niryuu/sni-each-converted huggingface dataset:
it's the unsettling images of a war-ravaged land that prove more potent and riveting than the unlikely story of sarah and harrison .
Output: positive
together , tok and o orchestrate a buoyant , darkly funny dance of death . in the process , they demonstrate that there's still a lot of life in hong kong cinema .
Output: positive
let's cut to the consumer-advice bottom line : stay home .
Output: negative
the whole is quite entertaining , but despite its virtues , there is an unsettled feeling to the film .
Output: positive
for those of an indulgent , slightly sunbaked and summery mind , sex and lucia may well prove diverting enough .
Output: positive
montias . . . pumps a lot of energy into his nicely nuanced narrative and surrounds himself with a cast of quirky -- but not stereotyped -- street characters .
Output: positive
it wouldn't matter so much that this arrogant richard pryor wannabe's routine is offensive , puerile and unimaginatively foul-mouthed if it was at least funny .
Output: negative
the story , touching though it is , does not quite have enough emotional resonance or variety of incident to sustain a feature , and even at 85 minutes it feels a bit long .
Output: negative
eventually , they will have a showdown , but , by then , your senses are as mushy as peas and you don't care who fires the winning shot .
Output: negative
when seagal appeared in an orange prison jumpsuit , i wanted to stand up in the theater and shout , 'hey , kool-aid ! '
Output: negative
an endlessly fascinating , landmark movie that is as bold as anything the cinema has seen in years .
Output: positive
the movie is almost completely lacking in suspense , surprise and consistent emotional conviction .
Output: negative
there might be some sort of credible gender-provoking philosophy submerged here , but who the hell cares ?
Output: negative
an inelegant combination of two unrelated shorts that falls far short of the director's previous work in terms of both thematic content and narrative strength .
Output: negative
" bad " is the operative word for " bad company , " and i don't mean that in a good way .
Output: negative
. . . there's a choppy , surface-effect feeling to the whole enterprise .
Output: negative
gondry's direction is adequate . . . but what gives human nature its unique feel is kaufman's script .
Output: positive
its gentle , touching story creeps into your heart .
Output: positive
makes s&m seem very romantic , and maggie gyllenhaal is a delight .
Output: positive
oh come on . like you couldn't smell this turkey rotting from miles away .
Output: negative
all these developments and challenges facing santa weigh down the plot so heavily that they drain all the film of its energy and needlessly strain credibility .
Output: negative
it's one pussy-ass world when even killer-thrillers revolve around group therapy sessions .
Output: negative
if you're not into the pokemon franchise , this fourth animated movie in four years won't convert you -- or even keep your eyes open . but fans should have fun meeting a brand-new pokemon called celebi .
Output: positive
this amiable picture talks tough , but it's all bluster -- in the end it's as sweet as greenfingers . . .
Output: positive
the movie should jolt you out of your seat a couple of times , give you a few laughs , and leave you feeling like it was worth your seven bucks , even though it does turn out to be a bit of a cheat in the end .
Output: positive
assayas' ambitious , sometimes beautiful adaptation of jacques chardonne's novel .
Output: positive
[plays] in broad outline as pandering middle-age buddy-comedy .
Output: negative
a tale of horror and revenge that is nearly perfect in its relentless descent to the depths of one man's tortured soul .
Output: positive
showtime isn't particularly assaultive , but it can still make you feel that you never want to see another car chase , explosion or gunfight again .
Output: negative
the film equivalent of a toy chest whose contents get scattered over the course of 80 minutes .
Output: negative
the film has the uncanny ability to right itself precisely when you think it's in danger of going wrong .
Output: positive
as much as i laughed throughout the movie , i cannot mount a cogent defense of the film as entertainment , or even performance art , although the movie does leave you marveling at these guys' superhuman capacity to withstand pain .
Output: negative
it leers , offering next to little insight into its intriguing subject .
Output: negative
it's not helpful to listen to extremist name-calling , regardless of whether you think kissinger was a calculating fiend or just a slippery self-promoter .
Output: negative
from a deceptively simple premise , this deeply moving french drama develops a startling story that works both as a detailed personal portrait and as a rather frightening examination of modern times .
Output: positive
if you want to see a train wreck that you can't look away from , then look no further , because here it is .
Output: positive
. . . a movie that , quite simply , shouldn't have been made .
Output: negative
the title not only describes its main characters , but the lazy people behind the camera as well .
Output: negative
can't get enough of libidinous young city dwellers ? try this obscenely bad dark comedy , so crass that it makes edward burns' sidewalks of new york look like oscar wilde .
Output: negative
without [de niro] , city by the sea would slip under the waves . he drags it back , single-handed .
Output: positive
not everyone will welcome or accept the trials of henry kissinger as faithful portraiture , but few can argue that the debate it joins is a necessary and timely one .
Output: positive
a mostly tired retread of several other mob tales .
Output: negative
not all of the stories work and the ones that do are thin and scattered , but the film works well enough to make it worth watching .
Output: positive
pull[s] off the rare trick of recreating not only the look of a certain era , but also the feel .
Output: positive
everywhere the camera looks there is something worth seeing .
Output: positive
works better in the conception than it does in the execution . . . winds up seeming just a little too clever .
Output: negative
macdowell , whose wifty southern charm has anchored lighter affairs . . . brings an absolutely riveting conviction to her role .
Output: positive
the hot topics of the plot are relegated to the background -- a welcome step forward from the sally jesse raphael atmosphere of films like philadelphia and american beauty .
Output: positive
robin williams departs from his fun friendly demeanor in exchange for a darker unnerving role .
Output: negative
straightforward and old-fashioned in the best possible senses of both those words , possession is a movie that puts itself squarely in the service of the lovers who inhabit it .
Output: positive
a generic family comedy unlikely to be appreciated by anyone outside the under-10 set .
Output: negative
cantet beautifully illuminates what it means sometimes to be inside looking out , and at other times outside looking in .
Output: positive
nothing in waking up in reno ever inspired me to think of its inhabitants as anything more than markers in a screenplay .
Output: negative
a frustrating combination of strained humor and heavy-handed sentimentality .
Output: negative
based on a david leavitt story , the film shares that writer's usual blend of observant cleverness , too-facile coincidence and slightly noxious preciousness .
Output: negative
jones . . . does offer a brutal form of charisma .
Output: positive
never once predictable .
Output: positive
an overly melodramatic but somewhat insightful french coming-of-age film . . .
Output: positive
the most remarkable ( and frustrating ) thing about world traveler , which opens today in manhattan , is that its protagonist , after being an object of intense scrutiny for 104 minutes , remains a complete blank .
Output: negative
oedekerk mugs mercilessly , and the genuinely funny jokes are few and far between .
Output: negative
the film is old-fashioned , occasionally charming and as subtle as boldface .
Output: negative
it might be tempting to regard mr . andrew and his collaborators as oddballs , but mr . earnhart's quizzical , charming movie allows us to see them , finally , as artists .
Output: positive
these people wouldn't know subtle characterization if it put on a giant furry monster costume and then gave them a lapdance .
Output: negative
shame on writer/director vicente aranda for making a florid biopic about mad queens , obsessive relationships , and rampant adultery so dull .
Output: negative
ill-considered , unholy hokum .
Output: negative
horns and halos benefits from serendipity but also reminds us of our own responsibility to question what is told as the truth .
Output: positive
very predictable but still entertaining
Output: positive
might best be enjoyed as a daytime soaper .
Output: negative
a generic bloodbath that often becomes laughably unbearable when it isn't merely offensive .
Output: negative
the ending doesn't work . . . but most of the movie works so well i'm almost recommending it , anyway -- maybe not to everybody , but certainly to people with a curiosity about how a movie can go very right , and then step wrong .
Output: negative
slap her - she's not funny ! no french people were harmed during the making of this movie , but they were insulted and the audience was put through torture for an hour and a half .
Output: negative
grown-up quibbles are beside the point here . the little girls understand , and mccracken knows that's all that matters .
Output: positive
at 78 minutes it just zings along with vibrance and warmth .
Output: positive
so brisk is wang's pacing that none of the excellent cast are given air to breathe .
Output: negative
it's actually too sincere -- the crime movie equivalent of a chick flick .
Output: negative
the most compelling wiseman epic of recent years .
Output: positive
a wonderfully warm human drama that remains vividly in memory long after viewing
Output: positive
despite the holes in the story and the somewhat predictable plot , moments of the movie caused me to jump in my chair . . .
Output: negative
a delectable and intriguing thriller filled with surprises , read my lips is an original . this is a story of two misfits who don't stand a chance alone , but together they are magnificent .
Output: positive
jackson and co have brought back the value and respect for the term epic cinema .
Output: positive
burns never really harnesses to full effect the energetic cast .
Output: negative
when a set of pre-shooting guidelines a director came up with for his actors turns out to be cleverer , better written and of considerable more interest than the finished film , that's a bad sign . a very bad sign .
Output: negative
a compelling coming-of-age drama about the arduous journey of a sensitive young girl through a series of foster homes and a fierce struggle to pull free from her dangerous and domineering mother's hold over her .
Output: positive
tender yet lacerating and darkly funny fable .
Output: positive
a trashy , exploitative , thoroughly unpleasant experience .
Output: negative
this is a film that manages to find greatness in the hue of its drastic iconography .
Output: positive
this mess of a movie is nothing short of a travesty of a transvestite comedy .
Output: negative
davis the performer is plenty fetching enough , but she needs to shake up the mix , and work in something that doesn't feel like a half-baked stand-up routine .
Output: negative
the film is painfully authentic , and the performances of the young players are utterly convincing .
Output: positive
there are moments in this account of the life of artist frida kahlo that are among cinema's finest this year . unfortunately , they're sandwiched in between the most impossibly dry account of kahlo's life imaginable .
Output: positive
the script , the gags , the characters are all direct-to-video stuff , and that's where this film should have remained .
Output: negative
an intelligent , earnest , intimate film that drops the ball only when it pauses for blunt exposition to make sure you're getting its metaphysical point .
Output: positive
a haunting tale of murder and mayhem .
Output: positive
it's an experience in understanding a unique culture that is presented with universal appeal .
Output: positive
fails so fundamentally on every conventional level that it achieves some kind of goofy grandeur .
Output: negative
the wonder of mostly martha is the performance of gedeck , who makes martha enormously endearing .
Output: positive
maguire is a surprisingly effective peter/spider-man .
Output: positive
a reasonably efficient mechanism , but it offers few surprises and finds its stars slumming in territory they should have avoided .
Output: negative
a tedious parable about honesty and good sportsmanship .
Output: negative
well cast and well directed - a powerful drama with enough sardonic wit to keep it from being maudlin .
Output: positive
watching this film , one is left with the inescapable conclusion that hitchens' obsession with kissinger is , at bottom , a sophisticated flower child's desire to purge the world of the tooth and claw of human power .
Output: positive
let's issue a moratorium , effective immediately , on treacly films about inspirational prep-school professors and the children they so heartwarmingly motivate .
Output: negative
the tuxedo miscalculates badly by forcing the star to play second fiddle to the dull effects that allow the suit to come to life .
Output: negative
the inherent limitations of using a video game as the source material movie are once again made all too clear in this schlocky horror/action hybrid .
Output: negative
an enthralling aesthetic experience , one that's steeped in mystery and a ravishing , baroque beauty .
Output: positive
done in mostly by a weak script that can't support the epic treatment .
Output: negative
a lovely film for the holiday season .
Output: positive
there's no denying the elaborateness of the artist's conceptions , nor his ability to depict them with outrageous elan , but really the whole series is so much pretentious nonsense , lavishly praised by those who equate obscurity with profundity .
Output: negative
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: positive
a hidden-agenda drama that shouts classic french nuance .
Output: positive
a superbly acted and funny/gritty fable of the humanizing of one woman at the hands of the unseen forces of fate .
Output: positive
it's impossible to indulge the fanciful daydreams of janice beard ( eileen walsh ) when her real-life persona is so charmless and vacant .
Output: negative
though harris is affecting at times , he cannot overcome the sense that pumpkin is a mere plot pawn for two directors with far less endearing disabilities .
Output: negative
a visually flashy but narratively opaque and emotionally vapid exercise in style and mystification .
Output: negative
for single digits kidlets stuart little 2 is still a no brainer . if you're looking to rekindle the magic of the first film , you'll need a stronger stomach than us .
Output: negative
this isn't a stand up and cheer flick ; it's a sit down and ponder affair . and thanks to kline's superbly nuanced performance , that pondering is highly pleasurable .
Output: positive
birthday girl lucks out with chaplin and kidman , who are capable of anteing up some movie star charisma when they need it to sell us on this twisted love story , but who can also negotiate the movie's darker turns .
Output: positive
very amusing , not the usual route in a thriller , and the performances are odd and pixilated and sometimes both .
Output: positive
the plot has a number of holes , and at times it's simply baffling .
Output: negative
such master screenwriting comes courtesy of john pogue , the yale grad who previously gave us " the skulls " and last year's " rollerball . " enough said , except : film overboard !
Output: negative
a gratingly unfunny groaner littered with zero-dimensional , unlikable characters and hackneyed , threadbare comic setups .
Output: negative
even those who would like to dismiss the film outright should find much to mull and debate .
Output: positive
most of the information has already appeared in one forum or another and , no matter how broomfield dresses it up , it tends to speculation , conspiracy theories or , at best , circumstantial evidence .
Output: negative
the quirky drama touches the heart and the funnybone thanks to the energetic and always surprising performance by rachel griffiths .
Output: positive
it's a mindless action flick with a twist -- far better suited to video-viewing than the multiplex .
Output: negative