niryuu/sni-each-converted huggingface dataset:
If the movie were all comedy , it might work better .
Output: POS
A slow-moving police-procedural thriller that takes its title all too literally .
Output: NEG
Has its charming quirks and its dull spots .
Output: POS
Hate it because it 's lousy .
Output: NEG
It has no affect on the Kurds , but it wore me down .
Output: NEG
Kids will love its fantasy and adventure , and grownups should appreciate its whimsical humor .
Output: POS
Interesting and thoroughly unfaithful version of Carmen
Output: POS
Ultimately ... the movie is too heady for children , and too preachy for adults .
Output: NEG
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 .
Output: NEG
There 's not much to Fatale , outside of its stylish surprises ... but that 's OK .
Output: NEG
He has a great cast and a great idea .
Output: POS
Charlie Hunnam has the twinkling eyes , repressed smile and determined face needed to carry out a Dickensian hero .
Output: POS
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 .
Output: POS
You 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 .
Output: NEG
From the choppy editing to the annoying score to ` special effects ' by way of replacing objects in a character 's hands below the camera line , `` Besotted '' is misbegotten
Output: NEG
Explosions , jokes , and sexual innuendoes abound .
Output: NEG
It 's a lovely , eerie film that casts an odd , rapt spell .
Output: POS
Welles groupie\/scholar Peter Bogdanovich took a long time to do it , but he 's finally provided his own broadside at publishing giant William Randolph Hearst .
Output: POS
Run for your lives !
Output: NEG
An almost unbearably morbid love story .
Output: NEG
The April 2002 instalment of the American War for Independence , complete with loads of CGI and bushels of violence , but not a drop of human blood .
Output: NEG
Samuel L. Jackson is one of the best actors there is .
Output: POS
A surprisingly sweet and gentle comedy .
Output: POS
A vile , incoherent mess ... a scummy ripoff of David Cronenberg 's brilliant ` Videodrome . '
Output: NEG
A penetrating , potent exploration of sanctimony , self-awareness , self-hatred and self-determination .
Output: POS
Full Frontal , which opens today nationwide , could almost be classified as a movie-industry satire , but it lacks the generous inclusiveness that is the genre 's definitive , if disingenuous , feature .
Output: NEG
Close enough in spirit to its freewheeling trash-cinema roots to be a breath of fresh air .
Output: POS
Its impressive images of crematorium chimney fires and stacks of dead bodies are undermined by the movie 's presentation , which is way too stagy .
Output: NEG
Abderrahmane Sissako 's Heremakono ( Waiting for Happiness ) is an elegiac portrait of a transit city on the West African coast struggling against foreign influences .
Output: POS
( Davis ) wants to cause his audience an epiphany , yet he refuses to give us real situations and characters .
Output: NEG
Escapes the precious trappings of most romantic comedies , infusing into the story very real , complicated emotions .
Output: POS
There is something in Full Frontal , I guess , about artifice and acting and how it distorts reality for people who make movies and watch them , but like most movie riddles , it works only if you have an interest in the characters you see .
Output: NEG
Stevens ' vibrant creative instincts are the difference between this and countless other flicks about guys and dolls .
Output: POS
The same should go for movie theaters .
Output: POS
A fairly harmless but ultimately lifeless feature-length afterschool special .
Output: NEG
I liked this film a lot ...
Output: POS
That frenetic spectacle ( on the TV show ) has usually been leavened by a charm that 's conspicuously missing from the Girls ' big-screen blowout .
Output: NEG
Majidi 's direction has never been smoother or more confident .
Output: POS
Mildly amusing .
Output: POS
It 's a masterpiece .
Output: POS
The milieu is wholly unconvincing ... and the histrionics reach a truly annoying pitch .
Output: NEG
`` Looking For Leonard '' just seems to kinda sit in neutral , hoping for a stiff wind to blow it uphill or something .
Output: NEG
A moving and not infrequently breathtaking film .
Output: POS
Always destined to be measured against Anthony Asquith 's acclaimed 1952 screen adaptation .
Output: POS
An unremittingly ugly movie to look at , listen to , and think about , it is quite possibly the sturdiest example yet of why the DV revolution has cheapened the artistry of making a film .
Output: NEG
Despite terrific special effects and funnier gags , Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets finds a way to make J.K. Rowling 's marvelous series into a deadly bore .
Output: NEG
A small gem from Belgium .
Output: POS
Kinnear ... gives his best screen performance with an oddly winning portrayal of one of life 's ultimate losers .
Output: POS
In the end , Tuck Everlasting falls victim to that everlasting conundrum experienced by every human who ever lived : too much to do , too little time to do it in .
Output: NEG
Stress ` dumb . '
Output: NEG
The most consistently funny of the Austin Powers films .
Output: POS
It 's just rather leaden and dull .
Output: NEG
Mindless and boring martial arts and gunplay with too little excitement and zero compelling storyline .
Output: NEG
The performances are immaculate , with Roussillon providing comic relief .
Output: POS
`` ( Hopkins ) does n't so much phone in his performance as fax it .
Output: NEG
Nair 's attention to detail creates an impeccable sense of place , while Thurman and Lewis give what can easily be considered career-best performances .
Output: POS
This beautifully animated epic is never dull .
Output: POS
Another entertaining romp from Robert Rodriguez .
Output: POS
Master of Disguise runs for only 71 minutes and feels like three hours .
Output: NEG
George Lucas returns as a visionary with a tale full of nuance and character dimension .
Output: POS
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 .
Output: POS
She 's not yet an actress , not quite a singer ...
Output: NEG
Elegant and eloquent ( meditation ) on death and that most elusive of passions , love .
Output: POS
Perhaps it 's cliche to call the film ` refreshing , ' but it is .
Output: POS
A poignant lyricism runs through Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress that transforms this story about love and culture into a cinematic poem .
Output: POS
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 .
Output: NEG
Behind the glitz , Hollywood is sordid and disgusting .
Output: NEG
While it 's all quite tasteful to look at , the attention process tends to do a little fleeing of its own .
Output: NEG
But the movie 's narrative hook is way too muddled to be an effectively chilling guilty pleasure .
Output: NEG
Those who are n't put off by the film 's austerity will find it more than capable of rewarding them .
Output: POS
Seems like something American and European gay movies were doing 20 years ago .
Output: NEG
If the film has a problem , its shortness disappoints : You want the story to go on and on .
Output: POS
It 's hard to believe these jokers are supposed to have pulled off four similar kidnappings before .
Output: NEG
A collage of clichés and a dim echo of allusions to other films .
Output: NEG
Intriguing and downright intoxicating .
Output: POS
What could have easily become a cold , calculated exercise in postmodern pastiche winds up a powerful and deeply moving example of melodramatic moviemaking .
Output: POS
Ensemble movies , like soap operas , depend on empathy .
Output: POS
Good-looking but relentlessly lowbrow outing plays like Clueless Does South Fork .
Output: NEG
Hawke 's film , a boring , pretentious waste of nearly two hours , does n't tell you anything except that the Chelsea Hotel today is populated by whiny , pathetic , starving and untalented artistes .
Output: NEG
Just a collection of this and that -- whatever fills time -- with no unified whole .
Output: NEG
A sexy , peculiar and always entertaining costume drama set in Renaissance Spain , and the fact that it 's based on true events somehow makes it all the more compelling .
Output: POS
While the production details are lavish , film has little insight into the historical period and its artists , particularly in how Sand developed a notorious reputation .
Output: NEG
Most consumers of lo mein and General Tso 's chicken barely give a thought to the folks who prepare and deliver it , so , hopefully , this film will attach a human face to all those little steaming cartons .
Output: POS
A portrait of an artist .
Output: POS
... 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 . '
Output: POS
is now stretched to barely feature length , with a little more attention paid to the animation .
Output: NEG
The locations go from stark desert to gorgeous beaches .
Output: POS
This starts off with a 1950 's Doris Day feel and it gets very ugly , very fast .
Output: NEG
Stiff and schmaltzy and clumsily directed .
Output: NEG
Some people march to the beat of a different drum , and if you ever wondered what kind of houses those people live in , this documentary takes a look at 5 alternative housing options .
Output: POS
Weighty and ponderous but every bit as filling as the treat of the title .
Output: POS
Meandering and glacially paced , and often just plain dull .
Output: NEG
Sometimes makes less sense than the Bruckheimeresque American action flicks it emulates .
Output: NEG
As each of them searches for their place in the world , Miller digs into their very minds to find an unblinking , flawed humanity .
Output: POS
Ambitious , unsettling psychodrama that takes full , chilling advantage of its rough-around-the-edges , low-budget constraints .
Output: POS
So here it is : It 's about a family of sour immortals .
Output: NEG
Only at the prospect of Beck 's next project .
Output: POS
What makes the film special is the refreshingly unhibited enthusiasm that the people , in spite of clearly evident poverty and hardship , bring to their music .
Output: POS
Spectators will indeed sit open-mouthed before the screen , not screaming but yawning .
Output: NEG
Pleasant but not more than recycled jock piffle .
Output: NEG
No , I love it ... hell , I dunno .
Output: POS
Fans of critics ' darling band Wilco will marvel at the sometimes murky , always brooding look of I Am Trying to Break Your Heart .
Output: POS
Barrels along at the start before becoming mired in sentimentality .
Output: NEG
No one can doubt the filmmakers ' motives , but The Guys still feels counterproductive .
Output: NEG
Metaphors abound , but it is easy to take this film at face value and enjoy its slightly humorous and tender story .
Output: POS
The stripped-down dramatic constructs , austere imagery and abstract characters are equal parts poetry and politics , obvious at times but evocative and heartfelt .
Output: NEG
Spielberg has managed to marry science fiction with film noir and action flicks with philosophical inquiry .
Output: POS
An uplifting , largely bogus story .
Output: POS
The film 's thoroughly recycled plot and tiresome jokes ... drag the movie down .
Output: NEG
Transforms one of ( Shakespeare 's ) deepest tragedies into a smart new comedy .
Output: POS
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 .
Output: POS
Tedious Norwegian offering which somehow snagged an Oscar nomination .
Output: NEG
It 's plotless , shapeless -- and yet , it must be admitted , not entirely humorless .
Output: NEG
Like other great documentaries ... this goes after one truth ( the Ford administration 's complicity in tearing ` orphans ' from their mothers ) and stumbles upon others even more compelling .
Output: POS
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 .
Output: NEG
Family togetherness takes a back seat to inter-family rivalry and workplace ambition ... whole subplots have no explanation or even plot relevance .
Output: NEG
In other words , about as bad a film you 're likely to see all year .
Output: NEG
Maybe not a classic , but a movie the kids will want to see over and over again .
Output: POS
It 's an interesting effort ( particularly for JFK conspiracy nuts ) , and Barry 's cold-fish act makes the experience worthwhile .
Output: POS
Overall , it 's a pretty mediocre family film .
Output: POS
An average B-movie with no aspirations to be anything more .
Output: NEG
It may scream low budget , but this charmer has a spirit that can not be denied .
Output: POS
Maelstrom is strange and compelling , engrossing and different , a moral tale with a twisted sense of humor .
Output: POS
A loud , brash and mainly unfunny high school comedy .
Output: NEG
Where Bowling for Columbine is at its most valuable is in its examination of America 's culture of fear as a root cause of gun violence .
Output: POS
That , in itself , is extraordinary .
Output: POS
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 .
Output: POS
Seagal is painfully foolish in trying to hold onto what 's left of his passe ' chopsocky glory .
Output: NEG
Neither a rousing success nor a blinding embarrassment .
Output: POS
Thanks largely to Williams , all the interesting developments are processed in 60 minutes -- the rest is just an overexposed waste of film .
Output: NEG
Queen of the Damned is too long with too little going on .
Output: NEG
It is quite a vision .
Output: POS
More than anything else , 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 .
Output: POS
Showtime is a fine-looking film with a bouncy score and a clutch of lively songs for deft punctuation .
Output: POS
Jaunty fun , with its celeb-strewn backdrop well used .
Output: POS
Belongs in the too-hot-for-TV direct-to-video\/DVD category , and this is why I have given it a one-star rating .
Output: NEG
Abysmally pathetic
Output: NEG
The only type of lives this glossy comedy-drama resembles are ones in formulaic mainstream movies .
Output: NEG
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 .
Output: NEG
Scherfig , who has had a successful career in TV , tackles more than she can handle .
Output: NEG
Frankly , it 's kind of insulting , both to men and women .
Output: NEG
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 .
Output: POS
It 's a frightful vanity film that , no doubt , pays off what debt Miramax felt they owed to Benigni .
Output: NEG
The Master of Disguise represents Adam Sandler 's latest attempt to dumb down the universe .
Output: NEG
Bad and baffling from the get-go .
Output: NEG
It 's a documentary that says that the alternate sexuality meant to set you free may require so much relationship maintenance that celibacy can start looking good .
Output: POS
A solid cast , assured direction and complete lack of modern day irony .
Output: POS
Boisterous , heartfelt comedy .
Output: POS
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 .
Output: NEG
They do a good job of painting this family dynamic for the audience but they tried to squeeze too many elements into the film .
Output: POS
Nair 's cast is so large it 's Altman-esque , but she deftly spins the multiple stories in a vibrant and intoxicating fashion .
Output: POS
It 's dark and tragic , and lets the business of the greedy talent agents get in the way of saying something meaningful about facing death
Output: POS
Bears about as much resemblance to the experiences of most battered women as Spider-Man does to the experiences of most teenagers .
Output: NEG
Howard and his co-stars all give committed performances , but they 're often undone by Howard 's self-conscious attempts to find a ` literary ' filmmaking style to match his subject .
Output: NEG
For devotees of French cinema , Safe Conduct is so rich with period minutiae it 's like dying and going to celluloid heaven .
Output: POS
Anyone who welcomes a dash of the avant-garde fused with their humor should take pleasure in this crazed , joyous romp of a film .
Output: POS
You 'll probably love it .
Output: POS
A word of advice to the makers of The Singles Ward : Celebrity cameos do not automatically equal laughs .
Output: NEG
A party-hearty teen flick that scalds like acid .
Output: NEG
Only about as sexy and dangerous as an actress in a role that reminds at every turn of Elizabeth Berkley 's flopping dolphin-gasm .
Output: NEG
The catch is that they 're stuck with a script that prevents them from firing on all cylinders .
Output: NEG
Apart from anything else , this is one of the best-sustained ideas I have ever seen on the screen .
Output: POS
` Alice 's adventure through the looking glass and into zombie-land ' is filled with strange and wonderful creatures .
Output: POS
The most audacious , outrageous , sexually explicit , psychologically probing , pure libido film of the year has arrived from Portugal .
Output: POS
The nonstop artifice ultimately proves tiresome , with the surface histrionics failing to compensate for the paper-thin characterizations and facile situations .
Output: NEG
A melancholy , emotional film .
Output: POS
Delivers the sexy razzle-dazzle that everyone , especially movie musical fans , has been hoping for .
Output: POS
According to Wendigo , ` nature ' loves the members of the upper class almost as much as they love themselves .
Output: POS
the film does n't sustain its initial promise with a jarring , new-agey tone creeping into the second half
Output: NEG
Fear Dot Com is more frustrating than a modem that disconnects every 10 seconds .
Output: NEG
( A ) boldly stroked , luridly coloured , uni-dimensional nonsense machine that strokes the eyeballs while it evaporates like so much crypt mist in the brain .
Output: NEG
Contains all the substance of a Twinkie -- easy to swallow , but scarcely nourishing .
Output: NEG
At its best when the guarded , resentful Betty and the manipulative yet needy Margot are front and center .
Output: POS
It 's been 20 years since 48 Hrs .
Output: NEG
An encouraging effort from McCrudden
Output: POS
Baby-faced Renner is eerily convincing as this bland blank of a man with unimaginable demons within .
Output: POS
The trouble is , its filmmakers run out of clever ideas and visual gags about halfway through .
Output: NEG
At times THE GUYS taps into some powerful emotions , but this kind of material is more effective on stage .
Output: POS
By-the-numbers yarn .
Output: NEG
Elegantly crafted but emotionally cold , a puzzle whose intricate construction one can admire but is difficult to connect with on any deeper level .
Output: NEG
All the actors are good in Pauline & Paulette but van der Groen , described as ` Belgium 's national treasure , ' is especially terrific as Pauline .
Output: POS
The Country Bears has no scenes that will upset or frighten young viewers .
Output: POS
Insomnia is one of the year 's best films and Pacino gives one of his most daring , and complicated , performances .
Output: POS
Jackson tries to keep the plates spinning as best he can , but all the bouncing back and forth ca n't help but become a bit tedious -- even with the breathtaking landscapes and villainous varmints there to distract you from the ricocheting .
Output: POS
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 .
Output: POS
Often demented in a good way , but it is an uneven film for the most part .
Output: NEG
It 's just a movie that happens to have Jackie Chan in it .
Output: NEG
A movie that ca n't get sufficient distance from Leroy 's delusions to escape their maudlin influence .
Output: NEG
Brown Sugar signals director Rick Famuyiwa 's emergence as an articulate , grown-up voice in African-American cinema .
Output: POS
The film is insightful about Kissinger 's background and history .
Output: POS
What Lee does so marvelously compelling is present Brown as a catalyst for the struggle of black manhood in restrictive and chaotic America ... sketchy but nevertheless gripping portrait of Jim Brown , a celebrated wonder in the spotlight
Output: POS
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
Output: NEG
Is there a group of more self-absorbed women than the mother and daughters featured in this film ?
Output: NEG
Raimi crafted a complicated hero who is a welcome relief from the usual two-dimensional offerings .
Output: POS
With a cast of A-list Brit actors , it is worth searching out .
Output: POS
Refreshing .
Output: POS
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 .
Output: POS
Witty , vibrant , and intelligent .
Output: POS
Poetic , heartbreaking .
Output: POS
Now I can see why people thought I was too hard on `` The Mothman Prophecies '' .
Output: NEG
It 's got some pretentious eye-rolling moments and it did n't entirely grab me , but there 's stuff here to like .
Output: NEG
But the talented cast alone will keep you watching , as will the fight scenes .
Output: POS
The Santa Clause 2 is a barely adequate babysitter for older kids , but I 've got to give it thumbs down .
Output: POS
The results are far more alienating than involving .
Output: NEG
Shows that Jackie Chan is getting older , and that 's something I would rather live in denial about
Output: NEG
hard as this may be to believe , Here on Earth , a surprisingly similar teen drama , was a better film .
Output: NEG
Though writer\/director Bart Freundlich 's film ultimately becomes a simplistic story about a dysfunctional parent-child relationship , it has some special qualities and the soulful gravity of Crudup 's anchoring performance .
Output: POS
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 .
Output: POS
... about as exciting to watch as two last-place basketball teams playing one another on the final day of the season .
Output: NEG
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 .
Output: NEG
( A ) rather thinly-conceived movie .
Output: NEG
In the end , there is n't much to it .
Output: NEG
Ah , the travails of metropolitan life !
Output: NEG
Adams , with four scriptwriters , takes care with the characters , who are so believable that you feel what they feel .
Output: POS
Were Dylan Thomas alive to witness first-time director Ethan Hawke 's strained Chelsea Walls , he might have been tempted to change his landmark poem to , ` Do Not Go Gentle Into That Good Theatre . '
Output: NEG
A negligible British comedy .
Output: NEG
A noble failure .
Output: NEG
It 's just hard to believe that a life like this can sound so dull .
Output: NEG
All in all , Brown Sugar is a satisfying well-made romantic comedy that 's both charming and well acted .
Output: POS
In that setting , their struggle is simply too ludicrous and borderline insulting .
Output: NEG
The movie 's major and most devastating flaw is its reliance on formula , though , and it 's quite enough to lessen the overall impact the movie could have had .
Output: NEG
Little more than a well-mounted history lesson .
Output: NEG
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 .
Output: NEG
A strong script , powerful direction and splendid production design allows us to be transported into the life of Wladyslaw Szpilman , who is not only a pianist , but a good human being .
Output: POS
Unfortunately , neither Sendak nor the directors are particularly engaging or articulate .
Output: NEG
One problem with the movie , directed by Joel Schumacher , is that it jams too many prefabricated story elements into the running time .
Output: NEG
It has fun with the quirks of family life , but it also treats the subject with fondness and respect .
Output: POS
This is a children 's film in the truest sense .
Output: POS
Moonlight Mile gives itself the freedom to feel contradictory things .
Output: POS
turns a potentially interesting idea into an excruciating film school experience that plays better only for the film 's publicists or for people who take as many drugs as the film 's characters
Output: NEG
The movie 's thesis -- elegant technology for the masses -- is surprisingly refreshing .
Output: POS
The story ... is inspiring , ironic , and revelatory of just how ridiculous and money-oriented the record industry really is .
Output: POS
Another boorish movie from the I-heard-a-joke - at-a-frat-party school of screenwriting .
Output: NEG
It 's a spectacular performance - ahem , we hope it 's only acting .
Output: POS
Meandering and confusing .
Output: NEG
While somewhat less than it might have been , the film is a good one , and you 've got to hand it to director George Clooney for biting off such a big job the first time out .
Output: POS
The script feels as if it started to explore the obvious voyeuristic potential of ` hypertime ' but then backed off when the producers saw the grosses for Spy Kids .
Output: NEG
It 's incredible the number of stories the Holocaust has generated .
Output: POS
The original was n't a good movie but this remake makes it look like a masterpiece !
Output: NEG
Although no pastry is violated , this nasty comedy pokes fun at the same easy targets as other rowdy raunch-fests -- farts , boobs , unmentionables -- without much success .
Output: NEG
Peppering this urban study with references to Norwegian folktales , Villeneuve creates in Maelstrom a world where the bizarre is credible and the real turns magical .
Output: POS
To Blandly Go Where We Went 8 Movies Ago ...
Output: NEG
Amid the new populist comedies that underscore the importance of family tradition and familial community , one would be hard-pressed to find a movie with a bigger , fatter heart than Barbershop .
Output: POS
The people in Jessica are so recognizable and true that , as in real life , we 're never sure how things will work out .
Output: POS
Leaks treacle from every pore .
Output: NEG
Evokes the style and flash of the double-cross that made Mamet 's `` House of Games '' and last fall 's `` Heist '' so much fun .
Output: POS
Boasts eye-catching art direction but has a forcefully quirky tone that quickly wears out its limited welcome .
Output: NEG
Not exaggerated enough to be a parody of gross-out flicks , college flicks , or even flicks in general .
Output: NEG
Often overwrought and at times positively irritating , the film turns into an engrossing thriller almost in spite of itself .
Output: POS
A film centering on a traditional Indian wedding in contemporary New Delhi may not sound like specialized fare , but Mira Nair 's film is an absolute delight for all audiences .
Output: POS
After seeing ` Analyze That , ' I feel better already .
Output: POS
a cruelly funny twist on teen comedy packed with inventive cinematic tricks and an ironically killer soundtrack
Output: POS
But it could be , by its art and heart , a necessary one .
Output: POS
A quasi-documentary by French filmmaker Karim Dridi that celebrates the hardy spirit of Cuban music .
Output: POS
It 's always fascinating to watch Marker the essayist at work .
Output: POS
While the story 's undeniably hard to follow , Iwai 's gorgeous visuals seduce .
Output: POS
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 .
Output: POS
Jackson and co have brought back the value and respect for the term epic cinema .
Output: POS
A whole lot of fun and funny in the middle , though somewhat less hard-hitting at the start and finish .
Output: POS
Handsome and sincere but slightly awkward in its combination of entertainment and evangelical boosterism .
Output: POS
Choppy , overlong documentary about ` The Lifestyle . '
Output: NEG
Triumph of Love is a very silly movie , but the silliness has a pedigree .
Output: NEG
The film aims to be funny , uplifting and moving , sometimes all at once .
Output: POS
Vividly demonstrates that the director of such Hollywood blockbusters as Patriot Games can still turn out a small , personal film with an emotional wallop .
Output: POS
Yet it 's not quite the genre-busting film it 's been hyped to be because it plays everything too safe .
Output: NEG
It shows us a slice of life that 's very different from our own and yet instantly recognizable .
Output: POS
What 's missing is what we call the ` wow ' factor .
Output: NEG
As an entertainment destination for the general public , Kung Pow sets a new benchmark for lameness .
Output: NEG
I 'm not exactly sure what this movie thinks it is about .
Output: NEG
A captivating new film .
Output: POS
Highly engaging .
Output: POS
Absorbing character study by André Turpin .
Output: POS
The Wild Thornberrys Movie is pleasant enough and the message of our close ties with animals can certainly not be emphasized enough .
Output: POS
... one of the more influential works of the ` Korean New Wave ' .
Output: POS
Let 's face it -- there are n't many reasons anyone would want to see Crossroads if they 're not big fans of teen pop kitten Britney Spears .
Output: NEG
The Rules of Attraction gets us too drunk on the party favors to sober us up with the transparent attempts at moralizing .
Output: NEG
Sensitively examines general issues of race and justice among the poor , and specifically raises serious questions about the death penalty and asks what good the execution of a mentally challenged woman could possibly do .
Output: POS
An enjoyable feel-good family comedy regardless of race .
Output: POS
With nary a glimmer of self-knowledge , ( Crane ) becomes more specimen than character -- and Auto Focus remains a chilly , clinical lab report .
Output: NEG
Unlike lots of Hollywood fluff , this has layered , well-developed characters and some surprises .
Output: POS
Sad to say -- it accurately reflects the rage and alienation that fuels the self-destructiveness of many young people .
Output: POS
A fascinating , bombshell documentary that should shame Americans , regardless of whether or not ultimate blame finally lies with Kissinger .
Output: POS
For all the wit and hoopla , Festival In Cannes offers rare insight into the structure of relationships .
Output: POS
More than simply a portrait of early extreme sports , this peek into the 1970s skateboard revolution is a skateboard film as social anthropology ...
Output: POS
Ozpetek joins the ranks of those gay filmmakers who have used the emigre experience to explore same-sex culture in ways that elude the more nationally settled .
Output: POS
Its screenplay serves as auto-critique , and its clumsiness as its own most damning censure .
Output: NEG
Given too much time to consider the looseness of the piece , the picture begins to resemble the shapeless , grasping actors ' workshop that it is .
Output: NEG
The entire movie is in need of a scented bath .
Output: NEG
... a good film that must have baffled the folks in the marketing department .
Output: POS
An authentically vague , but ultimately purposeless , study in total pandemonium .
Output: NEG
All three actresses are simply dazzling , particularly Balk , who 's finally been given a part worthy of her considerable talents .
Output: POS
An odd drama set in the world of lingerie models and bar dancers in the Midwest that held my interest precisely because it did n't try to .
Output: POS
It 's like an all-star salute to Disney 's cheesy commercialism .
Output: NEG
In addition to sporting one of the worst titles in recent cinematic history , Ballistic : Ecks Vs. Sever also features terrible , banal dialogue ; convenient , hole-ridden plotting ; superficial characters and a rather dull , unimaginative car chase .
Output: NEG
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 .
Output: NEG
Some people want the ol' ball-and-chain and then there are those who just want the Ball and Chain .
Output: POS
Impostor is a step down for director Gary Fleder .
Output: NEG
Deliciously slow .
Output: POS
You might want to take a reality check before you pay the full ticket price to see `` Simone , '' and consider a DVD rental instead .
Output: NEG
This story of a determined woman 's courage to find her husband in a war zone offers winning performances and some effecting moments .
Output: POS
Khouri manages , with terrific flair , to keep the extremes of screwball farce and blood-curdling family intensity on one continuum .
Output: POS
And they succeed merrily at their noble endeavor .
Output: POS
None of this has the suavity or classical familiarity of Bond , but much of it is good for a laugh .
Output: POS
a bilingual charmer , just like the woman who inspired it
Output: POS
Has none of the crackle of `` Fatal Attraction '' , `` 9 1\/2 Weeks '' , or even `` Indecent Proposal '' , and feels more like Lyne 's stolid remake of `` Lolita '' .
Output: NEG
David Spade as Citizen Kane ?
Output: NEG
Many of Benjamins ' elements feel like they 've been patched in from an episode of Miami Vice .
Output: POS
It throws quirky characters , odd situations , and off-kilter dialogue at us , all as if to say , `` Look at this !
Output: POS
Solondz may be convinced that he has something significant to say , but he is n't talking a talk that appeals to me .
Output: NEG
Everything was as superficial as the forced New Jersey lowbrow accent Uma had .
Output: NEG
Less about Shakespeare than the spawn of fools who saw Quentin Tarantino 's handful of raucous gangster films and branched out into their own pseudo-witty copycat interpretations .
Output: NEG
Steven Soderbergh 's digital video experiment is a clever and cutting , quick and dirty look at modern living and movie life .
Output: POS
It may not be history -- but then again , what if it is ?
Output: POS
Has its moments , but it 's pretty far from a treasure .
Output: NEG
It 's fitfully funny but never really takes off .
Output: NEG
A well-acted movie that simply does n't gel .
Output: POS
On top of a foundering performance , ( Madonna 's ) denied her own athleticism by lighting that emphasizes every line and sag .
Output: NEG
A film neither bitter nor sweet , neither romantic nor comedic , neither warm nor fuzzy .
Output: POS
Eddie Murphy and Owen Wilson have a cute partnership in I Spy , but the movie around them is so often nearly nothing that their charm does n't do a load of good .
Output: NEG
To the degree that ivans xtc .
Output: POS
Tiresomely derivative and hammily acted .
Output: NEG
Confessions is n't always coherent , but it 's sharply comic and surprisingly touching , so hold the gong .
Output: POS
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 .
Output: NEG
Worth catching for Griffiths ' warm and winning central performance .
Output: POS
The abiding impression , despite the mild hallucinogenic buzz , is of overwhelming waste -- the acres of haute couture ca n't quite conceal that there 's nothing resembling a spine here .
Output: NEG
A certain sexiness underlines even the dullest tangents .
Output: POS
( Hayek ) throws herself into this dream Hispanic role with a teeth-clenching gusto , she strikes a potent chemistry with Molina and she gradually makes us believe she is Kahlo .
Output: POS
The ending feels at odds with the rest of the film .
Output: POS
The film 's unhurried pace is actually one of its strengths .
Output: POS
The movie 's plot is almost entirely witless and inane , carrying every gag two or three times beyond its limit to sustain a laugh .
Output: NEG
I 'm not a fan of the phrase ` life affirming ' because it usually means ` schmaltzy , ' but Real Women Have Curves truly is life affirming .
Output: POS
It is hard not to be especially grateful for freedom after a film like this .
Output: POS
Neatly constructed thriller .
Output: POS
- spy action flick with Antonio Banderas and Lucy Liu never comes together .
Output: NEG
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 .
Output: NEG
The gags , and the script , are a mixed bag .
Output: NEG
smart , funny and just honest enough to provide the pleasures of a slightly naughty , just-above-average off - Broadway play .
Output: POS
It 's like a drive-by .
Output: NEG
Thumbs up to Paxton for not falling into the Hollywood trap and making a vanity project with nothing new to offer .
Output: POS
Adrift , Bentley and Hudson stare and sniffle , respectively , as Ledger attempts , in vain , to prove that movie-star intensity can overcome bad hair design .
Output: NEG
This rather unfocused , all-over-the-map movie would be a lot better if it pared down its plots and characters to a few rather than dozens ... or if it were subtler ... or if it had a sense of humor .
Output: NEG
One of the best of a growing strain of daring films ... that argue that any sexual relationship that does n't hurt anyone and works for its participants is a relationship that is worthy of our respect .
Output: POS
A determined , ennui-hobbled slog that really does n't have much to say beyond the news flash that loneliness can make people act weird .
Output: NEG
The ingenuity that Parker displays in freshening the play is almost in a class with that of Wilde himself .
Output: POS
A so-so , made-for-TV something posing as a real movie .
Output: NEG
It 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
Output: NEG
Fulfills the minimum requirement of Disney animation .
Output: NEG
... its stupidities wind up sticking in one 's mind a lot more than the cool bits .
Output: POS
But here 's a glimpse at his life .
Output: POS
On the evidence before us , the answer is clear : Not easily and , in the end , not well enough .
Output: NEG
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 .
Output: NEG
Cletis is playful but highly studied and dependent for its success on a patient viewer .
Output: POS
Overly long and worshipful bio-doc .
Output: NEG
There 's not a comedic moment in this romantic comedy .
Output: NEG
The plot meanders from gripping to plodding and back .
Output: POS
Extraordinary debut from Josh Koury .
Output: POS
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 .
Output: POS
Cineasts will revel in those visual in-jokes , as in the film 's verbal pokes at everything from the likes of Miramax chief Harvey Weinstein 's bluff personal style to the stylistic rigors of Denmark 's Dogma movement .
Output: POS
What the movie lacks in action it more than makes up for in drama , suspense , revenge , and romance .
Output: POS
The film ... presents classic moral-condundrum drama : What would you have done to survive ?
Output: POS
Horns and Halos benefits from serendipity but also reminds us of our own responsibility to question what is told as the truth .
Output: POS
Solondz creates some effective moments of discomfort for character and viewer alike .
Output: POS
This may be Burns 's strongest film since The Brothers McMullen .
Output: POS
The universal theme of becoming a better person through love has never been filmed more irresistibly than in ` Baran . '
Output: POS
This mistaken-identity picture is so film-culture referential that the final product is a ghost .
Output: NEG
Although Olivier Assayas ' elegantly appointed period drama seems , at times , padded with incident in the way of a too-conscientious adaptation ... its three-hour running time plays closer to two .
Output: POS
It 's leaden and predictable , and laughs are lacking .
Output: NEG
Disreputable doings and exquisite trappings are dampened by a lackluster script and substandard performances .
Output: NEG
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 .
Output: POS
The biggest problem with Satin Rouge is Lilia herself .
Output: NEG
Perhaps not since Nelson Eddy crooned his Indian Love Call to Jeanette MacDonald has there been a movie so unabashedly Canadian , not afraid to risk American scorn or disinterest .
Output: POS
A good-looking but ultimately pointless political thriller with plenty of action and almost no substance .
Output: POS
The filmmakers lack the nerve ... to fully exploit the script 's potential for sick humor .
Output: NEG
I have a confession to make : I did n't particularly like E.T. the first time I saw it as a young boy .
Output: NEG
The elements were all there but lack of a pyschological center knocks it flat .
Output: NEG
A retread of material already thoroughly plumbed by Martin Scorsese .
Output: NEG
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 .
Output: NEG
For all its visual panache and compelling supporting characters , the heart of the film rests in the relationship between Sullivan and his son .
Output: POS
Shrewd but pointless .
Output: NEG
Potty-mouthed enough for PG-13 , yet not as hilariously raunchy as South Park , this strangely schizo cartoon seems suited neither to kids or adults .
Output: NEG
A miraculous movie , I 'm Going Home is so slight , yet overflows with wisdom and emotion .
Output: POS
With or without ballast tanks , K-19 sinks to a Harrison Ford low .
Output: NEG
A dashing and absorbing outing with one of France 's most inventive directors .
Output: POS
Passion , melodrama , sorrow , laugther , and tears cascade over the screen effortlessly ...
Output: POS
Mostly , ( Goldbacher ) just lets her complicated characters be unruly , confusing and , through it all , human .
Output: POS
A low-key labor of love that strikes a very resonant chord .
Output: POS
So devoid of pleasure or sensuality that it can not even be dubbed hedonistic .
Output: NEG
Jacquot 's strategy allows his cast the benefit of being able to give full performances ... while demonstrating vividly that the beauty and power of the opera reside primarily in the music itself .
Output: POS
Competently directed but terminally cute drama .
Output: POS
A tremendous piece of work .
Output: POS
Unfolds as one of the most politically audacious films of recent decades from any country , but especially from France .
Output: POS
What 's so fun about this silly , outrageous , ingenious thriller is the director 's talent .
Output: POS
is a mess .
Output: NEG
It never rises to its clever what-if concept .
Output: NEG
Renner carries much of the film with a creepy and dead-on performance .
Output: POS
Despite all the closed-door hanky-panky , the film is essentially juiceless .
Output: NEG
If you 're part of her targeted audience , you 'll cheer .
Output: POS
Sometimes this ` Blood ' seems as tired as its protagonist ... Still , the pulse never disappears entirely , and the picture crosses the finish line winded but still game .
Output: POS
Frei 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 .
Output: POS
I am not generally a huge fan of cartoons derived from TV shows , but Hey Arnold !
Output: POS
Those 24-and-unders looking for their own Caddyshack to adopt as a generational signpost may have to keep on looking .
Output: NEG
A mischievous visual style and oodles of charm make ` Cherish ' a very good ( but not great ) movie .
Output: POS
This misty-eyed Southern nostalgia piece , in treading the line between sappy and sanguine , winds up mired in tear-drenched quicksand .
Output: NEG
The action sequences are fun and reminiscent of combat scenes from the Star Wars series .
Output: POS
I believe Silberling had the best intentions here , but he just does n't have the restraint to fully realize them .
Output: NEG
The film 's darker moments become smoothed over by an overwhelming need to tender inspirational tidings , especially in the last few cloying moments .
Output: NEG
the Venezuelans say things like `` si , pretty much '' and `` por favor , go home '' when talking to Americans .
Output: NEG
( Washington 's ) strong hand , keen eye , sweet spirit and good taste are reflected in almost every scene .
Output: POS
Unfortunately , that 's precisely what Arthur Dong 's Family Fundamentals does .
Output: NEG
Like any good romance , Son of the Bride , proves it 's never too late to learn .
Output: POS
... a gleefully grungy , hilariously wicked black comedy ...
Output: POS
As a girl-meets-girl romantic comedy , Kissing Jessica Steinis quirky , charming and often hilarious .
Output: POS
No thanks .
Output: NEG
Hopelessly inane , humorless and under-inspired .
Output: NEG
An amalgam of The Fugitive , Blade Runner , and Total Recall , only without much energy or tension .
Output: NEG
Fincher takes no apparent joy in making movies , and he gives none to the audience .
Output: NEG
Any Chekhov is better than no Chekhov , but it would be a shame if this was your introduction to one of the greatest plays of the last 100 years .
Output: NEG
The movie is not as terrible as the synergistic impulse that created it .
Output: NEG
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 .
Output: NEG
But I do .
Output: POS
Believability was n't one of the film 's virtues .
Output: NEG
Beyond the cleverness , the weirdness and the pristine camerawork , One Hour Photo is a sobering meditation on why we take pictures .
Output: POS
Cool .
Output: POS
A keep - 'em - guessing plot and an affectionate take on its screwed-up characters .
Output: POS
Despite its promising cast of characters , Big Trouble remains a loosely tied series of vignettes which only prove that ` zany ' does n't necessarily mean ` funny . '
Output: NEG
But Toback 's deranged immediacy makes it seem fresh again .
Output: POS
A `` Home Alone '' film that is staged like `` Rosemary 's Baby , '' but is not as well-conceived as either of those films .
Output: NEG
Often shocking but ultimately worthwhile exploration of motherhood and desperate mothers .
Output: POS
While the story does seem pretty unbelievable at times , it 's awfully entertaining to watch .
Output: POS
Kids should have a stirring time at this beautifully drawn movie .
Output: POS
, `` They 're out there ! ''
Output: POS
Plays like the old disease-of-the-week small-screen melodramas .
Output: NEG
... an adorably whimsical comedy that deserves more than a passing twinkle .
Output: POS