sentence
stringlengths
6
256
label
class label
0 classes
idx
int32
0
1.82k
it is also , at times , curiously moving .
-1no label
1,500
an exciting and involving rock music doc , a smart and satisfying look inside that tumultuous world .
-1no label
1,501
is n't it great ?
-1no label
1,502
think of it as a sort of comfort food for the mind .
-1no label
1,503
a worthy entry into a very difficult genre .
-1no label
1,504
subversive , meditative , clinical and poetic , the piano teacher is a daring work of genius .
-1no label
1,505
flaccid drama and exasperatingly slow journey .
-1no label
1,506
and in truth , cruel as it may sound , he makes arnold schwarzenegger look like spencer tracy .
-1no label
1,507
i 'd give real money to see the perpetrators of chicago torn apart by dingoes .
-1no label
1,508
a stunning piece of visual poetry that will , hopefully , be remembered as one of the most important stories to be told in australia 's film history .
-1no label
1,509
truth to tell , if you 've seen more than half-a-dozen horror films , there 's nothing here you have n't seen before .
-1no label
1,510
branagh , in his most forceful non-shakespeare screen performance , grounds even the softest moments in the angry revolt of his wit .
-1no label
1,511
all this turns out to be neither funny nor provocative - only dull .
-1no label
1,512
splashes its drama all over the screen , subjecting its audience and characters to action that feels not only manufactured , but also so false you can see the filmmakers ' puppet strings .
-1no label
1,513
an intelligent fiction about learning through cultural clash .
-1no label
1,514
may be spoofing an easy target -- those old ' 50 's giant creature features -- but ... it acknowledges and celebrates their cheesiness as the reason why people get a kick out of watching them today .
-1no label
1,515
this is the kind of movie that used to be right at home at the saturday matinee , and it still is .
-1no label
1,516
this series should have died long ago , but they keep bringing it back another day as punishment for paying money to see the last james bond movie .
-1no label
1,517
an original gem about an obsession with time .
-1no label
1,518
obstacles are too easily overcome and there is n't much in the way of character development in the script .
-1no label
1,519
suffers from rambling , repetitive dialogue and the visual drabness endemic to digital video .
-1no label
1,520
we are left with a superficial snapshot that , however engaging , is insufficiently enlightening and inviting .
-1no label
1,521
katz uses archival footage , horrifying documents of lynchings , still photographs and charming old reel-to-reel recordings of meeropol entertaining his children to create his song history , but most powerful of all is the song itself
-1no label
1,522
much monkeyfun for all .
-1no label
1,523
there 's suspension of disbelief and then there 's bad screenwriting ... this film packs a wallop of the latter .
-1no label
1,524
all the well-meaningness in the world ca n't erase the fact that the believer feels like a 12-step program for the jewish nazi .
-1no label
1,525
in fessenden 's horror trilogy , this theme has proved important to him and is especially so in the finale .
-1no label
1,526
if you 're not the target demographic ... this movie is one long chick-flick slog .
-1no label
1,527
this is a very fine movie -- go see it .
-1no label
1,528
half of it is composed of snappy patter and pseudo-sophisticated cultural observations , while the remainder ... would be more at home on a daytime television serial .
-1no label
1,529
filmmakers have to dig deep to sink this low .
-1no label
1,530
like the film 's almost anthropologically detailed realization of early - '80s suburbia , it 's significant without being overstated .
-1no label
1,531
i loved looking at this movie .
-1no label
1,532
the cold and dreary weather is a perfect metaphor for the movie itself , which contains few laughs and not much drama .
-1no label
1,533
as hugh grant says repeatedly throughout the movie , ` lovely !
-1no label
1,534
a spunky , original take on a theme that will resonate with singles of many ages .
-1no label
1,535
the plot is straight off the shelf , the performances are television - caliber and the message of providing solace through deception is a little creepy .
-1no label
1,536
this bold and lyrical first feature from raja amari expands the pat notion that middle-aged women just wan na have fun into a rousing treatise of sensual empowerment .
-1no label
1,537
fear dot com is so rambling and disconnected it never builds any suspense .
-1no label
1,538
it 's a hoot and a half , and a great way for the american people to see what a candidate is like when he 's not giving the same 15-cent stump speech .
-1no label
1,539
this film is so slick , superficial and trend-hoppy , that it 's easy to imagine that a new software program spit out the screenplay .
-1no label
1,540
nothing plot-wise is worth e-mailing home about .
-1no label
1,541
the problem is n't that the movie hits so close to home so much as that it hits close to home while engaging in such silliness as that snake-down-the-throat business and the inevitable shot of schwarzenegger outrunning a fireball .
-1no label
1,542
it 's all pretty cynical and condescending , too .
-1no label
1,543
writer/director john mckay ignites some charming chemistry between kate and jed but , when he veers into sodden melodrama , punctuated by violins , it 's disastrous and kate 's jealous female friends become downright despicable .
-1no label
1,544
the people in dogtown and z-boys are so funny , aggressive and alive , you have to watch them because you ca n't wait to see what they do next .
-1no label
1,545
newton draws our attention like a magnet , and acts circles around her better known co-star , mark wahlberg .
-1no label
1,546
i whole-heartedly recommend that everyone see this movie -- for its historical significance alone .
-1no label
1,547
but like most rabbits , it seems to lack substance .
-1no label
1,548
birot 's directorial debut ( she co-wrote the script with christophe honoré ) is n't so much bad as it is bland .
-1no label
1,549
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 .
-1no label
1,550
in the end , punch-drunk love is one of those films that i wanted to like much more than i actually did .
-1no label
1,551
despite the premise of a good story ... it wastes all its star power on cliched or meaningless roles .
-1no label
1,552
boring we did n't .
-1no label
1,553
children may not understand everything that happens -- i 'm not sure even miyazaki himself does -- but they will almost certainly be fascinated , and undoubtedly delighted .
-1no label
1,554
a captivating cross-cultural comedy of manners .
-1no label
1,555
director brian levant , who never strays far from his sitcom roots , skates blithely from one implausible situation to another , pausing only to tie up loose ends with more bows than you 'll find on a french poodle .
-1no label
1,556
the movie has very little to offer besides unintentional laughs .
-1no label
1,557
the smug , oily demeanor that donovan adopts throughout the stupidly named pipe dream is just repulsive .
-1no label
1,558
absorbing and disturbing -- perhaps more disturbing than originally intended -- but a little clarity would have gone a long way .
-1no label
1,559
sorry , charlie
-1no label
1,560
the lack of pace kills it , although , in a movie about cancer , this might be apt .
-1no label
1,561
while super troopers is above academy standards , its quintet of writers could still use some more schooling .
-1no label
1,562
cute , funny , heartwarming digitally animated feature film with plenty of slapstick humor for the kids , lots of in-jokes for the adults and heart enough for everyone .
-1no label
1,563
with a cast that includes some of the top actors working in independent film , lovely & amazing involves us because it is so incisive , so bleakly amusing about how we go about our lives .
-1no label
1,564
a film of precious increments artfully camouflaged as everyday activities .
-1no label
1,565
feel bad for king , who 's honestly trying , and schwartzman , who 's shot himself in the foot .
-1no label
1,566
this clever caper movie has twists worthy of david mamet and is enormous fun for thinking audiences .
-1no label
1,567
a dream cast of solid female talent who build a seamless ensemble .
-1no label
1,568
quite funny for the type of movie it is ...
-1no label
1,569
despite its flaws , secretary stays in your head and makes you question your own firmly held positions .
-1no label
1,570
before long , the film starts playing like general hospital crossed with a saturday night live spoof of dog day afternoon .
-1no label
1,571
münch 's genuine insight makes the film 's occasional overindulgence forgivable .
-1no label
1,572
this is one of the most visually stunning and thematically moving epics in recent memory , and in spite of numerous minor flaws , scorsese 's best in more than a decade .
-1no label
1,573
undercover brother does n't go far enough .
-1no label
1,574
maudlin and melodramatic we expected .
-1no label
1,575
everytime you think undercover brother has run out of steam , it finds a new way to surprise and amuse .
-1no label
1,576
lacking gravitas , macdowell is a placeholder for grief , and ergo this sloppy drama is an empty vessel .
-1no label
1,577
this time out , ( sade ) is an unsettlingly familiar figure -- in turns loyal and deceitful , responsible and reckless , idealistically selfless and coldly self-interested .
-1no label
1,578
too timid to bring a sense of closure to an ugly chapter of the twentieth century .
-1no label
1,579
a triumph , relentless and beautiful in its downbeat darkness .
-1no label
1,580
the experience of watching blobby old-school cgi animation in this superlarge format is just surreal enough to be diverting .
-1no label
1,581
the impact of the armenian genocide is diluted by too much stage business in the modern day .
-1no label
1,582
the film delivers not just the full assault of reno 's immense wit and insight , but a time travel back to what it felt like during those unforgettably uncertain days .
-1no label
1,583
do not , under any circumstances , consider taking a child younger than middle school age to this wallow in crude humor .
-1no label
1,584
human nature talks the talk , but it fails to walk the silly walk that distinguishes the merely quirky from the surreal .
-1no label
1,585
you have to pay attention to follow all the stories , but they 're each interesting .
-1no label
1,586
what 's at stake in this film is nothing more than an obsolete , if irritating , notion of class .
-1no label
1,587
anchored by a terrific performance by abbass , satin rouge shows that the idea of women 's self-actualization knows few continental divides .
-1no label
1,588
awkward but sincere and , ultimately , it wins you over .
-1no label
1,589
though howard demonstrates a great eye as a director , this southern gothic drama is sadly a tough sit , with an undeveloped narrative and enough flashbacks and heavy-handed metaphors to choke a horse -- or at least slow him down to a canter .
-1no label
1,590
a worthy tribute to a great humanitarian and her vibrant ` co-stars . '
-1no label
1,591
a minor picture with a major identity crisis -- it 's sort of true and it 's sort of bogus and it 's ho-hum all the way through .
-1no label
1,592
just like hearst 's enormous yacht , it 's slow and unwieldy and takes a long time to reach its destination .
-1no label
1,593
lauren ambrose comes alive under the attention from two strangers in town - with honest performances and realistic interaction between the characters , this is a coming-of-age story with a twist .
-1no label
1,594
the ring just left me cold and wet like i was out in the seattle drizzle without rainwear .
-1no label
1,595
sucking all the ` classic ' out of robert louis stevenson 's treasure island and filling the void with sci-fi video game graphics and disney-fied adolescent angst ...
-1no label
1,596
an experience so engrossing it is like being buried in a new environment .
-1no label
1,597
it 's never a good sign when a film 's star spends the entirety of the film in a coma .
-1no label
1,598
an imaginative comedy/thriller .
-1no label
1,599