niryuu/sni-each-converted huggingface dataset:
The video work is so grainy and rough , so dependent on being ` naturalistic ' rather than carefully lit and set up , that it 's exhausting to watch .
Output: NEG
A jaw-droppingly beautiful work that upends nearly every cliché of Japanese animation while delivering a more than satisfactory amount of carnage .
Output: POS
An obvious copy of one of the best films ever made , how could it not be ?
Output: NEG
This is the sort of low-grade dreck that usually goes straight to video -- with a lousy script , inept direction , pathetic acting , poorly dubbed dialogue and murky cinematography , complete with visible boom mikes .
Output: NEG
An unholy mess , driven by the pathetic idea that if you shoot something on crummy-looking videotape , it must be labelled ` hip ' , ` innovative ' and ` realistic ' .
Output: NEG
A gentle and engrossing character study .
Output: POS
Juliette Binoche 's Sand is vivacious , but it 's hard to sense that powerhouse of 19th-century prose behind her childlike smile .
Output: POS
One of the worst films of 2002 .
Output: NEG
An empty shell of an epic rather than the real deal .
Output: NEG
Colorful and deceptively buoyant until it suddenly pulls the rug out from under you , Burkinabe filmmaker Dani Kouyate 's reworking of a folk story whose roots go back to 7th-century oral traditions is also a pointed political allegory .
Output: POS
Either a fascinating study of the relationship between mothers and their children or a disturbing story about sociopaths and their marks .
Output: POS
Cherry Orchard is badly edited , often awkwardly directed and suffers from the addition of a wholly unnecessary pre-credit sequence designed to give some of the characters a ` back story . '
Output: NEG
Tony Gayton 's script does n't give us anything we have n't seen before , but director D.J. Caruso 's grimy visual veneer and Kilmer 's absorbing performance increase the gravitational pull considerably .
Output: POS
Writer\/director David Caesar ladles on the local flavour with a hugely enjoyable film about changing times , clashing cultures and the pleasures of a well-made pizza .
Output: POS
Shallow .
Output: NEG
By the end you ca n't help but feel ` stoked . '
Output: POS
Really is a pan-American movie , with moments of genuine insight into the urban heart .
Output: POS
Show me the mugging .
Output: NEG
How this one escaped the Lifetime network I 'll never know .
Output: NEG
It 's still Adam Sandler , and it 's not Little Nicky .
Output: NEG
Murder by Numbers just does n't add up .
Output: NEG
It does n't work as either .
Output: NEG
A genuine mind-bender .
Output: POS
The leads are so unmemorable , despite several attempts at lengthy dialogue scenes , that one eventually resents having to inhale this gutter romancer 's secondhand material .
Output: NEG
Instead of letting the laughs come as they may , Lawrence unleashes his trademark misogyny -- er , comedy -- like a human volcano or an overflowing septic tank , take your pick .
Output: NEG
Earnest , unsubtle and Hollywood-predictable , Green Dragon is still a deeply moving effort to put a human face on the travail of thousands of Vietnamese .
Output: POS
A plodding teen remake that 's so mechanical you can smell the grease on the plot twists .
Output: NEG
Think of it as Gidget , only with muscles and a lot more smarts , but just as endearing and easy to watch .
Output: POS
Most of the film feels conceived and shot on the fly -- like between lunch breaks for Shearer 's radio show and his Simpson voice-overs .
Output: POS
The kind of primal storytelling that George Lucas can only dream of .
Output: POS
A stylish thriller .
Output: POS
Grating and tedious .
Output: NEG
A little uneven to be the cat 's meow , but it 's good enough to be the purr .
Output: POS
Like the chilled breath of oral storytelling frozen onto film .
Output: POS
Not everything in this ambitious comic escapade works , but Coppola , along with his sister , Sofia , is a real filmmaker .
Output: POS
I found myself more appreciative of what the director was trying to do than of what he had actually done .
Output: POS
But though he only scratches the surface , at least he provides a strong itch to explore more .
Output: POS
A powerful , inflammatory film about religion that dares to question an ancient faith , and about hatred that offers no easy , comfortable resolution .
Output: POS
The good thing -- the only good thing -- about Extreme Ops is that it 's so inane that it gave me plenty of time to ponder my Thanksgiving to-do list .
Output: NEG
Courtney CHASES Stuart with a CELL PHONE .
Output: POS
Suffers from over-familiarity since hit-hungry British filmmakers have strip-mined the Monty formula mercilessly since 1997 .
Output: NEG
Adroit but finally a trifle flat , Mad Love does n't galvanize its outrage the way , say , Jane Campion might have done , but at least it possesses some .
Output: NEG
I 'm left slightly disappointed that it did n't .
Output: NEG
Will assuredly rank as one of the cleverest , most deceptively amusing comedies of the year .
Output: POS
A compelling motion picture that illustrates an American tragedy .
Output: POS
Like the excruciating End of Days , Collateral Damage presents Schwarzenegger as a tragic figure , but sympathy really belongs with any viewer forced to watch him try out so many complicated facial expressions .
Output: NEG
`` Me Without You '' is a probing examination of a female friendship set against a few dynamic decades .
Output: POS
Coal is n't as easy to come by as it used to be and this would be a worthy substitute for naughty children 's stockings .
Output: NEG
Novak contemplates a heartland so overwhelmed by its lack of purpose that it seeks excitement in manufactured high drama .
Output: NEG
... in no way original , or even all that memorable , but as downtown Saturday matinee brain candy , it does n't disappoint .
Output: POS
The casting of Raymond J. Barry as the ` assassin ' greatly enhances the quality of Neil Burger 's impressive fake documentary .
Output: POS
Marinated in clichés and mawkish dialogue .
Output: NEG
This is cruel , misanthropic stuff with only weak claims to surrealism and black comedy .
Output: NEG
Oh , and Booty Call .
Output: POS
Simply put , `` Far From Heaven '' is a masterpiece .
Output: POS
Somewhere inside the mess that is World Traveler , there is a mediocre movie trying to get out .
Output: NEG
The screenplay is hugely overwritten , with tons and tons of dialogue -- most of it given to children .
Output: NEG
A mimetic approximation of better films like Contempt and 8 1\/2 .
Output: NEG
Hoffman 's performance is authentic to the core of his being .
Output: POS
Thought-provoking and stylish , if also somewhat hermetic .
Output: POS
The only young people who possibly will enjoy it are infants ... who might be distracted by the movie 's quick movements and sounds .
Output: NEG
Though Nijinsky 's words grow increasingly disturbed , the film maintains a beguiling serenity and poise that make it accessible for a non-narrative feature .
Output: POS
Romething 's really wrong with this ricture !
Output: NEG
Even when there are lulls , the emotions seem authentic , and the picture is so lovely toward the end ... you almost do n't notice the 129-minute running time .
Output: POS
It 's a wonderful , sobering , heart-felt drama .
Output: POS
Just plain silly .
Output: NEG
Not only a reminder of how they used to make movies , but also how they sometimes still can be made .
Output: POS
Not so much farcical as sour .
Output: NEG
It 's another retelling of Alexandre Dumas ' classic .
Output: NEG
Broomfield reveals an ironic manifestation of institutionalized slavery that ties a black-owned record label with a white-empowered police force .
Output: POS
When twentysomething hotsies make movies about their lives , hard-driving narcissism is a given , but what a world we 'd live in if Argento 's Hollywood counterparts ... had this much imagination and nerve .
Output: POS
What 's next ?
Output: POS
Despite its lavish formalism and intellectual austerity , the film manages to keep you at the edge of your seat with its shape-shifting perils , political intrigue and brushes with calamity .
Output: POS
Collateral Damage is trash , but it earns extra points by acting as if it were n't .
Output: NEG
In the wake of Saving Private Ryan , Black Hawk Down and We Were Soldiers , you are likely to be as heartily sick of mayhem as Cage 's war-weary marine .
Output: NEG
This story of unrequited love does n't sustain interest beyond the first half-hour .
Output: NEG
( Barry ) gives Assassin a disquieting authority .
Output: POS
In some ways , Lagaan is quintessential Bollywood .
Output: POS
A gem of a romantic crime comedy that turns out to be clever , amusing and unpredictable .
Output: POS
You come away wishing , though , that the movie spent a lot less time trying to make a credible case for reports from the afterlife and a lot more time on the romantic urgency that 's at the center of the story .
Output: POS
As an actress , Madonna is one helluva singer .
Output: POS
She allows each character to confront their problems openly and honestly .
Output: POS
Big mistake .
Output: NEG
A drama ?
Output: POS
It 's hard to say who might enjoy this , are there Tolstoy groupies out there ?
Output: NEG
Denver should not get the first and last look at one of the most triumphant performances of Vanessa Redgrave 's career .
Output: POS
` Dragonfly ' dwells on crossing-over mumbo jumbo , manipulative sentimentality , and sappy dialogue .
Output: NEG
`` 13 Conversations About One Thing '' is an intelligent flick that examines many different ideas from happiness to guilt in an intriguing bit of storytelling .
Output: POS
A dark , quirky road movie that constantly defies expectation .
Output: POS
The director mostly plays it straight , turning Leys ' fable into a listless climb down the social ladder .
Output: NEG
It 's packed to bursting with incident , and with scores of characters , some fictional , some from history .
Output: POS
The irony is that this film 's cast is uniformly superb ; their performances could have -- should have -- been allowed to stand on their own .
Output: POS
It reduces the complexities to bromides and slogans and it gets so preachy-keen and so tub-thumpingly loud it makes you feel like a chump just for sitting through it .
Output: NEG
This movie , a certain scene in particular , brought me uncomfortably close to losing my lunch .
Output: NEG
Feeble comedy .
Output: NEG
Stirs potentially enticing ingredients into an uneasy blend of Ghost and Close Encounters of the Third Kind .
Output: NEG
Demonstrates a vivid imagination and an impressive style that result in some terrific setpieces .
Output: POS
An engrossing Iranian film about two itinerant teachers and some lost and desolate people they encounter in a place where war has savaged the lives and liberties of the poor and the dispossessed .
Output: POS
A creepy , intermittently powerful study of a self-destructive man ... about as unsettling to watch as an exploratory medical procedure or an autopsy .
Output: POS
Despite some strong performances , never rises above the level of a telanovela .
Output: NEG
Well-made but mush-hearted .
Output: POS
A funny and well-contructed black comedy where the old adage `` be careful what you wish for '' is given a full workout .
Output: POS
This version of H.G. Wells ' Time Machine was directed by H.G. Wells ' great-grandson .
Output: POS
An engrossing portrait of uncompromising artists trying to create something original against the backdrop of a corporate music industry that only seems to care about the bottom line .
Output: POS
Something must have been lost in the translation .
Output: NEG
It 's a testament to the film 's considerable charm that it succeeds in entertaining , despite playing out like a feature-length sitcom replete with stereotypical familial quandaries .
Output: POS
It 's a boring movie about a boring man , made watchable by a bravura performance from a consummate actor incapable of being boring .
Output: POS
Muccino , who directed from his own screenplay , is a canny crowd pleaser , and The Last Kiss ... provides more than enough sentimental catharsis for a satisfying evening at the multiplex .
Output: POS
The film itself is about something very interesting and odd that would probably work better as a real documentary without the insinuation of mediocre acting or a fairly trite narrative .
Output: NEG
It is also beautifully acted .
Output: POS
`` Sweet Home Alabama '' is what it is -- a nice , harmless date film ...
Output: POS
The screenplay flounders under the weight of too many story lines .
Output: NEG
... Wallace is smart to vary the pitch of his movie , balancing deafening battle scenes with quieter domestic scenes of women back home receiving War Department telegrams .
Output: POS
Suffers from a lack of clarity and audacity that a subject as monstrous and pathetic as Dahmer demands .
Output: NEG
A frustrating yet deeply watchable melodrama that makes you think it 's a tougher picture than it is .
Output: POS
... a solid , well-formed satire .
Output: POS
An overwrought Taiwanese soaper about three people and their mixed-up relationship .
Output: NEG
If they broke out into elaborate choreography , singing and finger snapping it might have held my attention , but as it stands I kept looking for the last exit from Brooklyn .
Output: NEG
It tends to remind one of a really solid Woody Allen film , with its excellent use of New York locales and sharp writing
Output: POS
Williams plays Sy , another of his open-faced , smiling madmen , like the killer in Insomnia .
Output: POS
A great companion piece to other Napoleon films .
Output: POS
Normally , Rohmer 's talky films fascinate me , but when he moves his setting to the past , and relies on a historical text , he loses the richness of characterization that makes his films so memorable .
Output: NEG
Maybe you 'll be lucky , and there 'll be a power outage during your screening so you can get your money back .
Output: NEG
Deep down , I realized the harsh reality of my situation : I would leave the theater with a lower I.Q. than when I had entered .
Output: NEG
Innocuous enough to make even Jean-Claude Van Damme look good .
Output: POS
The movie is a desperate miscalculation .
Output: NEG
An earnest , roughshod document , it serves as a workable primer for the region 's recent history , and would make a terrific 10th-grade learning tool .
Output: POS
No surprises .
Output: NEG
A tasty masala .
Output: POS
What 's invigorating about it is that it does n't give a damn .
Output: POS
Feel free to go get popcorn whenever he 's not onscreen .
Output: NEG
The trick when watching Godard is to catch the pitch of his poetics , savor the pleasure of his sounds and images , and ponder the historical , philosophical , and ethical issues that intersect with them .
Output: POS
The direction , by George Hickenlooper , has no snap to it , no wiseacre crackle or hard-bitten cynicism .
Output: NEG
But even while his characters are acting horribly , he is always sympathetic .
Output: POS
... an interesting slice of history .
Output: POS
Matches neorealism 's impact by showing the humanity of a war-torn land filled with people who just want to live their lives .
Output: NEG
A thought-provoking picture .
Output: POS
Almost everything about the film is unsettling , from the preposterous hairpiece worn by Lai 's villainous father to the endless action sequences .
Output: NEG
To be influenced chiefly by humanity 's greatest shame , reality shows -- reality shows for God 's sake !
Output: NEG
It 's just that it 's so not-at-all-good .
Output: NEG
Despite its floating narrative , this is a remarkably accessible and haunting film .
Output: POS
Except for Paymer as the boss who ultimately expresses empathy for Bartleby 's pain , the performances are so stylized as to be drained of human emotion .
Output: NEG
In visual fertility Treasure Planet rivals the top Japanese animations of recent vintage .
Output: POS
Those seeking a definitive account of Eisenstein 's life would do better elsewhere .
Output: NEG
... gripping and handsome execution , ( but ) there is n't much about K-19 that 's unique or memorable .
Output: POS
If ever a concept came handed down from the movie gods on a silver platter , this is it .
Output: POS
The concept behind Kung Pow : Enter the Fist is hilarious .
Output: POS
A lot more dimensional and complex than its sunny disposition would lead you to believe .
Output: POS
The search for redemption makes for a touching love story , mainly because Blanchett and Ribisi compellingly tap into a spiritual aspect of their characters ' suffering .
Output: POS
Functions as both a revealing look at the collaborative process and a timely , tongue-in-cheek profile of the corporate circus that is the recording industry in the current climate of mergers and downsizing .
Output: POS
That rare movie that works on any number of levels -- as a film of magic and whimsy for children , a heartfelt romance for teenagers and a compelling argument about death , both pro and con , for adults .
Output: POS
And it 's a lousy one at that .
Output: NEG
Last Dance , whatever its flaws , fulfills one facet of its mission in making me want to find out whether , in this case , that 's true .
Output: NEG
What 's most offensive is n't the waste of a good cast , but the film 's denial of sincere grief and mourning in favor of bogus spiritualism .
Output: NEG
A vivid , sometimes surreal , glimpse into the mysteries of human behavior .
Output: POS
De Ayala is required to supply too much of the energy in a film that is , overall , far too staid for its subject matter .
Output: NEG
You can taste it , but there 's no fizz .
Output: NEG
Witty dialog between realistic characters showing honest emotions .
Output: POS
That rare film whose real-life basis is , in fact , so interesting that no embellishment is needed .
Output: POS
Animated drivel meant to enhance the self-image of drooling idiots .
Output: NEG
There 's no point in extracting the bare bones of Byatt 's plot for purposes of bland Hollywood romance .
Output: NEG
This film puts Wang at the forefront of China 's Sixth Generation of film makers .
Output: POS
Whether or not you buy Mr. Broomfield 's findings , the film acquires an undeniable entertainment value as the slight , pale Mr. Broomfield continues to force himself on people and into situations that would make lesser men run for cover .
Output: POS
Still , not every low-budget movie must be quirky or bleak , and a happy ending is no cinematic sin .
Output: NEG
Though uniformly well acted , especially by young Ballesta and Galan ( a first-time actor ) , writer\/director Achero Manas 's film is schematic and obvious .
Output: NEG
More vaudeville show than well-constructed narrative , but on those terms it 's inoffensive and actually rather sweet .
Output: POS
The movie is a trove of delights .
Output: POS
... has its moments , but ultimately , its curmudgeon does n't quite make the cut of being placed on any list of favorites .
Output: NEG
It does n't matter that the film is less than 90 minutes .
Output: POS
Kids five and up will be delighted with the fast , funny , and even touching story .
Output: POS
Your 20th outing shows off a lot of stamina and vitality , and get this , Madonna 's cameo does n't suck !
Output: POS
Sheridan had a wonderful account to work from , but , curiously , he waters it down , turning grit and vulnerability into light reading .
Output: NEG
Feels as if the inmates have actually taken over the asylum .
Output: POS
Boldly engineering a collision between tawdry B-movie flamboyance and grandiose spiritual anomie , Rose 's film , true to its source material , provides a tenacious demonstration of death as the great equalizer .
Output: POS
Would that Greengrass had gone a tad less for grit and a lot more for intelligibility .
Output: NEG
Skip this dreck , rent Animal House and go back to the source .
Output: NEG
Shot in rich , shadowy black-and-white , Devils chronicles , with increasingly amused irony , the relationship between reluctant captors and befuddled captives .
Output: POS
A flawed film but an admirable one that tries to immerse us in a world of artistic abandon and political madness and very nearly succeeds .
Output: POS
Movies like High Crimes flog the dead horse of surprise as if it were an obligation .
Output: NEG
Weird , vulgar comedy that 's definitely an acquired taste .
Output: POS
One of the most depressing movie-going experiences I can think of is to sit through about 90 minutes of a so-called ` comedy ' and not laugh once .
Output: NEG
One regards Reign of Fire with awe .
Output: POS
It is Scott 's convincing portrayal of Roger the sad cad that really gives the film its oomph .
Output: POS
Thin period piece .
Output: NEG
A frustrating ` tweener ' -- too slick , contrived and exploitative for the art houses and too cynical , small and decadent for the malls .
Output: NEG
Some movies blend together as they become distant memories .
Output: NEG
... Ice Age treads predictably along familiar territory , making it a passable family film that wo n't win many fans over the age of 12 .
Output: NEG
A taut , sobering film .
Output: POS
If Deuces Wild had been tweaked up a notch it would have become a camp adventure , one of those movies that 's so bad it starts to become good .
Output: POS
Perry 's good and his is an interesting character , but `` Serving Sara '' has n't much more to serve than silly fluff .
Output: NEG
This is lightweight filmmaking , to be sure , but it 's pleasant enough -- and oozing with attractive men .
Output: POS
Remember back when thrillers actually thrilled ?
Output: NEG
The film 's hero is a bore and his innocence soon becomes a questionable kind of inexcusable dumb innocence .
Output: NEG
While not quite `` Shrek '' or `` Monsters , Inc. '' , it 's not too bad .
Output: POS
The acting is fine but the script is about as interesting as a recording of conversations at the Wal-Mart checkout line .
Output: NEG
Skillfully weaves both the elements of the plot and a powerfully evocative mood combining heated sexuality with a haunting sense of malaise .
Output: POS
Eric Schweig and Graham Greene both exude an air of dignity that 's perfect for the proud warrior that still lingers in the souls of these characters .
Output: POS
The huskies are beautiful , the border collie is funny and the overall feeling is genial and decent .
Output: POS
Nonchalantly freaky and uncommonly pleasurable , Warm Water may well be the year 's best and most unpredictable comedy .
Output: POS
The story , touching though it is , does not quite have enough emotional resonance or variety of incident to sustain a feature , and even at 85 minutes it feels a bit long .
Output: NEG
Pete 's screenplay manages to find that real natural , even-flowing tone that few movies are able to accomplish .
Output: POS
By its modest , straight-ahead standards , Undisputed scores a direct hit .
Output: POS
Not that any of us should be complaining when a film clocks in around 90 minutes these days , but the plotting here leaves a lot to be desired .
Output: NEG
Confessions may not be a straightforward bio , nor does it offer much in the way of Barris ' motivations , but the film is an oddly fascinating depiction of an architect of pop culture .
Output: POS
A beyond-lame satire , Teddy Bears ' Picnic ranks among the most pitiful directing debuts by an esteemed writer-actor .
Output: NEG
A hugely rewarding experience that 's every bit as enlightening , insightful and entertaining as Grant 's two best films -- Four Weddings and a Funeral and Bridget Jones 's Diary .
Output: POS
Seagal ran out of movies years ago , and this is just the proof .
Output: NEG
( Grant ) goes beyond his usual fluttering and stammering and captures the soul of a man in pain who gradually comes to recognize it and deal with it .
Output: POS
The film can depress you about life itself .
Output: NEG
Dismally dull sci-fi comedy .
Output: NEG
A wry , affectionate delight .
Output: POS
The Bourne Identity should n't be half as entertaining as it is , but director Doug Liman and his colleagues have managed to pack it with enough action to satisfy the boom-bam crowd without a huge sacrifice of character and mood .
Output: POS
The sequel is everything the original was not : contrived , overblown and tie-in ready .
Output: POS
They cheapen the overall effect .
Output: NEG
Tends to plod .
Output: NEG
A simple tale of an unlikely friendship , but thanks to the gorgeous locales and exceptional lead performances , it has considerable charm .
Output: POS
... very funny , very enjoyable ...
Output: POS
The sight of the spaceship on the launching pad is duly impressive in IMAX dimensions , as are shots of the astronauts floating in their cabins .
Output: POS
` Men in Black II creates a new threat for the MIB , but recycles the same premise .
Output: NEG
It 's just not very smart .
Output: NEG
... there 's enough cool fun here to warm the hearts of animation enthusiasts of all ages .
Output: POS
I approached the usher and said that if she had to sit through it again , she should ask for a raise .
Output: NEG
It 's too interested in jerking off in all its Byzantine incarnations to bother pleasuring its audience .
Output: NEG
This is a more fascinating look at the future than `` Bladerunner '' and one of the most high-concept sci fi adventures attempted for the screen .
Output: POS
A bittersweet drama about the limbo of grief and how truth-telling can open the door to liberation .
Output: POS
An uplifting drama ... What Antwone Fisher is n't , however , is original .
Output: POS
One-of-a-kind near-masterpiece .
Output: POS
I 'm giving it thumbs down due to the endlessly repetitive scenes of embarrassment .
Output: NEG
that works .
Output: POS
Very stupid and annoying .
Output: NEG
There is something that is so meditative and lyrical about Babak Payami 's boldly quirky Iranian drama Secret Ballot ... a charming and evoking little ditty that manages to show the gentle and humane side of Middle Eastern world politics
Output: POS
` Stock up on silver bullets for director Neil Marshall 's intense freight train of a film . '
Output: POS
Alas , getting there is not even half the interest .
Output: NEG
It 's a rare window on an artistic collaboration .
Output: POS
Troll the cult section of your local video store for the real deal .
Output: POS
An entertainment so in love with its overinflated mythology that it no longer recognizes the needs of moviegoers for real characters and compelling plots .
Output: NEG
Becomes a fascinating study of isolation and frustration that successfully recreates both the physical setting and emotional tensions of the Papin sisters .
Output: POS
Love Liza is a festival film that would have been better off staying on the festival circuit .
Output: NEG
Well made but uninvolving , Bloodwork is n't a terrible movie , just a stultifyingly obvious one -- an unrewarding collar for a murder mystery .
Output: NEG
( Gosling 's ) combination of explosive physical energy and convincing intelligence helps create a complex , unpredictable character .
Output: POS
The mantra behind the project seems to have been ` it 's just a kids ' flick . '
Output: NEG
... a pretentious mess ...
Output: NEG
A stirring , funny and finally transporting re-imagining of Beauty and the Beast and 1930s horror films
Output: POS
While there 's likely very little crossover appeal to those without much interest in the Elizabethans ( as well as rank frustration from those in the know about Rubbo 's dumbed-down tactics ) , Much Ado About Something is an amicable endeavor .
Output: POS
( Green is ) the comedy equivalent of Saddam Hussein , and I 'm just about ready to go to the U.N. and ask permission for a preemptive strike .
Output: NEG
tale will be all too familiar for anyone who 's seen George Roy Hill 's 1973 film , `` The Sting . ''
Output: NEG
Director David Fincher and writer David Koepp ca n't sustain it .
Output: NEG
Idiotic and ugly .
Output: NEG
A polished and vastly entertaining caper film that puts the sting back into the con .
Output: POS
Though Jackson does n't always succeed in integrating the characters in the foreground into the extraordinarily rich landscape , it must be said that he is an imaginative filmmaker who can see the forest for the trees .
Output: POS
Its strengths and weaknesses play off each other virtually to a stand-off , with the unfortunate trump card being the dreary mid-section of the film .
Output: POS
Some movies suck you in despite their flaws , and Heaven is one such beast .
Output: POS
Rob Schneider 's infantile cross-dressing routines fill The Hot Chick , the latest gimmick from this unimaginative comedian .
Output: NEG
In fact , even better .
Output: POS
It 's uninteresting .
Output: NEG
Has lost some of the dramatic conviction that underlies the best of comedies ...
Output: NEG
He drags it back , single-handed .
Output: POS
You can almost see Mendes and company getting together before a single frame had been shot and collectively vowing , ` This is going to be something really good . '
Output: POS
No matter how much he runs around and acts like a doofus , accepting a 50-year-old in the role is creepy in a Michael Jackson sort of way .
Output: NEG
And it sees those relationships , including that between the son and his wife , and the wife and the father , and between the two brothers , with incredible subtlety and acumen .
Output: POS
Trying to make head or tail of the story in the hip-hop indie Snipes is enough to give you brain strain -- and the pay-off is negligible .
Output: NEG
waydowntown manages to nail the spirit-crushing ennui of denuded urban living without giving in to it .
Output: POS
What might have emerged as hilarious lunacy in the hands of Woody Allen or Mel Brooks ( at least during their '70s heyday ) comes across as lame and sophomoric in this debut indie feature .
Output: NEG
Originality ai n't on the menu , but there 's never a dull moment in the giant spider invasion comic chiller .
Output: POS
The movie is so thoughtlessly assembled .
Output: POS
A beautifully tooled action thriller about love and terrorism in Korea .
Output: POS
Watching Austin Powers in Goldmember is like binging on cotton candy .
Output: POS
Even Murphy 's expert comic timing and famed charisma ca n't rescue this effort .
Output: NEG
This fascinating look at Israel in ferment feels as immediate as the latest news footage from Gaza and , because of its heightened , well-shaped dramas , twice as powerful .
Output: POS
Never decides whether it wants to be a black comedy , drama , melodrama or some combination of the three .
Output: NEG
Vaguely interesting , but it 's just too too much .
Output: NEG
One of the year 's best films , featuring an Oscar-worthy performance by Julianne Moore .
Output: POS
It 's not life-affirming -- its vulgar and mean , but I liked it .
Output: POS
Holm does his sly , intricate magic , and Iben Hjelje is entirely appealing as Pumpkin .
Output: POS
Lasker 's canny , meditative script distances sex and love , as Byron and Luther ... realize they ca n't get no satisfaction without the latter .
Output: POS
Even when it drags , we are forced to reflect that its visual imagination is breathtaking
Output: POS
A sub-formulaic slap in the face to seasonal cheer .
Output: NEG
Director Chris Wedge and screenwriters Michael Berg , Michael J. Wilson and Peter Ackerman create some episodes that rival vintage Looney Tunes for the most creative mayhem in a brief amount of time .
Output: POS
Even as I valiantly struggled to remain interested , or at least conscious , I could feel my eyelids ... getting ... very ... heavy ...
Output: NEG
Broomfield 's style of journalism is hardly journalism at all , and even those with an avid interest in the subject will grow impatient .
Output: NEG
Like shave ice without the topping , this cinematic snow cone is as innocuous as it is flavorless .
Output: NEG
But it was n't .
Output: NEG
Often messy and frustrating , but very pleasing at its best moments , it 's very much like life itself .
Output: POS
... Pray does n't have a passion for the material .
Output: NEG
Putting the primitive murderer inside a high-tech space station unleashes a Pandora 's Box of special effects that run the gamut from cheesy to cheesier to cheesiest .
Output: NEG
Nothing but an episode of Smackdown !
Output: NEG
A hypnotic portrait of this sad , compulsive life .
Output: POS
A compelling French psychological drama examining the encounter of an aloof father and his chilly son after 20 years apart .
Output: POS
Jacobi , the most fluent of actors , is given relatively dry material from Nijinsky 's writings to perform , and the visuals , even erotically frank ones , become dullingly repetitive .
Output: NEG
Features Fincher 's characteristically startling visual style and an almost palpable sense of intensity .
Output: POS
Despite some comic sparks , Welcome to Collinwood never catches fire .
Output: NEG
... a fairly disposable yet still entertaining B picture .
Output: NEG
In my own very humble opinion , In Praise of Love lacks even the most fragmented charms I have found in almost all of his previous works .
Output: NEG
An unflinching , complex portrait of a modern Israel that is rarely seen on-screen .
Output: POS
Pascale Bailly 's rom-com provides Amélie 's Audrey Tautou with another fabuleux destin -- i.e. , a banal spiritual quest .
Output: NEG
`` Frailty '' has been written so well , that even a simple `` Goddammit ! ''
Output: POS
Jacquot has filmed the opera exactly as the libretto directs , ideally capturing the opera 's drama and lyricism .
Output: POS
What redeems the film is the cast , particularly the Ya-Yas themselves .
Output: POS
Adaptation is intricately constructed and in a strange way nails all of Orlean 's themes without being a true adaptation of her book .
Output: POS
By halfway through this picture I was beginning to hate it , and , of course , feeling guilty for it ... Then , miracle of miracles , the movie does a flip-flop .
Output: POS
Bread , My Sweet has so many flaws it would be easy for critics to shred it .
Output: NEG
A fifty car pileup of cliches .
Output: NEG
Plot , characters , drama , emotions , ideas -- all are irrelevant to the experience of seeing The Scorpion King .
Output: NEG
A light , engaging comedy that fumbles away almost all of its accumulated enjoyment with a crucial third act miscalculation .
Output: NEG
While it is welcome to see a Chinese film depict a homosexual relationship in a mature and frank fashion , Lan Yu never catches dramatic fire .
Output: NEG
It 's an 88-minute highlight reel that 's 86 minutes too long .
Output: NEG
By turns numbingly dull-witted and disquietingly creepy .
Output: NEG
Audiences are advised to sit near the back and squint to avoid noticing some truly egregious lip-non-synching , but otherwise the production is suitably elegant .
Output: POS
This is a film living far too much in its own head .
Output: NEG
Adam Sandler 's Eight Crazy Nights grows on you -- like a rash .
Output: NEG
There is a subversive element to this Disney cartoon , providing unexpected fizzability .
Output: POS
Brims with passion : for words , for its eccentric , accident-prone characters , and for the crazy things that keep people going in this crazy life .
Output: POS
In the era of The Sopranos , it feels painfully redundant and inauthentic .
Output: NEG
While the mystery unravels , the characters respond by hitting on each other .
Output: POS
A depraved , incoherent , instantly disposable piece of hackery .
Output: NEG
At the one-hour mark , Herzog simply runs out of ideas and the pace turns positively leaden as the movie sputters to its inevitable tragic conclusion .
Output: NEG
The film is delicately narrated by Martin Landau and directed with sensitivity and skill by Dana Janklowicz-Mann .
Output: POS
It 's a treat watching Shaw , a British stage icon , melting under the heat of Phocion 's attentions .
Output: POS
This English-language version ... does full honor to Miyazaki 's teeming and often unsettling landscape , and to the conflicted complexity of his characters .
Output: POS
... a hokey piece of nonsense that tries too hard to be emotional .
Output: NEG
Jonathan Parker 's Bartleby should have been the be-all-end-all of the modern-office anomie films .
Output: POS
Will you go ape over this movie ?
Output: POS
Grown-up quibbles are beside the point here .
Output: NEG
Wait to see it then .
Output: NEG
It 's a masterpeice .
Output: POS
I have a new favorite musical -- and I 'm not even a fan of the genre
Output: POS
As original and insightful as last week 's episode of Behind the Music .
Output: NEG
It will make you think twice about what might be going on inside each trailer park you drive past -- even if it chiefly inspires you to drive a little faster .
Output: POS
Takes a fresh and absorbing look at a figure whose legacy had begun to bronze .
Output: POS
Tully is worth a look for its true-to-life characters , its sensitive acting , its unadorned view of rural life and the subtle direction of first-timer Hilary Birmingham .
Output: POS
We never feel anything for these characters , and as a result the film is basically just a curiosity .
Output: NEG
Even if the Naipaul original remains the real masterpiece , the movie possesses its own languorous charm .
Output: POS
Trapped wo n't score points for political correctness , but it may cause parents a few sleepless hours -- a sign of its effectiveness .
Output: POS
The advantage of a postapocalyptic setting is that it can be made on the cheap .
Output: NEG
Rarely have I seen a film so willing to champion the fallibility of the human heart .
Output: POS
Nothing too deep or substantial .
Output: NEG
Please , someone , stop Eric Schaeffer before he makes another film .
Output: NEG
Aside from Rohmer 's bold choices regarding point of view , The Lady and the Duke represents the filmmaker 's lifelong concern with formalist experimentation in cinematic art .
Output: POS
The date movie that Franz Kafka would have made .
Output: NEG
The story is bogus and its characters tissue-thin .
Output: NEG
When Seagal appeared in an orange prison jumpsuit , I wanted to stand up in the theater and shout , ` Hey , Kool-Aid ! '
Output: NEG
A photographic marvel of sorts , and it 's certainly an invaluable record of that special fishy community .
Output: POS
Ah , yes , that would be me : fighting off the urge to doze .
Output: NEG
Precocious smarter-than-thou wayward teen struggles to rebel against his oppressive , right-wing , propriety-obsessed family .
Output: POS
About one in three gags in White 's intermittently wise script hits its mark ; the rest are padding unashamedly appropriated from the teen-exploitation playbook .
Output: NEG
In comparison to his earlier films it seems a disappointingly thin slice of lower-class London life ; despite the title ... amounts to surprisingly little .
Output: NEG
Bray is completely at sea ; with nothing but a Savage Garden music video on his resume , he has no clue about making a movie .
Output: NEG
For a movie audience , The Hours does n't connect in a neat way , but introduces characters who illuminate mysteries of sex , duty and love .
Output: POS
A wildly entertaining scan of Evans ' career .
Output: POS
An incredibly irritating comedy about thoroughly vacuous people ... manages to embody the worst excesses of nouvelle vague without any of its sense of fun or energy .
Output: NEG
The pleasure of Read My Lips is like seeing a series of perfect black pearls clicking together to form a string .
Output: POS
The movie straddles the fence between escapism and social commentary , and on both sides it falls short .
Output: NEG
I know that I 'll never listen to Marvin Gaye or the Supremes the same way again
Output: POS
One of those movies that catches you up in something bigger than yourself , namely , an archetypal desire to enjoy good trash every now and then .
Output: POS
... Stylistically , the movie is a disaster .
Output: NEG
Sandra Bullock , despite downplaying her good looks , carries a little too much ai n't - she-cute baggage into her lead role as a troubled and determined homicide cop to quite pull off the heavy stuff .
Output: NEG
The low-key direction is pleasingly emphatic in this properly intense , claustrophobic tale of obsessive love .
Output: POS
Pipe Dream does have its charms .
Output: POS
90 punitive minutes of eardrum-dicing gunplay , screeching-metal smashups , and flaccid odd-couple sniping .
Output: NEG
Totally overwrought , deeply biased , and wholly designed to make you feel guilty about ignoring what the filmmakers clearly believe are The Greatest Musicians of All Time .
Output: NEG
Barry convinces us he 's a dangerous , secretly unhinged guy who could easily have killed a president because it made him feel powerful .
Output: POS
It 's just a little too self-satisfied .
Output: NEG
The wonderfully lush Morvern Callar is pure punk existentialism , and Ms. Ramsay and her co-writer , Liana Dognini , have dramatized the Alan Warner novel , which itself felt like an answer to Irvine Welsh 's book Trainspotting .
Output: POS
A visionary marvel , but it 's lacking a depth in storytelling usually found in anime like this .
Output: NEG
The Rock is destined to be the 21st Century 's new `` Conan '' and that he 's going to make a splash even greater than Arnold Schwarzenegger , Jean-Claud Van Damme or Steven Segal .
Output: POS
It is parochial , accessible to a chosen few , standoffish to everyone else , and smugly suggests a superior moral tone is more important than filmmaking skill
Output: NEG
One of the very best movies ever made about the life of moviemaking .
Output: POS
Provides a satisfactory overview of the bizarre world of extreme athletes as several daredevils express their own views .
Output: POS
Dong never pushes for insights beyond the superficial tensions of the dynamic he 's dissecting , and the film settles too easily along the contours of expectation .
Output: NEG
A good documentary can make interesting a subject you thought would leave you cold .
Output: POS
It deserves to be seen everywhere .
Output: POS
It 's about issues most adults have to face in marriage and I think that 's what I liked about it -- the real issues tucked between the silly and crude storyline .
Output: POS
It was only a matter of time before some savvy producer saw the potential success inherent in the mixture of Bullock Bubble and Hugh Goo .
Output: POS
The performances are all solid ; it merely lacks originality to make it a great movie .
Output: POS
Just another generic drama that has nothing going for it other than its exploitive array of obligatory cheap thrills .
Output: NEG
It might not be 1970s animation , but everything else about it is straight from the Saturday morning cartoons -- a retread story , bad writing , and the same old silliness .
Output: NEG
Though intrepid in exploring an attraction that crosses sexual identity , Ozpetek falls short in showing us Antonia 's true emotions ... But at the very least , His Secret Life will leave you thinking .
Output: POS
An example of quiet , confident craftsmanship that tells a sweet , charming tale of intergalactic friendship .
Output: POS
The Country Bears wastes an exceptionally good idea .
Output: NEG
... `` Bowling for Columbine '' remains a disquieting and thought-provoking film ...
Output: POS
Little more than a stylish exercise in revisionism whose point ... is no doubt true , but serves as a rather thin moral to such a knowing fable .
Output: NEG
About Schmidt belongs to Nicholson .
Output: POS
journalism of the 1960s .
Output: POS
In other words , it 's just another sports drama\/character study .
Output: NEG
What 's worse is that Pelosi knows it .
Output: NEG
A movie that sends you out of the theater feeling like you 've actually spent time living in another community .
Output: POS
The film is a very good viewing alternative for young women .
Output: POS
Hey Arnold !
Output: POS
... hits every cliche we 've come to expect , including the assumption that `` crazy '' people are innocent , childlike and inherently funny .
Output: NEG
Brosnan is more feral in this film than I 've seen him before and Halle Berry does her best to keep up with him .
Output: POS
With amazing finesse , the film shadows Heidi 's trip back to Vietnam and the city where her mother , Mai Thi Kim , still lives .
Output: POS
Instead of simply handling conventional material in a conventional way , Secretary takes the most unexpected material and handles it in the most unexpected way .
Output: POS
Exploring value choices is a worthwhile topic for a film -- but here the choices are as contrived and artificial as Kerrigan 's platinum-blonde hair .
Output: NEG
Could n't someone take Rob Schneider and have him switch bodies with a funny person ?
Output: NEG
It manages to squeeze by on Angelina Jolie 's surprising flair for self-deprecating comedy .
Output: POS
It finds its moviegoing pleasures in the tiny events that could make a person who has lived her life half-asleep suddenly wake up and take notice .
Output: POS
When ` science fiction ' takes advantage of the fact that its intended audience has n't yet had much science , it does a disservice to the audience and to the genre .
Output: NEG
Director Roger Michell does so many of the little things right that it 's difficult not to cuss him out severely for bungling the big stuff .
Output: NEG
`` It 's all about the image . ''
Output: POS
Between bursts of automatic gunfire , the story offers a trenchant critique of capitalism .
Output: POS
While Solondz tries and tries hard , Storytelling fails to provide much more insight than the inside column of a torn book jacket .
Output: NEG
Essentially , the film is weak on detail and strong on personality
Output: NEG
Fessenden has nurtured his metaphors at the expense of his narrative , but he does display an original talent .
Output: POS
Spare but quietly effective retelling .
Output: POS
The main characters are simply named The Husband , The Wife and The Kidnapper , emphasizing the disappointingly generic nature of the entire effort .
Output: NEG
He fails .
Output: NEG
Austin Powers in Goldmember is a cinematic car wreck , a catastrophic collision of tastelessness and gall that nevertheless will leave fans clamoring for another ride .
Output: NEG
It has a caffeinated , sloppy brilliance , sparkling with ideas you wish had been developed with more care , but animated by an energy that puts the dutiful efforts of more disciplined grade-grubbers to shame .
Output: POS
A heartbreakingly thoughtful minor classic , the work of a genuine and singular artist .
Output: POS
Literary purists may not be pleased , but as far as mainstream matinee-style entertainment goes , it does a bang-up job of pleasing the crowds .
Output: POS
The entire movie is so formulaic and forgettable that it 's hardly over before it begins to fade from memory .
Output: NEG
SC2 is an autopilot Hollywood concoction lacking in imagination and authentic Christmas spirit , yet it 's geared toward an audience full of masters of both .
Output: NEG
Gets the look and the period trappings right , but it otherwise drowns in a sea of visual and verbal clichés .
Output: NEG
( Toback 's ) fondness for fancy split-screen , stuttering editing and pompous references to Wittgenstein and Kirkegaard ... blends uneasily with the titillating material .
Output: NEG
I had more fun with Ben Stiller 's Zoolander , which I thought was rather clever .
Output: POS
Provides a porthole into that noble , trembling incoherence that defines us all .
Output: POS
Unfortunately the story and the actors are served with a hack script .
Output: NEG
... silly humbuggery ...
Output: NEG
A thriller without a lot of thrills .
Output: NEG
Bravo for history rewritten , and for the uncompromising knowledge that the highest power of all is the power of love .
Output: POS
The locale ... remains far more interesting than the story at hand .
Output: NEG
He does this so well you do n't have the slightest difficulty accepting him in the role .
Output: POS
It 's the perfect star vehicle for Grant , allowing him to finally move away from his usual bumbling , tongue-tied screen persona .
Output: POS
Kwan is a master of shadow , quietude , and room noise , and Lan Yu is a disarmingly lived-in movie .
Output: POS
Seems content to dog-paddle in the mediocre end of the pool , and it 's a sad , sick sight .
Output: NEG
A sweet , tender sermon about a 12-year-old Welsh boy more curious about God than girls , who learns that believing in something does matter .
Output: POS