negative
holds you,1,positive
"is an exercise in chilling style, and twohy films the sub, inside and out, with an eye on preserving a sense of mystery",1,positive
a played-out idea -- a straight guy has to dress up in drag -- that shockingly manages to be even worse than its title,0,negative
an affable but undernourished romantic comedy that fails to match the freshness of the actress-producer and writer,0,negative
"from the margin that gives viewers a chance to learn, to grow, to travel",1,positive
that there's nothing resembling a spine here,0,negative
contentedly,1,positive
"it sounds like another clever if pointless excursion into the abyss, and",0,negative
's tough to watch,0,negative
refreshed,1,positive
its invitingly upbeat overture to its pathos-filled but ultimately life-affirming finale,1,positive
not all of the stories work and the ones that do,0,negative
"uncouth, incomprehensible, vicious and absurd",0,negative
into this turkey,0,negative
an intriguing twist,1,positive
waste viewers ' time with a gobbler like this,0,negative
"shatner is probably the funniest person in the film, which gives you an idea just how bad it was.",0,negative
for a story,1,positive
expressing the way many of us live -- someplace between consuming self-absorption and insistently demanding otherness,0,negative
to no particularly memorable effect,0,negative
it's an utterly static picture,0,negative
in genre cliches,0,negative
a refreshing change from the usual whoopee-cushion effort aimed at the youth market.,1,positive
the surprisingly somber conclusion,1,positive
so much first-rate talent,1,positive
"convince almost everyone that it was put on the screen, just for them",1,positive
jumps around with little logic or continuity,0,negative
all the way to the credits,1,positive
"a fascinating, dark thriller that keeps you hooked on the delicious pulpiness of its lurid fiction.",1,positive
is a work of outstanding originality,1,positive
this film : honest,1,positive
self-hatred instilled,0,negative
"anyone with a passion for cinema, and indeed sex, should see it as soon as possible.'",1,positive
"an inuit masterpiece that will give you goosebumps as its uncanny tale of love, communal discord, and justice",1,positive
"a long, dull procession of despair, set to cello music culled from a minimalist funeral.",0,negative
possibilities,1,positive
of anti-semitism ever seen on screen,0,negative
is an overwhelming sadness that feels as if it has made its way into your very bloodstream.,1,positive
dumbness,0,negative
"the story itself it mostly told through on-camera interviews with several survivors, whose riveting memories are rendered with such clarity that it's as if it all happened only yesterday.",1,positive
it's nice to see piscopo again after all these years,1,positive
a moving and weighty depiction of one family,1,positive
knockaround guys rarely seems interested in kicking around a raison d'etre that's as fresh-faced as its young-guns cast.,1,positive
a horrible movie,0,negative
"of this sad, compulsive life",0,negative
ends up merely pretentious -- in a grisly sort of way,0,negative
"whatever the movie's sentimental, hypocritical lessons about sexism",0,negative
has been awarded mythic status in contemporary culture,1,positive
"aside from the fact that the film idiotically uses the website feardotcom.com or the improperly hammy performance from poor stephen rea, the film gets added disdain for the fact that it is nearly impossible to look at or understand.",0,negative
rare trick,1,positive
gloriously unsubtle,1,positive
come when various characters express their quirky inner selves,1,positive
"make the most of the large-screen format,",1,positive
sharp as the original,1,positive
gives it a sturdiness and solidity that we 've long associated with washington,1,positive
he's a slow study : the action is stilted and the tabloid energy embalmed.,0,negative
we feel that we truly know what makes holly and marina tick,1,positive
propels her into the upper echelons of the directing world,1,positive
it is an engaging and exciting narrative of man confronting the demons of his own fear and paranoia,1,positive
"is shallow, offensive and redundant, with pitifully few real laughs.",0,negative
an indisputably spooky film,1,positive
elegant technology for the masses,1,positive
jeff's ) gorgeous,1,positive
a really cool bit --,1,positive
fluid,1,positive
offers no new insight,0,negative
catches dramatic fire,1,positive
grind that only the most hardhearted scrooge could fail to respond,1,positive
works better in the conception than it does in the execution ... winds up seeming just a little too clever.,0,negative
most brilliant work,1,positive
of nature and family warmth,1,positive
opposed to the extent of their outrageousness,1,positive
once again that a man in drag is not in and of himself funny,0,negative
created a monster but did n't know how to handle it.,0,negative
it makes you feel like a chump,0,negative
what makes it worth watching,1,positive
drying out,0,negative
as delicately calibrated in tone,1,positive
an amicable endeavor,1,positive
can easily worm its way into your heart,1,positive
enlightening,1,positive
", the film makes up for it with a pleasing verisimilitude.",1,positive
that's as crisp and to the point,1,positive
ultimate movie experience,1,positive
"yakusho, as always, is wonderful as the long-faced sad sack ... and",1,positive
its drastic iconography,1,positive
small part thanks,1,positive
's a very very strong `` b +.,1,positive
flagrantly,0,negative
angelina jolie's surprising flair for self-deprecating comedy,1,positive
"'s now, more than ever, choosing his roles with the precision of the insurance actuary",1,positive
love him,1,positive
enticing prospect,1,positive
dumb gags,0,negative
as it does because ( the leads ) are such a companionable couple,1,positive
win a wide summer audience,1,positive
"overwrought, melodramatic bodice-ripper",0,negative
photographed and beautifully recorded.,1,positive
in the conception than it does in the execution,0,negative
"a tragedy which is somehow guessable from the first few minutes, maybe because it echoes the by now intolerable morbidity of so many recent movies",0,negative
good inside dope,1,positive
undercut,0,negative
thrillingly,1,positive
american chai encourages rueful laughter at stereotypes only an indian-american would recognize.,0,negative
"effective enough at achieving the modest, crowd-pleasing goals it sets for itself",1,positive
"is almost nothing in this flat effort that will amuse or entertain them, either.",0,negative
"seems to want to be a character study, but apparently",0,negative
a philosophical void,0,negative
that manages to have a good time as it doles out pieces of the famous director's life,1,positive
the story compels,1,positive
at the expense of character,0,negative
just different bodies for sharp objects to rip through,0,negative
"an ungainly movie, ill-fitting, with its elbows sticking out where the knees should be",0,negative
hollywood war-movie stuff,0,negative
godard's ode to tackling life's wonderment is a rambling and incoherent manifesto about the vagueness of topical excess ... in praise of love remains a ponderous and pretentious endeavor that's unfocused and tediously exasperating,0,negative
about an adult male dressed in pink jammies,0,negative
the château is never quite able to overcome the cultural moat surrounding its ludicrous and contrived plot.',0,negative
"to sort the bad guys from the good, which is its essential problem",0,negative
admire the film's stately nature and,1,positive
may be a bit disjointed,0,negative
is neither dramatic nor comic,0,negative
that are jarring and deeply out of place in what could have ( and probably should have ) been a lighthearted comedy,0,negative
are too cute,1,positive
such a horrible movie,0,negative
of his top-notch creative team,1,positive
bad of a movie,0,negative
the credit for the film's winning tone,1,positive
"a jarring, new-agey tone creeping into the second half",0,negative
is truly gorgeous to behold.,1,positive
"dragged through a sad, sordid universe of guns, drugs, avarice and damaged dreams",0,negative
"is hardly a perverse, dangerous libertine and agitator -- which would have made for better drama.",0,negative
rarely does a film so graceless and devoid of merit as this one come along.,0,negative
thoughtful,1,positive
some serious soul,1,positive
"this nasty comedy pokes fun at the same easy targets as other rowdy raunch-fests -- farts, boobs, unmentionables -- without much success.",0,negative
resemble their celebrity parents,1,positive
ultimately takes hold and grips hard.,1,positive
"animation back 30 years, musicals back 40 years and judaism back at least 50",0,negative
that would make this a moving experience for people who have n't read the book,1,positive
"everything humanly possible to create characters who are sweet and believable, and are defeated by a screenplay that forces them into bizarre, implausible behavior",0,negative
cool.,1,positive
waydowntown manages to nail the spirit-crushing ennui of denuded urban living without giving in to it.,1,positive
"not only fails on its own, but makes you second-guess your affection for the original",0,negative
"the writing is indifferent, and jordan brady's direction is prosaic",0,negative
the thing about guys like evans is this : you 're never quite sure where self-promotion ends and the truth begins.,0,negative
parker's creative interference,1,positive
"change watching such a character, especially when rendered in as flat and",0,negative
a good surprise ending,1,positive
addictive guilty pleasure,1,positive
"is so busy making reference to other films and trying to be other films that it fails to have a heart, mind or humor of its own.",0,negative
backwater,1,positive
tepid genre offering,0,negative
i can tell you that there's no other reason why anyone should bother remembering it.,0,negative
one fantastic ( and educational ),1,positive
the sensational true-crime hell-jaunt purists might like and more experimental in its storytelling,1,positive
"keen eye, sweet spirit",1,positive
funny and sad,1,positive
preserving a sense of mystery,1,positive
bad trip,0,negative
perfectly formed,1,positive
the minds and hearts,1,positive
about something is an amicable endeavor.,1,positive
a shame the marvelous first 101 minutes have to be combined with the misconceived final 5,0,negative
nature and family warmth,1,positive
outdated clothes and plastic knickknacks,0,negative
a satisfying kids flck becomes increasingly implausible as it races through contrived plot points,0,negative
"it might have held my attention, but",0,negative
leaving the theater,0,negative
may go down in cinema history as the only movie ever in which the rest of the cast was outshined by ll cool j.,0,negative
rodriguez has the chops of a smart-aleck film school brat and the imagination of a big kid ...,1,positive
treats the subject with fondness and respect,1,positive
surprise us with plot twists,1,positive
"its heart, as simple self-reflection meditation",1,positive
's nothing very attractive about this movie,0,negative
with grace and humor and gradually,1,positive
denying that burns is a filmmaker with a bright future ahead of him,1,positive
unexpectedly moving,1,positive
on a positive ( if tragic ) note,1,positive
odd and,0,negative
to life in the performances,1,positive
focus on the hero's odyssey from cowering poverty to courage and happiness,1,positive
're supposed to shriek,1,positive
enormous feeling,1,positive
"the performances are amiable and committed,",1,positive
"the direction occasionally rises to the level of marginal competence, but for most of the film it is hard to tell who is chasing who or why.",0,negative
is nevertheless efficiently amusing for a good while.,1,positive
the modern-day royals have nothing on these guys when it comes to scandals.,0,negative
had the balance shifted in favor of water-bound action over the land-based ` drama,0,negative
"with the characters, who are so believable that you feel what they feel",1,positive
self-determination,1,positive
with his usual intelligence and subtlety,1,positive
considerable,1,positive
that we really have n't had a good cheesy b-movie playing in theaters since ... well ... since last week's reign of fire,0,negative
"'s meandering, low on energy, and too eager to be quirky at moments when a little old-fashioned storytelling would come in handy",0,negative
and effective film,1,positive
that might have required genuine acting from ms. spears,0,negative
"faster, livelier and a good deal funnier than his original",1,positive
star performances,1,positive
"barely manages for but a few seconds over its seemingly eternal running time to pique your interest, your imagination, your empathy or anything, really, save your disgust and your indifference.",0,negative
he's the god of second chances ',1,positive
"a smartly directed, grown-up film",1,positive
insufferably,0,negative
feels like a copout,0,negative
surrounded by open windows,1,positive
realistic characters,1,positive
had a lot of problems with this movie.,0,negative
is intriguing but quickly becomes distasteful and downright creepy.,0,negative
"cuba gooding jr. valiantly mugs his way through snow dogs, but even his boisterous energy fails to spark this leaden comedy",0,negative
"buried, drowned and",0,negative
"mckay seems embarrassed by his own invention and tries to rush through the intermediary passages, apparently hoping that the audience will not notice the glaring triteness of the plot device",0,negative
because you 're one of the lucky few who sought it out,1,positive
a ` guy's film ' in the worst sense of the expression.,0,negative
echoes the by now intolerable morbidity of so many recent movies,0,negative
a talented director,1,positive
provide much more insight,1,positive
extraordinarily talented,1,positive
feeling refreshed and hopeful,1,positive
"the year's greatest adventure, and",1,positive
of veracity and narrative grace,1,positive
is insipid,0,negative
sidesplitting,1,positive
rich in emotional texture,1,positive
breathless,1,positive
drowns out the promise of the romantic angle.,0,negative
surprisingly gentle,1,positive
terrific computer graphics,1,positive
"there's no point of view, no contemporary interpretation of joan's prefeminist plight,",0,negative
a story about intelligent high school students that deals with first love sweetly but also seriously.,1,positive
the filmmakers ' eye for detail and the high standards of performance,1,positive
family drama,1,positive
the same number of continuity errors,0,negative
excruciating demonstration,0,negative
a more mythic level,1,positive
better entertainment,1,positive
", they prove more distressing than suspenseful.",0,negative
"a laughable -- or rather, unlaughable -- excuse for a film.",0,negative
storytelling is far more appealing,1,positive
"is fun, and host to some truly excellent sequences.",1,positive
that no wise men will be following after it,0,negative
"the best kind of documentary, one that makes a depleted yesterday feel very much like a brand-new tomorrow",1,positive
there are some fairly unsettling scenes,0,negative
one of them,0,negative
often funny way,1,positive
well-balanced fashion,1,positive
in the same old story,0,negative
"seems to want both, but succeeds in making neither.",0,negative
hong kong action cinema is still alive and kicking,1,positive
might just be the movie you 're looking for.,1,positive
that should be punishable by chainsaw,0,negative
to the brim with ideas,1,positive
that holds up well after two decades,1,positive
experienced,1,positive
"made it dull, lifeless, and irritating",0,negative
men,1,positive
"the story feels like the logical, unforced continuation of the careers of a pair of spy kids",1,positive
"it's a treat -- a delightful, witty, improbable romantic comedy with a zippy jazzy score ...",1,positive
fingering problems than finding solutions,0,negative
far short,0,negative
to acquire the fast-paced contemporary society,1,positive
that a good video game movie is going to show up soon,1,positive
that should bolster director and co-writer,1,positive
bringing you right inside the massive waves that lifts blue crush into one of the summer's most pleasurable movies,1,positive
authentic,1,positive
bring fresh good looks and an ease in front of the camera,1,positive
equally engrossing,1,positive
takes your breath away,1,positive
chore to sit through -- despite some first-rate performances by its lead,0,negative
dopey dialogue,0,negative
forced to watch him try out so many complicated facial expressions,0,negative
that it quickly enters the pantheon of wreckage that includes battlefield earth and showgirls,0,negative
"tartakovsky's team has some freakish powers of visual charm, but",1,positive
seal the deal,1,positive
virtually no understanding,0,negative
contemporary chinese life that many outsiders will be surprised to know,1,positive
"that's neither completely enlightening,",0,negative
"( reynolds ) takes a classic story, casts attractive and talented actors and uses a magnificent landscape to create a feature film that is wickedly fun to watch.",1,positive
a high water mark,1,positive
will be something to behold,1,positive
a lazy exercise in bad filmmaking that asks you to not only suspend your disbelief but your intelligence as well,0,negative
is an absolute delight for all audiences,1,positive
watch a movie in which a guy dressed as a children's party clown gets violently gang-raped?,0,negative
"whiny, pathetic, starving and untalented artistes",0,negative
clarity and deeply,1,positive
"it deserved all the hearts it won -- and wins still, 20 years later.",1,positive
the energetic frontman,1,positive
"it's also uninspired, lacking the real talent and wit to elevate it beyond its formula to the level of classic romantic comedy to which it aspires.",0,negative
road to perdition does display greatness,1,positive
terrific casting,1,positive
"proves tiresome, with the surface histrionics failing to compensate for the paper-thin characterizations and facile situations",0,negative
a funny and touching film that is gorgeously acted by a british cast to rival gosford park's.,1,positive
that was followed by the bad idea,0,negative
fun factor,1,positive
"begins to drag two-thirds through, when the melodramatic aspects start to overtake the comedy",0,negative
can also negotiate the movie's darker turns,0,negative
big bloody chomps,0,negative
big stars and high production values,1,positive
"plumbs uncharted depths of stupidity, incoherence and sub-sophomoric sexual banter.",0,negative
"got some good, organic character work, lots of obvious political insights and little room for engaging, imaginative filmmaking in its nearly 2 1/2",1,positive
its cutesy reliance on movie-specific cliches is n't exactly endearing,0,negative
"before swooping down on a string of exotic locales, scooping the whole world up in a joyous communal festival of rhythm",1,positive
"compelling, provocative and prescient",1,positive
is a such a brainless flibbertigibbet that it's hard to take her spiritual quest at all seriously.,0,negative
"rohmer's drama builds to an intense indoor drama about compassion, sacrifice, and christian love in the face of political corruption",1,positive
it has become apparent that the franchise's best years are long past.,0,negative
lax and limp,0,negative
"the superficially written characters ramble on tediously about their lives, loves and the art",0,negative
"it made me feel unclean,",0,negative
struggle,0,negative
to construct a story with even a trace of dramatic interest,0,negative
may also be the best sex comedy about environmental pollution ever made.,1,positive
an insultingly inept and artificial examination of grief and,0,negative
"a swashbuckling tale of love, betrayal, revenge and above all, faith.",1,positive
of moral compromise,1,positive
perfect black pearls,1,positive
things to like,1,positive
indulgent two-hour-and-fifteen-minute length,0,negative
a huge amount of the credit for the film's thoroughly winning tone,1,positive
the computer and,1,positive
a children's party clown gets violently gang-raped,0,negative
repetition and languorous slo-mo sequences,0,negative
ringside seat,1,positive
one the public,1,positive
"fresh, sometimes funny",1,positive
built on the premise that middle-class arkansas consists of monster truck-loving good ol' boys and peroxide blond honeys whose worldly knowledge comes from tv reruns and supermarket tabloids.,0,negative
that you feel like running out screaming,0,negative
"none of this is meaningful or memorable, but frosting is n't, either, and you would n't turn down a big bowl of that, would you?",1,positive
of unfaithful,0,negative
fails,0,negative
warmed over pastiche,1,positive
old-fashioned-movie movie,1,positive
"cinematic intoxication, a wildly inventive mixture of comedy and melodrama",1,positive
this film's impressive performances,1,positive
help but engage an audience,1,positive
sell us on this twisted love story,1,positive
gangster no. 1 a worthwhile moviegoing experience,1,positive
-- as long as you 're wearing the somewhat cumbersome 3d goggles,0,negative
"schepisi, aided by a cast that seems to include every top-notch british actor who did not appear in gosford park ( as well as one, ms. mirren, who did ), has succeeded beyond all expectation.",1,positive
takes great pleasure in watching the resourceful molly stay a step ahead of her pursuers.,1,positive
devastating testimony,0,negative
the grandkids or the grandparents,1,positive
than sketches ... which leaves any true emotional connection or identification frustratingly out of reach,0,negative
a sheer unbridled delight,1,positive
a heartening tale of small victories,1,positive
icily brilliant,1,positive
"hilariously,",1,positive
old,0,negative
's no good answer to that one.,0,negative
in as much humor as pathos,1,positive
's hard to imagine a more generic effort in the genre.,0,negative
"one of creepiest, scariest movies to come along in a long, long time, easily rivaling blair witch or the others.",1,positive
might just be better suited to a night in the living room than a night at the movies,0,negative
is n't scary.,0,negative
himself a deft pace master and stylist,1,positive
is somewhat problematic,1,positive
in this colorful bio-pic of a mexican icon,1,positive
an ambitious ` what if?',1,positive
"perfectly pitched between comedy and tragedy, hope and despair, about schmidt instead comes far closer than many movies to expressing the way many of us live -- someplace between consuming self-absorption and insistently demanding otherness.",1,positive
earnest movie,1,positive
in which a guy dressed as a children's party clown gets violently gang-raped,0,negative
with a few four letter words thrown in that are generally not heard on television,0,negative
succeeds mainly,1,positive
nothing but an episode of smackdown!,0,negative
fully endear itself to american art house audiences,1,positive
a devastating indictment of unbridled greed and materalism.,0,negative
an excellent job,1,positive
manages to deliver a fair bit of vampire fun.,1,positive
someone understands the need for the bad boy,1,positive
that special annex of hell,0,negative
"thrills, too many flashbacks",0,negative
's also disappointing to a certain degree,0,negative
either 11 times too many or else,0,negative
badly interlocked stories drowned by all too clever complexity.,0,negative
nubile young actors,1,positive
the incredible storyline,1,positive
"funny in the way that makes you ache with sadness ( the way chekhov is funny ), profound without ever being self-important, warm without ever succumbing to sentimentality",1,positive
compressed characterisations and for its profound humanity,1,positive
touching as the son's room,1,positive
"... despite lagging near the finish line, the movie runs a good race, one that will have you at the edge of your seat for long stretches.'",1,positive
a porno flick,0,negative
smooth and professional,1,positive
"its courage, ideas, technical proficiency and great acting",1,positive
personal,1,positive
romp that's always fun to watch.,1,positive
to engross even the most antsy youngsters,1,positive
give blade fans another look at wesley snipes ' iconic hero doing battle with dozens of bad guys -- at once,1,positive
"if you saw it on tv, you 'd probably turn it off, convinced that you had already seen that movie.",0,negative
ailments,0,negative
"engages us in constant fits of laughter, until we find ourselves surprised at how much we care about the story,",1,positive
love and power,1,positive
"a quirky, off-beat project",1,positive
a genuinely moving and wisely unsentimental drama,1,positive
kids-cute sentimentality by a warmth that is n't faked,1,positive
through ill-conceived action pieces,0,negative
has thankfully ditched the saccharine sentimentality of bicentennial man in favor of an altogether darker side.,1,positive
", it sounds like a cruel deception carried out by men of marginal intelligence, with reactionary ideas about women and a total lack of empathy.",0,negative
"mounted, exasperatingly",0,negative
and crude storyline,0,negative
pair that with really poor comedic writing ...,0,negative
auto-critique,0,negative
the old disease-of-the-week small-screen melodramas,0,negative
orange county '' is far funnier than it would seem to have any right to be.,1,positive
"a film really has to be exceptional to justify a three hour running time, and",1,positive
full frontal had no effect and elicited no sympathies for any of the characters.,0,negative
to be smarter and more diabolical than you could have guessed at the beginning,1,positive
succeeds as a well-made evocation of a subculture.,1,positive
have required genuine acting from ms. spears,1,positive
they do in this marvelous film,1,positive
"a positively thrilling combination of ethnography and all the intrigue, betrayal, deceit and murder",1,positive
and murky cinematography,0,negative
plays like a reading from bartlett's familiar quotations,1,positive
"it is a kind, unapologetic, sweetheart of a movie,",1,positive
` scratch ' is a pretty decent little documentary.,1,positive
"loose, unaccountable direction",0,negative
oddly sweet,1,positive
consistency,1,positive
"found with an devastating, eloquent clarity",1,positive
with a message that cautions children about disturbing the world's delicate ecological balance,1,positive
by its smallness,0,negative
"loses himself to the film's circular structure to ever offer any insightful discourse on, well, love in the time of money",0,negative
negativity,0,negative
"with impeccable comic timing, raffish charm and piercing intellect",1,positive
can be made on the cheap,0,negative
of exceptional honesty,1,positive
pretty damned funny,1,positive
the campy results make mel brooks ' borscht belt schtick look sophisticated.,1,positive
a moral,1,positive
is impressively true for being so hot-blooded,1,positive
the somber pacing and lack of dramatic fireworks make green dragon seem more like medicine than entertainment.,0,negative
the misconceived final 5,1,positive
"transcends its agenda to deliver awe-inspiring, at times sublime, visuals and",1,positive
is offset by the sheer ugliness of everything else,0,negative
hard to imagine having more fun watching a documentary,1,positive
erotic,1,positive
forgive the flaws and love the film,1,positive
"your 20th outing shows off a lot of stamina and vitality, and get this, madonna's cameo does n't suck!",1,positive
real stars,1,positive
"an elegant work, food of love",1,positive
winning,1,positive
cutting impressions,1,positive
"a culture-clash comedy that, in addition to being very funny, captures some of the discomfort and embarrassment of being a bumbling american in europe.",1,positive
hallmark card sentimentality,0,negative
"making a farrelly brothers-style, down-and-dirty laugher for the female",1,positive
my own minority report is that it stinks.,0,negative
cause loads of irreparable damage that years and years of costly analysis could never fix,0,negative
my eyelids ... getting,0,negative
the unexplored story opportunities,1,positive
", slow scenes",0,negative
exciting new filmmaker,1,positive
"is a brilliantly played, deeply unsettling experience.",1,positive
the saturday morning cartoons,1,positive
commands attention.,1,positive
"exploit its gender politics, genre thrills or inherent humor",1,positive
to camouflage how bad his movie is,0,negative
fascinating curiosity piece,1,positive
", an actor this uncharismatically beautiful would have a résumé loaded with credits like `` girl in bar # 3.''",0,negative
funny pace,1,positive
losing my lunch,0,negative
camaraderie,1,positive
", like shiner's organizing of the big fight, pulls off enough",1,positive
"can only encourage us to see samira makhmalbaf as a very distinctive sensibility, working to develop her own film language with conspicuous success",1,positive
in crisis -- and of two girls whose friendship is severely tested by bad luck and their own immaturity,1,positive
from its cheesy screenplay,0,negative
their outrageousness,1,positive
this movie has the usual impossible stunts ...,1,positive
like being trapped at a bad rock concert,0,negative
great monster/science fiction flicks,1,positive
is just as obvious as telling a country skunk that he has severe body odor.,0,negative
"uncomfortably timely, relevant,",1,positive
's kind of sad that so many people put so much time and energy into this turkey,0,negative
"seagal, who looks more like danny aiello these days",1,positive
immature and,0,negative
brisk hack job,0,negative
have been much better,1,positive
nothing funny in this every-joke-has - been-told-a,0,negative
only seems to care about the bottom line,0,negative
"an admirable reconstruction of terrible events, and a fitting",1,positive
"covers this territory with wit and originality, suggesting that with his fourth feature --",1,positive
three splendid actors,1,positive
the problematic characters and,0,negative
illiterate,0,negative
the most sincere and artful movie,1,positive
is there a group of more self-absorbed women than the mother and daughters featured in this film,0,negative
provocative,1,positive
to call the film ` refreshing,1,positive
to the head of the class of women's films,1,positive
uncompromising,1,positive
has little insight into the historical period and its artists,0,negative
is both stimulating and demanding.,1,positive
live-wire film,1,positive
ebullient affection,1,positive
burns's strongest film since the brothers mcmullen,1,positive
"from the opening scenes, it's clear that all about the benjamins is a totally formulaic movie.",0,negative
"can enjoy much of jonah simply, and gratefully, as laugh-out-loud lunacy with a pronounced monty pythonesque flavor.",1,positive
sexy slip,1,positive
and undemanding armchair tourists,0,negative
coral reef adventure is a heavyweight film that fights a good fight on behalf of the world's endangered reefs,1,positive
engaging despite being noticeably derivative of goodfellas and at least a half dozen other trouble-in-the-ghetto flicks,1,positive
"the action here is unusually tame, the characters are too simplistic to maintain interest,",0,negative
an overly sillified plot and,0,negative
proves that he can cross swords with the best of them and helm a more traditionally plotted popcorn thriller while surrendering little of his intellectual rigor or creative composure.,1,positive
even the digressions are funny.,1,positive
"this film for its harsh objectivity and refusal to seek our tears, our sympathies",1,positive
astonishingly condescending attitude,0,negative
's a certain robustness to this engaging mix of love and bloodletting,1,positive
to keep grown-ups from squirming in their seats,1,positive
"energy and geniality to please not only the fanatical adherents on either side, but also people who know nothing about the subject and think they",1,positive
a dreadful day,0,negative
", actor raymond j. barry is perfectly creepy and believable.",1,positive
recalls,0,negative
of honest working folk,1,positive
vivid,1,positive
somehow makes it all the more compelling.,1,positive
"is a disaster,",0,negative
in understanding a unique culture that is presented with universal appeal,1,positive
a trip,1,positive
deadly dull,0,negative
", the journey does n't really go anywhere.",0,negative
throws you for a loop,0,negative
the most moronic screenplays,0,negative
"much panache, but with material this rich it does n't need it",1,positive
"it's been 13 months and 295 preview screenings since i last walked out on a movie,",0,negative
"for kids or their parents, for that matter",0,negative
just sits there like a side dish no one ordered.,0,negative
"clumsy, obvious, preposterous, the movie will likely set the cause of woman warriors back decades.",0,negative
"when twentysomething hotsies make movies about their lives, hard-driving narcissism is a given, but what a world we 'd live in if argento's hollywood counterparts ... had this much imagination and nerve",1,positive
engaging comedy,1,positive
a jaunt down memory lane for teens,1,positive
such conviction,1,positive
decent-enough nail-biter,1,positive
light-hearted profile,1,positive
a decomposition of healthy eccentric inspiration and ambition,0,negative
"come away thinking not only that kate is n't very bright, but that she has n't been worth caring about and that maybe she, janine and molly -- an all-woman dysfunctional family -- deserve one another.",0,negative
is still a deeply moving effort to put a human face on the travail of thousands of vietnamese,1,positive
is about the worst thing chan has done in the united states.,0,negative
youthful affluence not as a lost ideal but a starting point,1,positive
"grows decidedly flimsier with its many out-sized, out of character and logically porous action set pieces",0,negative
is better than you might think,1,positive
"over-the-top, and amateurish",0,negative
the film is well worthwhile.,1,positive
is even more ludicrous than you 'd expect from the guy-in-a-dress genre,0,negative
heavy with flabby rolls of typical toback machinations.,0,negative
wooden performances,0,negative
a wet burlap sack,0,negative
"gets under your skin and, some plot blips aside",1,positive
who might otherwise go unnoticed and underappreciated by music fans,1,positive
examines many different ideas from happiness to guilt in an intriguing bit of storytelling,1,positive
a jaw-droppingly beautiful work that upends nearly every cliché of japanese animation,1,positive
captures the unsettled tenor of that post 9-11 period far better than a more measured or polished production ever could.,1,positive
bilked unsuspecting moviegoers,0,negative
dark-as-pitch,0,negative
being able to tear their eyes away from the screen,1,positive
tedious and turgid,0,negative
"is contrived, unmotivated, and psychologically unpersuasive, with an inconclusive ending",0,negative
zany mix,1,positive
"despite the mild hallucinogenic buzz, is of overwhelming waste",0,negative
can not engage.,0,negative
he's unlikely to become a household name on the basis of his first starring vehicle.,0,negative
"is to imply terror by suggestion, rather than the overuse of special effects.",1,positive
even the hastily and amateurishly drawn animation can not engage.,0,negative
a few big laughs,1,positive
like puppies with broken legs / and butterflies that die / and movies starring pop queens,0,negative
its luckiest viewers,1,positive
the film falters,0,negative
provocative material,1,positive
"is brilliant,",1,positive
"opens today in the new york metropolitan area, so distasteful",0,negative
", consistently funny.",1,positive
disney's great past,1,positive
that it can not even be dubbed hedonistic,0,negative
an engaging storyline,1,positive
support the premise other than fling gags at it to see which ones shtick,0,negative
as original and insightful,1,positive
"the stars may be college kids, but the subject matter is as adult as you can get : the temptations of the flesh are unleashed by a slightly crazed, overtly determined young woman and a one-night swim turns into an ocean of trouble",1,positive
give you,1,positive
has something serious to say about the ways in which extravagant chance can distort our perspective and throw us off the path of good sense.,1,positive
a-list brit actors,1,positive
precious little substance,0,negative
long-faced sad sack,0,negative
the cartoonish clichés and sneering humor of the genre as it provides a fresh view of an old type,1,positive
"complex, laden with plenty of baggage and",0,negative
form an acting bond that makes the banger sisters a fascinating character study with laughs to spare,1,positive
delineate the cost of the inevitable conflicts between human urges and an institution concerned with self-preservation,0,negative
operates nicely,1,positive
in the,1,positive
"no worse a film than breaking out, and breaking out was utterly charming.",1,positive
that 'll be much funnier than anything in the film ...,0,negative
trading in his cynicism for reverence and a little wit,1,positive
he thinks the film is just as much a document about him as it is about the subject.,0,negative
by writer-director kurt wimmer,1,positive
acts light on great scares and a good surprise ending,1,positive
begins to fade from memory,0,negative
crawl up your own *** in embarrassment,0,negative
demonstrate that his pathology evolved from human impulses that grew hideously twisted,0,negative
"is uncompromising, difficult and unbearably beautiful.",1,positive
you 're engulfed by it.,1,positive
"does a good job of establishing a time and place, and of telling a fascinating character's story",1,positive
"dumb gags, anatomical humor, or",0,negative
worst thing,0,negative
brings documentary-like credibility,1,positive
what's really so appealing about the characters is their resemblance to everyday children.,1,positive
pretty good,1,positive
are lukewarm and quick to pass.,0,negative
"light, silly",1,positive
"thanks to kline's superbly nuanced performance, that pondering is highly pleasurable.",1,positive
stiff and schmaltzy and clumsily directed.,0,negative
with the titillating material,1,positive
will likely prefer to keep on watching,1,positive
a bad rock concert,0,negative
"wonderfully loopy tale of love, longing, and voting",1,positive
"stupid,",0,negative
wafer-thin movie,0,negative
"emerge dazed, confused as to whether you 've seen pornography or documentary",0,negative
the hell cares,0,negative
", i enjoyed it just as much!",1,positive
"would have easily tipped this film into the `` a '' range, as is",1,positive
"that effectively combines two surefire, beloved genres",1,positive
of the ideal casting of the masterful british actor ian holm,1,positive
the work of a filmmaker who has secrets buried at the heart of his story and knows how to take time revealing them.,1,positive
"confuses its message with an ultimate desire to please, and contorting itself into an idea of expectation",0,negative
"the movie's ultimate point -- that everyone should be themselves -- is trite, but the screenwriter and director michel gondry restate it to the point of ridiculousness.",0,negative
an impeccable study in perversity.,1,positive
"return to never land is reliable, standard disney animated fare, with enough creative energy and wit to entertain all ages.",1,positive
you 'd be hard put to find a movie character more unattractive or odorous ( than leon ).,0,negative
new york metropolitan area,1,positive
slap her - she's not funny!,0,negative
", the picture feels as if everyone making it lost their movie mojo.",0,negative
engross,1,positive
"marvel at the sometimes murky, always brooding look of i",1,positive
wander into the dark areas of parent-child relationships without flinching,0,negative
"confidently orchestrated, aesthetically and sexually",1,positive
essentially awkward version,0,negative
disney scrape,0,negative
mindless pace,0,negative
"crisp, unaffected style",1,positive
that it can not even be dubbed hedonistic.,0,negative
filmmaking from one of french cinema's master craftsmen,1,positive
"staged like `` rosemary's baby, '' but is not as well-conceived as either of those films",0,negative
abused,0,negative
fast-moving and cheerfully simplistic,1,positive
be about everything that's plaguing the human spirit in a relentlessly globalizing world,1,positive
quick-cut edits that often detract from the athleticism,0,negative
", uneven action comedy",0,negative
with passion and energy,1,positive
"it, offering fine acting moments and pungent insights",1,positive
hard to take her spiritual quest at all seriously,0,negative
it's not just the vampires that are damned in queen of the damned -- the viewers will feel they suffer the same fate,0,negative
distract,0,negative
", here's a fun one.",1,positive
its total promise,1,positive
oblivious,0,negative
"smart, sassy interpretation of the oscar wilde play",1,positive
a heroic tale of persistence that is sure to win viewers ' hearts.,1,positive
"it would n't exist without the precedent of yiddish theater, whose jolly, fun-for-fun's - sake communal spirit goes to the essence of broadway",1,positive
beautifully shot,1,positive
stirs us,1,positive
for unexpectedly giddy viewing,0,negative
as often imaginative,1,positive
that shockingly manages to be even worse than its title,0,negative
"as an important, original talent in international cinema",1,positive
just as the recent argentine film son of the bride reminded us that a feel-good movie can still show real heart,1,positive
highlighted by a gritty style and an excellent cast,1,positive
lyrical and celebratory,1,positive
status,1,positive
the very hollowness of the character he plays,0,negative
a haunting tale,1,positive
"just about more stately than any contemporary movie this year ... a true study, a film with a questioning heart and mind that is n't afraid to admit it",1,positive
christmas spirit,1,positive
"takes you by the face,",1,positive
family responsibility and care,1,positive
the most wondrous love story,1,positive
"with such a buoyant, expressive flow of images",1,positive
greatest star wattage,1,positive
misanthropic comedies,0,negative
among a culture of people who sadly are at hostile odds with one another through recklessness and retaliation,0,negative
"is not, nor will he be, back",0,negative
benefit enormously from the cockettes ' camera craziness --,1,positive
remains a loosely tied series of vignettes which only prove that ` zany ' does n't necessarily mean ` funny.,0,negative
"terrible, banal dialogue ;",0,negative
modestly surprising,1,positive
its real emotional business,1,positive
the widowmaker is a great yarn,1,positive
"it is very difficult to care about the character, and that is the central flaw of the film",0,negative
a such a brainless flibbertigibbet,0,negative
"a flat, unconvincing drama",0,negative
the script was reportedly rewritten a dozen times,0,negative
loosely-connected string,0,negative
"some of the visual flourishes are a little too obvious, but restrained and subtle storytelling, and fine performances make this delicate coming-of-age tale a treat.",1,positive
"a highly watchable, giggly little story",1,positive
"cradles its characters, veiling tension beneath otherwise tender movements",1,positive
with a visual style unique and inherent,1,positive
"( denis ) accomplishes in his chilling, unnerving film",1,positive
there's nothing exactly wrong here,1,positive
whole mess,0,negative
"gets around to its real emotional business,",1,positive
yet another arnold vehicle that fails to make adequate use of his particular talents.,0,negative
a raise,1,positive
", i spy is still fun and enjoyable and so aggressively silly that it's more than a worthwhile effort.",1,positive
create something original,1,positive
"in the end, the film feels homogenized and a bit contrived, as if we 're looking back at a tattered and ugly past with rose-tinted glasses.",0,negative
'm not sure these words have ever been together in the same sentence,0,negative
"shreve's graceful dual narrative gets clunky on the screen, and we keep getting torn away from the compelling historical tale to a less-compelling soap opera",0,negative
like all four of the lead actors a lot,1,positive
has all the sibling rivalry and general family chaos to which anyone can relate,1,positive
loses,0,negative
"mr. murray, a prolific director of music videos, stuffs his debut with more plot than it can comfortably hold.",0,negative
whenever the film's lamer instincts are in the saddle,0,negative
at a tough-man contest,0,negative
a war tribute is disgusting to begin with,0,negative
been cobbled together onscreen,0,negative
highly uneven and inconsistent ...,0,negative
"ms. shreve's novel proved too difficult a text to ` lick, ' despite the efforts of a first-rate cast.",0,negative
run-of-the-mill disney sequel,0,negative
"contrived, lame screenplay",0,negative
the best straight-up,1,positive
lazily,0,negative
whole lot scarier,1,positive
truly deserving of its oscar nomination,1,positive
"i thought the relationships were wonderful, the comedy was funny,",1,positive
would have likely wound up a tnt original,0,negative
nation,1,positive
young man's,1,positive
into the subculture of extreme athletes whose derring-do puts the x into the games,1,positive
memorable for a peculiar malaise that renders its tension flaccid and,0,negative
10-course banquet,1,positive
"alone will keep you watching, as will the fight scenes.",1,positive
fare with real thematic heft.,1,positive
given too much time to consider the looseness of the piece,0,negative
"spirit is a visual treat, and it takes chances that are bold by studio standards, but it lacks a strong narrative.",1,positive
an entertaining mix of period drama and flat-out farce that should please history fans.,1,positive
takes every potential laugh and,1,positive
should have been the be-all-end-all of the modern-office anomie films.,0,negative
career-defining,1,positive
the past 20 minutes looking at your watch,0,negative
striking new significance,1,positive
"but even then, i 'd recommend waiting for dvd and just skipping straight to her scenes.",0,negative
sane and healthy,1,positive
emotionally grand,1,positive
hoping that the audience will not notice the glaring triteness of the plot device,0,negative
"weighted down with slow,",0,negative
own mystery science theatre 3000 tribute,1,positive
"more smarts, but just as endearing and easy to watch",1,positive
great films,1,positive
men with guns,0,negative
shocking in its eroticized gore,0,negative
great cinema,1,positive
"lets her love depraved leads meet, ( denis ' ) story becomes a hopeless, unsatisfying muddle",0,negative
enough flourishes and freak-outs to make it entertaining,1,positive
usually genuinely worthwhile,1,positive
the movie winds up feeling like a great missed opportunity.,0,negative
"the plot has a number of holes,",0,negative
like a party,1,positive
a solid formula,1,positive
"endearing, caring",1,positive
the feelings evoked in the film are lukewarm and quick to pass.,0,negative
are reflected in almost every scene.,1,positive
it summons more spirit and bite than your average formulaic romantic quadrangle,1,positive
", this is likely to cause massive cardiac arrest if taken in large doses.",0,negative
stiflingly unfunny and unoriginal mess,0,negative
creepy-crawly bug things that live only in the darkness,0,negative
a lousy script,0,negative
"the direction has a fluid, no-nonsense authority, and the performances by harris, phifer and cam ` ron seal the deal.",1,positive
significantly different ( and better ),1,positive
"nicolas cage is n't the first actor to lead a group of talented friends astray,",0,negative
its invitingly upbeat overture to,1,positive
completely predictable,0,negative
"its courage, ideas,",1,positive
all-star,1,positive
"'s a piece of handiwork that shows its indie tatters and self-conscious seams in places, but has some quietly moving moments and an intelligent subtlety.",1,positive
", graceless, hackneyed",0,negative
much stranger than any fiction,0,negative
passion,1,positive
's also pretty funny,1,positive
"as far as mainstream matinee-style entertainment goes, it does a bang-up job of pleasing the crowds",1,positive
painfully bad,0,negative
admission for the ridicule factor,0,negative
provides a strong itch to explore more,1,positive
"a vivid, spicy footnote to history, and a movie that grips and holds you in rapt attention from",1,positive
the action here is unusually tame,0,negative
festival,1,positive
a powerful and telling story,1,positive
with the emphasis on self-empowering schmaltz and big-wave surfing that gives pic its title an afterthought,0,negative
"the filmmakers ' paws, sad to say",0,negative
even close to being the barn-burningly bad movie it promised it would be,0,negative
instantly forgettable and thoroughly dull,0,negative
beauty reeks,1,positive
"like many western action films, this thriller is too loud and thoroughly overbearing,",0,negative
bit of piffle.,0,negative
so unremittingly awful that labeling it a dog probably constitutes cruelty to canines.,0,negative
means check it out.,1,positive
there's definite room for improvement.,0,negative
"so insanely stupid, so awful in so many ways",0,negative
satisfied,1,positive
fresh point,1,positive
"pathetic, endearing",1,positive
the actresses find their own rhythm and protect each other from the script's bad ideas and awkwardness.,1,positive
can read the subtitles ( the opera is sung in italian ) and you like ` masterpiece theatre ' type costumes,1,positive
priggish,0,negative
... that the material is so second-rate.,0,negative
behave like kids,0,negative
hard to believe that a life like this can sound so dull,0,negative
it can seem tiresomely simpleminded.,0,negative
"i 'm sorry to say that this should seal the deal - arnold is not, nor will he be, back.",0,negative
this uncharismatically,0,negative
confused,0,negative
"overcooked, ham-fisted direction",0,negative
fang-baring lullaby,0,negative
bravery and dedication,1,positive
definitely in the guilty pleasure b-movie category,1,positive
over-blown drama,0,negative
emerges as a numbingly dull experience.,0,negative
laggard drama wending its way to an uninspired philosophical epiphany,0,negative
horrifying,0,negative
"love, memory, history and",1,positive
's a mindless action flick with a twist -- far better suited to video-viewing than the multiplex,0,negative
"flat, flat dialogue",0,negative
i wanted more.,0,negative
that most frightening of all movies -- a mediocre horror film too bad to be good and too good to be bad,0,negative
too long has ignored,0,negative
a moving experience for people who have n't read the book,1,positive
near-fatal mistake,0,negative
seem self-consciously poetic and,1,positive
"like the rugrats movies, the wild thornberrys movie does n't offer much more than the series, but",0,negative
"this odd, poetic road movie, spiked by jolts of pop music,",1,positive
"'s unlikely to inspire anything more than a visit to mcdonald's, let alone some savvy street activism",0,negative
is sympathetic without being gullible,1,positive
"the movie is genial but never inspired, and little about it will stay with you.",0,negative
even the stuffiest cinema goers,1,positive
could bond while watching a walk to remember.,1,positive
will probably be a talky bore,0,negative
"'ll stay with the stage versions, however, which bite cleaner, and deeper.",0,negative
"is a mildly funny, sometimes tedious, ultimately insignificant film",0,negative
the fun,1,positive
includes battlefield earth and showgirls,0,negative
by an adult who's apparently been forced by his kids to watch too many barney videos,0,negative
"the film has a nearly terminal case of the cutes, and it's neither as funny nor as charming as it thinks it is.",0,negative
movie rapes,0,negative
"while it can be a bit repetitive, overall it's an entertaining and informative documentary.",1,positive
in its own simplicity,1,positive
is wickedly fun,1,positive
an unlimited amount of phony blood,0,negative
make gangster no. 1 a worthwhile moviegoing experience.,1,positive
upscale,1,positive
the first one charming,1,positive
the movie will likely set the cause of woman warriors back decades.,0,negative
"'s the little nuances that perhaps had to escape from director mark romanek's self-conscious scrutiny to happen, that finally get under your skin",0,negative
enough of interest onscreen,1,positive
a supernatural mystery that does n't know whether it wants to be a suspenseful horror movie or a weepy melodrama.,0,negative
's never dull and always looks good,1,positive
sip your vintage wines and watch your merchant ivory productions,1,positive
they could have been in a more ambitious movie,0,negative
entertainment,1,positive
without context -- journalistic or historical,0,negative
parapsychological,1,positive
stranded with nothing more than our lesser appetites,0,negative
"maintains a surprisingly buoyant tone throughout, notwithstanding some of the writers ' sporadic dips",1,positive
well-intentioned effort,1,positive
is instructive,1,positive
of its actors,1,positive
"done, but slow",0,negative
overstimulated,0,negative
seems to be missing a great deal of the acerbic repartee of the play.'',0,negative
remains brightly optimistic,1,positive
the plot grows thin soon,0,negative
solid performances,1,positive
fabulously,1,positive
demonstrates a vivid imagination and an impressive style that result in some terrific setpieces,1,positive
completely creatively stillborn and,0,negative
"by turns fanciful, grisly and engagingly quixotic.",1,positive
like as a low-budget series on a uhf channel,0,negative
with daring and verve,1,positive
"while it is welcome to see a chinese film depict a homosexual relationship in a mature and frank fashion, lan yu never catches dramatic fire.",0,negative
is a big letdown.,0,negative
"a big, loud, bang-the-drum bore.",0,negative
the subject with fondness and respect,1,positive
got a place in your heart for smokey robinson,1,positive
"a fresh, entertaining comedy",1,positive
"enjoyably dumb, sweet, and intermittently hilarious",1,positive
"more mature than fatal attraction, more complete than indecent proposal and more relevant than 9 1/2 weeks, unfaithful is at once intimate and universal cinema.",1,positive
mishandle the story's promising premise of a physician who needs to heal himself,0,negative
perfect for a ballplayer,1,positive
with a big heart,1,positive
avarice and damaged dreams,0,negative
ca n't be dismissed as mindless,1,positive
goes about telling what at heart is a sweet little girl,1,positive
be embraced,1,positive
a 1986 harlem that does n't look much like anywhere in new york,0,negative
"jacobi, the most fluent of actors, is given relatively dry material from nijinsky's writings to perform, and the visuals, even erotically frank ones, become dullingly repetitive",0,negative
heavy-handed moralistic,0,negative
to let you bask in your own cleverness as you figure it out,1,positive
modernize it with encomia to diversity and tolerance,0,negative
the poor acting,0,negative
mediocre special effects,0,negative
"'s fun, wispy, wise and surprisingly inoffensive for a film about a teen in love with his stepmom.",1,positive
is suitable summer entertainment that offers escapism without requiring a great deal of thought.,1,positive
drown out the tinny self-righteousness of his voice,0,negative
"the most complex, generous and subversive artworks",1,positive
has not spawned a single good film,0,negative
a historically significant work,1,positive
that may also be the first narrative film to be truly informed by the wireless,1,positive
less enjoyable,0,negative
"to the filmmaker's extraordinary access to massoud, whose charm, cultivation and devotion to his people are readily apparent",1,positive
its initial promise,1,positive
makes its message resonate,1,positive
the benefit of being able to give full performances,1,positive
"heroes would be a film that is n't this painfully forced, false and fabricated",0,negative
disguised as a feature film,0,negative
professional film,1,positive
"has none of the crackle of `` fatal attraction '', `` 9 1/2 weeks '', or even `` indecent proposal '', and",0,negative
a winning comedy with its wry observations about long-lived friendships and the ways in which we all lose track of ourselves by trying to please others,1,positive
nearly flickering out by its perfunctory conclusion,1,positive
dicey,0,negative
begins as a conventional thriller evolves into a gorgeously atmospheric meditation on life-changing chance encounters,1,positive
"girls ca n't swim represents an engaging and intimate first feature by a talented director to watch, and it's a worthy entry in the french coming-of-age genre.",1,positive
"love a disney pic with as little cleavage as this one has,",1,positive
dumped a whole lot of plot in favor of,0,negative
are so believable that you feel what they feel,1,positive
carried by a strong sense of humanism,1,positive
the basic premise is intriguing but quickly becomes distasteful and downright creepy.,0,negative
the playful paranoia of the film's past,1,positive
cheapo animation ( like saturday morning tv in the '60s ),0,negative
hallmark film,1,positive
"great charm, generosity and diplomacy",1,positive
"is a comedy, both gentle and biting",1,positive
"a beautiful film,",1,positive
absurdly simplistic picture,0,negative
", taut, piercing and feisty",1,positive
gorgeously,1,positive
inescapable past and uncertain future,0,negative
"unspeakably, unbearably dull, featuring reams of flatly delivered dialogue and a heroine who comes across as both shallow and dim-witted.",0,negative
flat run,0,negative
emptiness and maddeningly sedate pacing,0,negative
a rejected x-files episode than a credible account of a puzzling real-life happening,0,negative
return ticket,0,negative
are poorly,0,negative
finch's tale provides the forgettable pleasures of a saturday matinee,1,positive
crime expertly,0,negative
features,1,positive
"touching, raucously amusing, uncomfortable",1,positive
"retread, with the emphasis on self-empowering schmaltz and big-wave surfing that gives pic its title an afterthought",0,negative
it's won,1,positive
glides gracefully from male persona to female without missing a beat,1,positive
enjoyable above average summer diversion,1,positive
that finds warmth in the coldest environment and makes each crumb of emotional comfort,1,positive
the gentle and humane side,1,positive
"and the lesson, in the end, is nothing new.",0,negative
"constructs a hilarious ode to middle america and middle age with this unlikely odyssey,",1,positive
"i must report that the children of varying ages in my audience never coughed, fidgeted or romped up and down the aisles for bathroom breaks.",1,positive
younger lad,1,positive
"a thoughtful, emotional movie experience",1,positive
of technical skill and rare depth,1,positive
mindless pace in collision,0,negative
"faster, livelier and",1,positive
a tremendous piece of work,1,positive
make the film more silly than scary,0,negative
"morton uses her face and her body language to bring us morvern's soul, even though the character is almost completely deadpan.",1,positive
a moving and not infrequently breathtaking film.,1,positive
be galled that you 've wasted nearly two hours of your own precious life with this silly little puddle of a movie,0,negative
insignificant,0,negative
"a sweet, honest, and enjoyable comedy-drama about a young woman who wants many things in life, but fears she 'll become her mother before she gets to fulfill her dreams",1,positive
of empathy for its characters,1,positive
holes that will be obvious even to those who are n't looking for them,0,negative
skip,0,negative
college,1,positive
balances both traditional or modern stories together in a manner that one never overwhelms the other.,1,positive
like a true star,1,positive
drug-induced bowel,0,negative
"to the edge of your seat, tense with suspense",1,positive
badly-rendered cgi effects,0,negative
of its inventiveness,1,positive
the sum of its parts in today's hollywood,1,positive
deserves recommendation,1,positive
i laughed throughout the movie,1,positive
", it rises in its courageousness, and comedic employment.",1,positive
in good fun,1,positive
with just as much intelligence,1,positive
"stops being clever and devolves into flashy, vaguely silly overkill.",0,negative
a rancorous curiosity : a movie without an apparent audience,0,negative
"seems more tacky and reprehensible,",0,negative
"has been overexposed, redolent of a thousand cliches, and",0,negative
"could just feel the screenwriter at every moment ` tap, tap, tap, tap, tapping away ' on this screenplay",0,negative
really get inside of them.,1,positive
thinks-it-is joke,0,negative
"we 've seen the hippie-turned-yuppie plot before,",0,negative
lurid,0,negative
only masochistic moviegoers need apply.,0,negative
's fun,1,positive
by a disastrous ending,0,negative
perfectly executed and,1,positive
"going to recommend secretary, based on the wonderful acting clinic put on by spader and gyllenhaal",1,positive
silly subplots,0,negative
trappings ( especially the frank sex scenes ) ensure that the film is never dull,1,positive
one of those exceedingly rare films in which the talk alone is enough to keep us involved.,1,positive
both gentle and biting,1,positive
unfolds with grace and humor and gradually,1,positive
"an enthralling,",1,positive
unfolds in a series of achronological vignettes whose cumulative effect is chilling.,1,positive
( and beautifully edited,1,positive
accident,0,negative
"only to record the events for posterity, but",1,positive
... a series of tales told with the intricate preciseness of the best short story writing.,1,positive
turning leys ' fable into a listless climb down the social ladder,0,negative
is something of a stiff -- an extra-dry office comedy that seems twice as long as its 83 minutes,0,negative
"of the gay community as an all-inclusive world where uptight, middle class bores like antonia can feel good about themselves",0,negative
it's a brazenly misguided project,0,negative
"realism, crisp storytelling and radiant compassion",1,positive
too bland and fustily tasteful to be truly prurient.,0,negative
followed by the bad idea,0,negative
seem to match the power of their surroundings.,1,positive
very little story or character,0,negative
certainly ranks as the most original in years.,1,positive
great writer,1,positive
lack depth or complexity,0,negative
"the script is high on squaddie banter, low on shocks.",1,positive
"a cast of competent performers from movies, television and the theater are cast adrift in various new york city locations with no unifying rhythm or visual style.",0,negative
now and then without in any way demeaning its subjects,1,positive
a few gross-out comedies i 've been trying to forget,0,negative
"for both the scenic splendor of the mountains and for legendary actor michel serrault, the film",1,positive
nearly every cliché,0,negative
a 75-minute sample of puerile,0,negative
"feels at times like a giant commercial for universal studios, where much of the action takes place.",0,negative
"informative, intriguing, observant, often touching ...",1,positive
adventurous,1,positive
the superficial way,0,negative
"could keep a family of five blind, crippled, amish people alive in this situation better than these british soldiers do at keeping themselves kicking",0,negative
"frenetic, funny, even punny 6",1,positive
insomnia,0,negative
traps audiences in a series of relentlessly nasty situations that we would pay a considerable ransom not to be looking at.,0,negative
"deep down, i realized the harsh reality of my situation : i would leave the theater with a lower i.q. than when i had entered.",0,negative
very ugly,0,negative
a great companion piece,1,positive
is worth the price of admission.,1,positive
"mr. deeds is, as comedy goes, very silly --",1,positive
not constant bloodshed,1,positive
a terrible movie,0,negative
"i liked the movie, but i know i would have liked it more if it had just gone that one step further",1,positive
"the unacceptable, the unmentionable",0,negative
"nohe has made a decent ` intro ' documentary, but",1,positive
become a household name,1,positive
rare sequel,1,positive
brosnan is more feral in this film than i 've seen him before and halle berry does her best to keep up with him,1,positive
full-bodied performance,1,positive
"forages for audience sympathy like a temperamental child begging for attention, giving audiences no reason to truly care for its decrepit freaks beyond the promise of a reprieve from their incessant whining.",0,negative
indoctrinated prejudice,0,negative
's more repetition than creativity throughout the movie,0,negative
check your brain and your secret agent decoder ring at the door because you do n't want to think too much about what's going on.,0,negative
"( chaiken's ) talent lies in an evocative, accurate observation of a distinctive milieu and in the lively, convincing dialogue she creates for her characters.",1,positive
solid performances and eerie atmosphere,1,positive
goddammit,0,negative
"the film's final hour, where nearly all the previous unseen material resides, is unconvincing soap opera that tornatore was right to cut.",0,negative
epic treatment of a nationwide blight that seems to be,1,positive
how so many talented people were convinced to waste their time,0,negative
"a tactic to cover up the fact that the picture is constructed around a core of flimsy -- or, worse yet, nonexistent -- ideas",0,negative
he does not give the transcendent performance sonny needs to overcome gaps in character development and story logic,0,negative
with tension,0,negative
"that will stimulate hours of post viewing discussion, if only to be reminded of who did what to whom and why",1,positive
more watchable,1,positive
"still eludes madonna and, playing a charmless witch",0,negative
it's an adventure story and history lesson all in one.,1,positive
"who approaches his difficult, endless work with remarkable serenity and discipline.",1,positive
"that also asks its audience -- in a heartwarming, nonjudgmental kind of way -- to consider what we value in our daily lives",1,positive
worst titles,0,negative
it does n't leave you with much.,0,negative
", remains surprisingly idealistic",1,positive
as an entertainment destination for the general public,1,positive
caught up in the rush of slapstick thoroughfare,0,negative
not smart and not engaging,0,negative
` epic,1,positive
is simply too overdone.,0,negative
a domestic unit finding their way to joy,1,positive
directed with sensitivity and skill,1,positive
"that beneath the familiar, funny surface is a far bigger, far more meaningful story than one in which little green men come to earth for harvesting purposes",1,positive
a romantic comedy plotline straight from the ages,1,positive
saddest,0,negative
", impostor is as close as you can get to an imitation movie.",0,negative
this tuxedo ... should have been sent back to the tailor for some major alterations.,0,negative
crafted but,1,positive
crime,0,negative
an unfortunate title for a film that has nothing,0,negative
heart-pounding,1,positive
"trashy, kinky fun",1,positive
blue crush is so prolonged and boring it is n't even close to being the barn-burningly bad movie it promised it would be.,0,negative
revisionist,1,positive
is impossible,0,negative
wry comic mayhem,1,positive
those farts got to my inner nine-year-old,1,positive
"a bad premise,",0,negative
's at once laughable and compulsively watchable,1,positive
a perceptive study of two families in crisis -- and of two girls whose friendship is severely tested by bad luck and their own immaturity,1,positive
demme finally succeeds in diminishing his stature from oscar-winning master to lowly studio hack.,0,negative
"the notion of deleting emotion from people, even in an advanced prozac nation, is so insanely dysfunctional that the rampantly designed equilibrium becomes a concept doofus.",0,negative
must be the end of the world,0,negative
"green might want to hang onto that ski mask, as robbery may be the only way to pay for his next project.",0,negative
worth a summertime look-see,1,positive
slob city reductions of damon runyon crooks,0,negative
of spontaneous creativity and authentic co-operative interaction,1,positive
of quirkily appealing minor movie she might not make for a while,1,positive
a documentary to make the stones weep -- as shameful as it,0,negative
an insultingly inept and artificial examination,0,negative
well-defined,1,positive
and civic action laudable,1,positive
as a well-made evocation,1,positive
makes all the difference,1,positive
to the titular character's paintings and in the process created a masterful work of art of their own,1,positive
torments and angst,0,negative
worth catching for griffiths ' warm and winning central performance.,1,positive
blue crush is as predictable as the tides.,0,negative
"a persistent theatrical sentiment and a woozy quality to the manner of the storytelling, which undercuts the devastatingly telling impact of utter loss personified in the film's simple title",0,negative
there's not a single jump-in-your-seat moment,0,negative
no other purpose,0,negative
"as darkly funny, energetic,",1,positive
out of reach,0,negative
die-hard french film connoisseurs,1,positive
marred beyond redemption by a disastrous ending,0,negative
fairly run-of-the-mill.,0,negative
", almost generic",0,negative
"`` sorority boys '' was funnier,",0,negative
perfect family film,1,positive
", the final effect is like having two guys yelling in your face for two hours.",0,negative
trying to break your heart an attraction it desperately needed,1,positive
elevated by it -- the kind of movie,1,positive
that manages to find greatness in the hue of its drastic iconography,1,positive
the pacing is often way off and there are too many bona fide groaners among too few laughs,0,negative
white-knuckled,1,positive
their contrast is neither dramatic nor comic --,0,negative
all the loss,0,negative
avert our eyes,0,negative
stuck in heaven because he's afraid of his best-known creation?,0,negative
flashy,1,positive
the young stars are too cute ; the story and ensuing complications are too manipulative,0,negative
very well,1,positive
the heat of the moment prevails.,1,positive
modern art,1,positive
a reasonably entertaining sequel to 1994's surprise family hit that may strain adult credibility.,1,positive
spinoff of last summer's bloated effects fest the mummy returns,0,negative
the waste of a good cast,0,negative
walk out of the good girl with mixed emotions --,0,negative
the bullseye,1,positive
"soulful, scathing and",1,positive
"its gender politics, genre thrills",1,positive
"for older fans or a silly, nickelodeon-esque kiddie flick",0,negative
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,1,positive
"add yet another hat to a talented head, clooney's a good director.",1,positive
has something significant to say,1,positive
ame and unnecessary.,0,negative
"to the afghani refugees who streamed across its borders, desperate for work and food",1,positive
is filled with strange and wonderful creatures,1,positive
too slow for a younger crowd,0,negative
"does n't sustain its initial promise with a jarring, new-agey tone creeping into the second half",0,negative
had all its vital essence scooped out and,0,negative
"it is a whole lot of fun and you get to see the one of the world's best actors, daniel auteuil,",1,positive
lan yu never catches dramatic fire.,0,negative
swim represents an engaging and intimate first feature by a talented director to watch,1,positive
"a colorful, joyous celebration of life ; a tapestry woven of romance, dancing, singing, and unforgettable characters.",1,positive
"a perceptive, good-natured movie",1,positive
have banged their brains into the ground so frequently,0,negative
deeply satisfying,1,positive
a gorgeous film,1,positive
technically proficient and,1,positive
would probably be duking it out with the queen of the damned for the honor.,0,negative
"a solid, psychological action film",1,positive
"bleed it almost completely dry of humor, verve and fun",0,negative
"the film is filled with humorous observations about the general absurdity of modern life as seen through the eyes outsiders, but deftly manages to avoid many of the condescending stereotypes that so often plague films dealing with the mentally ill",1,positive
of dishonesty,0,negative
is an engaging and exciting narrative of man confronting the demons of his own fear and paranoia,1,positive
terror the heroes of horror movies try to avoid,0,negative
"the unfulfilling, incongruous",0,negative
feel fully embraced by this gentle comedy,1,positive
a coma-like state,0,negative
never comes together,0,negative
singularly off-putting romantic comedy.,0,negative
marked by acute writing and a host of splendid performances.,1,positive
under the skin of her characters,1,positive
uniformly good,1,positive
is strange and compelling,1,positive
flick that scalds like acid,0,negative
has a funny moment or two,1,positive
"is so contrived, nonsensical and formulaic that, come to think of it, the day-old shelf would be a more appropriate location to store it",0,negative
the thornier aspects,0,negative
has clever ways of capturing inner-city life during the reagan years.,1,positive
into the extraordinarily rich landscape,1,positive
right place,1,positive
"generous, inspiring",1,positive
is dazzling,1,positive
stealing harvard ca n't even do that much.,0,negative
"a powerful and telling story that examines forbidden love, racial tension, and other issues that are as valid today as they were in the 1950s.",1,positive
does n't even qualify as a spoof of such,0,negative
those so-so films that could have been much better,0,negative
an accessible introduction,1,positive
"brimming with coltish, neurotic energy, holds the screen like a true star.",1,positive
iwai's gorgeous visuals,1,positive
drowned out,0,negative
has a number of holes,0,negative
wastes an exceptionally good idea.,0,negative
described as a ghost story gone badly awry,0,negative
an extraordinary faith,1,positive
"no solace here, no entertainment value",0,negative
poetic force and buoyant feeling,1,positive
"to give you a lot of laughs in this simple, sweet and romantic comedy",1,positive
did n't just go to a bank manager and save everyone the misery,0,negative
find it diverting,0,negative
", this too-long, spoofy update of shakespeare's macbeth does n't sustain a high enough level of invention.",0,negative
it plainly has no business going,0,negative
very top rank,1,positive
"coppola's directorial debut is an incredibly layered and stylistic film that, despite a fairly slow paced, almost humdrum approach to character development, still manages at least a decent attempt at meaningful cinema.",1,positive
... has a pleasing way with a metaphor.,1,positive
goose-pimple,1,positive
dreamy and,1,positive
"gets very ugly, very fast",0,negative
slow pacing,0,negative
slick and sprightly cgi feature,1,positive
firmly believe that a good video game movie is going to show up soon.,1,positive
with remarkable serenity and discipline,1,positive
a strong and unforced supporting cast,1,positive
long enough to read the subtitles,1,positive
"every so often a film comes along that is so insanely stupid, so awful in so many ways that watching it leaves you giddy.",0,negative
may not add up to the sum of its parts,0,negative
does so with an artistry that also smacks of revelation,1,positive
"as a paper skeleton for some very good acting, dialogue,",1,positive
make 105 minutes seem twice as long,0,negative
"a highly watchable, giggly little story with a sweet",1,positive
stellar,1,positive
undone by a sloppy script,0,negative
about the life,1,positive
you wo n't be disappointed,1,positive
has all the outward elements of the original,1,positive
"payami tries to raise some serious issues about iran's electoral process, but the result is a film that's about as subtle as a party political broadcast",0,negative
a paint-by-numbers picture,0,negative
"flaws,",0,negative
an unimaginative screenwriter's invention,0,negative
tries to cram too many ingredients into one small pot,0,negative
viva le resistance!,1,positive
resonant gem,1,positive
devoid of joy and energy,0,negative
painful and,0,negative
authentic to the core of his being,1,positive
brilliant performances,1,positive
"... in trying to capture the novel's deeper intimate resonances, the film has -- ironically - distanced us from the characters.",0,negative
boilerplate clichés,0,negative
too ludicrous and borderline insulting,0,negative
spiffy animated feature,1,positive
"a florid biopic about mad queens, obsessive relationships, and rampant adultery",0,negative
hit.,1,positive
"funny, touching, smart and complicated",1,positive
that you had already seen that movie,0,negative
femme fatale offers nothing more than a bait-and-switch that is beyond playing fair with the audience.,0,negative
"a playful iranian parable about openness, particularly the",1,positive
that these women are spectacular,1,positive
"his beautiful, self-satisfied 22-year-old girlfriend",1,positive
to see a movie with its heart,1,positive
good thriller.,1,positive
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
with superb performances throughout,1,positive
cute alien,1,positive
is funny and,1,positive
wry humor,1,positive
as you peek at it through the fingers in front of your eyes,1,positive
for some robust and scary entertainment,1,positive
ca n't recommend it.,0,negative
you know it's going to be a trip,1,positive
without your pulse ever racing,0,negative
( at least ) moore is a real charmer.,1,positive
that the road to perdition leads to a satisfying destination,1,positive
it's a pretty listless collection of kid-movie clichés.,0,negative
it's supposed to feel funny and light,0,negative
the ridiculous bolero,0,negative
odd and intriguing,1,positive
sensitivity and skill,1,positive
as they poorly rejigger fatal attraction into a high school setting,0,negative
watered down the version of the one,0,negative
pathetic as dahmer,0,negative
"good actors, even kingsley",1,positive
"a delectable and intriguing thriller filled with surprises, read my lips is an original.",1,positive
all-woman,1,positive
are lacking,0,negative
a movie character more unattractive or odorous ( than leon ),0,negative
an inspirational love story,1,positive
ultimate imax trip,1,positive
japan's wildest filmmaker gives us a crime fighter carrying more emotional baggage than batman ...,0,negative
these women's,1,positive
"a bad improvisation exercise, the superficially written characters ramble on tediously about their lives, loves and the art",0,negative
called the best korean film of 2002,1,positive
is exceedingly pleasant,1,positive
the french lieutenant's woman,1,positive
"this ready-made midnight movie probably wo n't stand the cold light of day, but",0,negative
"blade ii is still top-heavy with blazing guns, cheatfully filmed martial arts, disintegrating bloodsucker computer effects and jagged camera moves that serve no other purpose than to call attention to themselves.",0,negative
thumbs up to paxton for not falling into the hollywood trap and making a vanity project with nothing new to offer.,1,positive
watch them clumsily mugging their way through snow dogs,0,negative
"she is a lioness, protecting her cub, and he a reluctant villain",1,positive
to gluing you to the edge of your seat,1,positive
"is also a film of freshness, imagination and insight",1,positive
thought out,1,positive
distinguished film legacy,1,positive
", you know the picture is in trouble.",0,negative
are still unconcerned about what they ingest,1,positive
visually striking and viscerally repellent.,1,positive
a realistically terrifying movie that puts another notch in the belt of the long list of renegade-cop tales.,1,positive
turn the legendary wit's classic mistaken identity farce into brutally labored and unfunny hokum,0,negative
"the weight of the piece, the unerring professionalism of the chilly production, and the fascination embedded in the lurid topic prove recommendation enough.",1,positive
make a splash even greater,1,positive
kline's ) utterly convincing -- and deeply appealing -- as a noble teacher who embraces a strict moral code,1,positive
"will have been discovered, indulged in and rejected as boring before i see this piece of crap again",0,negative
visually striking,1,positive
its hero,1,positive
parable that loves its characters and communicates something rather beautiful about human nature,1,positive
cute alien creature,1,positive
"of highly entertaining, self-aggrandizing, politically motivated documentary-making",1,positive
"zhuangzhuang creates delicate balance of style, text, and subtext that's so simple and precise that anything discordant would topple the balance, but against all odds, nothing does.",1,positive
can such a cold movie,0,negative
if you find comfort in familiarity,1,positive
mystic,1,positive
loathsome,0,negative
cheesy backdrops,0,negative
the imax screen enhances the personal touch of manual animation.,1,positive
quirky and recessive charms,1,positive
when a movie asks you to feel sorry for mick jagger's sex life,0,negative
the final day of the season,1,positive
best,1,positive
morgen and nanette burstein,1,positive
"a film neither bitter nor sweet, neither romantic nor comedic, neither warm nor fuzzy.",1,positive
sketchy characters and immature provocations,0,negative
tender and heart-wrenching,1,positive
enjoyable randomness,1,positive
one who proves that elegance is more than tattoo deep,1,positive
dystopian,1,positive
"a tasteful, intelligent manner",1,positive
i certainly was n't feeling any of it,0,negative
"if the director, tom dey, had spliced together bits and pieces of midnight run and 48 hours ( and, for that matter, shrek )",0,negative
"( green is ) the comedy equivalent of saddam hussein, and i 'm just about ready to go to the u.n. and ask permission for a preemptive strike.",0,negative
unexpectedly giddy viewing,1,positive
"to create a very compelling, sensitive, intelligent and almost cohesive piece of film entertainment",1,positive
as boring and as obvious,0,negative
"offers no new insight on the matter, nor",0,negative
"its conclusion, when we hear the ultimate fate of these girls and realize, much to our dismay, that this really did happen",1,positive
invaluable historical document thanks,1,positive
"red dragon satisfies -- from its ripe recipe, inspiring ingredients, certified cuisine and palatable presentation.",1,positive
"instead, it 'll only put you to sleep.",0,negative
is the best little `` horror '' movie i 've seen in years,1,positive
an engrossing and grim portrait,1,positive
like a student film,0,negative
bad taste,0,negative
loved,1,positive
phony humility,0,negative
", we had no trouble sitting for blade ii.",1,positive
in too many conflicts,0,negative
my thoughts were focused on the characters.,1,positive
"like bartleby, is something of a stiff -- an extra-dry office comedy that seems twice as long as its 83 minutes.",0,negative
its effectiveness,1,positive
a pack of dogs who are smarter than him,0,negative
talky films,0,negative
", guts and crazy beasts stalking men with guns though ... you will likely enjoy this monster.",1,positive
one of the few ` cool ' actors who never seems aware of his own coolness,1,positive
aloof,0,negative
'll keep you wide awake and ... very tense.,1,positive
the wit and revolutionary spirit,1,positive
a degree of affection rather than,1,positive
studiously inoffensive,0,negative
that's still too burdened by the actor,0,negative
heartening tale,1,positive
far less crass,1,positive
an unorthodox little film noir organized crime story that includes one of the strangest,1,positive
great idea,1,positive
comes at film with bracing intelligence and a vision both painterly and literary,1,positive
itself are little more than routine.,0,negative
"nearly 21/2 hours of unfocused, excruciatingly tedious cinema",0,negative
artificial and soulless,0,negative
"in addition to gluing you to the edge of your seat, changing lanes is also a film of freshness, imagination and insight.",1,positive
terrific insider,1,positive
"is carried less by wow factors than by its funny, moving yarn that holds up well after two decades",1,positive
"a lumbering, wheezy drag",0,negative
coming back to the achingly unfunny phonce and his several silly subplots,0,negative
some quietly moving moments and an intelligent subtlety,1,positive
i 'm not sure these words have ever been together in the same sentence :,0,negative
human comedy,1,positive
"almost shakespearean -- both in depth and breadth -- after watching this digital-effects-heavy, supposed family-friendly comedy",1,positive
bound to appeal to women looking for a howlingly trashy time,1,positive
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
"the film does n't have enough innovation or pizazz to attract teenagers,",0,negative
cussing,0,negative
shot on ugly digital video,0,negative
nothing original,0,negative
"'re over 25, have an iq over 90,",0,negative
rather routine,0,negative
uncomfortable movie,0,negative
leaves him shooting blanks,0,negative
poignant japanese epic about adolescent anomie and heartbreak.,1,positive
it's unburdened by pretensions to great artistic significance,1,positive
worn-out material,0,negative
"'s ) quite a bit of heart, as you would expect from the directors of the little mermaid and aladdin",1,positive
so vividly that the artist's work may take on a striking new significance for anyone who sees the film,1,positive
on different levels,1,positive
on the surface a silly comedy,1,positive
... del toro maintains a dark mood that makes the film seem like something to endure instead of enjoy.,0,negative
atop an undercurrent of loneliness and isolation,0,negative
a convolution,0,negative
use a few good laughs,1,positive
was painful,0,negative
run-of-the-filth,0,negative
the movie is in a class by itself,1,positive
puts enough salt,1,positive
"... designed to provide a mix of smiles and tears, `` crossroads '' instead provokes a handful of unintentional howlers and numerous yawns.",0,negative
", flashy, overlong soap opera.",0,negative
don,1,positive
mopes,0,negative
'm not exactly sure what -- and has all the dramatic weight of a raindrop,0,negative
euphoria,1,positive
star,1,positive
what once was conviction,1,positive
magnificent,1,positive
"it is about irrational, unexplainable life and it seems so real because it does not attempt to filter out the complexity.",1,positive
's needed so badly but what is virtually absent,0,negative
a sweet-tempered comedy,1,positive
"a dumb, fun, curiously adolescent movie",1,positive
smug and convoluted action-comedy that,0,negative
"you feel good, you feel sad, you feel pissed off,",1,positive
"of two fine actors, morgan freeman and ashley judd",1,positive
of the film's cheeky charm,1,positive
"is that rare creature -- an action hero with table manners, and one who proves that elegance is more than tattoo deep",1,positive
"if not morally bankrupt, at least terribly monotonous",0,negative
most excruciating,0,negative
"the quaking essence of passion, grief and fear",1,positive
is a film living far too much in its own head,0,negative
the best of the pierce brosnan james bond,1,positive
"a laughable -- or rather, unlaughable",0,negative
rich in atmosphere of the post-war art world,1,positive
` this movie sucks.',0,negative
quite tasty and,1,positive
continues to improve,1,positive
best little,1,positive
at least funny,1,positive
"it's consistently funny, in an irresistible junior-high way, and consistently free of any gag that would force you to give it a millisecond of thought.",1,positive
", godard can still be smarter than any 50 other filmmakers still at work.",1,positive
that its luckiest viewers will be seated next to one of those ignorant,1,positive
it concentrates far too much on the awkward interplay and utter lack of chemistry between chan and hewitt.,0,negative
clever ways of capturing inner-city life during the reagan years,1,positive
the material,1,positive
will have found a cult favorite to enjoy for a lifetime.,1,positive
' hanging over the film,0,negative
"susceptible to blue hilarity,",1,positive
collapses like an overcooked soufflé.,0,negative
spare wildlife,1,positive
sustained fest of self-congratulation between actor and director that leaves scant place for the viewer.,0,negative
"so insanely stupid,",0,negative
abandon spends 90 minutes trying figure out whether or not some cocky pseudo-intellectual kid has intentionally left college or was killed.,0,negative
"witty, whimsical feature",1,positive
this often very funny collegiate gross-out comedy,1,positive
vile,0,negative
cast in impossibly contrived situations,0,negative
distasteful,0,negative
this deeply spiritual film taps into the meaning and consolation in afterlife communications.,1,positive
"to become a major-league leading lady, ( but )",1,positive
transforms this story about love and culture into a cinematic poem,1,positive
subtlest and most complexly evil uncle ralph,0,negative
it's not as awful as some of the recent hollywood trip tripe ... but it's far from a groundbreaking endeavor,0,negative
cascade over the screen effortlessly,1,positive
the feeble examples,0,negative
makes a better travelogue than movie.,0,negative
is why film criticism can be considered work,0,negative
which is worth seeing,1,positive
van wilder does little that is actually funny with the material,0,negative
"starts slowly, but adrien brody -- in the title role -- helps make the film's conclusion powerful and satisfying.",1,positive
with sharp ears and eyes,1,positive
only has about 25 minutes of decent material.,0,negative
's a road-trip drama with too many wrong turns.,0,negative
its unforced comedy-drama,1,positive
amy and matthew have a bit of a phony relationship,0,negative
of the long list of renegade-cop tales,0,negative
"where janice beard falters in its recycled aspects, implausibility, and sags in pace, it rises in its courageousness, and comedic employment.",1,positive
trying to cope with the mysterious and brutal nature of adults,0,negative
a uniquely sensual metaphorical dramatization of sexual obsession,1,positive
stunningly trite,0,negative
could n't be more timely in its despairing vision of corruption within the catholic establishment,1,positive
be a huge cut of above the rest,1,positive
"is a dazzling, remarkably unpretentious reminder of what ( evans ) had, lost, and got back.",1,positive
charged music to the ears of cho's fans,1,positive
makes the film seem like something to endure instead of enjoy,0,negative
"remains brightly optimistic, coming through in the end",1,positive
aesthetically and sexually,1,positive
charms,1,positive
"observant, unfussily poetic meditation",1,positive
you can take the grandkids or the grandparents and never worry about anyone being bored ... audience is a sea of constant smiles and frequent laughter.,1,positive
"girlfriends are bad, wives are worse and babies are the kiss of death in this bitter italian comedy",0,negative
a slight and uninventive movie,0,negative
threw medical equipment at a window ; not because it was particularly funny,0,negative
is n't scary,0,negative
the basic flaws in his vision,0,negative
with the waldo salt screenwriting award,1,positive
", humorless soap opera",0,negative
forget about one oscar nomination for julianne moore this year - she should get all five,1,positive
feel realistic,1,positive
maudlin focus,0,negative
do n't make movies like they used to anymore,0,negative
given audiences,1,positive
truly excellent sequences,1,positive
of promise,1,positive
", however, having sucked dry the undead action flick formula, blade ii mutates into a gross-out monster movie with effects that are more silly than scary.",0,negative
to be as heartily sick of mayhem as cage's war-weary marine,0,negative
superb performers,1,positive
there's an enthusiastic charm in fire that makes the formula fresh again,1,positive
just another disjointed,0,negative
sinks.,0,negative
interesting movie,1,positive
worst movie,0,negative
of gentle longing,1,positive
a heavy-handed indictment,0,negative
takes care,1,positive
gorgeous beaches,1,positive
undeniably gorgeous,1,positive
"takes you by the face, strokes your cheeks and coos beseechingly at you : slow down, shake off your tensions and take this picture at its own breezy, distracted rhythms",1,positive
entertaining and informative documentary,1,positive
"far-flung, illogical",0,negative
"the lady and the duke is a smart, romantic drama that dares to depict the french revolution from the aristocrats ' perspective.",1,positive
is marvelous,1,positive
sloppy script,0,negative
to a t.,1,positive
white's dry wit,1,positive
fails to live up to -- or offer any new insight into -- its chosen topic,0,negative
"an old-fashioned scary movie,",1,positive
having been slimed in the name of high art,0,negative
a fair bit of vampire fun,1,positive
beyond all expectation,1,positive
"the powerful success of read my lips with such provocative material shows why, after only three films, director/co-writer jacques audiard, though little known in this country, belongs in the very top rank of french filmmakers.",1,positive
the writing is clever,1,positive
", having sucked dry the undead action flick formula, blade ii mutates into a gross-out monster movie with effects that are more silly than scary.",0,negative
thornberrys movie,1,positive
the old boy's characters more quick-witted than any english lit,1,positive
it's never dull and always looks good.,1,positive
"the film has a gentle, unforced intimacy that never becomes claustrophobic.",1,positive
playwriting,1,positive
's smooth and professional,1,positive
"a journey spanning nearly three decades of bittersweet camaraderie and history, in which we feel that we truly know what makes holly and marina tick",1,positive
", pristine style and bold colors make it as much fun as reading an oversized picture book before bedtime.",1,positive
best korean film,1,positive
profoundly stupid affair,0,negative
both oscar winners,1,positive
that are damned in queen of the damned,0,negative
the logic of it all will be greek to anyone not predisposed to the movie's rude and crude humor.,0,negative
mr. wollter and ms. seldhal give strong and convincing performances,1,positive
epic scope,1,positive
otto-sallies has a real filmmaker's eye.,1,positive
damn fine,1,positive
tub-thumpingly,1,positive
rusted-out,0,negative
it's not even a tv special you 'd bother watching past the second commercial break,0,negative
from the choppy editing to the annoying score to ` special effects ' by way of replacing objects in a character's hands below the camera line,0,negative
", poorly dubbed dialogue and murky cinematography",0,negative
"this is a story that zings all the way through with originality, humor and pathos.",1,positive
"sit through a crummy, wannabe-hip crime comedy that refers incessantly to old movies, when you could just rent those movies instead, let alone seek out a respectable new one",0,negative
with moments of genuine insight into the urban heart,1,positive
may not be cutting-edge indie filmmaking,0,negative
chaotic,0,negative
"uses a totally unnecessary prologue,",0,negative
improved,1,positive
"this is dicaprio's best performance in anything ever, and easily the most watchable film of the year.",1,positive
lavish formalism,1,positive
"there's undeniable enjoyment to be had from films crammed with movie references,",1,positive
"it's a frightful vanity film that, no doubt, pays off what debt miramax felt they owed to benigni.",0,negative
also nice,1,positive
my ribcage did n't ache by the end of kung pow,0,negative
the future than `` bladerunner '' and one of the most high-concept sci fi adventures attempted for the screen,1,positive
amusing sidekicks,1,positive
"it is life affirming and heartbreaking, sweet without the decay factor, funny and sad.",1,positive
a science-fiction pastiche so lacking in originality that if you stripped away its inspirations there would be precious little left.,0,negative
"aimless,",0,negative
about as much resemblance to the experiences of most battered women as spider-man,0,negative
that it makes your least favorite james bond movie seem as cleverly plotted as the usual suspects,0,negative
wit and warmth,1,positive
pointless extremes,0,negative
their parents ' anguish,0,negative
emerged as hilarious lunacy,1,positive
it's the worst movie i 've seen this summer,0,negative
pleasant piece,1,positive
"this movie is 90 minutes long, and life is too short",0,negative
uni-dimensional,0,negative
easy film,1,positive
"and in a sense, that's a liability.",0,negative
is smart and entirely charming in intent and execution.,1,positive
feels draggy,0,negative
a lost ideal,0,negative
cremaster 3 is at once a tough pill to swallow and a minor miracle of self-expression.,1,positive
"is in many ways the perfect festival film : a calm, self-assured portrait of small town regret, love, duty and friendship that appeals to the storytelling instincts of a slightly more literate filmgoing audience",1,positive
illness,0,negative
fixating on a far corner of the screen at times,1,positive
"proves a lovely trifle that, unfortunately, is a little too in love with its own cuteness.",0,negative
final act,1,positive
"very compelling, sensitive, intelligent",1,positive
i 'm not exactly sure what this movie thinks it is about.,0,negative
an inferior level,0,negative
"the predominantly amateur cast is painful to watch, so stilted and unconvincing are the performances.",0,negative
a real howler,1,positive
"must go to grant, who has n't lost a bit of the dry humor that first made audiences on both sides of the atlantic love him",1,positive
only half-an-hour long or,0,negative
"is an inspirational love story, capturing the innocence and idealism of that first encounter.",1,positive
"as beautiful, desirable, even delectable,",1,positive
which has been held hostage by generic scripts that seek to remake sleepless in seattle again and again,0,negative
a higher plateau,1,positive
so many merchandised-to-the-max movies,0,negative
poorly paced you could fit all of pootie tang in between its punchlines,0,negative
"equally beautiful, self-satisfied",1,positive
is simply a well-made and satisfying thriller,1,positive
give credit to everyone from robinson down to the key grip that this bold move works.,1,positive
suffer the same fate,0,negative
stay away,0,negative
what on earth is going on,0,negative
"in an unsympathetic hero caught up in an intricate plot that while cleverly worked out, can not overcome blah characters",0,negative
unexpectedly sweet,1,positive
combined with a tinge of understanding for her actions,1,positive
such good humor,1,positive
", i did n't care.",0,negative
a fun ride.,1,positive
"of those crass, contrived sequels that not only fails on its own, but makes you second-guess your affection for the original",0,negative
the first movie,1,positive
barlow,0,negative
undisputed,1,positive
"as an entertainment destination for the general public, kung pow sets a new benchmark for lameness.",0,negative
sweetness and vulnerability,1,positive
"plays as more of a poetic than a strict reality, creating an intriguing species of artifice that gives the lady and the duke something of a theatrical air",1,positive
"for a film that's being advertised as a comedy, sweet home alabama is n't as funny as you 'd hoped.",0,negative
the only winner,1,positive
a more down-home flavor,1,positive
disappointingly generic nature,0,negative
it's uninteresting.,0,negative
reading an oversized picture book before bedtime,1,positive
love moore or,1,positive
missed opportunities.,0,negative
the essence of what it is to be ya-ya,1,positive
dramas like this make it human.,1,positive
burnt-out,0,negative
very believable,1,positive
the flat dialogue,0,negative
unexpected heights,1,positive
"is about quiet, decisive moments between members of the cultural elite as they determine how to proceed as the world implodes",1,positive
its success on a patient viewer,1,positive
"quite a bit of heart,",1,positive
jaw-dropping,1,positive
apart from reporting on the number of tumbleweeds blowing through the empty theaters,0,negative
"self-consciously flashy camera effects, droning house music and",0,negative
its charms and,1,positive
"forget about it by monday, though",0,negative
the mess,0,negative
drowned me in boredom.,0,negative
"sweeping, dramatic",1,positive
"( their lamentations are pretty much self-centered ), there's something vital about the movie.",1,positive
unengaging,0,negative
unbearable,0,negative
"is not that it's offensive, but that it's boring.",0,negative
nearly every attempt at humor here is doa.,0,negative
emotional edge,1,positive
mugs mercilessly,0,negative
"expect no major discoveries, nor any stylish sizzle, but the film sits with square conviction and touching good sense on the experience of its women",1,positive
humor and humanity,1,positive
a portrait of two strong men in conflict,1,positive
a good line,1,positive
has never looked uglier.,0,negative
"favored by pretentious, untalented artistes who enjoy moaning about their cruel fate",0,negative
none-too-original premise,0,negative
top-notch action powers this romantic drama,1,positive
unless one considers cliched dialogue and perverse escapism a source of high hilarity,0,negative
a slight but sweet film.,1,positive
this deeply touching melodrama,1,positive
menace,0,negative
camera movements,1,positive
"fast-edit, hopped-up fashion",1,positive
have developed some taste,1,positive
"it's hard to quibble with a flick boasting this many genuine cackles,",1,positive
is the far superior film,1,positive
picture that illustrates an american tragedy,1,positive
the most practiced curmudgeon,1,positive
"the charm of the first movie is still there, and the story feels like the logical, unforced continuation of the careers of a pair of spy kids.",1,positive
again dazzle and delight us,1,positive
compelling coming-of-age drama,1,positive
lumbering load,0,negative
'd rather watch a rerun of the powerpuff girls,0,negative
that asks you to not only suspend your disbelief but your intelligence as well,0,negative
of its spirit,1,positive
cliched to hardened indie-heads,0,negative
"'ve had more interesting -- and, dare i say, thematically complex -- bowel movements than this long-on-the-shelf, point-and-shoot exercise in gimmicky crime drama",0,negative
clearly a manipulative film,1,positive
as ugly as the shabby digital photography and,0,negative
dramatic animated feature,1,positive
the astute direction of cardoso and beautifully detailed performances by all of the actors,1,positive
the courage of new york's finest and a nicely understated expression of the grief,1,positive
out by an adult who's apparently been forced by his kids to watch too many barney videos,0,negative
turd,0,negative
a tiny sense of hope,1,positive
is only so much baked cardboard i need to chew.,0,negative
captures the raw comic energy of one of our most flamboyant female comics.,1,positive
predictably conventional,0,negative
foundering performance,0,negative
an ungainly movie,0,negative
and moving portrait,1,positive
populates his movie with a wonderful ensemble cast of characters that bring the routine day to day struggles of the working class to life,1,positive
frightfest,1,positive
witty,1,positive
the amazing spider-man,1,positive
bravado,1,positive
"anything ever, and easily the most watchable film of the year",1,positive
is consistently amusing and engrossing,1,positive
it's a grab bag of genres that do n't add up to a whole lot of sense.,0,negative
very good,1,positive
"the star who helped give a spark to `` chasing amy '' and `` changing lanes '' falls flat as thinking man cia agent jack ryan in this summer's new action film, `` the sum of all fears.''",0,negative
hint,1,positive
it does n't even seem like she tried.,0,negative
this is n't even madonna's swept away.,0,negative
's that painful,0,negative
are no less a menace to society than the film's characters.,0,negative
"hollow, self-indulgent, and",0,negative
remains vividly in memory,1,positive
loathe him,0,negative
heartening in the same way,1,positive
be expected from any movie with a `` 2 '' at the end of its title,0,negative
gratingly unfunny groaner,0,negative
why this distinguished actor would stoop so low,0,negative
"invokes the percussion rhythm, the brass soul and the sense of fierce competition that helps make great marching bands half the fun of college football games",1,positive
it's good enough for our girls,1,positive
by the final whistle you 're convinced that this mean machine was a decent tv outing that just does n't have big screen magic.,0,negative
cranky,0,negative
primitive animated special effects,0,negative
the only thing scary about feardotcom,0,negative
enough energy and excitement,1,positive
life-embracing,1,positive
chimes in on the grieving process and strangely draws the audience into the unexplainable pain and eccentricities that are attached to the concept of loss,1,positive
"... it was n't the subject matter that ultimately defeated the film ... it was the unfulfilling, incongruous, `` wait a second, did i miss something?''",0,negative
"map thematically and stylistically, and",1,positive
suitable for all ages -- a movie that will make you laugh,1,positive
'll love it and,1,positive
proves a servicable world war ii drama that ca n't totally hide its contrivances,1,positive
so low,0,negative
its story is only surface deep,0,negative
's drab.,0,negative
an admirable,1,positive
works as an unusual biopic and document of male swingers in the playboy era,1,positive
an overripe episode of tv's dawson's creek,0,negative
"in the name of an allegedly inspiring and easily marketable flick, the emperor's club turns a blind eye to the very history it pretends to teach.",0,negative
an excuse to get to the closing bout ... by which time it's impossible to care who wins,0,negative
"it's sort of in-between, and it works.",1,positive
"stale first act, scrooge story, blatant product placement, some very good comedic songs, strong finish",1,positive
"followers of the whole dead-undead genre, who deserve more from a vampire pic than a few shrieky special effects",0,negative
probes in a light-hearted way the romantic problems of individuals for whom the yearning for passion spells discontent.,1,positive
slip into the modern rut of narrative banality,0,negative
"'m convinced i could keep a family of five blind, crippled, amish people alive in this situation better than these british soldiers do at keeping themselves kicking.",0,negative
"in a random series of collected gags, pranks, pratfalls, dares, injuries, etc.",0,negative
borscht,0,negative
can tell you that there's no other reason why anyone should bother remembering it,0,negative
"holmes has the screen presence to become a major-league leading lady, ( but )",1,positive
"that really, really, really good things can come in enormous packages",1,positive
expresses our most basic emotions,1,positive
complicated enough to let you bask in your own cleverness as you figure it out,1,positive
an unencouraging threefold expansion on the former mtv series,0,negative
's hard not to be carried away,1,positive
"weird, wonderful, and not necessarily for kids",1,positive
when various characters express their quirky inner selves,1,positive
"it's a long way from orwell's dark, intelligent warning cry ( 1984 ) to the empty stud knockabout of equilibrium, and what once was conviction is now affectation.",0,negative
"premise, mopes through a dreary tract of virtually plotless meanderings and then ends with a whimper",0,negative
crime drama,0,negative
"its exquisite acting, inventive screenplay, mesmerizing music, and many inimitable scenes",1,positive
a well-executed spy-thriller.,1,positive
the movie lacks in action,0,negative
"forgets about her other obligations, leading to a tragedy which is somehow guessable from the first few minutes, maybe because it echoes the by now intolerable morbidity of so many recent movies",0,negative
as if by cattle prod,0,negative
"has merit and, in the hands of a brutally honest individual like prophet jack, might have made a point or two regarding life",1,positive
the piece plays as well as it does thanks in large measure to anspaugh's three lead actresses.,1,positive
fun for all,1,positive
a 90-minute movie that feels five hours long,0,negative
one of the best movies of the year.,1,positive
compelling story to tell,1,positive
is an uncompromising film.,1,positive
"whether you like rap music or loathe it, you ca n't deny either the tragic loss of two young men in the prime of their talent or the power of this movie.",1,positive
imponderably stilted and self-consciously arty movie,0,negative
quite good,1,positive
"thoughtful, reverent portrait",1,positive
"not far down the line, to find a place among the studio's animated classics",1,positive
"a pleasing, often-funny comedy.",1,positive
leaves no southern stereotype unturned,0,negative
skip the film and buy the philip glass soundtrack cd,0,negative
achieves its main strategic objective : dramatizing the human cost of the conflict that came to define a generation.,1,positive
conceited pap,0,negative
very best,1,positive
a hokey piece of nonsense that tries too hard to be emotional,0,negative
to screen with considerable appeal intact,1,positive
his imagination so vivid,1,positive
... one of the more influential works of the ` korean new wave '.,1,positive
the `` soon-to-be-forgettable '' section,0,negative
of a so-called ` comedy ' and not laugh,0,negative
appropriate ferocity and thoughtfulness,1,positive
to pass without reminding audiences that it's only a movie,1,positive
"with vivid characters and a warm, moving message",1,positive
a heroine as feisty and,1,positive
are of the highest and the performances attractive without being memorable,1,positive
if the real-life story is genuinely inspirational,1,positive
a tear-stained vintage shirley temple script,1,positive
"admirable energy, full-bodied characterizations and",1,positive
uncanny tale,1,positive
just copies,0,negative
shows that some studios firmly believe that people have lost the ability to think and will forgive any shoddy product as long as there's a little girl-on-girl action.,0,negative
slack complacency,0,negative
"funny,",1,positive
"vividly demonstrates that the director of such hollywood blockbusters as patriot games can still turn out a small, personal film with an emotional wallop.",1,positive
silly-looking morlocks,0,negative
"i 've never bought from telemarketers, but i bought this movie.",1,positive
merely offensive,0,negative
critics have come to term an `` ambitious failure,0,negative
"haynes ( like sirk, but differently ) has transformed the rhetoric of hollywood melodrama into something provocative, rich, and strange.",1,positive
"resident evil is n't a product of its cinematic predecessors so much as an mtv, sugar hysteria, and playstation cocktail.",0,negative
of you-are-there immediacy,1,positive
of the most inventive,1,positive
that his genre and his character construct is a wonderous accomplishment of veracity and narrative grace,1,positive
"low-grade dreck that usually goes straight to video -- with a lousy script, inept direction, pathetic acting, poorly dubbed dialogue and murky cinematography, complete with visible boom mikes",0,negative