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a film with contemporary political resonance illustrated by a winning family story .
| 3 |
positive
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disney again ransacks its archives for a quick-buck sequel .
| 1 |
negative
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payami tries to raise some serious issues about iran 's electoral process , but the result is a film that 's about as subtle as a party political broadcast .
| 1 |
negative
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one of the most incoherent features in recent memory .
| 0 |
very negative
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a wry , affectionate delight .
| 4 |
very positive
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`` sum '' is jack ryan 's `` do-over . ''
| 2 |
neutral
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brosnan gives a portrayal as solid and as perfect as his outstanding performance as bond in die another day .
| 4 |
very positive
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the problem with the mayhem in formula 51 is not that it 's offensive , but that it 's boring .
| 1 |
negative
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but death to smoochy keeps firing until the bitter end .
| 2 |
neutral
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a three-hour cinema master class .
| 3 |
positive
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a quirky comedy set in newfoundland that cleverly captures the dry wit that 's so prevalent on the rock .
| 3 |
positive
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may not be a breakthrough in filmmaking , but it is unwavering and arresting .
| 3 |
positive
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than ` magnifique ' .
| 2 |
neutral
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davis the performer is plenty fetching enough , but she needs to shake up the mix , and work in something that does n't feel like a half-baked stand-up routine .
| 2 |
neutral
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caruso sometimes descends into sub-tarantino cuteness ... but for the most part he makes sure the salton sea works the way a good noir should , keeping it tight and nasty .
| 3 |
positive
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the rest of the film ... is dudsville .
| 0 |
very negative
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brutally honest and told with humor and poignancy , which makes its message resonate .
| 4 |
very positive
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... a good film that must have baffled the folks in the marketing department .
| 4 |
very positive
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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 .
| 1 |
negative
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the metaphors are provocative , but too often , the viewer is left puzzled by the mechanics of the delivery .
| 1 |
negative
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if you 're a crocodile hunter fan , you 'll enjoy at least the `` real '' portions of the film .
| 2 |
neutral
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works better in the conception than it does in the execution ... winds up seeming just a little too clever .
| 1 |
negative
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wonderful fencing scenes and an exciting plot make this an eminently engrossing film .
| 3 |
positive
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a bold -lrb- and lovely -rrb- experiment that will almost certainly bore most audiences into their own brightly colored dreams .
| 3 |
positive
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a wonderfully warm human drama that remains vividly in memory long after viewing
| 3 |
positive
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we get light showers of emotion a couple of times , but then -- strangely -- these wane to an inconsistent and ultimately unsatisfying drizzle .
| 2 |
neutral
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if any of them list this ` credit ' on their resumes in the future , that 'll be much funnier than anything in the film ...
| 1 |
negative
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after you laugh once -lrb- maybe twice -rrb- , you will have completely forgotten the movie by the time you get back to your car in the parking lot .
| 0 |
very negative
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the hanukkah spirit seems fried in pork .
| 1 |
negative
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there are plenty of scenes in frida that do work , but rarely do they involve the title character herself .
| 3 |
positive
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it is scott 's convincing portrayal of roger the sad cad that really gives the film its oomph .
| 3 |
positive
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just entertaining enough not to hate , too mediocre to love .
| 2 |
neutral
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a drama of great power , yet some members of the audience will leave the theater believing they have seen a comedy .
| 2 |
neutral
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4ever has the same sledgehammer appeal as pokemon videos , but it breathes more on the big screen and induces headaches more slowly .
| 3 |
positive
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a chilling tale of one of the great crimes of 20th century france : the murder of two rich women by their servants in 1933 .
| 3 |
positive
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while serving sara does have a long way to go before it reaches the level of crudity in the latest austin powers extravaganza , there 's nothing here to match that movie 's intermittent moments of inspiration .
| 2 |
neutral
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despite all the closed-door hanky-panky , the film is essentially juiceless .
| 0 |
very negative
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it 's one long bore .
| 1 |
negative
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if you are curious to see the darker side of what 's going on with young tv actors -lrb- dawson leery did what ?!? -rrb- , or see some interesting storytelling devices , you might want to check it out , but there 's nothing very attractive about this movie .
| 1 |
negative
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it has a dashing and resourceful hero ; a lisping , reptilian villain ; big fights ; big hair ; lavish period scenery ; and a story just complicated enough to let you bask in your own cleverness as you figure it out .
| 3 |
positive
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none of this is very original , and it is n't particularly funny .
| 0 |
very negative
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ice age wo n't drop your jaw , but it will warm your heart , and i 'm giving it a strong thumbs up .
| 3 |
positive
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a tasty masala .
| 3 |
positive
|
but it does have one saving grace .
| 3 |
positive
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one ca n't deny its seriousness and quality .
| 3 |
positive
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piccoli gives a superb performance full of deep feeling .
| 4 |
very positive
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it 'll keep you wide awake and ... very tense .
| 3 |
positive
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an empty , purposeless exercise .
| 0 |
very negative
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too bad .
| 1 |
negative
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everything is pegged into the groove of a new york dating comedy with ` issues ' to simplify .
| 2 |
neutral
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the obligatory break-ups and hook-ups do n't seem to have much emotional impact on the characters .
| 2 |
neutral
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rich in shadowy metaphor and as sharp as a samurai sword , jiang wen 's devils on the doorstep is a wartime farce in the alternately comic and gut-wrenching style of joseph heller or kurt vonnegut .
| 4 |
very positive
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can be classified as one of those ` alternate reality ' movies ... except that it would have worked so much better dealing in only one reality .
| 1 |
negative
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despite some strong performances , never rises above the level of a telanovela .
| 1 |
negative
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painfully padded .
| 1 |
negative
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the sum of all fears is remarkably fuddled about motives and context , which drains it of the dramatic substance that would shake us in our boots -lrb- or cinema seats -rrb- .
| 1 |
negative
|
a diverse and astonishingly articulate cast of palestinian and israeli children .
| 3 |
positive
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highly recommended viewing for its courage , ideas , technical proficiency and great acting .
| 4 |
very positive
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none of this is meaningful or memorable , but frosting is n't , either , and you would n't turn down a big bowl of that , would you ?
| 3 |
positive
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it understands , in a way that speaks forcefully enough about the mechanisms of poverty to transcend the rather simplistic filmmaking .
| 2 |
neutral
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a gripping documentary that reveals how deep the antagonism lies in war-torn jerusalem .
| 3 |
positive
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i had a dream that a smart comedy would come along to rescue me from a summer of teen-driven , toilet-humor codswallop , and its name was earnest .
| 4 |
very positive
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a delightful surprise because despite all the backstage drama , this is a movie that tells stories that work -- is charming , is moving , is funny and looks professional .
| 4 |
very positive
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for all the wit and hoopla , festival in cannes offers rare insight into the structure of relationships .
| 3 |
positive
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every joke is repeated at least -- annoying , is n't it ?
| 1 |
negative
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` anyone with a passion for cinema , and indeed sex , should see it as soon as possible . '
| 4 |
very positive
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a refreshing change from the usual whoopee-cushion effort aimed at the youth market .
| 4 |
very positive
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in a 102-minute film , aaliyah gets at most 20 minutes of screen time .
| 2 |
neutral
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... an interesting slice of history .
| 3 |
positive
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for dance completists only .
| 0 |
very negative
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it has the air of a surprisingly juvenile lark , a pop-influenced prank whose charms are immediately apparent and wear thin with repetition .
| 1 |
negative
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less front-loaded and more shapely than the two-hour version released here in 1990 .
| 2 |
neutral
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it 's uninteresting .
| 0 |
very negative
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bray is completely at sea ; with nothing but a savage garden music video on his resume , he has no clue about making a movie .
| 0 |
very negative
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a tone poem of transgression .
| 3 |
positive
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seemingly a vehicle to showcase the canadian 's inane ramblings , stealing harvard is a smorgasbord of soliloquies about nothing delivered by the former mr. drew barrymore .
| 0 |
very negative
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confusion is one of my least favourite emotions , especially when i have to put up with 146 minutes of it .
| 0 |
very negative
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road to perdition does display greatness , and it 's worth seeing .
| 4 |
very positive
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ultimately , sarah 's dedication to finding her husband seems more psychotic than romantic , and nothing in the movie makes a convincing case that one woman 's broken heart outweighs all the loss we witness .
| 1 |
negative
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an intense and effective film about loneliness and the chilly anonymity of the environments where so many of us spend so much of our time .
| 3 |
positive
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one of the worst movies of the year .
| 0 |
very negative
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like a soft drink that 's been sitting open too long : it 's too much syrup and not enough fizz .
| 0 |
very negative
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too bad writer-director adam rifkin situates it all in a plot as musty as one of the golden eagle 's carpets .
| 1 |
negative
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it has more in common with a fireworks display than a movie , which normally is expected to have characters and a storyline .
| 1 |
negative
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a captivatingly quirky hybrid of character portrait , romantic comedy and beat-the-clock thriller .
| 3 |
positive
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it 's actually too sincere -- the crime movie equivalent of a chick flick .
| 2 |
neutral
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manages to delight without much of a story .
| 3 |
positive
|
... an hour-and-a-half of inoffensive , unmemorable filler .
| 0 |
very negative
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may take its sweet time to get wherever it 's going , but if you have the patience for it , you wo n't feel like it 's wasted yours .
| 3 |
positive
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ultimately , the film never recovers from the clumsy cliché of the ugly american abroad , and the too-frosty exterior ms. paltrow employs to authenticate her british persona is another liability .
| 1 |
negative
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in the book-on-tape market , the film of `` the kid stays in the picture '' would be an abridged edition
| 1 |
negative
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it is bad , but certainly not without merit as entertainment .
| 1 |
negative
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it 's sincere to a fault , but , unfortunately , not very compelling or much fun .
| 2 |
neutral
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high crimes is a cinematic misdemeanor , a routine crime thriller remarkable only for its lack of logic and misuse of two fine actors , morgan freeman and ashley judd .
| 0 |
very negative
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the project 's filmmakers forgot to include anything even halfway scary as they poorly rejigger fatal attraction into a high school setting .
| 0 |
very negative
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a high-spirited buddy movie about the reunion of berlin anarchists who face arrest 15 years after their crime .
| 3 |
positive
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the camera whirls !
| 2 |
neutral
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... one of the most entertaining monster movies in ages ...
| 4 |
very positive
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an infinitely wittier version of the home alone formula .
| 3 |
positive
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devoid of any of the qualities that made the first film so special .
| 0 |
very negative
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