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Driven by a fantastic dual performance from Ian Holm ... the film is funny , insightfully human and a delightful lark for history buffs .
Output: POS
I found it slow , predictable and not very amusing .
Output: NEG
We just do n't really care too much about this love story .
Output: NEG
For the rest of us , sitting through Dahmer 's two hours amounts to little more than punishment .
Output: NEG
Flamboyant in some movies and artfully restrained in others , 65-year-old Jack Nicholson could be looking at his 12th Oscar nomination by proving that he 's now , more than ever , choosing his roles with the precision of the insurance actuary .
Output: POS
The comedy makes social commentary more palatable .
Output: POS
Suffice to say that after seeing this movie in IMAX form , you 'll be more acquainted with the tiniest details of Tom Hanks ' face than his wife is .
Output: POS
A delightful little film that revels in its own simplicity , Mostly Martha will leave you with a smile on your face and a grumble in your stomach .
Output: POS
It sticks rigidly to the paradigm , rarely permitting its characters more than two obvious dimensions and repeatedly placing them in contrived , well-worn situations .
Output: NEG
Here is a divine monument to a single man 's struggle to regain his life , his dignity and his music .
Output: POS
A brisk , reverent , and subtly different sequel .
Output: POS
This New Zealand coming-of-age movie is n't really about anything .
Output: NEG
Culkin turns his character into what is basically an anti-Harry Potter -- right down to the Gryffindor scarf .
Output: NEG
My Big Fat Greek Wedding is that rare animal known as ' a perfect family film , ' because it 's about family .
Output: POS
It would be churlish to begrudge anyone for receiving whatever consolation that can be found in Dragonfly , yet it is impossible to find the film anything but appalling , shamelessly manipulative and contrived , and totally lacking in conviction .
Output: NEG
The structure is simple , but in its own way , Rabbit-Proof Fence is a quest story as grand as The Lord of the Rings .
Output: POS
Too much of Storytelling moves away from Solondz 's social critique , casting its audience as that of intellectual lector in contemplation of the auteur 's professional injuries .
Output: NEG
It wraps up a classic mother\/daughter struggle in recycled paper with a shiny new bow and while the audience can tell it 's not all new , at least it looks pretty .
Output: POS
Would n't it be funny if a bunch of Allied soldiers went undercover as women in a German factory during World War II ?
Output: POS
Uplifting , funny and wise .
Output: POS
Better than the tepid Star Trek : Insurrection ; falls short of First Contact because the villain could n't pick the lint off Borg Queen Alice Krige 's cape ; and finishes half a parsec ( a nose ) ahead of Generations .
Output: NEG
Expanded to 65 minutes for theatrical release , it still feels somewhat unfinished .
Output: NEG
It makes compelling , provocative and prescient viewing .
Output: POS
Anyone who gets chills from movies with giant plot holes will find plenty to shake and shiver about in ` The Ring . '
Output: NEG
One of the most exciting action films to come out of China in recent years .
Output: POS
In XXX , Diesel is that rare creature -- an action hero with table manners , and one who proves that elegance is more than tattoo deep .
Output: POS
Entirely suspenseful , extremely well-paced and ultimately ... dare I say , entertaining !
Output: POS
Thanks to The Château 's balance of whimsicality , narrative discipline and serious improvisation , almost every relationship and personality in the film yields surprises .
Output: POS
By the time the plot grinds itself out in increasingly incoherent fashion , you might be wishing for a watch that makes time go faster rather than the other way around .
Output: NEG
an appalling ` Ace Ventura ' rip-off that somehow manages to bring together Kevin Pollak , former wrestler Chyna and Dolly Parton .
Output: NEG
When compared to the usual , more somber festival entries , Davis ' highly personal brand of romantic comedy is a tart , smart breath of fresh air that stands out from the pack even if the picture itself is somewhat problematic .
Output: POS
Cox creates a fluid and mesmerizing sequence of images to match the words of Nijinsky 's diaries .
Output: POS
Serving Sara is little more than a mall movie designed to kill time .
Output: NEG
Shiner can certainly go the distance , but is n't world championship material
Output: POS
A poignant and gently humorous parable that loves its characters and communicates something rather beautiful about human nature .
Output: POS
Memorable for a peculiar malaise that renders its tension flaccid and , by extension , its surprises limp and its resolutions ritual .
Output: NEG
It 's so tedious that it makes you forgive every fake , dishonest , entertaining and , ultimately , more perceptive moment in Bridget Jones 's Diary .
Output: NEG
This action-thriller\/dark comedy is one of the most repellent things to pop up in a cinematic year already littered with celluloid garbage .
Output: NEG
It never plays as dramatic even when dramatic things happen to people .
Output: NEG
The film is hard to dismiss -- moody , thoughtful , and lit by flashes of mordant humor .
Output: POS
The uneven movie does have its charms and its funny moments but not quite enough of them .
Output: NEG
But if you 've paid a matinee price and bought a big tub of popcorn , there 's guilty fun to be had here .
Output: NEG
Empire ca n't make up its mind whether it wants to be a gangster flick or an art film .
Output: NEG
If you do n't flee , you might be seduced .
Output: POS
The movie is ingenious fun .
Output: POS
Suffers from a decided lack of creative storytelling .
Output: NEG
The problem is that Van Wilder does little that is actually funny with the material .
Output: NEG
A summer entertainment adults can see without feeling embarrassed , but it could have been more .
Output: POS
A conventional , but well-crafted film about a historic legal battle in Ireland over a man 's right to raise his own children .
Output: POS
Plus , like I already mentioned ... it 's Robert Duvall !
Output: POS
A marvel of production design .
Output: POS
The big finish is a bit like getting all excited about a chocolate eclair and then biting into it and finding the filling missing .
Output: NEG
... there is enough originality in ` Life ' to distance it from the pack of paint-by-number romantic comedies that so often end up on cinema screens .
Output: POS
At no point during K-19 : The Widowmaker did this viewer feel enveloped in a story that , though meant to be universal in its themes of loyalty , courage and dedication to a common goal , never seems to leave the lot .
Output: NEG
Move over Bond ; this girl deserves a sequel .
Output: POS
Helmer Hudlin tries to make a hip comedy , but his dependence on slapstick defeats the possibility of creating a more darkly edged tome .
Output: NEG
A 75-minute sample of puerile rubbish that is listless , witless , and devoid of anything resembling humor .
Output: NEG
If the film 's vision of sport as a secular religion is a bit cloying , its through-line of family and community is heartening in the same way that each season marks a new start .
Output: POS
Analyze That regurgitates and waters down many of the previous film 's successes , with a few new swings thrown in .
Output: NEG
13 Conversations may be a bit too enigmatic and overly ambitious to be fully successful , but Sprecher and her screenwriting partner and sister , Karen Sprecher , do n't seem ever to run out of ideas .
Output: NEG
Gooding and Coburn are both Oscar winners , a fact which , as you watch them clumsily mugging their way through Snow Dogs , seems inconceivable .
Output: NEG
Made-Up lampoons the moviemaking process itself , while shining a not particularly flattering spotlight on America 's skin-deep notions of pulchritude .
Output: POS
The film , while not exactly assured in its execution , is notable for its sheer audacity and openness .
Output: POS
... standard guns versus martial arts cliche with little new added .
Output: POS
What one is left with , even after the most awful acts are committed , is an overwhelming sadness that feels as if it has made its way into your very bloodstream .
Output: POS
The director , Mark Pellington , does a terrific job conjuring up a sinister , menacing atmosphere though unfortunately all the story gives us is flashing red lights , a rattling noise , and a bump on the head .
Output: POS
Filmmaker Tian Zhuangzhuang triumphantly returns to narrative filmmaking with a visually masterful work of quiet power .
Output: POS
S1M0NE 's satire is not subtle , but it is effective .
Output: POS
If you 're looking for a smart , nuanced look at de Sade and what might have happened at Picpus , Sade is your film .
Output: POS
The best thing about the movie is its personable , amusing cast .
Output: POS
Wiseman reveals the victims of domestic abuse in all of their pity and terror .
Output: POS
A hard look at one man 's occupational angst and its subsequent reinvention , a terrifying study of bourgeois desperation worthy of Claude Chabrol .
Output: POS
The sort of picture in which , whenever one of the characters has some serious soul searching to do , they go to a picture-perfect beach during sunset .
Output: NEG
Spy Kids 2 also happens to be that rarity among sequels : It actually improves upon the original hit movie .
Output: POS
Shamelessly resorting to pee-related sight gags that might even cause Tom Green a grimace ; still , Myer 's energy and the silliness of it all eventually prevail
Output: POS
Ultimate X is a ride , basically the kind of greatest-hits reel that might come with a subscription to ESPN the Magazine .
Output: NEG
The story plays out slowly , but the characters are intriguing and realistic .
Output: POS
Huppert and Girardot give performances of exceptional honesty .
Output: POS
Watching junk like this induces a kind of abstract guilt , as if you were paying dues for good books unread , fine music never heard .
Output: NEG
If this movie leaves you cool , it also leaves you intriguingly contemplative .
Output: POS
Over the years , Hollywood has crafted a solid formula for successful animated movies , and Ice Age only improves on it , with terrific computer graphics , inventive action sequences and a droll sense of humor .
Output: POS
A minor work yet there 's no denying the potency of Miller 's strange , fleeting brew of hopeful perseverance and hopeless closure .
Output: POS
Compulsively watchable , no matter how degraded things get .
Output: POS
An energetic , violent movie with a momentum that never lets up .
Output: POS
The story has little wit and no surprises .
Output: NEG
Beautifully directed and convincingly acted .
Output: POS
Clever but not especially compelling .
Output: NEG
The story that emerges has elements of romance , tragedy and even silent-movie comedy .
Output: POS
Do n't let the subtitles fool you ; the movie only proves that Hollywood no longer has a monopoly on mindless action .
Output: NEG
A baffling subplot involving smuggling drugs inside Danish cows falls flat , and if you 're going to alter the Bard 's ending , you 'd better have a good alternative .
Output: NEG
The tone errs on the shrill side , tempered by a soft southern gentility that speaks of beauty , grace and a closet full of skeletons .
Output: POS
An even more predictable , cliche-ridden endeavor than its predecessor .
Output: NEG
Distinctly sub-par ... more likely to drown a viewer in boredom than to send any shivers down his spine .
Output: NEG
Veers uncomfortably close to pro-Serb propaganda .
Output: NEG
A moving story of determination and the human spirit .
Output: POS
The film lapses too often into sugary sentiment and withholds delivery on the pell-mell pyrotechnics its punchy style promises .
Output: NEG
A harrowing account of a psychological breakdown .
Output: POS
Mostly , Shafer and co-writer Gregory Hinton lack a strong-minded viewpoint , or a sense of humor .
Output: NEG
As ex-Marine Walter , who may or may not have shot Kennedy , actor Raymond J. Barry is perfectly creepy and believable .
Output: POS
( A ) satisfying niblet .
Output: POS
Enticing and often funny documentary .
Output: POS
The Paradiso 's rusted-out ruin and ultimate collapse during the film 's final ( restored ) third ... emotionally belittle a cinema classic .
Output: NEG
Even through its flaws , Revolution # 9 proves to be a compelling , interestingly told film .
Output: POS
It 's quite diverting nonsense .
Output: NEG
An old-fashioned drama of substance about a teacher 's slide down the slippery slope of dishonesty after an encounter with the rich and the powerful who have nothing but disdain for virtue .
Output: POS
You get the idea , though , that Kapur intended the film to be more than that .
Output: NEG
As predictable as the outcome of a Globetrotters-Generals game , Juwanna Mann is even more ludicrous than you 'd expect from the guy-in-a-dress genre , and a personal low for everyone involved .
Output: NEG
See it .
Output: POS
Family fare .
Output: POS
By and large this is Mr. Kilmer 's movie , and it 's his strongest performance since The Doors .
Output: POS
More of an intriguing curiosity than a gripping thriller .
Output: NEG
One of the best films of the year with its exquisite acting , inventive screenplay , mesmerizing music , and many inimitable scenes of tenderness , loss , discontent , and yearning .
Output: POS
One lousy movie .
Output: NEG
Less-than-compelling documentary of a Yiddish theater clan .
Output: NEG
There are deeply religious and spiritual people in this world who would argue that entering a church , synagogue or temple does n't mean you have to check your brain at the door .
Output: POS
Psychologically savvy .
Output: POS
The modern-day characters are nowhere near as vivid as the 19th-century ones .
Output: NEG
Director Uwe Boll and writer Robert Dean Klein fail to generate any interest in an unsympathetic hero caught up in an intricate plot that while cleverly worked out , can not overcome blah characters .
Output: NEG
( Denis ' ) bare-bones narrative more closely resembles an outline for a '70s exploitation picture than the finished product .
Output: NEG
Too bland and fustily tasteful to be truly prurient .
Output: NEG
The truth about Charlie is that it 's a brazenly misguided project .
Output: NEG
Though Frodo 's quest remains unfulfilled , a hardy group of determined New Zealanders has proved its creative mettle .
Output: POS
Disturbing .
Output: NEG
You may feel compelled to watch the film twice or pick up a book on the subject .
Output: POS
` Christian Bale 's Quinn ( is ) a leather clad grunge-pirate with a hairdo like Gandalf in a wind-tunnel and a simply astounding cor-blimey-luv-a-duck cockney accent . '
Output: NEG
It made me realize that we really have n't had a good cheesy B-movie playing in theaters since ... well ... since last week 's Reign of Fire .
Output: NEG
It 's probably worth catching solely on its visual merits .
Output: POS
It 's a diverting enough hour-and-a-half for the family audience .
Output: POS
An undeniably moving film to experience , and ultimately that 's what makes it worth a recommendation .
Output: POS
Stuart 's poor-me persona needs a whole bunch of Snowball 's cynicism to cut through the sugar coating .
Output: POS
An amused indictment of Jaglom 's own profession .
Output: POS
A faster paced family flick .
Output: POS
Like Vardalos and Corbett , who play their roles with vibrant charm , the film , directed by Joel Zwick , is heartfelt and hilarious in ways you ca n't fake .
Output: POS
A mostly believable , refreshingly low-key and quietly inspirational little sports drama .
Output: POS
The story is smart and entirely charming in intent and execution .
Output: POS
Even if Invincible is not quite the career peak that The Pianist is for Roman Polanski , it demonstrates that Werner Herzog can still leave us with a sense of wonder at the diverse , marvelously twisted shapes history has taken .
Output: POS
It 's not like having a real film of Nijinsky , but at least it 's better than that eponymous 1980 biopic that used soap in the places where the mysteries lingered .
Output: POS
The movie is so resolutely cobbled together out of older movies that it even uses a totally unnecessary prologue , just because it seems obligatory .
Output: NEG
Affectionately reminds us that , in any language , the huge stuff in life can usually be traced back to the little things .
Output: POS
If you thought Tom Hanks was just an ordinary big-screen star , wait until you 've seen him eight stories tall .
Output: POS
A flick about our infantilized culture that is n't entirely infantile .
Output: POS
All the movie 's narrative gymnastics ca n't disguise the fact that it 's inauthentic at its core and that its story just is n't worth telling .
Output: NEG
Ryosuke has created a wry , winning , if languidly paced , meditation on the meaning and value of family .
Output: POS
You 'll know a star when you see one .
Output: POS
Dripping with cliche and bypassing no opportunity to trivialize the material .
Output: NEG
The script is a tired one , with few moments of joy rising above the stale material .
Output: NEG
An engrossing and infectiously enthusiastic documentary .
Output: POS
Gondry 's direction is adequate ... but what gives Human Nature its unique feel is Kaufman 's script .
Output: POS
Missteps take what was otherwise a fascinating , riveting story and send it down the path of the mundane .
Output: POS
The problem is that it is one that allows him to churn out one mediocre movie after another .
Output: NEG
Performances are potent , and the women 's stories are ably intercut and involving .
Output: POS
The delicious trimmings ... arrive early and stay late , filling nearly every minute ... with a lighthearted glow , some impudent snickers , and a glorious dose of humankind 's liberating ability to triumph over a Scrooge or two .
Output: POS
The hackneyed story about an affluent damsel in distress who decides to fight her bully of a husband is simply too overdone .
Output: NEG
These people are really going to love The Piano Teacher .
Output: POS
Pacino and Williams seem to keep upping the ante on each other , just as their characters do in the film .
Output: POS
Ah , what the hell .
Output: POS
They are what makes it worth the trip to the theatre .
Output: POS
Sharp edges and a deep vein of sadness run through its otherwise comic narrative .
Output: POS
Jeong-Hyang Lee 's film is deceptively simple , deeply satisfying .
Output: POS
Plummer steals the show without resorting to camp as Nicholas ' wounded and wounding Uncle Ralph .
Output: POS
At three hours and with very little story or character development , there is plenty of room for editing , and a much shorter cut surely would have resulted in a smoother , more focused narrative without sacrificing any of the cultural intrigue .
Output: NEG
The filmmakers wisely decided to let Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin do what he does best , and fashion a story around him .
Output: POS
An inept , tedious spoof of '70s kung fu pictures , it contains almost enough chuckles for a three-minute sketch , and no more .
Output: NEG
This is the first film I 've ever seen that had no obvious directing involved .
Output: POS
Ben Kingsley is truly funny , playing a kind of Ghandi gone bad .
Output: POS
It 's just too bad the screenwriters eventually shoot themselves in the feet with cop flick cliches like an oily arms dealer , squad car pile-ups and the requisite screaming captain .
Output: NEG
A biopic about Crane 's life in the classic tradition but evolves into what has become of us all in the era of video .
Output: POS
Collapses after 30 minutes into a slap-happy series of adolescent violence .
Output: NEG
This is an undeniably intriguing film from an adventurous young talent who finds his inspiration on the fringes of the American underground .
Output: POS
In its own floundering way , it gets to you .
Output: POS
It 's not a great monster movie .
Output: NEG
At its best , it 's Black Hawk Down with more heart .
Output: POS
Everything in Maid in Manhattan is exceedingly pleasant , designed not to offend .
Output: POS
Moretti plays Giovanni , a psychiatrist who predictably finds it difficult to sustain interest in his profession after the family tragedy .
Output: NEG
It 's possible that something hip and transgressive was being attempted here that stubbornly refused to gel , but the result is more puzzling than unsettling .
Output: NEG
Gibney and Jarecki just want to string the bastard up .
Output: NEG
Predictably melodramatic .
Output: NEG
This is a movie so insecure about its capacity to excite that it churns up not one but two flagrantly fake thunderstorms to underscore the action .
Output: NEG
Talkiness is n't necessarily bad , but the dialogue frequently misses the mark .
Output: NEG
A series of immaculately composed shots of Patch Adams quietly freaking out does not make for much of a movie .
Output: NEG
Starts out with tremendous promise , introducing an intriguing and alluring premise , only to fall prey to a boatload of screenwriting cliches that sink it faster than a leaky freighter .
Output: NEG
This is one of the biggest disappointments of the year .
Output: NEG
If you recognize Zeus ( the dog from Snatch ) it will make you wish you were at home watching that movie instead of in the theater watching this one .
Output: NEG
... spiced with humor ( ' I speak fluent flatula , ' advises Denlopp after a rather , er , bubbly exchange with an alien deckhand ) and witty updatings ( Silver 's parrot has been replaced with Morph , a cute alien creature who mimics everyone and everything around )
Output: POS
There are problems with this film that even 3 Oscar winners ca n't overcome , but it 's a nice girl-buddy movie once it gets rock-n-rolling .
Output: POS
A well-put-together piece of urban satire .
Output: POS
classic cinema served up with heart and humor
Output: POS
Every individual will see the movie through the prism of his or her own beliefs and prejudices , but the one thing most will take away is the sense that peace is possible .
Output: POS
If Sinise 's character had a brain his ordeal would be over in five minutes but instead the plot goes out of its way to introduce obstacles for him to stumble over .
Output: POS
Just when you think you are making sense of it , something happens that tells you there is no sense .
Output: NEG
It tells its story in a flat manner and leaves you with the impression that you should have gotten more out of it than you did .
Output: NEG
Equlibrium could pass for a thirteen-year-old 's book report on the totalitarian themes of 1984 and Farenheit 451 .
Output: NEG
The best animated feature to hit theaters since Beauty and the Beast 11 years ago .
Output: POS
Haneke 's script ( from Elfriede Jelinek 's novel ) is contrived , unmotivated , and psychologically unpersuasive , with an inconclusive ending .
Output: NEG
And Vin Diesel is the man .
Output: POS
Fresnadillo has something serious to say about the ways in which extravagant chance can distort our perspective and throw us off the path of good sense .
Output: POS
But the feelings evoked in the film are lukewarm and quick to pass .
Output: NEG
Tartakovsky 's team has some freakish powers of visual charm , but the five writers slip into the modern rut of narrative banality .
Output: NEG
Never capitalizes on this concept and opts for the breezy and amateurish feel of an after school special on the subject of tolerance .
Output: NEG
A work of extraordinary journalism , but it is also a work of deft and subtle poetry .
Output: POS
Full of the kind of obnoxious chitchat that only self-aware neurotics engage in .
Output: NEG
Is n't as sharp as the original ... Despite some visual virtues , ` Blade II ' just does n't cut it .
Output: NEG
Rather , pity anyone who sees this mishmash .
Output: NEG
A mildly enjoyable if toothless adaptation of a much better book .
Output: POS
Watchable up until the point where the situations and the dialogue spin hopelessly out of control -- that is to say , when Carol Kane appears on the screen .
Output: NEG
Film ca n't quite maintain its initial momentum , but remains sporadically funny throughout .
Output: POS
A jumbled fantasy comedy that did not figure out a coherent game plan at scripting , shooting or post-production stages .
Output: NEG
On its own , it 's not very interesting .
Output: NEG
The logic of it all will be Greek to anyone not predisposed to the movie 's rude and crude humor .
Output: NEG
Do n't wait to see this terrific film with your kids -- if you do n't have kids borrow some .
Output: POS
A well-executed spy-thriller .
Output: POS
This movie ... does n't deserve the energy it takes to describe how bad it is .
Output: NEG
Violent , vulgar and forgettably entertaining .
Output: NEG
The film is flat .
Output: NEG
In IMAX in short , it 's just as wonderful on the big screen .
Output: POS
A winning comedy with its wry observations about long-lived friendships and the ways in which we all lose track of ourselves by trying to please others .
Output: POS
What makes Esther Kahn so demanding is that it progresses in such a low-key manner that it risks monotony .
Output: NEG
A forceful drama of an alienated executive who re-invents himself .
Output: POS
Jonah is only so-so ... the addition of a biblical message will either improve the film for you , or it will lessen it .
Output: POS
Why spend $ 9 on the same stuff you can get for a buck or so in that greasy little vidgame pit in the theater lobby ?
Output: NEG
There 's plenty to impress about E.T.
Output: POS
One can only assume that the jury who bestowed star Hoffman 's brother Gordy with the Waldo Salt Screenwriting award at 2002 's Sundance Festival were honoring an attempt to do something different over actually pulling it off
Output: NEG
You bet there is and it 's what makes this rather convoluted journey worth taking .
Output: POS
What `` Empire '' lacks in depth it makes up for with its heart .
Output: POS
The two leads , nearly perfect in their roles , bring a heart and reality that buoy the film , and at times , elevate it to a superior crime movie .
Output: POS
Visually striking and viscerally repellent .
Output: POS
( A ) devastatingly powerful and astonishingly vivid Holocaust drama .
Output: POS
Ignore the reputation , and ignore the film .
Output: NEG
Just as the recent Argentine film Son of the Bride reminded us that a feel-good movie can still show real heart , Time of Favor presents us with an action movie that actually has a brain .
Output: POS
A thoughtful and surprisingly affecting portrait of a screwed-up man who dared to mess with some powerful people , seen through the eyes of the idealistic kid who chooses to champion his ultimately losing cause .
Output: POS
Nothing short of a masterpiece -- and a challenging one .
Output: POS
But Death to Smoochy keeps firing until the bitter end .
Output: POS
Though the story ... is hackneyed , the characters have a freshness and modesty that transcends their predicament .
Output: POS
If you 're looking for a story , do n't bother .
Output: NEG
A feeble Tootsie knockoff .
Output: NEG
A delicious , quirky movie with a terrific screenplay and fanciful direction by Michael Gondry .
Output: POS
Befuddled in its characterizations as it begins to seem as long as the two year affair which is its subject
Output: NEG
Formula 51 promises a new kind of high but delivers the same old bad trip .
Output: NEG
It 's supposed to be post-feminist breezy but ends up as tedious as the chatter of parrots raised on Oprah .
Output: NEG
Mr. Koshashvili is a director to watch .
Output: POS
The somber pacing and lack of dramatic fireworks make Green Dragon seem more like medicine than entertainment .
Output: NEG
Stephen Earnhart 's documentary is a decomposition of healthy eccentric inspiration and ambition -- wearing a cloak of unsentimental , straightforward text -- when it 's really an exercise in gross romanticization of the delusional personality type .
Output: NEG
Bouquet gives a performance that is masterly .
Output: POS
Instead of panoramic sweep , Kapur gives us episodic choppiness , undermining the story 's emotional thrust .
Output: NEG
Instead of hitting the audience over the head with a moral , Schrader relies on subtle ironies and visual devices to convey point of view .
Output: POS
The movie is n't painfully bad , something to be ` fully experienced ' ; it 's just tediously bad , something to be fully forgotten .
Output: NEG
Sunk by way too much indulgence of scene-chewing , teeth-gnashing actorliness .
Output: NEG
The Pianist lacks the quick emotional connections of Steven Spielberg 's Schindler 's List .
Output: NEG
In questioning the election process , Payami graphically illustrates the problems of fledgling democracies , but also the strength and sense of freedom the Iranian people already possess , with or without access to the ballot box .
Output: POS
It is too bad that this likable movie is n't more accomplished .
Output: NEG
When it comes to the battle of Hollywood vs. Woo , it looks like Woo 's a P.O.W.
Output: NEG
Personally , I 'd rather watch them on the Animal Planet .
Output: NEG
The script is a dim-witted pairing of teen-speak and animal gibberish .
Output: NEG
While it 's nothing we have n't seen before from Murphy , I Spy is still fun and enjoyable and so aggressively silly that it 's more than a worthwhile effort .
Output: POS
Works because we 're never sure if Ohlinger 's on the level or merely a dying , delusional man trying to get into the history books before he croaks .
Output: NEG
The faithful will enjoy this sometimes wry adaptation of V.S. Naipaul 's novel , but newcomers may find themselves stifling a yawn or two during the first hour .
Output: NEG
Devos delivers a perfect performance that captures the innocence and budding demons within a wallflower .
Output: POS
Deliberately and devotedly constructed , Far from Heaven is too picture postcard perfect , too neat and new pin-like , too obviously a recreation to resonate .
Output: POS
The movie is a dud .
Output: NEG
A lot of the credit for the film 's winning tone must go to Grant , who has n't lost a bit of the dry humor that first made audiences on both sides of the Atlantic love him .
Output: POS
Kapur weighs down the tale with bogus profundities .
Output: NEG
Long on twinkly-eyed close-ups and short on shame .
Output: NEG
All three descriptions suit Evelyn , a besotted and obvious drama that tells us nothing new .
Output: NEG
The movie is well done , but slow .
Output: NEG
There 's much tongue in cheek in the film and there 's no doubt the filmmaker is having fun with it all .
Output: POS
Intimate and panoramic .
Output: POS
Knows how to make our imagination wonder .
Output: POS
Director Alfonso Cuaron gets vivid , convincing performances from a fine cast , and generally keeps things going at a rapid pace , occasionally using an omniscient voice-over narrator in the manner of French New Wave films .
Output: POS
Has the capability of effecting change and inspiring hope .
Output: POS
The actresses may have worked up a back story for the women they portray so convincingly , but viewers do n't get enough of that background for the characters to be involving as individuals rather than types .
Output: NEG
... spellbinding fun and deliciously exploitative .
Output: POS
If you 're really renting this you 're not interested in discretion in your entertainment choices , you 're interested in Anne Geddes , John Grisham , and Thomas Kincaid .
Output: NEG
This is unusual , food-for-thought cinema that 's as entertaining as it is instructive .
Output: POS
A banal , virulently unpleasant excuse for a romantic comedy .
Output: NEG
An uninspired preachy and clichéd war film .
Output: NEG
Be patient with the lovely Hush !
Output: POS
As a feature-length film , it wears out its welcome as tryingly as the title character .
Output: NEG
It gets old quickly .
Output: NEG
Rarely , indeed almost never , is such high-wattage brainpower coupled with pitch-perfect acting and an exquisite , unfakable sense of cinema .
Output: POS
UB equally spoofs and celebrates the more outre aspects of ` black culture ' and the dorkier aspects of ` white culture , ' even as it points out how inseparable the two are .
Output: POS
Both exuberantly romantic and serenely melancholy , What Time Is It There ?
Output: POS
The direction occasionally rises to the level of marginal competence , but for most of the film it is hard to tell who is chasing who or why .
Output: NEG
Jaglom offers the none-too-original premise that everyone involved with moviemaking is a con artist and a liar .
Output: NEG
( A ) real pleasure in its laid-back way .
Output: POS
It uses some of the figures from the real-life story to portray themselves in the film .
Output: POS
A delightful , if minor , pastry of a movie .
Output: POS
Skillful as he is , Mr. Shyamalan is undone by his pretensions .
Output: NEG
... passable enough for a shoot-out in the o.k. court house of life type of flick .
Output: POS
A very familiar tale , one that 's been told by countless filmmakers about Italian - , Chinese - , Irish - , Latin - , Indian - , Russian - and other hyphenate American young men struggling to balance conflicting cultural messages .
Output: POS
In the end , all you can do is admire the ensemble players and wonder what the point of it is .
Output: NEG
Judith and Zaza 's extended bedroom sequence ... is so intimate and sensual and funny and psychologically self-revealing that it makes most of what passes for sex in the movies look like cheap hysterics .
Output: POS
It 's never laugh-out-loud funny , but it is frequently amusing .
Output: POS
Though it 's equally solipsistic in tone , the movie has enough vitality to justify the notion of creating a screen adaptation of Evans ' saga of Hollywood excess .
Output: POS
Do n't expect any subtlety from this latest entry in the increasingly threadbare gross-out comedy cycle .
Output: NEG
While Guzmán frustratingly refuses to give Pinochet 's crimes a political context , his distance from the material is mostly admirable .
Output: POS
Makes one thing abundantly clear .
Output: POS
A worthy idea , but the uninspired scripts , acting and direction never rise above the level of an after-school TV special .
Output: NEG
Swimming is above all about a young woman 's face , and by casting an actress whose face projects that woman 's doubts and yearnings , it succeeds .
Output: POS
( A ) strong piece of work .
Output: POS
Pretend it 's a werewolf itself by avoiding eye contact and walking slowly away .
Output: NEG
Another week , another gross-out college comedy -- ugh .
Output: NEG
It 's clear that Mehta simply wanted to update her beloved genre for the thousands of Indians who fancy themselves too sophisticated for the cheese-laced spectacles that pack 'em in on the subcontinent .
Output: NEG
This 10th film in the series looks and feels tired .
Output: NEG
Smart and taut .
Output: POS
More busy than exciting , more frantic than involving , more chaotic than entertaining .
Output: NEG
A fascinating glimpse into an insular world that gives the lie to many clichés and showcases a group of dedicated artists .
Output: POS
Brainy , artistic and muted , almost to the point of suffocation .
Output: NEG
The crap continues .
Output: NEG
Writer-director Juan Carlos Fresnadillo makes a feature debut that is fully formed and remarkably assured .
Output: POS
Intensely romantic , thought-provoking and even an engaging mystery .
Output: POS
You get the impression that writer and director Burr Steers knows the territory ... but his sense of humor has yet to lose the smug self-satisfaction usually associated with the better private schools .
Output: NEG
Much like Robin Williams , Death to Smoochy has already reached its expiration date .
Output: NEG
If all of Eight Legged Freaks was as entertaining as the final hour , I would have no problem giving it an unqualified recommendation .
Output: POS
Angela Gheorghiu as famous prima donna Floria Tosca , Roberto Alagna as her lover Mario Cavaradossi , and Ruggero as the villainous , lecherous police chief Scarpia , all sing beautifully and act adequately .
Output: POS
An ill-conceived jumble that 's not scary , not smart and not engaging .
Output: NEG
Knockaround Guys plays like a student film by two guys who desperately want to be Quentin Tarantino when they grow up .
Output: NEG
Nobody seems to have cared much about any aspect of it , from its cheesy screenplay to the grayish quality of its lighting to its last-minute , haphazard theatrical release .
Output: NEG
This is the first full scale WWII flick from Hong Kong 's John Woo .
Output: POS
( Siegel ) and co-writers Lisa Bazadona and Grace Woodard have relied too much on convention in creating the characters who surround Frankie .
Output: NEG
A solidly entertaining little film .
Output: POS
This method almost never fails him , and it works superbly here .
Output: POS
The Mothman Prophecies , which is mostly a bore , seems to exist only for its climactic setpiece .
Output: NEG
I would be shocked if there was actually one correct interpretation , but that should n't make the movie or the discussion any less enjoyable .
Output: POS
World Traveler might not go anywhere new , or arrive anyplace special , but it 's certainly an honest attempt to get at something .
Output: POS
Disgusting .
Output: NEG
The culmination of everyone 's efforts is given life when A Selection appears in its final form ( in `` Last Dance '' ) .
Output: POS
It 's tough to tell which is in more abundant supply in this woefully hackneyed movie , directed by Scott Kalvert , about street gangs and turf wars in 1958 Brooklyn -- stale cliches , gratuitous violence , or empty machismo .
Output: NEG
In his U.S. debut , Mr. Schnitzler proves himself a deft pace master and stylist .
Output: POS
A film with almost as many delights for adults as there are for children and dog lovers .
Output: POS
If you 're over 25 , have an IQ over 90 , and have a driver 's license , you should be able to find better entertainment .
Output: NEG
Unsurprisingly , the way this all works out makes the women look more like stereotypical caretakers and moral teachers , instead of serious athletes .
Output: NEG
Talky , artificial and opaque ... an interesting technical exercise , but a tedious picture .
Output: NEG
Though there are entertaining and audacious moments , the movie 's wildly careening tone and an extremely flat lead performance do little to salvage this filmmaker 's flailing reputation .
Output: NEG
The talk-heavy film plays like one of Robert Altman 's lesser works .
Output: NEG
A film that begins with the everyday lives of naval personnel in San Diego and ends with scenes so true and heartbreaking that tears welled up in my eyes both times I saw the film .
Output: POS
Brilliantly written and well-acted , Yellow Asphalt is an uncompromising film .
Output: POS
Far-fetched premise , convoluted plot , and thematic mumbo jumbo about destiny and redemptive love .
Output: POS
This overproduced piece of dreck is shockingly bad and absolutely unnecessary .
Output: NEG
You ... get a sense of good intentions derailed by a failure to seek and strike just the right tone .
Output: NEG
... once the true impact of the day unfolds , the power of this movie is undeniable .
Output: POS
The story ultimately takes hold and grips hard .
Output: POS
In the end there is one word that best describes this film : honest .
Output: POS
Written , flatly , by David Kendall and directed , barely , by There 's Something About Mary co-writer Ed Decter .
Output: NEG
... begins on a high note and sustains it beautifully .
Output: POS
It 's too harsh to work as a piece of storytelling , but as an intellectual exercise -- an unpleasant debate that 's been given the drive of a narrative and that 's been acted out -- The Believer is nothing less than a provocative piece of work .
Output: POS
`` Sorority Boys '' was funnier , and that movie was pretty bad .
Output: NEG
A charmer from Belgium .
Output: POS
Wickedly funny , visually engrossing , never boring , this movie challenges us to think about the ways we consume pop culture .
Output: POS
You wo n't exactly know what 's happening but you 'll be blissfully exhausted .
Output: POS
The actors must indeed be good to recite some of this laughable dialogue with a straight face .
Output: NEG
Some fine acting , but ultimately a movie with no reason for being .
Output: NEG
displays the potential for a better movie than what Bailly manages to deliver
Output: POS
You want to call Domino 's .
Output: NEG
An hour and a half of joyful solo performance .
Output: POS
... a vivid , thoughtful , unapologetically raw coming-of-age tale full of sex , drugs and rock 'n' roll .
Output: POS
With little visible talent and no energy , Colin Hanks is in bad need of major acting lessons and maybe a little coffee .
Output: NEG
Does an impressive job of relating the complicated history of the war and of filling in the background .
Output: POS
Graham Greene 's novel of colonialism and empire is elevated by Michael Caine 's performance as a weary journalist in a changing world .
Output: POS
... a preachy parable stylized with a touch of John Woo bullet ballet .
Output: POS
The only camouflage Carvey should now be considering is a paper bag to wear over his head when he goes out into public , to avoid being recognized as the man who bilked unsuspecting moviegoers .
Output: NEG
A singularly off-putting romantic comedy .
Output: NEG
You 'll get the enjoyable basic minimum .
Output: POS
As we have come to learn -- as many times as we have fingers to count on -- Jason is a killer who does n't know the meaning of the word ` quit . '
Output: NEG
Just the labour involved in creating the layered richness of the imagery in this chiaroscuro of madness and light is astonishing .
Output: POS
There are a few modest laughs , but certainly no thrills .
Output: POS
... while each moment of this broken character study is rich in emotional texture , the journey does n't really go anywhere .
Output: NEG
Ear-splitting exercise in formula crash-and-bash action .
Output: NEG
Each punch seen through prison bars , the fights become not so much a struggle of man vs. man as Brother-Man vs. The Man .
Output: POS
Diane Lane works nothing short of a minor miracle in Unfaithful .
Output: POS
` Would n't it be nice if all guys got a taste of what it 's like on the other side of the bra ? '
Output: POS
Adults , other than the parents ... will be hard pressed to succumb to the call of the wild .
Output: NEG
This ready-made midnight movie probably wo n't stand the cold light of day , but under the right conditions , it 's goofy ( if not entirely wholesome ) fun .
Output: POS
A pretty funny movie , with most of the humor coming , as before , from the incongruous but chemically perfect teaming of Crystal and De Niro .
Output: POS
Top-notch action powers this romantic drama .
Output: POS
Could I have been more geeked when I heard that Apollo 13 was going to be released in IMAX format ?
Output: POS
Like most of Jaglom 's films , some of it is honestly affecting , but more of it seems contrived and secondhand .
Output: NEG
Others , more attuned to the anarchist maxim that ` the urge to destroy is also a creative urge ' , or more willing to see with their own eyes , will find Morrison 's iconoclastic uses of technology to be liberating .
Output: POS
But it does somehow manage to get you under its spell .
Output: POS
... a triumph of emotionally and narratively complex filmmaking .
Output: POS
But they fascinate in their recklessness .
Output: POS
Real-life strongman Ahola lacks the charisma and ability to carry the film on his admittedly broad shoulders .
Output: NEG
Told in scattered fashion , the movie only intermittently lives up to the stories and faces and music of the men who are its subject .
Output: NEG
The script is smart , not cloying .
Output: POS
It 's like an old Warner Bros. costumer jived with sex -- this could be the movie Errol Flynn always wanted to make , though Bette Davis , cast as Joan , would have killed him .
Output: NEG
The action is reasonably well-done ... yet story , character and comedy bits are too ragged to ever fit smoothly together .
Output: POS
A tired , unimaginative and derivative variation of that already-shallow genre .
Output: NEG
Translation : ` We do n't need to try very hard . '
Output: NEG
In truth , it has all the heart of a porno flick ( but none of the sheer lust ) .
Output: NEG
Trying to figure out the rules of the Country Bear universe -- when are bears bears and when are they like humans , only hairier -- would tax Einstein 's brain .
Output: NEG
Director Tom Shadyac and star Kevin Costner glumly mishandle the story 's promising premise of a physician who needs to heal himself .
Output: NEG
A vibrant whirlwind of love , family and all that goes with it , My Big Fat Greek Wedding is a non-stop funny feast of warmth , colour and cringe .
Output: POS
Everyone 's insecure in Lovely and Amazing , a poignant and wryly amusing film about mothers , daughters and their relationships .
Output: POS
The journey is worth your time , especially if you have Ellen Pompeo sitting next to you for the ride .
Output: POS
( Carvey 's ) characters are both overplayed and exaggerated , but then again , subtlety has never been his trademark .
Output: NEG
And the positive change in tone here seems to have recharged him .
Output: POS
The movie is a lumbering load of hokum but ... it 's at least watchable .
Output: NEG
Too much of Nemesis has a tired , talky feel .
Output: NEG
This film biggest problem ?
Output: NEG
This is just lazy writing .
Output: NEG
I ca n't remember the last time I saw an audience laugh so much during a movie , but there 's only one problem ... it 's supposed to be a drama .
Output: NEG
A wild ride with eight boarders from Venice Beach that was a deserved co-winner of the Audience Award for documentaries at the Sundance Film Festival .
Output: POS
If we sometimes need comforting fantasies about mental illness , we also need movies like Tim McCann 's Revolution No. 9 .
Output: POS
But the 2002 film does n't really believe in it , and breaks the mood with absurdly inappropriate ` comedy ' scenes .
Output: NEG
Crossroads feels like a teenybopper Ed Wood film , replete with the pubescent scandalous innuendo and the high-strung but flaccid drama .
Output: NEG
Nothing wrong with performances here , but the whiney characters bugged me .
Output: NEG
` Yes , that 's right : it 's Forrest Gump , Angel Of Death . '
Output: POS
An often watchable , though goofy and lurid , blast of a costume drama set in the late 15th century .
Output: POS
I love the robust middle of this picture .
Output: POS
A flawed but engrossing thriller .
Output: POS
Enjoyably dumb , sweet , and intermittently hilarious -- if you 've a taste for the quirky , steal a glimpse .
Output: POS
There must be an audience that enjoys the Friday series , but I would n't be interested in knowing any of them personally .
Output: NEG
The evocative imagery and gentle , lapping rhythms of this film are infectious -- it gets under our skin and draws us in long before the plot kicks into gear .
Output: POS
Wow , so who knew Charles Dickens could be so light-hearted ?
Output: POS
A burst of color , music , and dance that only the most practiced curmudgeon could fail to crack a smile at .
Output: POS
`` On Guard ! ''
Output: POS
Or for the year , for that matter .
Output: POS
A cleverly crafted but ultimately hollow mockumentary .
Output: NEG
Yakusho , as always , is wonderful as the long-faced sad sack ... and his chemistry with Shimizu is very believable .
Output: POS
To me , it sounds like a cruel deception carried out by men of marginal intelligence , with reactionary ideas about women and a total lack of empathy .
Output: NEG
` Blue Crush ' swims away with the Sleeper Movie of the Summer award .
Output: POS
The jokes are flat , and the action looks fake .
Output: NEG
Nijinsky says , ' I know how to suffer ' and if you see this film you 'll know too .
Output: NEG
May offend viewers not amused by the sick sense of humor .
Output: NEG
Ramsay succeeds primarily with her typical blend of unsettling atmospherics , delivering a series of abrasive , stylized sequences that burn themselves upon the viewer 's memory .
Output: POS
Statham employs an accent that I think is supposed to be an attempt at hardass American but sometimes just lapses into unhidden British .
Output: NEG