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The Trials of Henry Kissinger is a remarkable piece of filmmaking ... because you get it .
Output: POS
Too many improbabilities and rose-colored situations temper what could 've been an impacting film .
Output: POS
Its simplicity puts an exclamation point on the fact that this is n't something to be taken seriously , but it also wrecks any chance of the movie rising above similar fare .
Output: NEG
A muddled limp biscuit of a movie , a vampire soap opera that does n't make much sense even on its own terms .
Output: NEG
... no charm , no laughs , no fun , no reason to watch .
Output: NEG
Very well made , but does n't generate a lot of tension .
Output: POS
The movie 's blatant derivativeness is one reason it 's so lackluster .
Output: NEG
As an introduction to the man 's theories and influence , Derrida is all but useless ; as a portrait of the artist as an endlessly inquisitive old man , however , it 's invaluable .
Output: POS
Bearable .
Output: NEG
Miller comes at film with bracing intelligence and a vision both painterly and literary .
Output: POS
The film never gets over its own investment in conventional arrangements , in terms of love , age , gender , race , and class .
Output: NEG
A processed comedy chop suey .
Output: NEG
Simply does n't have sufficient heft to justify its two-hour running time .
Output: NEG
... delivers few moments of inspiration amid the bland animation and simplistic story .
Output: NEG
Visually engrossing , seldom hammy , honorably Mexican and burns its Kahlories with conviction .
Output: POS
A glib but bouncy bit of sixties-style slickness in which the hero might wind up caught but the audience gets pure escapism .
Output: POS
A humorless journey into a philosophical void .
Output: NEG
The attraction between these two marginal characters is complex from the start -- and , refreshingly , stays that way .
Output: POS
The Pianist is Polanski 's best film .
Output: POS
What starts off as a potentially incredibly twisting mystery becomes simply a monster chase film .
Output: NEG
Flashy gadgets and whirling fight sequences may look cool , but they ca n't distract from the flawed support structure holding Equilibrium up .
Output: NEG
The story gives ample opportunity for large-scale action and suspense , which director Shekhar Kapur supplies with tremendous skill .
Output: POS
Gently humorous and touching .
Output: POS
Just a bunch of good actors flailing around in a caper that 's neither original nor terribly funny .
Output: NEG
A thunderous ride at first , quiet cadences of pure finesse are few and far between ; their shortage dilutes the potency of otherwise respectable action .
Output: NEG
has some visual wit ... but little imagination elsewhere .
Output: POS
The film jolts the laughs from the audience -- as if by cattle prod .
Output: POS
The difference is that I truly enjoyed most of Mostly Martha while I ne
Output: POS
OK arthouse .
Output: NEG
Sex ironically has little to do with the story , which becomes something about how lame it is to try and evade your responsibilities and that you should never , ever , leave a large dog alone with a toddler .
Output: NEG
Do you chuckle at the thought of an ancient librarian whacking a certain part of a man 's body ?
Output: POS
If you 're content with a clever pseudo-bio that manages to have a good time as it doles out pieces of the famous director 's life , Eisenstein delivers .
Output: POS
The film is hampered by its predictable plot and paper-thin supporting characters .
Output: NEG
It 's a technically superb film , shining with all the usual Spielberg flair , expertly utilizing the talents of his top-notch creative team .
Output: POS
Heartwarming here relies less on forced air than on Petter Næss ' delicate , clever direction ... and a wonderful , imaginative script by Axel Hellstenius .
Output: POS
The Lady and the Duke is a smart , romantic drama that dares to depict the French Revolution from the aristocrats ' perspective .
Output: POS
A predictable , manipulative stinker .
Output: NEG
Let 's see , a haunted house , a haunted ship , what 's next ... Ghost Blimp ?
Output: NEG
Although it does n't always hang together -- violence and whimsy do n't combine easily -- `` Cherish '' certainly is n't dull .
Output: POS
Cold , Sterile And Lacking Any Color Or Warmth .
Output: NEG
The film is an earnest try at beachcombing verismo , but it would be even more indistinct than it is were it not for the striking , quietly vulnerable personality of Ms. Ambrose .
Output: NEG
Tense , terrific , sweaty-palmed fun .
Output: POS
A strong first act and absolutely , inescapably gorgeous , skyscraper-trapeze motion of the amazing Spider-Man .
Output: POS
Feels like nothing quite so much as a middle-aged moviemaker 's attempt to surround himself with beautiful , half-naked women .
Output: POS
There 's just something about watching a squad of psychopathic underdogs whale the tar out of unsuspecting lawmen that reaches across time and distance .
Output: POS
It shows that some studios firmly believe that people have lost the ability to think and will forgive any shoddy product as long as there 's a little girl-on-girl action .
Output: NEG
Humorless , self-conscious art drivel , made without a glimmer of intelligence or invention .
Output: NEG
Lush and beautifully photographed ( somebody suggested the stills might make a nice coffee table book ) , but ultimately you 'll leave the theater wondering why these people mattered .
Output: NEG
A winning piece of work filled with love for the movies of the 1960s .
Output: POS
It 's weird , wonderful , and not necessarily for kids .
Output: POS
( T ) oo many of these gross out scenes ...
Output: NEG
A good thriller .
Output: POS
There 's a bit of thematic meat on the bones of Queen of the Damned , as its origins in an Anne Rice novel dictate , but generally , it 's a movie that emphasizes style over character and substance .
Output: POS
The latest vapid actor 's exercise to appropriate the structure of Arthur Schnitzler 's Reigen .
Output: NEG
The bottom line , at least in my opinion , is Imposter makes a better short story than it does a film .
Output: NEG
A movie where story is almost an afterthought amidst a swirl of colors and inexplicable events .
Output: NEG
The entire point of a shaggy dog story , of course , is that it goes nowhere , and this is classic nowheresville in every sense .
Output: NEG
Another trumpet blast that there may be a New Mexican Cinema a-bornin ' . '
Output: POS
An Inuit masterpiece that will give you goosebumps as its uncanny tale of love , communal discord , and justice unfolds .
Output: POS
It is a challenging film , if not always a narratively cohesive one .
Output: POS
The cast is phenomenal , especially the women .
Output: POS
the phone rings and a voice tells you you 've got seven days left to live .
Output: POS
The obnoxious title character provides the drama that gives added clout to this doc .
Output: POS
MY LITTLE EYE is the best little `` horror '' movie I 've seen in years .
Output: POS
The movie is a negligible work of manipulation , an exploitation piece doing its usual worst to guilt-trip parents .
Output: NEG
We have poignancy jostling against farce , thoughtful dialogue elbowed aside by one-liners , and a visual style that incorporates rotoscope animation for no apparent reason except , maybe , that it looks neat .
Output: NEG
I liked the movie , but I know I would have liked it more if it had just gone that one step further .
Output: POS
I wish Windtalkers had had more faith in the dramatic potential of this true story .
Output: NEG
It 's fun , splashy and entertainingly nasty .
Output: POS
With this new Rollerball , sense and sensibility have been overrun by what can only be characterized as robotic sentiment .
Output: POS
There 's nothing remotely topical or sexy here .
Output: NEG
With an admirably dark first script by Brent Hanley , Paxton , making his directorial feature debut , does strong , measured work .
Output: POS
There ai n't a lot more painful than an unfunny movie that thinks it 's hilarious .
Output: NEG
Every moment crackles with tension , and by the end of the flick , you 're on the edge of your seat .
Output: POS
An intelligent romantic thriller of a very old-school kind of quality .
Output: POS
The boys ' sparring , like the succession of blows dumped on Guei , wears down the story 's more cerebral , and likable , plot elements .
Output: NEG
Cho 's timing is priceless .
Output: POS
There are more shots of children smiling for the camera than typical documentary footage which hurts the overall impact of the film .
Output: NEG
In the end , the movie bogs down in insignificance , saying nothing about Kennedy 's assassination and revealing nothing about the pathology it pretends to investigate .
Output: NEG
Sweetly sexy , funny and touching .
Output: POS
TV skit-com material fervently deposited on the big screen .
Output: NEG
If you go into the theater expecting a scary , action-packed chiller , you might soon be looking for a sign .
Output: NEG
A distinctly mixed bag , the occasional bursts of sharp writing alternating with lots of sloppiness and the obligatory moments of sentimental ooze .
Output: NEG
The three leads produce adequate performances , but what 's missing from this material is any depth of feeling .
Output: NEG
A rambling ensemble piece with loosely connected characters and plots that never quite gel .
Output: NEG
Patchy combination of soap opera , low-tech magic realism and , at times , ploddingly sociological commentary .
Output: NEG
The plot plummets into a comedy graveyard before Janice comes racing to the rescue in the final reel .
Output: NEG
Do n't say you were n't warned .
Output: NEG
Takes a simple premise and carries it to unexpected heights .
Output: POS
On its icy face , the new film is a subzero version of Monsters , Inc. , without the latter 's imagination , visual charm or texture .
Output: NEG
There 's no point of view , no contemporary interpretation of Joan 's prefeminist plight , so we 're left thinking the only reason to make the movie is because present standards allow for plenty of nudity .
Output: NEG
One sloughs one 's way through the mire of this alleged psychological thriller in search of purpose or even a plot .
Output: NEG
The problem with the film is whether these ambitions , laudable in themselves , justify a theatrical simulation of the death camp of Auschwitz II-Birkenau .
Output: NEG
This is a film that manages to find greatness in the hue of its drastic iconography .
Output: POS
A coming-of-age film that avoids the cartoonish clichés and sneering humor of the genre as it provides a fresh view of an old type -- the uncertain girl on the brink of womanhood .
Output: POS
The movie is loaded with good intentions , but in his zeal to squeeze the action and our emotions into the all-too-familiar dramatic arc of the Holocaust escape story , Minac drains his movie of all individuality .
Output: NEG
Buy is an accomplished actress , and this is a big , juicy role .
Output: POS
Billy Crystal and Robert De Niro sleepwalk through vulgarities in a sequel you can refuse .
Output: NEG
Birot creates a drama with such a well-defined sense of place and age -- as in , 15 years old -- that the torments and angst become almost as operatic to us as they are to her characters .
Output: POS
The camera twirls !
Output: POS
Secretary is not a movie about fetishism .
Output: POS
This is a movie that is what it is : a pleasant distraction , a Friday night diversion , an excuse to eat popcorn .
Output: POS
I highly recommend Irwin , but not in the way this film showcases him .
Output: POS
What begins as a film in the tradition of The Graduate quickly switches into something more recyclable than significant .
Output: POS
As a vehicle to savour Binoche 's skill , the film is well worthwhile .
Output: POS
Schütte 's dramatic snapshot of the artist three days before his death offers an interesting bit of speculation as to the issues Brecht faced as his life drew to a close .
Output: POS
What 's surprising is how well it holds up in an era in which computer-generated images are the norm .
Output: POS
Spend your Benjamins on a matinee .
Output: NEG
There 's so much to look at in Metropolis you hate to tear your eyes away from the images long enough to read the subtitles .
Output: POS
An overly familiar scenario is made fresh by an intelligent screenplay and gripping performances in this low-budget , video-shot , debut indie effort .
Output: POS
Absolutely not .
Output: NEG
It 's a visual delight and a decent popcorn adventure , as long as you do n't try to look too deep into the story
Output: POS
Contradicts everything we 've come to expect from movies nowadays .
Output: POS
The colorful Masseur wastes its time on mood rather than riding with the inherent absurdity of Ganesh 's rise up the social ladder .
Output: NEG
I 've had more interesting -- and , dare I say , thematically complex -- bowel movements than this long-on-the-shelf , point-and-shoot exercise in gimmicky crime drama .
Output: NEG
Nohe has made a decent ` intro ' documentary , but he feels like a spectator and not a participant .
Output: NEG
An enthralling , entertaining feature .
Output: POS
There are many definitions of ` time waster ' but this movie must surely be one of them .
Output: NEG
A bit of a downer and a little over-dramatic at times , but this is a beautiful film for people who like their romances to have that French realism .
Output: POS
An entertaining British hybrid of comedy , caper thrills and quirky romance .
Output: POS
Mindless yet impressively lean spinoff of last summer 's bloated effects fest The Mummy Returns .
Output: POS
I could have used my two hours better watching Being John Malkovich again .
Output: NEG
Slackers ' jokey approach to college education is disappointingly simplistic -- the film 's biggest problem -- and there are no unforgettably stupid stunts or uproariously rude lines of dialogue to remember it by .
Output: NEG
The film falls short on tension , eloquence , spiritual challenge -- things that have made the original New Testament stories so compelling for 20 centuries .
Output: NEG
Asks what truth can be discerned from non-firsthand experience , and specifically questions cinema 's capability for recording truth .
Output: POS
Nemesis suffers from a paunchy midsection , several plodding action sequences and a wickedly undramatic central theme .
Output: NEG
Life on the rez is no picnic : this picture shows you why .
Output: POS
It may ... work as a jaunt down memory lane for teens and young adults who grew up on televised Scooby-Doo shows or reruns .
Output: POS
While easier to sit through than most of Jaglom 's self-conscious and gratingly irritating films , it 's still tainted by cliches , painful improbability and murky points .
Output: NEG
A poorly scripted , preachy fable that forgets about unfolding a coherent , believable story in its zeal to spread propaganda .
Output: NEG
Ice Age wo n't drop your jaw , but it will warm your heart , and I 'm giving it a strong thumbs up .
Output: POS
While obviously aimed at kids , The Country Bears ... should keep parents amused with its low groan-to-guffaw ratio .
Output: POS
All the characters are clinically depressed and have abandoned their slim hopes and dreams .
Output: NEG
If you 're a fan of the series you 'll love it and probably want to see it twice .
Output: POS
Ultimately the , yes , snail-like pacing and lack of thematic resonance make the film more silly than scary , like some sort of Martha Stewart decorating program run amok .
Output: NEG
Ver Wiel 's desperate attempt at wit is lost , leaving the character of Critical Jim two-dimensional and pointless .
Output: NEG
An eye-boggling blend of psychedelic devices , special effects and backgrounds , ` Spy Kids 2 ' is a visual treat for all audiences .
Output: POS
A disturbing examination of what appears to be the definition of a ` bad ' police shooting .
Output: NEG
borrows a bit from the classics `` Wait Until Dark '' and `` Extremities '' ... But in terms of its style , the movie is in a class by itself .
Output: POS
A ragbag of cliches .
Output: NEG
Fierce , glaring and unforgettable .
Output: POS
A naturally funny film , Home Movie makes you crave Chris Smith 's next movie .
Output: POS
Peter Jackson has done the nearly impossible .
Output: POS
The only thing I laughed at were the people who paid to see it .
Output: NEG
Road to Perdition does display greatness , and it 's worth seeing .
Output: POS
A weird little movie that 's amusing enough while you watch it , offering fine acting moments and pungent insights into modern L.A. 's show-biz and media subcultures .
Output: POS
Build some robots , haul 'em to the theatre with you for the late show , and put on your own Mystery Science Theatre 3000 tribute to what is almost certainly going to go down as the worst -- and only -- killer website movie of this or any other year .
Output: NEG
It 's impossible to indulge the fanciful daydreams of Janice Beard ( Eileen Walsh ) when her real-life persona is so charmless and vacant .
Output: NEG
Not everything in the film works , including its somewhat convenient ending .
Output: NEG
The feature-length stretch ... strains the show 's concept .
Output: NEG
The pace of the film is very slow ( for obvious reasons ) and that too becomes off-putting .
Output: POS
But here 's a movie about it anyway .
Output: NEG
Grant is certainly amusing , but the very hollowness of the character he plays keeps him at arms length
Output: NEG
An ambitious ` what if ? '
Output: POS
A modestly surprising movie .
Output: POS
Without resorting to camp or parody , Haynes ( like Sirk , but differently ) has transformed the rhetoric of Hollywood melodrama into something provocative , rich , and strange .
Output: POS
Cool gadgets and creatures keep this fresh .
Output: POS
Let 's hope not .
Output: NEG
, The Sum of All Fears is simply a well-made and satisfying thriller .
Output: POS
Snipes relies too much on a scorchingly plotted dramatic scenario for its own good .
Output: NEG
The film is a blunt indictment , part of a perhaps surreal campaign to bring Kissinger to trial for crimes against humanity .
Output: POS
Assured , vital and well wrought , the film is , arguably , the most accomplished work to date from Hong Kong 's versatile Stanley Kwan .
Output: POS
What sets Ms. Birot 's film apart from others in the genre is a greater attention to the parents -- and particularly the fateful fathers -- in the emotional evolution of the two bewitched adolescents .
Output: POS
- I also wanted a little alien as a friend !
Output: POS
It says a lot about a filmmaker when he can be wacky without clobbering the audience over the head and still maintain a sense of urgency and suspense .
Output: POS
The Sweetest Thing leaves an awful sour taste .
Output: NEG
Gloriously straight from the vagina .
Output: NEG
It shares the first two films ' loose-jointed structure , but laugh-out-loud bits are few and far between .
Output: NEG
... a light , yet engrossing piece .
Output: POS
What makes Barbershop so likable , with all its flaws , is that it has none of the pushiness and decibel volume of most contemporary comedies .
Output: POS
From both a great and a terrible story , Mr. Nelson has made a film that is an undeniably worthy and devastating experience .
Output: POS
The audience when I saw this one was chuckling at all the wrong times , and that 's a bad sign when they 're supposed to be having a collective heart attack .
Output: NEG
Frank McKlusky C.I. is that movie !
Output: NEG
The chocolate factory without Charlie .
Output: NEG
It follows the basic plot trajectory of nearly every Schwarzenegger film : Someone crosses Arnie .
Output: NEG
Children of the Century , though well dressed and well made , ultimately falls prey to the contradiction that afflicts so many movies about writers .
Output: POS
A crass and insulting homage to great films like Some Like It Hot and the John Wayne classics .
Output: NEG
Will warm your heart without making you feel guilty about it .
Output: POS
Credit director Ramsay for taking the sometimes improbable story and making it feel realistic .
Output: POS
Lee 's achievement extends to his supple understanding of the role that Brown played in American culture as an athlete , a movie star , and an image of black indomitability .
Output: POS
Nair does n't treat the issues lightly .
Output: POS
The power of Shanghai Ghetto , a documentary by Dana Janklowicz-Mann and Amir Mann , rests in the voices of men and women , now in their 70s , who lived there in the 1940s .
Output: POS
It is sentimental but feels free to offend , is analytical and then surrenders to the illogic of its characters , is about grief and yet permits laughter .
Output: POS
Donovan ... squanders his main asset , Jackie Chan , and fumbles the vital action sequences .
Output: NEG
You know that ten bucks you 'd spend on a ticket ?
Output: NEG
It 's a shame that the storyline and its underlying themes ... finally seem so impersonal or even shallow .
Output: NEG
A few nonbelievers may rethink their attitudes when they see the joy the characters take in this creed , but skeptics are n't likely to enter the theater .
Output: POS
Saddled with an unwieldy cast of characters and angles , but the payoff is powerful and revelatory .
Output: POS
Two hours of sepia-tinted heavy metal images and surround sound effects of people moaning .
Output: NEG
The message of such reflections -- intentional or not -- is that while no art grows from a vacuum , many artists exist in one .
Output: POS
Earnest and heartfelt but undernourished and plodding .
Output: POS
Warm in its loving yet unforgivingly inconsistent depiction of everyday people , relaxed in its perfect quiet pace and proud in its message .
Output: POS
Sometimes we feel as if the film careens from one colorful event to another without respite , but sometimes it must have seemed to Frida Kahlo as if her life did , too .
Output: POS
A very good film sits in the place where a masterpiece should be .
Output: POS
Lookin ' for sin , American-style ?
Output: NEG
What Eric Schaeffer has accomplished with Never Again may not , strictly speaking , qualify as revolutionary .
Output: NEG
Begins like a docu-drama but builds its multi-character story with a flourish .
Output: POS
A colorful , joyous celebration of life ; a tapestry woven of romance , dancing , singing , and unforgettable characters .
Output: POS
One of the most slyly exquisite anti-adult movies ever made .
Output: POS
Superbly photographed and staged by Mendes with a series of riveting set pieces the likes of which mainstream audiences have rarely seen .
Output: POS
If Mostly Martha is mostly unsurprising , it 's still a sweet , even delectable diversion .
Output: POS
The storylines are woven together skilfully , the magnificent swooping aerial shots are breathtaking , and the overall experience is awesome .
Output: POS
Twenty years later , E.T. is still a cinematic touchstone .
Output: POS
This tale has been told and retold ; the races and rackets change , but the song remains the same .
Output: NEG
For all the complications , it 's all surprisingly predictable .
Output: NEG
The dragons are the real stars of Reign of Fire and you wo n't be disappointed .
Output: POS
An ugly , pointless , stupid movie .
Output: NEG
And there 's the inimitable Diaz , holding it all together .
Output: POS
A movie in which laughter and self-exploitation merge into jolly soft-porn 'em powerment . '
Output: POS
The reason to see `` Sade '' lay with the chemistry and complex relationship between the marquis ( Auteil ) and Emilie ( Le Besco ) .
Output: POS
A compelling pre-WWII drama with vivid characters and a warm , moving message .
Output: POS
Dodgy mixture of cutesy romance , dark satire and murder mystery .
Output: NEG
This deeply spiritual film taps into the meaning and consolation in afterlife communications .
Output: POS
Represents a worthy departure from the culture clash comedies that have marked an emerging Indian American cinema .
Output: POS
Sweet gentle Jesus , did the screenwriters just do a cut-and-paste of every bad action-movie line in history ?
Output: NEG
The idea is more interesting than the screenplay , which lags badly in the middle and lurches between not-very-funny comedy , unconvincing dramatics and some last-minute action strongly reminiscent of Run Lola Run .
Output: NEG
Cedar somewhat defuses this provocative theme by submerging it in a hoary love triangle .
Output: POS
The engagingly primitive animated special effects contribute to a mood that 's sustained through the surprisingly somber conclusion .
Output: POS
Gaunt , silver-haired and leonine , ( Harris ) brings a tragic dimension and savage full-bodied wit and cunning to the aging Sandeman .
Output: POS
There 's ... an underlying Old World sexism to Monday Morning that undercuts its charm .
Output: NEG
And people make fun of me for liking Showgirls .
Output: NEG
Despite the film 's shortcomings , the stories are quietly moving .
Output: POS
Captures the raw comic energy of one of our most flamboyant female comics .
Output: POS
It desperately wants to be a wacky , screwball comedy , but the most screwy thing here is how so many talented people were convinced to waste their time .
Output: NEG
God bless Crudup and his aversion to taking the easy Hollywood road and cashing in on his movie-star gorgeousness .
Output: POS
The pacing is deadly , the narration helps little and Naipaul , a juicy writer , is negated .
Output: NEG
Director-writer Bille August ... depicts this relationship with economical grace , letting his superb actors convey Martin 's deterioration and Barbara 's sadness -- and , occasionally , anger .
Output: POS
The Bard as black comedy -- Willie would have loved it .
Output: POS
Imperfect ?
Output: NEG
A fanciful drama about Napoleon 's last years and his surprising discovery of love and humility .
Output: POS
Too often , Son of the Bride becomes an exercise in trying to predict when a preordained `` big moment '' will occur and not `` if . ''
Output: NEG
... the story is far-flung , illogical , and plain stupid .
Output: NEG
Audiard successfully maintains suspense on different levels throughout a film that is both gripping and compelling .
Output: POS
Both Garcia and Jagger turn in perfectly executed and wonderfully sympathetic characters , who are alternately touching and funny .
Output: POS
Graced with the kind of social texture and realism that would be foreign in American teen comedies .
Output: POS
This low-rent -- and even lower-wit -- rip-off of the Farrelly brothers ' oeuvre gets way too mushy -- and in a relatively short amount of time .
Output: NEG
If you can get past the taboo subject matter , it will be well worth your time .
Output: POS
A major waste ... generic .
Output: NEG
... built on the premise that middle-class Arkansas consists of monster truck-loving good ol' boys and peroxide blond honeys whose worldly knowledge comes from TV reruns and supermarket tabloids .
Output: NEG
The code talkers deserved better than a hollow tribute .
Output: NEG
For more than two decades Mr. Nachtwey has traveled to places in the world devastated by war , famine and poverty and documented the cruelty and suffering he has found with an devastating , eloquent clarity .
Output: POS
A thought-provoking look at how Western foreign policy - however well intentioned - can wreak havoc in other cultures .
Output: POS
Upper Teens may get cynical .
Output: NEG
As a director , Eastwood is off his game -- there 's no real sense of suspense , and none of the plot ` surprises ' are really surprising .
Output: NEG
Proves that some movie formulas do n't need messing with -- like the big-bug movie .
Output: NEG
A well-crafted film that is all the more remarkable because it achieves its emotional power and moments of revelation with restraint and a delicate ambiguity .
Output: POS
Really quite funny .
Output: POS
Howard conjures the past via surrealist flourishes so overwrought you 'd swear he just stepped out of a Buñuel retrospective .
Output: POS
Depending upon your reaction to this movie , you may never again be able to look at a red felt Sharpie pen without disgust , a thrill , or the giggles .
Output: POS
It is a strength of a documentary to disregard available bias , especially as temptingly easy as it would have been with this premise .
Output: POS
The power of this script , and the performances that come with it , is that the whole damned thing did n't get our moral hackles up .
Output: NEG
About as big a crowdpleaser as they possibly come .
Output: POS
For free .
Output: POS
A wildly erratic drama with sequences that make you wince in embarrassment and others , thanks to the actors , that are quite touching .
Output: POS
A movie that at its best does n't just make the most out of its characters ' flaws but insists on the virtue of imperfection .
Output: POS
It 's at once laughable and compulsively watchable , in its committed dumbness .
Output: POS
The Santa Clause 2 proves itself a more streamlined and thought out encounter than the original could ever have hoped to be .
Output: POS
With a large cast representing a broad cross-section , Tavernier 's film bounds along with the rat-a-tat energy of `` His Girl Friday , '' maintaining a light touch while tackling serious themes .
Output: POS
Those unfamiliar with Mormon traditions may find The Singles Ward occasionally bewildering .
Output: NEG
The Fast Runner ' transports the viewer into an unusual space
Output: POS
This is the kind of movie during which you want to bang your head on the seat in front of you , at its cluelessness , at its idiocy , at its utterly misplaced earnestness .
Output: NEG
It 's Splash without the jokes .
Output: NEG
Ends up being mostly about ravishing costumes , eye-filling , wide-screen production design and Joan 's wacky decision to stand by her man , no matter how many times he demonstrates that he 's a disloyal satyr .
Output: POS
With this masterful , flawless film , ( Wang ) emerges in the front ranks of China 's now numerous , world-renowned filmmakers .
Output: POS
It is n't quite one of the worst movies of the year .
Output: NEG
It 's been made with an innocent yet fervid conviction that our Hollywood has all but lost .
Output: POS
A family film that contains some hefty thematic material on time , death , eternity , and what is needed to live a rich and full life .
Output: POS
But this time , the old MIB label stands for Milder Is n't Better .
Output: NEG
The director seems to take an unseemly pleasure in ( the characters ' ) misery and at the same time to congratulate himself for having the guts to confront it .
Output: NEG
A small gem of a movie that defies classification and is as thought-provoking as it is funny , scary and sad .
Output: POS
Blade II is as estrogen-free as movies get , so you might want to leave your date behind for this one , or she 's gonna make you feel like you owe her big-time .
Output: NEG
A strangely stirring experience that finds warmth in the coldest environment and makes each crumb of emotional comfort feel like a 10-course banquet .
Output: POS
An awfully good , achingly human picture .
Output: POS
It 's all stitched together with energy , intelligence and verve , enhanced by a surplus of vintage archive footage .
Output: POS
Davis is funny , charming and quirky in her feature film acting debut as Amy .
Output: POS
Filled with Alexandre Desplat 's haunting and sublime music , the movie completely transfixes the audience .
Output: POS
Newcomer helmer Kevin Donovan is hamstrung by a badly handled screenplay of what is really an amusing concept -- a high-tech tux that transforms its wearer into a superman .
Output: NEG
Plunges you into a reality that is , more often then not , difficult and sad , and then , without sentimentalizing it or denying its brutality , transforms that reality into a lyrical and celebratory vision .
Output: POS
feeling to it , but like the 1920 's , the trip there is a great deal of fun .
Output: POS
Dull , a road-trip movie that 's surprisingly short of both adventure and song .
Output: NEG
What we have here is n't a disaster , exactly , but a very handsomely produced let-down .
Output: NEG
A puppy dog so desperate for attention it nearly breaks its little neck trying to perform entertaining tricks .
Output: NEG
It 's hard to fairly judge a film like RINGU when you 've seen the remake first .
Output: POS
an `` O Bruin , Where Art Thou ? ''
Output: POS
Allen shows he can outgag any of those young whippersnappers making moving pictures today .
Output: POS
Maryam is a small film , but it offers large rewards .
Output: POS
While the film is competent , it 's also uninspired , lacking the real talent and wit to elevate it beyond its formula to the level of classic romantic comedy to which it aspires .
Output: NEG
Reeks of rot and hack work from start to finish .
Output: NEG
You do n't need to be a hip-hop fan to appreciate Scratch , and that 's the mark of a documentary that works .
Output: POS
Spirit is a visual treat , and it takes chances that are bold by studio standards , but it lacks a strong narrative .
Output: POS
I 'm sorry to say that this should seal the deal - Arnold is not , nor will he be , back .
Output: NEG
Curling may be a unique sport but Men with Brooms is distinctly ordinary .
Output: NEG
`` Home Movie '' is a sweet treasure and something well worth your time .
Output: POS
Schnieder bounces around with limp wrists , wearing tight tummy tops and hip huggers , twirling his hair on his finger and assuming that 's enough to sustain laughs ...
Output: NEG
You 'd have to be a most hard-hearted person not to be moved by this drama .
Output: POS
The characters , cast in impossibly contrived situations , are totally estranged from reality .
Output: NEG
Reno himself can take credit for most of the movie 's success .
Output: POS
With Dickens ' words and writer-director Douglas McGrath 's even-toned direction , a ripping good yarn is told .
Output: POS
Borstal Boy represents the worst kind of filmmaking , the kind that pretends to be passionate and truthful but is really frustratingly timid and soggy .
Output: NEG
Certainly the performances are worthwhile .
Output: POS
Writer \/ director M. Night Shyamalan 's ability to pull together easily accessible stories that resonate with profundity is undeniable .
Output: POS
This mess of a movie is nothing short of a travesty of a transvestite comedy .
Output: NEG
it 's refreshing to see a movie that embraces its old-fashioned themes and in the process comes out looking like something wholly original .
Output: POS
Fast and funny , an action cartoon that 's suspenseful enough for older kids but not too scary for the school-age crowd .
Output: POS
... the cast portrays their cartoon counterparts well ... but quite frankly , Scoob and Shag do n't eat enough during the film . '
Output: NEG
works , it 's thanks to Huston 's revelatory performance .
Output: POS
A highly personal look at the effects of living a dysfunctionally privileged lifestyle , and by the end , we only wish we could have spent more time in its world .
Output: POS
It 's crafty , energetic and smart -- the kid is sort of like a fourteen-year old Ferris Bueller .
Output: POS
This follow-up seems so similar to the 1953 Disney classic that it makes one long for a geriatric Peter .
Output: POS
Some of the visual flourishes are a little too obvious , but restrained and subtle storytelling , and fine performances make this delicate coming-of-age tale a treat .
Output: POS
Piccoli 's performance is amazing , yes , but the symbols of loss and denial and life-at-arm 's - length in the film seem irritatingly transparent .
Output: NEG
A fascinating documentary that provides a rounded and revealing overview of this ancient holistic healing system
Output: POS
Ms. Phoenix is completely lacking in charm and charisma , and is unable to project either Esther 's initial anomie or her eventual awakening .
Output: NEG
A generous , inspiring film that unfolds with grace and humor and gradually becomes a testament to faith .
Output: POS
No cliche escapes the perfervid treatment of gang warfare called ces Wild .
Output: NEG
Barely manages for but a few seconds over its seemingly eternal running time to pique your interest , your imagination , your empathy or anything , really , save your disgust and your indifference .
Output: NEG
Unless you come in to the film with a skateboard under your arm , you 're going to feel like you were n't invited to the party .
Output: NEG
Gets better after Foster leaves that little room .
Output: POS
The viewer takes great pleasure in watching the resourceful Molly stay a step ahead of her pursuers .
Output: POS
Although some viewers will not be able to stomach so much tongue-in-cheek weirdness , those who do will have found a cult favorite to enjoy for a lifetime .
Output: POS
A feel-good movie that does n't give you enough to feel good about .
Output: NEG
A rather brilliant little cult item : a pastiche of children 's entertainment , superhero comics , and Japanese animation .
Output: POS
Less than fresh .
Output: NEG
Daily struggles and simple pleasures usurp the preaching message so that , by the time the credits roll across the pat ending , a warm , fuzzy feeling prevails .
Output: POS
Thirteen Conversations About One Thing lays out a narrative puzzle that interweaves individual stories , and , like a Mobius strip , elliptically loops back to where it began .
Output: POS
Toes the fine line between cheese and earnestness remarkably well ; everything is delivered with such conviction that it 's hard not to be carried away .
Output: POS
Believes so fervently in humanity that it feels almost anachronistic , and it is too cute by half .
Output: POS
The main story ... is compelling enough , but it 's difficult to shrug off the annoyance of that chatty fish .
Output: NEG
It just does n't have anything really interesting to say .
Output: NEG
A piece of mildly entertaining , inoffensive fluff that drifts aimlessly for 90 minutes before lodging in the cracks of that ever-growing category : unembarrassing but unmemorable .
Output: NEG
The film 's most improbable feat ?
Output: NEG
( Fiji diver Rusi Vulakoro and the married couple Howard and Michelle Hall ) show us the world they love and make us love it , too .
Output: POS
Your nightmares , on the other hand , will be anything but .
Output: POS
With the prospect of films like Kangaroo Jack about to burst across America 's winter movie screens it 's a pleasure to have a film like The Hours as an alternative .
Output: POS
` Sophisticated ' viewers who refuse to admit that they do n't like it will likely call it ` challenging ' to their fellow sophisticates .
Output: POS
What goes on for the 110 minutes of `` Panic Room '' is a battle of witlessness between a not-so-bright mother and daughter and an even less capable trio of criminals .
Output: NEG
In trying to be daring and original , it comes off as only occasionally satirical and never fresh .
Output: NEG
For 95 often hilarious minutes , ( Cho ) riffs on the diciness of colonics , on straight versus gay personal ads , on how men would act if they had periods , and on the perils of a certain outré sexual practice .
Output: POS
A solid , psychological action film from Hong Kong .
Output: POS
A creaky staircase gothic .
Output: POS
Horrendously amateurish filmmaking that is plainly dull and visually ugly when it is n't incomprehensible .
Output: NEG
Twohy 's a good yarn-spinner , and ultimately the story compels .
Output: POS
I 'm all for the mentally challenged getting their fair shot in the movie business , but surely it does n't have to be as a collection of keening and self-mutilating sideshow geeks .
Output: NEG
The movie is pretty funny now and then without in any way demeaning its subjects .
Output: POS
Except it 's much , much better .
Output: POS
When your subject is illusion versus reality , should n't the reality seem at least passably real ?
Output: NEG
Tres Greek writer and star Nia Vardalos has crafted here a worldly-wise and very funny script .
Output: POS
Impresses as a skillfully assembled , highly polished and professional adaptation ... just about as chilling and unsettling as ` Manhunter ' was .
Output: POS
What they see in each other also is difficult to fathom .
Output: NEG
Those eternally devoted to the insanity of Black will have an intermittently good time .
Output: POS
A film with a great premise but only a great premise .
Output: POS
Consider the film a celluloid litmus test for the intellectual and emotional pedigree of your date and a giant step backward for a director I admire .
Output: NEG
The film was immensely enjoyable thanks to great performances by both Steve Buscemi and Rosario Dawson ...
Output: POS
Any intellectual arguments being made about the nature of God are framed in a drama so clumsy , there is a real danger less sophisticated audiences will mistake it for an endorsement of the very things that Bean abhors .
Output: NEG
Faithful without being forceful , sad without being shrill , `` A Walk to Remember '' succeeds through sincerity .
Output: POS
Too daft by half ... but supremely good natured .
Output: POS
Holofcener rejects patent solutions to dramatize life 's messiness from inside out , in all its strange quirks .
Output: POS
Worthy of the gong .
Output: NEG
If you want to see a train wreck that you ca n't look away from , then look no further , because here it is .
Output: NEG
Leave it to the French to truly capture the terrifying angst of the modern working man without turning the film into a cheap thriller , a dumb comedy or a sappy melodrama .
Output: POS
The first Tunisian film I have ever seen , and it 's also probably the most good-hearted yet sensual entertainment I 'm likely to see all year .
Output: POS
It 's a hoot watching The Rock chomp on jumbo ants , pull an arrow out of his back , and leap unscathed through raging fire !
Output: POS
Watch Barbershop again if you 're in need of a Cube fix -- this is n't worth sitting through .
Output: NEG
An achingly enthralling premise , the film is hindered by uneven dialogue and plot lapses .
Output: NEG
A loud , low-budget and tired formula film that arrives cloaked in the euphemism ` urban drama . '
Output: NEG
A properly spooky film about the power of spirits to influence us whether we believe in them or not .
Output: POS
Both lead performances are Oscar-size .
Output: POS
As it stands , there 's some fine sex onscreen , and some tense arguing , but not a whole lot more .
Output: NEG
... one resurrection too many .
Output: NEG
Get out your pooper-scoopers .
Output: NEG
It 's a big idea , but the film itself is small and shriveled .
Output: NEG
Changing Lanes is an anomaly for a Hollywood movie ; it 's a well-written and occasionally challenging social drama that actually has something interesting to say .
Output: POS
( Dong ) makes a valiant effort to understand everyone 's point of view , and he does such a good job of it that Family Fundamentals gets you riled up .
Output: POS
But it 's defiantly and delightfully against the grain .
Output: POS
Famuyiwa 's feature deals with its subject matter in a tasteful , intelligent manner , rather than forcing us to endure every plot contrivance that the cliché-riddled genre can offer .
Output: POS
The film occasionally tries the viewer 's patience with slow pacing and a main character who sometimes defies sympathy , but it ultimately satisfies with its moving story .
Output: POS
As a film director , LaBute continues to improve .
Output: POS
Auto Focus is not your standard Hollywood bio-pic .
Output: POS
The picture does n't know it 's a comedy .
Output: NEG
Though a touch too Arthouse 101 in its poetic symbolism , Heaven proves to be a good match of the sensibilities of two directors .
Output: POS
If you are willing to do this , then you so crazy !
Output: NEG
Take Care is nicely performed by a quintet of actresses , but nonetheless it drags during its 112-minute length .
Output: NEG
Even though we know the outcome , the seesawing of the general 's fate in the arguments of competing lawyers has the stomach-knotting suspense of a legal thriller , while the testimony of witnesses lends the film a resonant undertone of tragedy .
Output: POS
It has more in common with a fireworks display than a movie , which normally is expected to have characters and a storyline .
Output: NEG
Curiously , Super Troopers suffers because it does n't have enough vices to merit its 103-minute length .
Output: NEG
There 's a heavy stench of ` been there , done that ' hanging over the film .
Output: NEG
An affable but undernourished romantic comedy that fails to match the freshness of the actress-producer and writer 's previous collaboration , Miss Congeniality .
Output: NEG
A pleasant , if forgettable , romp of a film .
Output: NEG
Loosely speaking , we 're in All of Me territory again , and , strictly speaking , Schneider is no Steve Martin .
Output: NEG
This remake of Lina Wertmuller 's 1975 eroti-comedy might just be the biggest husband-and-wife disaster since John and Bo Derek made the ridiculous Bolero .
Output: NEG
Its story about a young Chinese woman , Ah Na , who has come to New York City to replace past tragedy with the American Dream is one that any art-house moviegoer is likely to find compelling .
Output: POS
Open-ended and composed of layer upon layer , Talk to Her is a cinephile 's feast , an invitation to countless interpretations .
Output: POS
There is a certain sense of experimentation and improvisation to this film that may not always work , but it is nevertheless compelling .
Output: POS
The filmmakers are playing to the Big Boys in New York and L.A. To that end , they mock the kind of folks they do n't understand , ones they figure the power-lunchers do n't care to understand , either .
Output: NEG
Too infuriatingly quirky and taken with its own style .
Output: NEG
... one big laugh , three or four mild giggles , and a whole lot of not much else .
Output: NEG
Wins my vote for ` The 2002 Enemy of Cinema ' Award .
Output: POS
Franco is an excellent choice for the walled-off but combustible hustler , but he does not give the transcendent performance SONNY needs to overcome gaps in character development and story logic .
Output: NEG
A well-intentioned effort that 's still too burdened by the actor 's offbeat sensibilities for the earnest emotional core to emerge with any degree of accessibility .
Output: NEG
For all its violence , the movie is remarkably dull with only Caine making much of an impression .
Output: NEG
It 's tough to watch , but it 's a fantastic movie .
Output: POS
A thoroughly enjoyable , heartfelt coming-of-age comedy .
Output: POS
Starts as a tart little lemon drop of a movie and ends up as a bitter pill .
Output: NEG
It zips along with B-movie verve while adding the rich details and go-for-broke acting that heralds something special .
Output: POS
An overstylized , puréed mélange of sex , psychology , drugs and philosophy .
Output: NEG
Director Claude Chabrol has become the master of innuendo .
Output: POS
An awkward hybrid of genres that just does n't work .
Output: NEG
A fairly enjoyable mixture of Longest Yard ... and the 1999 Guy Ritchie caper Lock Stock and Two Smoking Barrels .
Output: POS
So original in its base concept that you can not help but get caught up .
Output: POS
Shyamalan offers copious hints along the way -- myriad signs , if you will -- that beneath the familiar , funny surface is a far bigger , far more meaningful story than one in which little green men come to Earth for harvesting purposes .
Output: POS
The movie does n't generate a lot of energy .
Output: NEG
has far more energy , wit and warmth than should be expected from any movie with a `` 2 '' at the end of its title .
Output: POS
Twenty years after its first release , E.T. remains the most wondrous of all Hollywood fantasies -- and the apex of Steven Spielberg 's misunderstood career .
Output: POS
It 's all pretty tame .
Output: NEG
Mark Pellington 's latest pop thriller is as kooky and overeager as it is spooky and subtly in love with myth .
Output: POS
You just know something terrible is going to happen .
Output: POS
She 's a cipher , played by an actress who smiles and frowns but does n't reveal an inner life .
Output: NEG
No , it 's not as single-minded as John Carpenter 's original , but it 's sure a lot smarter and more unnerving than the sequels .
Output: POS
Below is well below expectations .
Output: NEG
It 's really just another silly Hollywood action film , one among a multitude of simple-minded , yahoo-ing death shows .
Output: POS
This is a very funny , heartwarming film .
Output: POS