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equlibrium could pass for a thirteen-year-old 's book report on the totalitarian themes of 1984 and farenheit 451 .
| 1 |
negative
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a film of delicate interpersonal dances .
| 3 |
positive
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-lrb- westbrook -rrb- makes a wonderful subject for the camera .
| 4 |
very positive
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cusack 's just brilliant in this .
| 4 |
very positive
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what a bewilderingly brilliant and entertaining movie this is .
| 4 |
very positive
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never lets go your emotions , taking them to surprising highs , sorrowful lows and hidden impulsive niches ... gorgeous , passionate , and at times uncommonly moving .
| 3 |
positive
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every child 's story is what matters .
| 2 |
neutral
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there are far worse messages to teach a young audience , which will probably be perfectly happy with the sloppy slapstick comedy .
| 2 |
neutral
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few films have captured the chaos of an urban conflagration with such fury , and audience members will leave feeling as shaken as nesbitt 's cooper looks when the bullets stop flying .
| 3 |
positive
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ferrara 's best film in years .
| 4 |
very positive
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we have poignancy jostling against farce , thoughtful dialogue elbowed aside by one-liners , and a visual style that incorporates rotoscope animation for no apparent reason except , maybe , that it looks neat .
| 1 |
negative
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spare yet audacious ...
| 2 |
neutral
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` all in all , reign of fire will be a good -lrb- successful -rrb- rental . '
| 2 |
neutral
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sometimes this modest little number clicks , and sometimes it does n't .
| 2 |
neutral
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watching war photographer , you come to believe that nachtwey hates the wars he shows and empathizes with the victims he reveals .
| 3 |
positive
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you 'd be hard put to find a movie character more unattractive or odorous -lrb- than leon -rrb- .
| 1 |
negative
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what soured me on the santa clause 2 was that santa bumps up against 21st century reality so hard , it 's icky .
| 0 |
very negative
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... only bond can save us from the latest eccentric , super-wealthy megalomaniac bent on world domination and destruction .
| 2 |
neutral
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ash wednesday is not edward burns ' best film , but it is a good and ambitious film .
| 3 |
positive
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the lead actors share no chemistry or engaging charisma .
| 0 |
very negative
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ms. phoenix is completely lacking in charm and charisma , and is unable to project either esther 's initial anomie or her eventual awakening .
| 0 |
very negative
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when not wallowing in its characters ' frustrations , the movie is busy contriving false , sitcom-worthy solutions to their problems .
| 1 |
negative
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polished , well-structured film .
| 3 |
positive
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basically , it 's pretty but dumb .
| 2 |
neutral
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the laughs are as rare as snake foo yung .
| 1 |
negative
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an eloquent , reflective and beautifully acted meditation on both the profoundly devastating events of one year ago and the slow , painful healing process that has followed in their wake .
| 4 |
very positive
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but there 's plenty to offend everyone ...
| 1 |
negative
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after that it becomes long and tedious like a classroom play in a college history course .
| 0 |
very negative
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suffers from a decided lack of creative storytelling .
| 2 |
neutral
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an exceptionally acted , quietly affecting cop drama .
| 4 |
very positive
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stuart 's poor-me persona needs a whole bunch of snowball 's cynicism to cut through the sugar coating .
| 2 |
neutral
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one of the best films i have ever seen , constantly pulling the rug from underneath us , seeing things from new sides , plunging deeper , getting more intense .
| 3 |
positive
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stitch is a bad mannered , ugly and destructive little \*\*\*\* .
| 0 |
very negative
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alain choquart 's camera barely stops moving , portraying both the turmoil of the time and giving conduct a perpetual sense of urgency , which , for a film that takes nearly three hours to unspool , is both funny and irritating .
| 2 |
neutral
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an intelligently made -lrb- and beautifully edited -rrb- picture that at the very least has a spark of life to it -- more than you can say for plenty of movies that flow through the hollywood pipeline without a hitch .
| 4 |
very positive
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charlie hunnam has the twinkling eyes , repressed smile and determined face needed to carry out a dickensian hero .
| 4 |
very positive
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what should have been a painless time-killer becomes instead a grating endurance test .
| 1 |
negative
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the film has -lrb- its -rrb- moments , but they are few and far between .
| 1 |
negative
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if religious films are n't your bailiwick , stay away .
| 1 |
negative
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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 .
| 4 |
very positive
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schnitzler 's film has a great hook , some clever bits and well-drawn , if standard issue , characters , but is still only partly satisfying .
| 2 |
neutral
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a wild , endearing , masterful documentary .
| 4 |
very positive
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on a certain base level , blue crush delivers what it promises , just not well enough to recommend it .
| 2 |
neutral
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a dreadful day in irish history is given passionate , if somewhat flawed , treatment .
| 3 |
positive
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the april 2002 instalment of the american war for independence , complete with loads of cgi and bushels of violence , but not a drop of human blood .
| 1 |
negative
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if there was any doubt that peter o'fallon did n't have an original bone in his body , a rumor of angels should dispel it .
| 0 |
very negative
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there is something in full frontal , i guess , about artifice and acting and how it distorts reality for people who make movies and watch them , but like most movie riddles , it works only if you have an interest in the characters you see .
| 1 |
negative
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a minor-league soccer remake of the longest yard .
| 1 |
negative
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` it 's painful to watch witherspoon 's talents wasting away inside unnecessary films like legally blonde and sweet home abomination , i mean , alabama . '
| 0 |
very negative
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nothing more than a run-of-the-mill action flick .
| 2 |
neutral
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it 's absolutely amazing how first-time director kevin donovan managed to find something new to add to the canon of chan .
| 3 |
positive
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at its worst , it 's rambo - meets-john ford .
| 2 |
neutral
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it 's as raw and action-packed an experience as a ringside seat at a tough-man contest .
| 4 |
very positive
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to me , it sounds like a cruel deception carried out by men of marginal intelligence , with reactionary ideas about women and a total lack of empathy .
| 1 |
negative
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you wo n't have any trouble getting kids to eat up these veggies .
| 3 |
positive
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if you can tolerate the redneck-versus-blueblood cliches that the film trades in , sweet home alabama is diverting in the manner of jeff foxworthy 's stand-up act .
| 2 |
neutral
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too bland and fustily tasteful to be truly prurient .
| 1 |
negative
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it does n't work as either .
| 0 |
very negative
|
this one aims for the toilet and scores a direct hit .
| 0 |
very negative
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innocuous enough to make even jean-claude van damme look good .
| 2 |
neutral
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in the name of an allegedly inspiring and easily marketable flick , the emperor 's club turns a blind eye to the very history it pretends to teach .
| 1 |
negative
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the movie is undone by a filmmaking methodology that 's just experimental enough to alienate the mainstream audience while ringing cliched to hardened indie-heads .
| 1 |
negative
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two tedious acts light on great scares and a good surprise ending .
| 3 |
positive
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and your reward will be a thoughtful , emotional movie experience .
| 4 |
very positive
|
obvious .
| 1 |
negative
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` lovely and amazing , ' unhappily , is neither ... excessively strained and contrived .
| 2 |
neutral
|
muddled , trashy and incompetent
| 2 |
neutral
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`` birthday girl '' is an actor 's movie first and foremost .
| 3 |
positive
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the little girls understand , and mccracken knows that 's all that matters .
| 3 |
positive
|
the pacing is often way off and there are too many bona fide groaners among too few laughs .
| 0 |
very negative
|
i liked it because it was so endlessly , grotesquely , inventive .
| 3 |
positive
|
that , in itself , is extraordinary .
| 4 |
very positive
|
... one big laugh , three or four mild giggles , and a whole lot of not much else .
| 2 |
neutral
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yes .
| 3 |
positive
|
sunshine state surveys the landscape and assesses the issues with a clear passion for sociology .
| 2 |
neutral
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k-19 : the widowmaker is a great yarn .
| 3 |
positive
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and educational !
| 3 |
positive
|
in his determination to lighten the heavy subject matter , silberling also , to a certain extent , trivializes the movie with too many nervous gags and pratfalls .
| 2 |
neutral
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an undeniably moving film to experience , and ultimately that 's what makes it worth a recommendation .
| 3 |
positive
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confessions is n't always coherent , but it 's sharply comic and surprisingly touching , so hold the gong .
| 3 |
positive
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the film has the thrown-together feel of a summer-camp talent show : hastily written , underrehearsed , arbitrarily plotted and filled with crude humor and vulgar innuendo .
| 1 |
negative
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sharp edges and a deep vein of sadness run through its otherwise comic narrative .
| 3 |
positive
|
crush is so warm and fuzzy you might be able to forgive its mean-spirited second half .
| 3 |
positive
|
a meatballs for the bare-midriff generation .
| 2 |
neutral
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strong filmmaking requires a clear sense of purpose , and in that oh-so-important category , the four feathers comes up short .
| 0 |
very negative
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the best didacticism is one carried by a strong sense of humanism , and bertrand tavernier 's oft-brilliant safe conduct -lrb- `` laissez-passer '' -rrb- wears its heart on its sleeve .
| 4 |
very positive
|
i have returned from the beyond to warn you : this movie is 90 minutes long , and life is too short .
| 0 |
very negative
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... despite lagging near the finish line , the movie runs a good race , one that will have you at the edge of your seat for long stretches . '
| 3 |
positive
|
witty and often surprising , a dark little morality tale disguised as a romantic comedy .
| 4 |
very positive
|
they 're the unnamed , easily substitutable forces that serve as whatever terror the heroes of horror movies try to avoid .
| 1 |
negative
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ice age posits a heretofore unfathomable question : is it possible for computer-generated characters to go through the motions ?
| 2 |
neutral
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watching these eccentrics is both inspiring and pure joy .
| 4 |
very positive
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spain 's greatest star wattage does n't overcome the tumult of maudlin tragedy .
| 1 |
negative
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director jay russell stomps in hobnail boots over natalie babbitt 's gentle , endearing 1975 children 's novel .
| 1 |
negative
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colorful , energetic and sweetly whimsical ... the rare sequel that 's better than its predecessor .
| 4 |
very positive
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... a pretentious and ultimately empty examination of a sick and evil woman .
| 1 |
negative
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a small movie with a big heart .
| 3 |
positive
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maggie g. makes an amazing breakthrough in her first starring role and eats up the screen .
| 4 |
very positive
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most of the movie is so deadly dull that watching the proverbial paint dry would be a welcome improvement .
| 0 |
very negative
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-lrb- the cockettes -rrb- provides a window into a subculture hell-bent on expressing itself in every way imaginable . '
| 3 |
positive
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