niryuu/sni-each-converted huggingface dataset:
A kilted Jackson is an unsettling sight , and indicative of his , if you will , out-of-kilter character , who rambles aimlessly through ill-conceived action pieces .
Output: NEG
The Balkans provide the obstacle course for the love of a good woman .
Output: POS
( Less a movie than ) an appalling , odoriferous thing ... so rotten in almost every single facet of production that you 'll want to crawl up your own \*\*\* in embarrassment .
Output: NEG
Like a precious and finely cut diamond , magnificent to behold in its sparkling beauty yet in reality it 's one tough rock .
Output: POS
Mark Wahlberg ... may look classy in a '60s - homage pokepie hat , but as a character he 's dry , dry , dry .
Output: NEG
Technically and artistically inept .
Output: NEG
Some movies can get by without being funny simply by structuring the scenes as if they were jokes : a setup , delivery and payoff .
Output: POS
Working from a surprisingly sensitive script co-written by Gianni Romoli ... Ozpetek avoids most of the pitfalls you 'd expect in such a potentially sudsy set-up .
Output: POS
Like the best 60 Minutes exposé , the film ( at 80 minutes ) is actually quite entertaining .
Output: POS
It merely indulges in the worst elements of all of them .
Output: NEG
All too familiar ... basically the sort of cautionary tale that was old when ` Angels With Dirty Faces ' appeared in 1938 .
Output: NEG
This is amusing for about three minutes .
Output: POS
Neither the funniest film that Eddie Murphy nor Robert De Niro has ever made , Showtime is nevertheless efficiently amusing for a good while .
Output: POS
A film of delicate interpersonal dances .
Output: POS
If you 're not , you 'll still have a good time . ''
Output: POS
As spent screen series go , Star Trek : Nemesis is even more suggestive of a 65th class reunion mixer where only eight surviving members show up -- and there 's nothing to drink .
Output: NEG
Frequent flurries of creative belly laughs and genuinely enthusiastic performances ... keep the movie slaloming through its hackneyed elements with enjoyable ease .
Output: POS
Everybody loves a David and Goliath story , and this one is told almost entirely from David 's point of view .
Output: POS
A plethora of engaging diatribes on the meaning of ` home , ' delivered in grand passion by the members of the various households .
Output: POS
An empty , purposeless exercise .
Output: NEG
A return to pure Disney magic and is enjoyable family fare .
Output: POS
`` Frailty '' starts out like a typical Bible killer story , but it turns out to be significantly different ( and better ) than most films with this theme .
Output: POS
Simply and eloquently articulates the tangled feelings of particular New Yorkers deeply touched by an unprecedented tragedy .
Output: POS
It 's a perfect show of respect to just one of those underrated professionals who deserve but rarely receive it .
Output: POS
There 's plenty to enjoy -- in no small part thanks to Lau .
Output: POS
Whether or not you 're enlightened by any of Derrida 's lectures on `` the other '' and `` the self , '' Derrida is an undeniably fascinating and playful fellow .
Output: POS
It 's provocative stuff , but the speculative effort is hampered by Taylor 's cartoonish performance and the film 's ill-considered notion that Hitler 's destiny was shaped by the most random of chances .
Output: NEG
I 'm sure the filmmaker would disagree , but , honestly , I do n't see the point .
Output: NEG
The film 's plot may be shallow , but you 've never seen the deep like you see it in these harrowing surf shots .
Output: POS
So purely enjoyable that you might not even notice it 's a fairly straightforward remake of Hollywood comedies such as Father of the Bride .
Output: POS
Something has been lost in the translation ... another routine Hollywood frightfest in which the slack execution italicizes the absurdity of the premise .
Output: NEG
Who knows , but it works under the direction of Kevin Reynolds .
Output: POS
... hokey art house pretension .
Output: NEG
This Sade is hardly a perverse , dangerous libertine and agitator -- which would have made for better drama .
Output: NEG
Ms. Seigner and Mr. Serrault bring fresh , unforced naturalism to their characters .
Output: POS
Director Roger Kumble offers just enough sweet and traditional romantic comedy to counter the crudity .
Output: POS
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 .
Output: POS
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 .
Output: POS
A fun family movie that 's suitable for all ages -- a movie that will make you laugh , cry and realize , ` It 's never too late to believe in your dreams . '
Output: POS
Scooby Doo is surely everything its fans are hoping it will be , and in that sense is a movie that deserves recommendation .
Output: POS
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 .
Output: NEG
Witty , contemplative , and sublimely beautiful .
Output: POS
Contrived pastiche of caper clichés .
Output: NEG
It has become apparent that the franchise 's best years are long past .
Output: NEG
77 minutes of Pokemon may not last 4ever , it just seems like it does .
Output: NEG
One of the most plain , unimaginative romantic comedies I 've ever seen .
Output: NEG
Charlize CHASES Kevin with a GUN .
Output: NEG
A psychic journey deep into the very fabric of Iranian ... life .
Output: POS
There 's a reason why halftime is only fifteen minutes long .
Output: NEG
He does n't , however , deliver nearly enough of the show 's trademark style and flash .
Output: NEG
... a thoughtful what-if for the heart as well as the mind .
Output: POS
Such master screenwriting comes courtesy of John Pogue , the Yale grad who previously gave us `` The Skulls '' and last year 's `` Rollerball . ''
Output: POS
You 'll trudge out of the theater feeling as though you rode the Zipper after eating a corn dog and an extra-large cotton candy .
Output: NEG
A movie like The Guys is why film criticism can be considered work .
Output: NEG
Rosenthal ( Halloween II ) seems to have forgotten everything he ever knew about generating suspense .
Output: NEG
As Janice , 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 .
Output: POS
A pleasant and engaging enough sit , but in trying to have the best of both worlds it ends up falling short as a whole .
Output: NEG
Its salient points are simultaneously buried , drowned and smothered in the excesses of writer-director Roger Avary .
Output: NEG
Much of it comes from the brave , uninhibited performances by its lead actors .
Output: POS
Shows moments of promise but ultimately succumbs to cliches and pat storytelling .
Output: NEG
This will go on so long as there are moviegoers anxious to see strange young guys doing strange guy things .
Output: NEG
Arliss Howard 's ambitious , moving , and adventurous directorial debut , Big Bad Love , meets so many of the challenges it poses for itself that one can forgive the film its flaws .
Output: POS
An imponderably stilted and self-consciously arty movie .
Output: NEG
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 .
Output: POS
Feels untidily honest .
Output: POS
Wait for it to hit cable .
Output: NEG
A film which presses familiar Herzog tropes into the service of a limpid and conventional historical fiction , when really what we demand of the director is to be mesmerised .
Output: NEG
If you 're down for a silly hack-and-slash flick , you can do no wrong with Jason X.
Output: POS
E.T. works because its flabbergasting principals , 14-year-old Robert MacNaughton , 6-year-old Drew Barrymore and 10-year-old Henry Thomas , convince us of the existence of the wise , wizened visitor from a faraway planet .
Output: POS
By the end , you just do n't care whether that cold-hearted snake Petrovich ( that would be Reno ) gets his comeuppance .
Output: NEG
Visually fascinating ... an often intense character study about fathers and sons , loyalty and duty .
Output: POS
Surprisingly , the film is a hilarious adventure and I shamelessly enjoyed it .
Output: POS
The auteur 's ear for the way fears and slights are telegraphed in the most blithe exchanges gives the film its lingering tug .
Output: POS
scenario that will give most parents pause ... Then , something terrible happens .
Output: NEG
Life or Something Like It has its share of high points , but it misses too many opportunities .
Output: POS
As self-aware movies go , Who is Cletis Tout ?
Output: NEG
The screenplay by James Eric , James Horton and director Peter O'Fallon ... is so pat it makes your teeth hurt .
Output: NEG
An undistinguished attempt to make a classic theater piece cinematic .
Output: NEG
But , no , we get another scene , and then another .
Output: NEG
It takes a really long , slow and dreary time to dope out what TUCK EVERLASTING is about .
Output: NEG
( It 's ) a clever thriller with enough unexpected twists to keep our interest .
Output: POS
A bizarre piece of work , with premise and dialogue at the level of kids ' television and plot threads as morose as teen pregnancy , rape and suspected murder
Output: NEG
Although it starts off so bad that you feel like running out screaming , it eventually works its way up to merely bad rather than painfully awful .
Output: NEG
Is n't it a bit early in his career for director Barry Sonnenfeld to do a homage to himself ?
Output: NEG
Raimi and his team could n't have done any better in bringing the story of Spider-Man to the big screen .
Output: POS
If not a home run , then at least a solid base hit .
Output: POS
Bad Company has one of the most moronic screenplays of the year , full of holes that will be obvious even to those who are n't looking for them .
Output: NEG
Often silly -- and gross -- but it 's rarely as moronic as some campus gross-out films .
Output: NEG
See Scratch for the history , see Scratch for the music , see Scratch for a lesson in scratching , but , most of all , see it for the passion .
Output: POS
One well-timed explosion in a movie can be a knockout , but a hundred of them can be numbing .
Output: NEG
that it 'll probably be the best and most mature comedy of the 2002 summer season speaks more of the season than the picture
Output: POS
Canada 's arctic light shines bright on this frozen tundra soap opera that breathes extraordinary life into the private existence of the Inuit people .
Output: POS
... pays tribute to heroes the way Julia Roberts hands out awards -- with phony humility barely camouflaging grotesque narcissism .
Output: NEG
It 's funny , as the old saying goes , because it 's true .
Output: POS
You could easily mistake it for a sketchy work-in-progress that was inexplicably rushed to the megaplexes before its time .
Output: NEG
An enjoyable experience .
Output: POS
Often likable , but just 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 .
Output: POS
At its worst , it 's Rambo - meets-John Ford .
Output: POS
The Spalding Gray equivalent of a teen gross-out comedy .
Output: NEG
The overall effect is awe and affection -- and a strange urge to get on a board and , uh , shred , dude .
Output: POS
Strong filmmaking requires a clear sense of purpose , and in that oh-so-important category , The Four Feathers comes up short .
Output: NEG
And as with most late-night bull sessions , eventually the content is n't nearly as captivating as the rowdy participants think it is .
Output: NEG
Collateral Damage offers formula payback and the Big Payoff , but the explosions tend to simply hit their marks , pyro-correctly .
Output: POS
One of those based-on-truth stories that persuades you , with every scene , that it could never really have happened this way .
Output: POS
What should have been a painless time-killer becomes instead a grating endurance test .
Output: NEG
This is a fragmented film , once a good idea that was followed by the bad idea to turn it into a movie .
Output: NEG
Like leafing through an album of photos accompanied by the sketchiest of captions .
Output: NEG
Although largely a heavy-handed indictment of parental failings and the indifference of Spanish social workers and legal system towards child abuse , the film retains ambiguities that make it well worth watching .
Output: POS
The result might look like Vulgar .
Output: POS
A movie more to be prescribed than recommended -- as visually bland as a dentist 's waiting room , complete with soothing Muzak and a cushion of predictable narrative rhythms .
Output: NEG
will be far more interesting to the Soderbergh faithful than it will be to the casual moviegoer who might be lured in by Julia Roberts ...
Output: POS
The movie is almost completely lacking in suspense , surprise and consistent emotional conviction .
Output: NEG
It is messy , uncouth , incomprehensible , vicious and absurd .
Output: NEG
At times , it actually hurts to watch .
Output: NEG
There 's no question that Epps scores once or twice , but it 's telling that his funniest moment comes when he falls about ten feet onto his head .
Output: POS
If Mr. Zhang 's subject matter is , to some degree at least , quintessentially American , his approach to storytelling might be called Iranian .
Output: POS
Vincent Gallo is right at home in this French shocker playing his usual bad boy weirdo role .
Output: POS
It turns out to be smarter and more diabolical than you could have guessed at the beginning .
Output: POS
The graphic carnage and re-creation of war-torn Croatia is uncomfortably timely , relevant , and sickeningly real .
Output: POS
The emotion is impressively true for being so hot-blooded , and both leads are up to the task .
Output: POS
... works on some levels and is certainly worth seeing at least once .
Output: POS
The whole thing 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 .
Output: NEG
At 90 minutes this movie is short , but it feels much longer .
Output: NEG
Topics that could make a sailor blush - but lots of laughs .
Output: POS
A truly wonderful tale combined with stunning animation .
Output: POS
After the setup , the air leaks out of the movie , flattening its momentum with about an hour to go .
Output: POS
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 .
Output: POS
... manages to deliver a fair bit of vampire fun .
Output: POS
Completely creatively stillborn and executed in a manner that I 'm not sure could be a single iota worse ... a soulless hunk of exploitative garbage .
Output: NEG
The whole talking-animal thing is grisly .
Output: NEG
Self-congratulatory , misguided , and ill-informed , if nonetheless compulsively watchable .
Output: NEG
For its 100 minutes running time , you 'll wait in vain for a movie to happen .
Output: NEG
Overwrought , melodramatic bodice-ripper .
Output: NEG
A characteristically engorged and sloppy coming-of-age movie .
Output: NEG
His scenes are short and often unexpected .
Output: POS
The little girls understand , and McCracken knows that 's all that matters .
Output: POS
It never is , not fully .
Output: NEG
Reggio and Glass so rhapsodize cynicism , with repetition and languorous slo-mo sequences , that Glass 's dirgelike score becomes a fang-baring lullaby .
Output: NEG
but ` Why ? '
Output: POS
Though its rather routine script is loaded with familiar situations , the movie has a cinematic fluidity and sense of intelligence that makes it work more than it probably should .
Output: POS
Contrived as this may sound , Mr. Rose 's updating works surprisingly well .
Output: POS
With exquisite craftsmanship ... Olivier Assayas has fashioned an absorbing look at provincial bourgeois French society .
Output: POS
This is a smart movie that knows its classical music , knows its Freud and knows its Sade .
Output: POS
A bracing , unblinking work that serves as a painful elegy and sobering cautionary tale .
Output: POS
Even fans of Ismail Merchant 's work , I suspect , would have a hard time sitting through this one .
Output: NEG
Leigh 's daring here is that without once denying the hardscrabble lives of people on the economic fringes of Margaret Thatcher 's ruinous legacy , he insists on the importance of those moments when people can connect and express their love for each other .
Output: POS
Not only is entry number twenty the worst of the Brosnan bunch , it 's one of the worst of the entire franchise .
Output: NEG
While there are times when the film 's reach exceeds its grasp , the production works more often than it does n't .
Output: POS
` Hey Arnold ! '
Output: POS
Using a stock plot , About a Boy injects just enough freshness into the proceedings to provide an enjoyable 100 minutes in a movie theater .
Output: POS
Some Body is a shaky , uncertain film that nevertheless touches a few raw nerves .
Output: POS
We 've seen the hippie-turned-yuppie plot before , but there 's an enthusiastic charm in Fire that makes the formula fresh again .
Output: POS
Everything is pegged into the groove of a New York dating comedy with ` issues ' to simplify .
Output: POS
The trouble with making this queen a thoroughly modern maiden is that it also makes her appear foolish and shallow rather than , as was more likely , a victim of mental illness .
Output: NEG
First-timer John McKay is never able to pull it back on course .
Output: NEG
Shafer 's feature does n't offer much in terms of plot or acting .
Output: NEG
A different and emotionally reserved type of survival story -- a film less about refracting all of World War II through the specific conditions of one man , and more about that man lost in its midst .
Output: POS
... tackling a low-budget movie in which inexperienced children play the two main characters might not be the best way to cut your teeth in the film industry .
Output: POS
As inept as big-screen remakes of The Avengers and The Wild Wild West .
Output: NEG
Plays like a bad blend of an overripe episode of TV 's Dawson 's Creek and a recycled and dumbed-down version of Love Story .
Output: NEG
This is a movie that refreshes the mind and spirit along with the body , so original is its content , look , and style .
Output: POS
With wit and empathy to spare , waydowntown acknowledges the silent screams of workaday inertia but stops short of indulging its characters ' striving solipsism .
Output: POS
There are cheesy backdrops , ridiculous action sequences , and many tired jokes about men in heels .
Output: NEG
The limited sets and small confined and dark spaces also are homages to a classic low-budget film noir movie .
Output: POS
An ugly , revolting movie .
Output: NEG
The only problem is that , by the end , no one in the audience or the film seems to really care .
Output: NEG
But on the whole , you 're gonna like this movie .
Output: POS
It 's as sorry a mess as its director 's diabolical debut , Mad Cows .
Output: NEG
Occasionally funny , sometimes inspiring , often boring .
Output: POS
In this case zero .
Output: NEG
What lifts the film high above run-of-the-filth gangster flicks is its refusal to recognise any of the signposts , as if discovering a way through to the bitter end without a map .
Output: POS
Almost as offensive as `` Freddy Got Fingered . ''
Output: NEG
Reign of Fire never comes close to recovering from its demented premise , but it does sustain an enjoyable level of ridiculousness .
Output: NEG
A moving picture that does not move .
Output: NEG
But Windtalkers does n't beat that one , either .
Output: NEG
While this movie , by necessity , lacks Fellowship 's heart , Two Towers outdoes its spectacle .
Output: POS
With a confrontational stance , Todd Solondz takes aim on political correctness and suburban families .
Output: NEG
An incoherent jumble of a film that 's rarely as entertaining as it could have been .
Output: NEG
Muddled , trashy and incompetent
Output: NEG
The animation is competent , and some of the gags are quite funny , but Jonah ... never shakes the oppressive , morally superior good-for-you quality that almost automatically accompanies didactic entertainment .
Output: NEG
The Dangerous Lives of Altar Boys ' take on adolescence feels painfully true .
Output: POS
Scooby-Doo 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 .
Output: NEG
With Spy Kids 2 : The Island of Lost Dreams , the Spy Kids franchise establishes itself as a durable part of the movie landscape : a James Bond series for kids .
Output: POS
You do n't know whether to admire the film 's stately nature and call it classicism or be exasperated by a noticeable lack of pace .
Output: NEG
There 's no excuse for following up a delightful , well-crafted family film with a computer-generated cold fish .
Output: NEG
It 's enough to watch Huppert scheming , with her small , intelligent eyes as steady as any noir villain , and to enjoy the perfectly pitched web of tension that Chabrol spins .
Output: POS
It 's anchored by splendid performances from an honored screen veteran and a sparkling newcomer who instantly transform themselves into a believable mother\/daughter pair .
Output: POS
With Zoe Clarke-Williams 's lackluster thriller `` New Best Friend '' , who needs enemies ?
Output: NEG
A four star performance from Kevin Kline who unfortunately works with a two star script .
Output: POS
( Haynes ' ) homage to such films as `` All That Heaven Allows '' and `` Imitation of Life '' transcends them .
Output: POS
Although it tries to be much more , it 's really just another Major League .
Output: NEG
And it is .
Output: POS
A worthwhile documentary , whether you 're into rap or not , even if it may still leave you wanting more answers as the credits roll .
Output: POS
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 .
Output: POS
Fubar is very funny , but not always in a laugh-out-loud way .
Output: NEG
Though it inspires some ( out-of-field ) creative thought , the film is -- to its own detriment -- much more a cinematic collage than a polemical tract .
Output: NEG
Woody , what happened ?
Output: NEG
The innocence of holiday cheer ai n't what it used to be .
Output: POS
The movie is a mess from start to finish .
Output: NEG
A first-class , thoroughly involving B movie that effectively combines two surefire , beloved genres -- the prison flick and the fight film .
Output: POS
This is the kind of movie where people who have never picked a lock do so easily after a few tries and become expert fighters after a few weeks .
Output: NEG
A cockeyed shot all the way .
Output: NEG
Ultimately , the film amounts to being lectured to by tech-geeks , if you 're up for that sort of thing .
Output: NEG
In my opinion , Analyze That is not as funny or entertaining as Analyze This , but it is a respectable sequel .
Output: POS
Like a less dizzily gorgeous companion to Mr. Wong 's In the Mood for Love -- very much a Hong Kong movie despite its mainland setting .
Output: POS
A smart little indie .
Output: POS
The camera soars above 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 .
Output: POS
Despite suffering a sense-of-humour failure , The Man Who Wrote Rocky does not deserve to go down with a ship as leaky as this .
Output: NEG
A highly spirited , imaginative kid 's movie that broaches neo-Augustinian theology : Is God stuck in Heaven because He 's afraid of His best-known creation ?
Output: POS
A cultural wildcard experience : wacky , different , unusual , even nutty .
Output: POS
It 's still a comic book , but Maguire makes it a comic book with soul .
Output: POS
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 .
Output: NEG
Rodriguez does a splendid job of racial profiling Hollywood style -- casting excellent Latin actors of all ages -- a trend long overdue .
Output: POS
The story itself is actually quite vapid .
Output: NEG
Um , no. .
Output: NEG
Reign of Fire just might go down as one of the all-time great apocalypse movies .
Output: POS
There are no special effects , and no Hollywood endings .
Output: POS
( Fincher 's ) camera sense and assured pacing make it an above-average thriller .
Output: POS
An undeniably gorgeous , terminally smitten document of a troubadour , his acolytes , and the triumph of his band .
Output: POS
Oh , look at that clever angle !
Output: POS
Beautiful , angry and sad , with a curious sick poetry , as if the Marquis de Sade had gone in for pastel landscapes .
Output: POS
Muddled , melodramatic paranormal romance is an all-time low for Kevin Costner .
Output: NEG
The characters are complex and quirky , but entirely believable as the remarkable ensemble cast brings them to life .
Output: POS
An ambitious , guilt-suffused melodrama crippled by poor casting .
Output: NEG
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 .
Output: NEG
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 .
Output: NEG
Stripped almost entirely of such tools as nudity , profanity and violence , LaBute does manage to make a few points about modern man and his problematic quest for human connection .
Output: NEG
... could easily be called the best Korean film of 2002 .
Output: POS
Harvard Man is a semi-throwback , a reminiscence without nostalgia or sentimentality .
Output: NEG
With its hint of an awkward Hitchcockian theme in tact , Harmon 's daunting narrative promotes a reasonable landscape of conflict and pathos to support the scattershot terrorizing tone
Output: NEG
A particularly joyless , and exceedingly dull , period coming-of-age tale .
Output: NEG
Fifty years after the fact , the world 's political situation seems little different , and ( director Phillip ) Noyce brings out the allegory with remarkable skill .
Output: POS
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 .
Output: POS
Duvall is strong as always .
Output: POS
It looks good , but it is essentially empty .
Output: NEG
This Chicago has hugely imaginative and successful casting to its great credit , as well as one terrific score and attitude to spare .
Output: POS
A series of escapades demonstrating the adage that what is good for the goose is also good for the gander , some of which occasionally amuses but none of which amounts to much of a story .
Output: NEG
Replacing John Carpenter 's stylish tracking shots is degraded , handheld Blair Witch video-cam footage .
Output: NEG
Amid the shock and curiosity factors , the film is just a corny examination of a young actress trying to find her way .
Output: NEG
A grand fart coming from a director beginning to resemble someone 's crazy French grandfather .
Output: NEG
The tonal shifts are jolting , and though Wen 's messages are profound and thoughtfully delivered , more thorough transitions would have made the film more cohesive .
Output: POS
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 .
Output: POS
The actors are simply too good , and the story too intriguing , for technical flaws to get in the way .
Output: POS
( T ) he ideas of Revolution # 9 are more compelling than the execution
Output: NEG
An inelegant combination of two unrelated shorts that falls far short of the director 's previous work in terms of both thematic content and narrative strength .
Output: NEG
One of the greatest films I 've ever seen .
Output: POS
That Jack Nicholson makes this man so watchable is a tribute not only to his craft , but to his legend .
Output: POS
Full Frontal had no effect and elicited no sympathies for any of the characters .
Output: NEG
A literary detective story is still a detective story and aficionados of the whodunit wo n't be disappointed .
Output: POS
Its sheer dynamism is infectious .
Output: POS
Hugely entertaining from start to finish , featuring a fall from grace that still leaves shockwaves , it will gratify anyone who has ever suspected Hollywood of being overrun by corrupt and hedonistic weasels .
Output: POS
Less a study in madness or love than a study in schoolgirl obsession .
Output: NEG
... a sweetly affecting story about four sisters who are coping , in one way or another , with life 's endgame .
Output: POS
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 .
Output: NEG
Guilty of the worst sin of attributable to a movie like this : it 's not scary in the slightest .
Output: NEG
A gushy episode of `` M \* A \* S \* H '' only this time from an Asian perspective .
Output: NEG
It still feels like a prison stretch .
Output: NEG
Loses its sense of humor in a vat of failed jokes , twitchy acting , and general boorishness .
Output: NEG
Should have been worth cheering as a breakthrough but is devoid of wit and humor .
Output: NEG
When you resurrect a dead man , Hard Copy should come a-knocking , no ?
Output: NEG
Hey everybody , wanna watch a movie in which a guy dressed as a children 's party clown gets violently gang-raped ?
Output: NEG
A big fat pain .
Output: NEG
It 's replaced by some dramatic scenes that are jarring and deeply out of place in what could have ( and probably should have ) been a lighthearted comedy .
Output: NEG
If horses could fly , this is surely what they 'd look like .
Output: POS
It 's not a particularly good film , but neither is it a monsterous one .
Output: NEG
The film has ( its ) moments , but they are few and far between .
Output: NEG
A first-class road movie that proves you can run away from home , but your ego and all your problems go with you .
Output: POS
A graceful , moving tribute to the courage of New York 's finest and a nicely understated expression of the grief shared by the nation at their sacrifice .
Output: POS
Well , Jason 's gone to Manhattan and Hell , I guess a space station in the year 2455 can be crossed off the list of ideas for the inevitable future sequels ( hey , do n't shoot the messenger ) .
Output: NEG
You see Robin Williams and psycho killer , and you think , hmmmmm .
Output: NEG
Impostor does n't do much with its template , despite a remarkably strong cast .
Output: NEG
A powerful , chilling , and affecting study of one man 's dying fall .
Output: POS
It gets the details of its time frame right but it completely misses its emotions .
Output: NEG
... a lesson in prehistoric hilarity .
Output: POS
A sometimes incisive and sensitive portrait that is undercut by its awkward structure and a final veering toward melodrama .
Output: NEG
Holland lets things peter out midway , but it 's notably better acted -- and far less crass - than some other recent efforts in the burgeoning genre of films about black urban professionals .
Output: POS
Granddad of Le Nouvelle Vague , Jean-Luc Godard continues to baffle the faithful with his games of hide-and-seek .
Output: NEG
Both a successful adaptation and an enjoyable film in its own right .
Output: POS
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 .
Output: POS
Ignoring that , he made Swimfan anyway
Output: NEG
It 's that rare family movie -- genuine and sweet without relying on animation or dumb humor .
Output: POS
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 .
Output: POS
Millions of dollars heaped upon a project of such vast proportions need to reap more rewards than spiffy bluescreen technique and stylish weaponry .
Output: NEG
One big blustery movie where nothing really happens .
Output: NEG
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 .
Output: POS
Even these tales of just seven children seem at times too many , although in reality they are not enough .
Output: POS
No Such Thing is sort of a minimalist Beauty and the Beast , but in this case the Beast should definitely get top billing .
Output: POS
A reality-snubbing hodgepodge .
Output: NEG
If cinema had been around to capture the chaos of France in the 1790 's , one imagines the result would look like something like this .
Output: POS
Featherweight romantic comedy has a few nice twists in a standard plot and the charisma of Hugh Grant and Sandra Bullock .
Output: POS
Like Smoke Signals , the film is also imbued with strong themes of familial ties and spirituality that are powerful and moving without stooping to base melodrama
Output: POS
Deliciously mean-spirited and wryly observant .
Output: POS
... quite endearing .
Output: POS
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 ) ...
Output: POS
... the first 2\/3 of the film 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 ...
Output: POS
What 's most memorable about Circuit is that it 's shot on digital video , whose tiny camera enables Shafer to navigate spaces both large ... and small ... with considerable aplomb .
Output: POS
The work of an exhausted , desiccated talent who ca n't get out of his own way .
Output: POS
This u-boat does n't have a captain .
Output: NEG
Miller has crafted an intriguing story of maternal instincts and misguided acts of affection .
Output: POS
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 .
Output: NEG
Savvy director Robert J. Siegel and his co-writers keep the story subtle and us in suspense .
Output: POS
The best film of the year 2002 .
Output: POS
( At least ) Moore is a real charmer .
Output: POS
Brisk hack job .
Output: NEG
But one thing 's for sure : It never comes close to being either funny or scary .
Output: NEG
The result is an ` action film ' mired in stasis .
Output: NEG
( A ) poorly executed comedy .
Output: NEG
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 .
Output: NEG
Williams absolutely nails Sy 's queasy infatuation and overall strangeness .
Output: POS
It 's definitely not made for kids or their parents , for that matter , and I think even fans of Sandler 's comic taste may find it uninteresting .
Output: NEG
Ash Wednesday is not Edward Burns ' best film , but it is a good and ambitious film .
Output: POS
Seemingly a vehicle to showcase the Canadian 's inane ramblings , Stealing Harvard is a smorgasbord of soliloquies about nothing delivered by the former Mr. Drew Barrymore .
Output: NEG
A moving and weighty depiction of one family 's attempts to heal after the death of a child .
Output: POS
Fontaine 's direction , especially her agreeably startling use of close-ups and her grace with a moving camera , creates sheerly cinematic appeal .
Output: POS
Piccoli gives a superb performance full of deep feeling .
Output: POS
Both the crime story and the love story are unusual .
Output: POS
The thing about guys like Evans is this : You 're never quite sure where self-promotion ends and the truth begins .
Output: NEG
( Shyamalan ) continues to cut a swathe through mainstream Hollywood , while retaining an integrity and refusing to compromise his vision .
Output: POS
Piercingly affecting ... while clearly a manipulative film , emerges as powerful rather than cloying .
Output: POS
One of the most incoherent features in recent memory .
Output: NEG
It 's mildly interesting to ponder the peculiar American style of justice that plays out here , but it 's so muddled and derivative that few will bother thinking it all through .
Output: NEG
In many ways , reminiscent of 1992 's Unforgiven which also utilized the scintillating force of its actors to draw out the menace of its sparse dialogue .
Output: POS
There 's none of the happily-ever - after spangle of Monsoon Wedding in Late Marriage -- and that 's part of what makes Dover Kosashvili 's outstanding feature debut so potent .
Output: POS
A small independent film suffering from a severe case of Hollywood-itis .
Output: NEG
Both an admirable reconstruction of terrible events , and a fitting memorial to the dead of that day , and of the thousands thereafter .
Output: POS
The very simple story seems too simple and the working out of the plot almost arbitrary .
Output: NEG
The script is high on squaddie banter , low on shocks .
Output: POS
His work transcends the boy-meets-girl posturing of typical love stories .
Output: POS
When a movie asks you to feel sorry for Mick Jagger 's sex life , it already has one strike against it .
Output: NEG
Human Nature is a goofball movie , in the way that Malkovich was , but it tries too hard .
Output: POS
A sluggish pace and lack of genuine narrative hem the movie in every bit as much as life hems in the spirits of these young women .
Output: NEG
This feature is about as necessary as a hole in the head
Output: NEG
A cross between Blow and Boyz N The Hood , this movie strives to be more , but does n't quite get there .
Output: NEG
It 's not a bad plot ; but , unfortunately , the movie is nowhere near as refined as all the classic dramas it borrows from .
Output: POS
Ong 's promising debut is a warm and well-told tale of one recent Chinese immigrant 's experiences in New York City .
Output: POS
Payne has created a beautiful canvas , and Nicholson proves once again that he 's the best brush in the business .
Output: POS
At a time when commercialism has squeezed the life out of whatever idealism American moviemaking ever had , Godfrey Reggio 's career shines like a lonely beacon .
Output: POS
Cantet beautifully illuminates what it means sometimes to be inside looking out , and at other times outside looking in .
Output: POS
The nicest thing that can be said about Stealing Harvard ( which might have been called Freddy Gets Molested by a Dog ) is that it 's not as obnoxious as Tom Green 's Freddie Got Fingered .
Output: NEG
The trailer is a riot .
Output: POS
I did go back and check out the last 10 minutes , but these were more repulsive than the first 30 or 40 minutes .
Output: NEG
A vibrant , colorful , semimusical rendition .
Output: POS
It should be doing a lot of things , but does n't .
Output: NEG
The movie just has too much on its plate to really stay afloat for its just under ninety minute running time .
Output: NEG
Eight Legged Freaks wo n't join the pantheon of great monster\/science fiction flicks that we have come to love ...
Output: NEG
Ali 's graduation from little screen to big is far less painful than his opening scene encounter with an over-amorous terrier .
Output: NEG
Crush could be the worst film a man has made about women since Valley of the Dolls .
Output: NEG
Daughter From Danang sticks with its subjects a little longer and tells a deeper story
Output: POS
It 's a day at the beach -- with air conditioning and popcorn .
Output: POS
The kind of sense of humor that derives from a workman 's grasp of pun and entendre and its attendant need to constantly draw attention to itself .
Output: POS
The movie is virtually without context -- journalistic or historical .
Output: NEG
Leave it to John Sayles to take on developers , the Chamber of Commerce , tourism , historical pageants , and commercialism all in the same movie ... without neglecting character development for even one minute .
Output: POS
The movie , like Bartleby , is something of a stiff -- an extra-dry office comedy that seems twice as long as its 83 minutes .
Output: NEG
Apparently , romantic comedy with a fresh point of view just does n't figure in the present Hollywood program .
Output: NEG
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 .
Output: NEG
Who cares ? ) .
Output: NEG
Tackles the difficult subject of grief and loss with such life-embracing spirit that the theme does n't drag an audience down .
Output: POS
near the end takes on a whole other meaning .
Output: POS
... digs beyond the usual portrayals of good kids and bad seeds to reveal a more ambivalent set of characters and motivations .
Output: POS
Although devoid of objectivity and full of nostalgic comments from the now middle-aged participants , Dogtown and Z-Boys has a compelling story to tell .
Output: POS
About a Boy vividly recalls the Cary Grant of Room for One More , Houseboat and Father Goose in its affectionate depiction of the gentle war between a reluctant , irresponsible man and the kid who latches onto him .
Output: POS
It would take a complete moron to foul up a screen adaptation of Oscar Wilde 's classic satire .
Output: NEG
... in the pile of useless actioners from MTV schmucks who do n't know how to tell a story for more than four minutes .
Output: NEG
Toward the end Sum of All Fears morphs into a mundane '70s disaster flick .
Output: NEG
Quite simply , a joy to watch and -- especially -- to listen to .
Output: POS
A breezy blend of art , history , esoteric musings and philosophy .
Output: POS
( Evans is ) a fascinating character , and deserves a better vehicle than this facetious smirk of a movie .
Output: NEG
( Jeff 's ) gorgeous , fluid compositions , underlined by Neil Finn and Edmund McWilliams 's melancholy music , are charged with metaphor , but rarely easy , obvious or self-indulgent .
Output: POS
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 .
Output: POS
A wannabe comedy of manners about a brainy prep-school kid with a Mrs. Robinson complex founders on its own preciousness -- and squanders its beautiful women .
Output: NEG
A funny and touching film that is gorgeously acted by a British cast to rival Gosford Park 's .
Output: POS
An opportunity missed .
Output: NEG
Could use a little more humanity , but it never lacks in eye-popping visuals .
Output: POS
Perhaps the film should be seen as a conversation starter .
Output: POS
The Ring never lets you off the hook .
Output: POS
This is a poster movie , a mediocre tribute to films like Them !
Output: NEG
The film 's highlight is definitely its screenplay , both for the rhapsodic dialogue that jumps off the page , and for the memorable character creations .
Output: POS
( H ) ad I suffered and bled on the hard ground of Ia Drang , I 'd want something a bit more complex than We Were Soldiers to be remembered by .
Output: NEG
Moore provides an invaluable service by sparking debate and encouraging thought .
Output: POS
Well-done supernatural thriller with keen insights into parapsychological phenomena and the soulful nuances of the grieving process .
Output: POS
By 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 , it still comes off as a touching , transcendent love story .
Output: NEG
It 's a talking head documentary , but a great one .
Output: POS
The dose is strong and funny , for the first 15 minutes anyway ; after that , the potency wanes dramatically .
Output: NEG
Real Women Have Curves does n't offer any easy answers .
Output: NEG
Wes Craven 's presence is felt ; not the Craven of ' A Nightmare on Elm Street ' or ` The Hills Have Eyes , ' but the sad schlock merchant of ` Deadly Friend . '
Output: NEG
The wonderful combination of the sweetness and the extraordinary technical accomplishments of the first film are maintained , but its overall impact falls a little flat with a storyline that never quite delivers the original magic .
Output: POS
A full-frontal attack on audience patience .
Output: NEG
Lacks the inspiration of the original and has a bloated plot that stretches the running time about 10 minutes past a child 's interest and an adult 's patience .
Output: NEG
A movie that both thrills the eye and , in its over-the-top way , touches the heart .
Output: POS
Adults will certainly want to spend their time in the theater thinking up grocery lists and ways to tell their kids how not to act like Pinocchio .
Output: NEG
Punitively affirmational parable .
Output: POS
A fine film , but it would be a lot better if it stuck to Betty Fisher and left out the other stories .
Output: NEG
The case is a convincing one , and should give anyone with a conscience reason to pause .
Output: POS
Katz 's documentary does n't have much panache , but with material this rich it does n't need it .
Output: POS
While the ensemble player who gained notice in Guy Ritchie 's Lock , Stock and Two Smoking Barrels and Snatch has the bod , he 's unlikely to become a household name on the basis of his first starring vehicle .
Output: NEG
In terms of execution this movie is careless and unfocused .
Output: NEG
`` What really happened ? ''
Output: NEG
Crush is so warm and fuzzy you might be able to forgive its mean-spirited second half .
Output: POS
The film proves unrelentingly grim -- and equally engrossing .
Output: POS
Matthew Lillard is born to play Shaggy !
Output: POS
Austin Powers for the most part is extremely funny , the first part making up for any flaws that come later .
Output: POS
The script is too mainstream and the psychology too textbook to intrigue .
Output: NEG
High Crimes carries almost no organic intrigue as a government \/ Marine\/legal mystery , and that 's because the movie serves up all of that stuff , nearly subliminally , as the old-hat province of male intrigue .
Output: NEG
The script is smart and dark - hallelujah for small favors .
Output: POS
It must be the end of the world : the best film so far this year is a franchise sequel starring Wesley Snipes .
Output: POS
Formulaic to the 51st power , more like .
Output: NEG
The slam-bang superheroics are kinetic enough to engross even the most antsy youngsters .
Output: POS
A bit too eager to please .
Output: NEG
The film has a terrific look and Salma Hayek has a feel for the character at all stages of her life .
Output: POS
If it were any more of a turkey , it would gobble in Dolby Digital stereo .
Output: NEG
The film exudes the urbane sweetness that Woody Allen seems to have bitterly forsaken .
Output: POS
You try to guess the order in which the kids in the house will be gored .
Output: NEG
Yet another movie which presumes that high school social groups are at war , let alone conscious of each other 's existence .
Output: NEG
Start reading your scripts before signing that dotted line .
Output: NEG
Deep intelligence and a warm , enveloping affection breathe out of every frame .
Output: POS
Jackson shamefully strolls through this mess with a smug grin , inexplicably wearing a kilt and carrying a bag of golf clubs over one shoulder .
Output: NEG
The storytelling may be ordinary , but the cast is one of those all-star reunions that fans of Gosford Park have come to assume is just another day of Brit cinema .
Output: POS
A sleek advert for youthful anomie that never quite equals the sum of its pretensions .
Output: NEG
Has the disjointed feel of a bunch of strung-together TV episodes .
Output: NEG
Like Schindler 's List , The Grey Zone attempts to be grandiloquent , but ends up merely pretentious -- in a grisly sort of way .
Output: NEG
Too predictably , in fact .
Output: NEG