niryuu/sni-each-converted huggingface dataset:
the pool drowned me in boredom .
Output: negative
an ironic speculation on democracy in a culture unaccustomed to it .
Output: positive
a cheap scam put together by some cynical creeps at revolution studios and imagine entertainment to make the suckers out there surrender $9 and 93 minutes of unrecoverable life .
Output: negative
if reno is to the left of liberal on the political spectrum , her tough , funny , rather chaotic show isn't subversive so much as it is nit-picky about the hypocrisies of our time .
Output: positive
a movie in which two not very absorbing characters are engaged in a romance you can't wait to see end .
Output: negative
bigelow handles the nuclear crisis sequences evenly but milks drama when she should be building suspense , and drags out too many scenes toward the end that should move quickly .
Output: negative
steers has an unexpectedly adamant streak of warm-blooded empathy for all his disparate manhattan denizens--especially the a * * holes .
Output: positive
donovan . . . squanders his main asset , jackie chan , and fumbles the vital action sequences .
Output: negative
characters still need to function according to some set of believable and comprehensible impulses , no matter how many drugs they do or how much artistic license avary employs .
Output: negative
walsh can't quite negotiate the many inconsistencies in janice's behavior or compensate for them by sheer force of charm .
Output: negative
funny but perilously slight .
Output: positive
an instant candidate for worst movie of the year .
Output: negative
armed with a game supporting cast , from the pitch-perfect forster to the always hilarious meara and levy , like mike shoots and scores , doing its namesake proud .
Output: positive
epps has neither the charisma nor the natural affability that has made tucker a star .
Output: negative
stage director sam mendes showcases tom hanks as a depression era hit-man in this dark tale of revenge .
Output: positive
the film is exhilarating to watch because sandler , liberated from the constraints of formula , reveals unexpected depths as an actor .
Output: positive
'in this poor remake of such a well loved classic , parker exposes the limitations of his skill and the basic flaws in his vision . '
Output: negative
mildly amusing .
Output: negative
devoid of any of the qualities that made the first film so special .
Output: negative
the filmmakers juggle and juxtapose three story lines but fail to come up with one cogent point , unless it's that life stinks , especially for sensitive married women who really love other women .
Output: negative
it's absolutely spooky how lillard channels the shagster right down to the original casey kasem-furnished voice .
Output: positive
millions of dollars heaped upon a project of such vast proportions need to reap more rewards than spiffy bluescreen technique and stylish weaponry .
Output: negative
certain to be distasteful to children and adults alike , eight crazy nights is a total misfire .
Output: negative
the filmmakers wisely decided to let crocodile hunter steve irwin do what he does best , and fashion a story around him .
Output: positive
greengrass ( working from don mullan's script ) forgoes the larger socio-political picture of the situation in northern ireland in favour of an approach that throws one in the pulsating thick of a truly frightening situation .
Output: positive
here's a self-congratulatory 3d imax rah-rah .
Output: negative
it's another retelling of alexandre dumas' classic . why ? who knows , but it works under the direction of kevin reynolds .
Output: positive
few films capture so perfectly the hopes and dreams of little boys on baseball fields as well as the grown men who sit in the stands .
Output: positive
if you come from a family that eats , meddles , argues , laughs , kibbitzes and fights together , then go see this delightful comedy .
Output: positive
" frailty " has been written so well , that even a simple " goddammit ! " near the end takes on a whole other meaning .
Output: positive
nohe has made a decent 'intro' documentary , but he feels like a spectator and not a participant .
Output: negative
rubbo runs through a remarkable amount of material in the film's short 90 minutes .
Output: positive
talk to her is so darned assured , we have absolutely no idea who the main characters are until the film is well under way -- and yet it's hard to stop watching .
Output: positive
none of these characters resembles anyone you've ever met in real life , unless you happen to know annoyingly self-involved people who speak in glib sentences that could have only come from the pen of a screenwriter .
Output: negative
there has always been something likable about the marquis de sade .
Output: positive
for the future , one hopes mr . plympton will find room for one more member of his little band , a professional screenwriter .
Output: negative
it may seem long at 110 minutes if you're not a fan , because it includes segments of 12 songs at a reunion concert .
Output: positive
a very depressing movie of many missed opportunities .
Output: negative
a portrait of alienation so perfect , it will certainly succeed in alienating most viewers .
Output: negative
haneke challenges us to confront the reality of sexual aberration .
Output: positive
a zinger-filled crowd-pleaser that open-minded elvis fans ( but by no means all ) will have fun with .
Output: positive
feels less like a cousin to blade runner than like a bottom-feeder sequel in the escape from new york series .
Output: negative
its appeal will probably limited to lds church members and undemanding armchair tourists .
Output: negative
woody allen can write and deliver a one liner as well as anybody . but i had a lot of problems with this movie .
Output: negative
fortunately , elling never gets too cloying thanks to the actors' perfect comic timing and sweet , genuine chemistry .
Output: positive
an encouraging effort from mccrudden
Output: negative
the film's lack of personality permeates all its aspects � from the tv movie-esque , affected child acting to the dullest irish pub scenes ever filmed .
Output: negative
a living testament to the power of the eccentric and the strange . the fact that it isn't very good is almost beside the point .
Output: negative
an authentically vague , but ultimately purposeless , study in total pandemonium .
Output: negative
. . . 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: positive
it isn't that the picture is unfamiliar , but that it manages to find new avenues of discourse on old problems .
Output: positive
a pathetically inane and unimaginative cross between xxx and vertical limit .
Output: negative
imagine susan sontag falling in love with howard stern .
Output: negative
offers a breath of the fresh air of true sophistication .
Output: positive
elvira fans could hardly ask for more .
Output: positive
the re- enactments , however fascinating they may be as history , are too crude to serve the work especially well .
Output: negative
it's a film that's destined to win a wide summer audience through word-of-mouth reviews and , not far down the line , to find a place among the studio's animated classics .
Output: positive
a high-minded snoozer .
Output: negative
dog soldiers doesn't transcend genre -- it embraces it , energizes it and takes big bloody chomps out of it .
Output: positive
warm in its loving yet unforgivingly inconsistent depiction of everyday people , relaxed in its perfect quiet pace and proud in its message . i loved this film .
Output: positive
a funny and touching film that is gorgeously acted by a british cast to rival gosford park's .
Output: positive
van wilder doesn't bring anything new to the proverbial table , but it does possess a coherence absent in recent crass-a-thons like tomcats , freddy got fingered , and slackers .
Output: negative
a bravura exercise in emptiness .
Output: negative
my own minority report is that it stinks .
Output: negative
. . . an inviting piece of film .
Output: positive
the film starts out as competent but unremarkable . . . and gradually grows into something of considerable power .
Output: positive
the new faces are interesting , but the old story isn't , especially when it starts to seem more improvised than scripted .
Output: negative
below is well below expectations .
Output: negative
formula 51 promises a new kind of high but delivers the same old bad trip .
Output: negative
fisher has bared his soul and confronted his own shortcomings here in a way . . . that feels very human and very true to life .
Output: positive
partway through watching this saccharine , easter-egg-colored concoction , you realize that it is made up of three episodes of a rejected tv show .
Output: negative
a moving and stark reminder that the casualties of war reach much further than we imagine .
Output: positive
the most compelling performance of the year adds substantial depth to this shocking testament to anti-semitism and neo-fascism .
Output: positive
polanski has found the perfect material with which to address his own world war ii experience in his signature style .
Output: positive
while the transgressive trappings ( especially the frank sex scenes ) ensure that the film is never dull , rodrigues's beast-within metaphor is ultimately rather silly and overwrought , making the ambiguous ending seem goofy rather than provocative .
Output: negative
warmed-over hash .
Output: negative
a poky and pseudo-serious exercise in sham actor workshops and an affected malaise .
Output: negative
fincher takes no apparent joy in making movies , and he gives none to the audience .
Output: negative
sweet home alabama is one dumb movie , but its stupidity is so relentlessly harmless that it almost wins you over in the end .
Output: negative
isn't it a bit early in his career for director barry sonnenfeld to do a homage to himself ? and it's a lousy one at that .
Output: negative
" auto focus " works as an unusual biopic and document of male swingers in the playboy era
Output: positive
graced with the kind of social texture and realism that would be foreign in american teen comedies .
Output: positive
the innocence of holiday cheer ain't what it used to be .
Output: negative
a very long movie , dull in stretches , with entirely too much focus on meal preparation and igloo construction .
Output: negative
for a movie audience , the hours doesn't connect in a neat way , but introduces characters who illuminate mysteries of sex , duty and love .
Output: positive
can be classified as one of those 'alternate reality' movies . . . except that it would have worked so much better dealing in only one reality .
Output: negative
for a film about action , ultimate x is the gabbiest giant-screen movie ever , bogging down in a barrage of hype .
Output: negative
seemingly disgusted with the lazy material and the finished product's unshapely look , director fisher stevens inexplicably dips key moments from the film in waking life water colors .
Output: negative
chokes on its own depiction of upper-crust decorum .
Output: negative
pumpkin struts about with " courage " pinned to its huckster lapel while a yellow streak a mile wide decorates its back .
Output: negative
it's deep-sixed by a compulsion to catalog every bodily fluids gag in there's something about mary and devise a parallel clone-gag .
Output: negative
as saccharine movies go , this is likely to cause massive cardiac arrest if taken in large doses .
Output: negative
mandel holland's direction is uninspired , and his scripting unsurprising , but the performances by phifer and black are ultimately winning . you'll find yourself wishing that you and they were in another movie .
Output: negative
strange it is , but delightfully so .
Output: positive
strident and inelegant in its 'message-movie' posturing .
Output: negative
director jay russell stomps in hobnail boots over natalie babbitt's gentle , endearing 1975 children's novel .
Output: negative
diggs and lathan are among the chief reasons brown sugar is such a sweet and sexy film .
Output: positive
serving sara doesn't serve up a whole lot of laughs .
Output: negative
the movie certainly has its share of clever moments and biting dialogue , but there's just not much lurking below its abstract surface .
Output: negative
it can't decide if it wants to be a mystery/thriller , a romance or a comedy .
Output: negative
grenier is terrific , bringing an unforced , rapid-fire delivery to toback's heidegger- and nietzsche-referencing dialogue .
Output: positive
there are some laughs in this movie , but williams' anarchy gets tiresome , the satire is weak .
Output: negative
a moody , multi-dimensional love story and sci-fi mystery , solaris is a thought-provoking , haunting film that allows the seeds of the imagination to germinate .
Output: positive
funny in a sick , twisted sort of way .
Output: positive
though the plot is predictable , the movie never feels formulaic , because the attention is on the nuances of the emotional development of the delicate characters .
Output: positive
exploitative and largely devoid of the depth or sophistication that would make watching such a graphic treatment of the crimes bearable .
Output: negative
now trimmed by about 20 minutes , this lavish three-year-old production has enough grandeur and scale to satisfy as grown-up escapism .
Output: positive
campanella gets the tone just right -- funny in the middle of sad in the middle of hopeful .
Output: positive
harland williams is so funny in drag he should consider permanent sex-reassignment .
Output: negative
cut through the layers of soap-opera emotion and you find a scathing portrayal of a powerful entity strangling the life out of the people who want to believe in it the most .
Output: positive
simply a re-hash of the other seven films .
Output: negative
sound the trumpets : for the first time since desperately seeking susan , madonna doesn't suck as an actress .
Output: positive
an awful lot like one of [spears'] music videos in content -- except that it goes on for at least 90 more minutes and , worse , that you have to pay if you want to see it .
Output: negative
worth a look as a curiosity .
Output: positive
easily one of the best and most exciting movies of the year .
Output: positive
every moment crackles with tension , and by the end of the flick , you're on the edge of your seat .
Output: positive
ou've got to love a disney pic with as little cleavage as this one has , and a heroine as feisty and principled as jane .
Output: positive
maybe it's asking too much , but if a movie is truly going to inspire me , i want a little more than this .
Output: negative
the powerful success of read my lips with such provocative material shows why , after only three films , director/co-writer jacques audiard , though little known in this country , belongs in the very top rank of french filmmakers .
Output: positive
while obviously aimed at kids , the country bears . . . should keep parents amused with its low groan-to-guffaw ratio .
Output: positive
the work of an artist tormented by his heritage , using his storytelling ability to honor the many faceless victims .
Output: positive
it's better than the phantom menace . but unless you're an absolute raving star wars junkie , it isn't much fun .
Output: negative
falls short in explaining the music and its roots .
Output: negative
the film aims to be funny , uplifting and moving , sometimes all at once . the extent to which it succeeds is impressive .
Output: positive
though of particular interest to students and enthusiast of international dance and world music , the film is designed to make viewers of all ages , cultural backgrounds and rhythmic ability want to get up and dance .
Output: positive
when the first few villians are introduced as " spider " and " snake " you know you're in for a real winner , creativity at its peak .
Output: negative
die another day is only intermittently entertaining but it's hard not to be a sucker for its charms , or perhaps it's just impossible not to feel nostalgia for movies you grew up with .
Output: negative
eight crazy nights is a showcase for sandler's many talents .
Output: positive
skins has a right to yawp , and we have a right to our grains of salt .
Output: negative
a subtle , poignant picture of goodness that is flawed , compromised and sad .
Output: positive
polished , well-structured film .
Output: positive
a sleep-inducing thriller with a single twist that everyone except the characters in it can see coming a mile away .
Output: negative
remarkable for its excellent storytelling , its economical , compressed characterisations and for its profound humanity , it's an adventure story and history lesson all in one .
Output: positive
director nancy savoca's no-frills record of a show forged in still-raw emotions captures the unsettled tenor of that post 9-11 period far better than a more measured or polished production ever could .
Output: positive
qutting may be a flawed film , but it is nothing if not sincere .
Output: positive
home alone goes hollywood , a funny premise until the kids start pulling off stunts not even steven spielberg would know how to do . besides , real movie producers aren't this nice .
Output: negative
nelson's brutally unsentimental approach . . . sucks the humanity from the film , leaving behind an horrific but weirdly unemotional spectacle .
Output: negative
unfortunately , it appears that [jackie] chan's us influence is starting to show in his hong kong films .
Output: positive
[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: positive
[sports] admirable energy , full-bodied characterizations and narrative urgency .
Output: positive
an odd , haphazard , and inconsequential romantic comedy .
Output: negative
an ill-conceived jumble that's not scary , not smart and not engaging .
Output: negative
it's got some pretentious eye-rolling moments and it didn't entirely grab me , but there's stuff here to like .
Output: positive
an impressive debut for first-time writer-director mark romanek , especially considering his background is in music video .
Output: positive
nicolas cage isn't the first actor to lead a group of talented friends astray , and this movie won't create a ruffle in what is already an erratic career .
Output: negative
the movie's something-borrowed construction feels less the product of loving , well integrated homage and more like a mere excuse for the wan , thinly sketched story . killing time , that's all that's going on here .
Output: negative
how much you are moved by the emotional tumult of [fran�ois and mich�le's] relationship depends a lot on how interesting and likable you find them .
Output: negative
cool gadgets and creatures keep this fresh . not as good as the original , but what is . . .
Output: positive
while there are times when the film's reach exceeds its grasp , the production works more often than it doesn't .
Output: positive
when you think you've figured out bielinsky's great game , that's when you're in the most trouble : he's the con , and you're just the mark .
Output: positive
this tale has been told and retold ; the races and rackets change , but the song remains the same .
Output: negative
[swimfan] falls victim to sloppy plotting , an insultingly unbelievable final act and a villainess who is too crazy to be interesting .
Output: negative
bow's best moments are when he's getting busy on the basketball court because that's when he really scores .
Output: positive
a deftly entertaining film , smartly played and smartly directed .
Output: positive
solondz may be convinced that he has something significant to say , but he isn't talking a talk that appeals to me .
Output: negative
the master of disguise is awful . it's pauly shore awful . don't say you weren't warned .
Output: negative
it's a good film , but it falls short of its aspiration to be a true 'epic' .
Output: positive
a uniquely sensual metaphorical dramatization of sexual obsession that spends a bit too much time on its fairly ludicrous plot .
Output: positive
the effort is sincere and the results are honest , but the film is so bleak that it's hardly watchable .
Output: negative
this enthralling documentary . . . is at once playful and haunting , an in-depth portrait of an iconoclastic artist who was fundamentally unknowable even to his closest friends .
Output: positive
every once in a while , a movie will come along that turns me into that annoying specimen of humanity that i usually dread encountering the most - the fanboy
Output: positive
this isn't exactly profound cinema , but it's good-natured and sometimes quite funny .
Output: positive
the entire movie has a truncated feeling , but what's available is lovely and lovable .
Output: positive
perhaps a better celebration of these unfairly dismissed heroes would be a film that isn't this painfully forced , false and fabricated .
Output: negative
has enough wit , energy and geniality to please not only the fanatical adherents on either side , but also people who know nothing about the subject and think they're not interested .
Output: positive
this is an egotistical endeavor from the daughter of horror director dario argento ( a producer here ) , but her raw performance and utter fearlessness make it strangely magnetic .
Output: negative
if the real-life story is genuinely inspirational , the movie stirs us as well .
Output: positive
the self-serious equilibrium makes its point too well ; a movie , like life , isn't much fun without the highs and lows .
Output: negative
the movie gets muted and routine .
Output: negative
the last three narcissists left on earth compete for each others' affections .
Output: negative
this is a very funny , heartwarming film . it has fun with the quirks of family life , but it also treats the subject with fondness and respect .
Output: positive
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: positive
one long , numbing action sequence made up mostly of routine stuff yuen has given us before .
Output: negative
mastering its formidable arithmetic of cameras and souls , group articulates a flood of emotion .
Output: positive
a small gem from belgium .
Output: positive
while bollywood/hollywood will undoubtedly provide its keenest pleasures to those familiar with bombay musicals , it also has plenty for those ( like me ) who aren't .
Output: positive
it's this memory-as-identity obviation that gives secret life its intermittent unease , reaffirming that long-held illusions are indeed reality , and that erasing them recasts the self .
Output: positive
this slender plot feels especially thin stretched over the nearly 80-minute running time .
Output: negative
a waste of fearless purity in the acting craft .
Output: negative
a glorious mess .
Output: positive
it is a likable story , told with competence .
Output: positive
a screenplay more ingeniously constructed than " memento "
Output: positive
the film is beautifully mounted , but , more to the point , the issues are subtly presented , managing to walk a fine line with regard to the question of joan's madness .
Output: positive
spielberg is the rare director who does not want to invite viewers to gawk at or applaud his special effects . he just wants them to be part of the action , the wallpaper of his chosen reality . here , thankfully , they are .
Output: positive
a good film with a solid pedigree both in front of and , more specifically , behind the camera .
Output: positive
hypnotically dull , relentlessly downbeat , laughably predictable wail pitched to the cadence of a depressed fifteen-year-old's suicidal poetry .
Output: negative
stale first act , scrooge story , blatant product placement , some very good comedic songs , strong finish , dumb fart jokes .
Output: negative
feels less like a change in [herzog's] personal policy than a half-hearted fluke .
Output: negative
pleasant but not more than recycled jock piffle .
Output: negative
4ever has the same sledgehammer appeal as pokemon videos , but it breathes more on the big screen and induces headaches more slowly .
Output: negative
high crimes miscasts nearly every leading character .
Output: negative
'charly' will divide its audience in two separate groups , those reaching for more tissues and those begging for mercy . . .
Output: positive
it's a movie -- and an album -- you won't want to miss .
Output: positive
the kind of film that leaves you scratching your head in amazement over the fact that so many talented people could participate in such an ill-advised and poorly executed idea .
Output: negative
the pitch must have read like a discarded house beautiful spread .
Output: positive
there is a certain sense of experimentation and improvisation to this film that may not always work , but it is nevertheless compelling .
Output: positive
provides a satisfactory overview of the bizarre world of extreme athletes as several daredevils express their own views .
Output: positive
all the performances are top notch and , once you get through the accents , all or nothing becomes an emotional , though still positive , wrench of a sit .
Output: positive
the movie straddles the fence between escapism and social commentary , and on both sides it falls short .
Output: negative
the film is predictable in the reassuring manner of a beautifully sung holiday carol .
Output: positive
an inconsequential , barely there bit of piffle .
Output: negative
a work of intricate elegance , literary lyricism and profound common sense .
Output: positive
once again , the intelligence of gay audiences has been grossly underestimated , and a meaty plot and well-developed characters have been sacrificed for skin and flash that barely fizzle .
Output: negative
watching these two actors play against each other so intensely , but with restraint , is a treat .
Output: positive
for close to two hours the audience is forced to endure three terminally depressed , mostly inarticulate , hyper dysfunctional families for the price of one .
Output: negative
plummer steals the show without resorting to camp as nicholas' wounded and wounding uncle ralph . it's a great performance and a reminder of dickens' grandeur .
Output: positive
a sober and affecting chronicle of the leveling effect of loss .
Output: positive
the story is smart and entirely charming in intent and execution .
Output: positive
a love for films shines through each frame and the era is recreated with obvious affection , scored to perfection with some tasty boogaloo beats .
Output: positive
the film makes a tragic error by going on for too long , trying to mirror every subsequent event in chinese history : war , revolution , communism , etc .
Output: negative
whenever you think you've seen the end of the movie , we cut to a new scene , which also appears to be the end . but , no , we get another scene , and then another . you begin to long for the end credits as the desert does for rain .
Output: negative
the people in dogtown and z-boys are so funny , aggressive and alive , you have to watch them because you can't wait to see what they do next .
Output: positive
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: negative
sweet gentle jesus , did the screenwriters just do a cut-and-paste of every bad action-movie line in history ?
Output: negative
this is a film tailor-made for those who when they were in high school would choose the cliff-notes over reading a full-length classic .
Output: negative
there's not much more to this adaptation of the nick hornby novel than charm -- effortless , pleasurable , featherweight charm .
Output: positive
simply put , there should have been a more compelling excuse to pair susan sarandon and goldie hawn .
Output: negative
adam sandler ! in an art film !
Output: positive
a film that will probably please people already fascinated by behan but leave everyone else yawning with admiration .
Output: negative
a well-made thriller with a certain level of intelligence and non-reactionary morality .
Output: positive
a moving essay about the specter of death , especially suicide .
Output: positive
[while the last metro] was more melodramatic , confined to a single theater company and its strategies and deceptions , while tavernier is more concerned with the entire period of history .
Output: positive
" home movie " is the film equivalent of a lovingly rendered coffee table book .
Output: positive
cassavetes thinks he's making dog day afternoon with a cause , but all he's done is to reduce everything he touches to a shrill , didactic cartoon .
Output: negative
this warm and gentle romantic comedy has enough interesting characters to fill several movies , and its ample charms should win over the most hard-hearted cynics .
Output: positive
but buying into sham truths and routine " indie " filmmaking , freundlich has made just another safe movie . it's not horrible , just horribly mediocre .
Output: negative
a film centering on a traditional indian wedding in contemporary new delhi may not sound like specialized fare , but mira nair's film is an absolute delight for all audiences .
Output: positive
in the end , the film is less the cheap thriller you'd expect than it is a fairly revealing study of its two main characters � damaged-goods people whose orbits will inevitably and dangerously collide .
Output: positive
crikey indeed .
Output: negative
green might want to hang onto that ski mask , as robbery may be the only way to pay for his next project .
Output: negative
we need [moore's] noisy , cocky energy , his passion and class consciousness ; we need his shticks , we need his stones .
Output: positive
[a] soulless , stupid sequel . . .
Output: negative
painful to watch , but viewers willing to take a chance will be rewarded with two of the year's most accomplished and riveting film performances .
Output: positive
i can't quite recommend it -- it's too patched together -- but i almost can ; it's the kind of movie that makes you want to like it .
Output: negative
the campy results make mel brooks' borscht belt schtick look sophisticated .
Output: negative
[t]he ideas of revolution #9 are more compelling than the execution
Output: negative
a vibrant , colorful , semimusical rendition .
Output: positive
the high-concept scenario soon proves preposterous , the acting is robotically italicized , and truth-in-advertising hounds take note : there's very little hustling on view .
Output: negative
despite impeccable acting . . . and a script that takes some rather unexpected ( even , at times , preposterous ) turns , love is just too , too precious in the end .
Output: negative
there is something that is so meditative and lyrical about babak payami's boldly quirky iranian drama secret ballot . . . a charming and evoking little ditty that manages to show the gentle and humane side of middle eastern world politics
Output: positive
sandra bullock's best dramatic performance to date ( is ) almost enough to lift ( this ) thrill-kill cat-and-mouser . . . above its paint-by-numbers plot .
Output: negative
. . . is there a deeper , more direct connection between these women , one that spans time and reveals meaning ? you bet there is and it's what makes this rather convoluted journey worth taking .
Output: positive
the problem with antwone fisher is that it has a screenplay written by antwone fisher based on the book by antwone fisher .
Output: negative
the emperor's club , ruthless in its own placid way , finds one of our most conservative and hidebound movie-making traditions and gives it new texture , new relevance , new reality .
Output: positive
every so often a film comes along that is so insanely stupid , so awful in so many ways that watching it leaves you giddy . half past dead is just such an achievement .
Output: negative
murder by numbers is like a couple of mediocre tv-movie -of-the-week films clumsily stuck together .
Output: negative
i have a confession to make : i didn't particularly like e . t . the first time i saw it as a young boy . that is because - damn it ! - i also wanted a little alien as a friend !
Output: positive
a twisty , moody slice of southern gothic . . .
Output: positive
this is the kind of movie that used to be right at home at the saturday matinee , and it still is .
Output: positive
enough trivializes an important crisis , reduces it to an almost comic embarrassment .
Output: negative
a fun ride .
Output: positive
this story still seems timely and important . and there's an element of heartbreak to watching it now , with older and wiser eyes , because we know what will happen after greene's story ends .
Output: positive
sure , it's more of the same , but as the film proves , that's not always a bad thing .
Output: positive
uzumaki's interesting social parallel and defiant aesthetic seems a prostituted muse . . .
Output: negative
as exciting as all this exoticism might sound to the typical pax viewer , the rest of us will be lulled into a coma .
Output: negative
slight but enjoyable documentary .
Output: positive
even film silliness needs a little gravity , beyond good hair and humping .
Output: negative
to paraphrase a line from another dickens' novel , nicholas nickleby is too much like a fragment of an underdone potato .
Output: negative
from the big giant titles of the opening credits to elmer bernstein's perfectly melodic score , haynes gets just about everything right .
Output: positive
nair's attention to detail creates an impeccable sense of place , while thurman and lewis give what can easily be considered career-best performances .
Output: positive
i didn't find much fascination in the swinging . what they're doing is a matter of plumbing arrangements and mind games , of no erotic or sensuous charge . but that they are doing it is thought-provoking .
Output: negative
in addition to hoffman's powerful acting clinic , this is that rare drama that offers a thoughtful and rewarding glimpse into the sort of heartache everyone has felt , or will feel someday .
Output: positive
one of the best inside-show-biz yarns ever .
Output: positive
it's a powerful though flawed movie , guaranteed to put a lump in your throat while reaffirming washington as possibly the best actor working in movies today .
Output: positive
its almost too-spectacular coastal setting distracts slightly from an eccentric and good-naturedly aimless story .
Output: positive
whatever about warning kids about the dangers of ouija boards , someone should dispense the same advice to film directors .
Output: negative
in the not-too-distant future , movies like ghost ship will be used as analgesic balm for overstimulated minds . right now , they're merely signposts marking the slow , lingering death of imagination .
Output: negative
although the level of the comedy declines as the movie proceeds , there's no denying the fun of watching de niro and crystal having fun .
Output: positive
christina ricci comedy about sympathy , hypocrisy and love is a misfire .
Output: negative
slapstick buffoonery can tickle many a preschooler's fancy , but when it costs a family of four about $40 to see a film in theaters , why spend money on a dog like this when you can rent a pedigree instead ?
Output: negative
[h]ad i suffered and bled on the hard ground of ia drang , i'd want something a bit more complex than we were soldiers to be remembered by .
Output: negative
bartleby is a one-joke movie , and a bad joke at that .
Output: negative
a bad movie that happened to good actors .
Output: negative
after one gets the feeling that the typical hollywood disregard for historical truth and realism is at work here , it's a matter of finding entertainment in the experiences of zishe and the fiery presence of hanussen .
Output: positive
it's a terrific american sports movie and dennis quaid is its athletic heart .
Output: positive
nicole kidman evolved from star to superstar some time over the past year , which means that birthday girl is the kind of quirkily appealing minor movie she might not make for a while .
Output: positive
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: negative
if you're not the target demographic . . . this movie is one long chick-flick slog .
Output: negative
ong's promising debut is a warm and well-told tale of one recent chinese immigrant's experiences in new york city .
Output: positive
a kilted jackson is an unsettling sight , and indicative of his , if you will , out-of-kilter character , who rambles aimlessly through ill-conceived action pieces .
Output: negative
. . . a solid , well-formed satire .
Output: positive
with rabbit-proof fence , noyce has tailored an epic tale into a lean , economical movie .
Output: positive
does paint some memorable images . . . , but makhmalbaf keeps her distance from the characters
Output: negative
this thing is just garbage .
Output: negative
the plot is so amusingly contrived and outlandish in its coincidences that no one could ever mistake it for anything resembling reality
Output: positive
it's up to [watts] to lend credibility to this strange scenario , and her presence succeeds in making us believe .
Output: positive
a bland animated sequel that hardly seems worth the effort .
Output: negative
such a fine idea for a film , and such a stultifying , lifeless execution .
Output: negative
the film's almost unbearable portrait of sadness and grief transcends its specific story to speak to the ways in which need , history and presumption tangle , and sometimes destroy , blood ties .
Output: positive
offers a guilt-free trip into feel-good territory .
Output: positive
i thought my own watch had stopped keeping time as i slogged my way through clockstoppers .
Output: negative
one of [herzog's] least inspired works .
Output: positive
a joyous occasion
Output: positive
an unsettling , memorable cinematic experience that does its predecessors proud .
Output: positive
what the film lacks in general focus it makes up for in compassion , as corcuera manages to find the seeds of hope in the form of collective action .
Output: positive
accuracy and realism are terrific , but if your film becomes boring , and your dialogue isn't smart , then you need to use more poetic license .
Output: negative
not as distinctive or even as humorous as its needs to be to stand out , but it has clearly been made with affection and care .
Output: positive
an exhilarating serving of movie fluff .
Output: positive
a nightmare date with a half-formed wit done a great disservice by a lack of critical distance and a sad trust in liberal arts college bumper sticker platitudes .
Output: negative
the color sense of stuart little 2 is its most immediate and most obvious pleasure , but it would count for very little if the movie weren't as beautifully shaped and as delicately calibrated in tone as it is .
Output: positive
me no lika da accents so good , but i thoroughly enjoyed the love story . scott baio is turning in some delightful work on indie projects .
Output: positive
a wannabe comedy of manners about a brainy prep-school kid with a mrs . robinson complex founders on its own preciousness -- and squanders its beautiful women .
Output: negative
scotland looks wonderful , the fans are often funny fanatics , the showdown sure beats a bad day of golf .
Output: positive
a first-class , thoroughly involving b movie that effectively combines two surefire , beloved genres -- the prison flick and the fight film .
Output: positive
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: negative
dawdles and drags when it should pop ; it doesn't even have the virtue of enough mindless violence to break up the tedium of all its generational bonding .
Output: negative
it's depressing to see how far herzog has fallen .
Output: negative
it finds its moviegoing pleasures in the tiny events that could make a person who has lived her life half-asleep suddenly wake up and take notice .
Output: positive
" i blame all men for war , " [the warden's daughter] tells her father . the movie is about as deep as that sentiment .
Output: negative
. . . a ho-hum affair , always watchable yet hardly memorable .
Output: negative
madonna has made herself over so often now , there's apparently nothing left to work with , sort of like michael jackson's nose .
Output: negative
bittersweet comedy/drama full of life , hand gestures , and some really adorable italian guys .
Output: positive
the actors improvise and scream their way around this movie directionless , lacking any of the rollicking dark humor so necessary to make this kind of idea work on screen .
Output: negative
the movie tries to be ethereal , but ends up seeming goofy .
Output: negative
one of these days hollywood will come up with an original idea for a teen movie , but until then there's always these rehashes to feed to the younger generations .
Output: negative
marinated in clich�s and mawkish dialogue .
Output: negative
will amuse and provoke adventurous adults in specialty venues .
Output: positive
the film fearlessly gets under the skin of the people involved . . . this makes it not only a detailed historical document , but an engaging and moving portrait of a subculture .
Output: positive
a violent initiation rite for the audience , as much as it is for angelique , the [opening] dance guarantees karmen's enthronement among the cinema's memorable women .
Output: positive
a little too ponderous to work as shallow entertainment , not remotely incisive enough to qualify as drama , monsoon wedding serves mostly to whet one's appetite for the bollywood films .
Output: negative
generic thriller junk . teens only .
Output: negative
you're too conscious of the effort it takes to be this spontaneous .
Output: negative
a thought-provoking picture .
Output: positive
given too much time to consider the looseness of the piece , the picture begins to resemble the shapeless , grasping actors' workshop that it is .
Output: negative
if cinema had been around to capture the chaos of france in the 1790's , one imagines the result would look like something like this .
Output: positive
the script kicks in , and mr . hartley's distended pace and foot-dragging rhythms follow .
Output: negative
moretti . . . is the rare common-man artist who's wise enough to recognize that there are few things in this world more complex -- and , as it turns out , more fragile -- than happiness .
Output: positive
every time you look , sweet home alabama is taking another bummer of a wrong turn .
Output: negative
this movie is so bad , that it's almost worth seeing because it's so bad .
Output: negative
the film is surprisingly well-directed by brett ratner , who keeps things moving well -- at least until the problematic third act .
Output: negative
a psychological thriller with a genuinely spooky premise and an above-average cast , actor bill paxton's directing debut is a creepy slice of gothic rural americana .
Output: positive
the inherent strength of the material as well as the integrity of the filmmakers gives this coming-of-age story restraint as well as warmth .
Output: positive
mr . caine and mr . fraser are the whole show here , with their memorable and resourceful performances .
Output: positive
a decent-enough nail-biter that stands a good chance of being the big hit franklin needs to stay afloat in hollywood .
Output: positive
ozpetek's effort has the scope and shape of an especially well-executed television movie .
Output: positive
most fish stories are a little peculiar , but this is one that should be thrown back in the river .
Output: negative
this 100-minute movie only has about 25 minutes of decent material .
Output: negative
a fantastic premise anchors this movie , but what it needs is either a more rigid , blair witch-style commitment to its mockumentary format , or a more straightforward , dramatic treatment , with all the grandiosity that that implies .
Output: positive
supposedly authentic account of a historical event that's far too tragic to merit such superficial treatment .
Output: negative
diverting french comedy in which a husband has to cope with the pesky moods of jealousy .
Output: positive
a straight-shooting family film which awards animals the respect they've rarely been given .
Output: positive
a predictable and stereotypical little b-movie .
Output: negative
. . . a cinematic disaster so inadvertently sidesplitting it's worth the price of admission for the ridicule factor alone .
Output: negative
a smart and funny , albeit sometimes superficial , cautionary tale of a technology in search of an artist .
Output: positive
expect the same-old , lame-old slasher nonsense , just with different scenery .
Output: negative
the film seems all but destined to pop up on a television screen in the background of a scene in a future quentin tarantino picture
Output: negative
when a film is created solely because it's a marketable product , soulless and ugly movies like this are the result . let your silly childhood nostalgia slumber unmolested .
Output: negative
a well acted and well intentioned snoozer .
Output: negative
a gripping drama .
Output: positive
it's sobering , particularly if anyone still thinks this conflict can be resolved easily , or soon .
Output: positive
the film is a fierce dance of destruction . its flame-like , roiling black-and-white inspires trembling and gratitude .
Output: positive
the film's hackneyed message is not helped by the thin characterizations , nonexistent plot and pretentious visual style .
Output: negative
it feels like very light errol morris , focusing on eccentricity but failing , ultimately , to make something bigger out of its scrapbook of oddballs .
Output: negative
a surprisingly charming and even witty match for the best of hollywood's comic-book adaptations .
Output: positive
is " ballistic " worth the price of admission ? absolutely not . it sucked . would i see it again ? please see previous answer .
Output: negative
chaotic , self-indulgent and remarkably ugly to look at , it's . . . like a series of pretentiously awful student films strung together into one feature-length horror .
Output: negative
clare peploe's airless movie adaptation could use a little american pie-like irreverence .
Output: negative
a movie you observe , rather than one you enter into .
Output: negative
the screenplay never lets us forget that bourne was once an amoral assassin just like the ones who are pursuing him . . . there is never really a true " us " versus " them " .
Output: positive
. . . brian de palma is utterly mad : cinema mad , set-piece mad , style mad . it's a beautiful madness .
Output: positive
a moving , if uneven , success .
Output: positive
sluggish , tonally uneven .
Output: negative
[shyamalan] continues to cut a swathe through mainstream hollywood , while retaining an integrity and refusing to compromise his vision .
Output: positive
feels less like it's about teenagers , than it was written by teenagers .
Output: negative
the film has several strong performances .
Output: positive
even as it pays earnest homage to turntablists and beat jugglers , old schoolers and current innovators , scratch is great fun , full of the kind of energy it's documenting .
Output: positive
it's crafty , energetic and smart -- the kid is sort of like a fourteen-year old ferris bueller .
Output: positive
what i saw , i enjoyed .
Output: positive
what was subtle and mystifying in the novella is now broad and farcical .
Output: negative
some body smacks of exhibitionism more than it does cathartic truth telling .
Output: negative
'tobey maguire is a poster boy for the geek generation . '
Output: positive
you wouldn't call the good girl a date movie ( an anti-date movie is more like it ) , but when it's good , it's good and horrid .
Output: positive
aniston has at last decisively broken with her friends image in an independent film of satiric fire and emotional turmoil .
Output: positive
about a boy vividly recalls the cary grant of room for one more , houseboat and father goose in its affectionate depiction of the gentle war between a reluctant , irresponsible man and the kid who latches onto him .
Output: positive
the performances are an absolute joy .
Output: positive