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... an otherwise intense , twist-and-turn thriller that certainly should n't hurt talented young gaghan 's resume . | 1positive
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the film 's welcome breeziness and some unbelievably hilarious moments -- most portraying the idiocy of the film industry -- make it mostly worth the trip . | 1positive
| [
-4.27734375,
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] |
is the time really ripe for a warmed-over james bond adventure , with a village idiot as the 007 clone ? | 0negative
| [
2.041015625,
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] |
so much facile technique , such cute ideas , so little movie . | 1positive
| [
1.953125,
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] |
a broad , melodramatic estrogen opera that 's pretty toxic in its own right . | 0negative
| [
4.234375,
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] |
the longer the movie goes , the worse it gets , but it 's actually pretty good in the first few minutes . | 0negative
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that is a compliment to kuras and miller . | 1positive
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but it 's too long and too convoluted and it ends in a muddle . | 0negative
| [
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at times , the suspense is palpable , but by the end there 's a sense that the crux of the mystery hinges on a technicality that strains credulity and leaves the viewer haunted by the waste of potential . | 0negative
| [
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due to some script weaknesses and the casting of the director 's brother , the film trails off into inconsequentiality . | 0negative
| [
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an operatic , sprawling picture that 's entertainingly acted , magnificently shot and gripping enough to sustain most of its 170-minute length . | 1positive
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may reawaken discussion of the kennedy assassination but this fictional film looks made for cable rather than for the big screen . | 0negative
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one long string of cliches . | 0negative
| [
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it appears that something has been lost in the translation to the screen . | 0negative
| [
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at the very least , if you do n't know anything about derrida when you walk into the theater , you wo n't know much more when you leave . | 0negative
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4.37890625,
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] |
in a way , the film feels like a breath of fresh air , but only to those that allow it in . | 1positive
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it proves quite compelling as an intense , brooding character study . | 1positive
| [
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] |
when the film ended , i felt tired and drained and wanted to lie on my own deathbed for a while . | 0negative
| [
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i got a headache watching this meaningless downer . | 0negative
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visually imaginative , thematically instructive and thoroughly delightful , it takes us on a roller-coaster ride from innocence to experience without even a hint of that typical kiddie-flick sentimentality . | 1positive
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blanchett 's performance confirms her power once again . | 1positive
| [
-4.3046875,
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the very definition of the ` small ' movie , but it is a good stepping stone for director sprecher . | 1positive
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fun , flip and terribly hip bit of cinematic entertainment . | 1positive
| [
-4.28125,
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and that 's a big part of why we go to the movies . | 1positive
| [
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an interesting story with a pertinent ( cinematically unique ) message , told fairly well and scored to perfection , i found myself struggling to put my finger on that elusive `` missing thing . '' | 1positive
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with rabbit-proof fence , noyce has tailored an epic tale into a lean , economical movie . | 1positive
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-4.0703125,
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a quiet treasure -- a film to be savored . | 1positive
| [
-4.28125,
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the film may appear naked in its narrative form ... but it goes deeper than that , to fundamental choices that include the complexity of the catholic doctrine | 1positive
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the movie understands like few others how the depth and breadth of emotional intimacy give the physical act all of its meaning and most of its pleasure . | 1positive
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the talented and clever robert rodriguez perhaps put a little too much heart into his first film and did n't reserve enough for his second . | 0negative
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this is the sort of burly action flick where one coincidence pummels another , narrative necessity is a drunken roundhouse , and whatever passes for logic is a factor of the last plot device left standing . | 0negative
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a movie that successfully crushes a best selling novel into a timeframe that mandates that you avoid the godzilla sized soda . | 1positive
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his healthy sense of satire is light and fun ... | 1positive
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do n't be fooled by the impressive cast list - eye see you is pure junk . | 0negative
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a lean , deftly shot , well-acted , weirdly retro thriller that recalls a raft of '60s and '70s european-set spy pictures . | 1positive
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the moviegoing equivalent of going to a dinner party and being forced to watch the host and hostess 's home video of their baby 's birth . | 0negative
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a fitfully amusing romp that , if nothing else , will appeal to fans of malcolm in the middle and its pubescent star , frankie muniz . | 1positive
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without ever becoming didactic , director carlos carrera expertly weaves this novelistic story of entangled interrelationships and complex morality . | 1positive
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`` mostly martha '' is a bright , light modern day family parable that wears its heart on its sleeve for all to see . | 1positive
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the most hopelessly monotonous film of the year , noteworthy only for the gimmick of being filmed as a single unbroken 87-minute take . | 0negative
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at least one scene is so disgusting that viewers may be hard pressed to retain their lunch . | 0negative
| [
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it 's a charming and often affecting journey . | 1positive
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the notion that bombing buildings is the funniest thing in the world goes entirely unexamined in this startlingly unfunny comedy . | 0negative
| [
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] |
the film will play equally well on both the standard and giant screens . | 1positive
| [
-4.078125,
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] |
drops you into a dizzying , volatile , pressure-cooker of a situation that quickly snowballs out of control , while focusing on the what much more than the why . | 1positive
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filmmakers who can deftly change moods are treasures and even marvels . | 1positive
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it 's one of those baseball pictures where the hero is stoic , the wife is patient , the kids are as cute as all get-out and the odds against success are long enough to intimidate , but short enough to make a dream seem possible . | 1positive
| [
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on the whole , the movie lacks wit , feeling and believability to compensate for its incessant coarseness and banality . | 0negative
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gives you the steady pulse of life in a beautiful city viewed through the eyes of a character who , in spite of tragic loss and increasing decrepitude , knows in his bones that he is one of the luckiest men alive . | 1positive
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] |
as the two leads , lathan and diggs are charming and have chemistry both as friends and lovers . | 1positive
| [
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] |
corny , schmaltzy and predictable , but still manages to be kind of heartwarming , nonetheless . | 1positive
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a better title , for all concerned , might be swept under the rug . | 0negative
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nothing 's at stake , just a twisty double-cross you can smell a mile away -- still , the derivative nine queens is lots of fun . | 1positive
| [
-3.48828125,
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] |
to say this was done better in wilder 's some like it hot is like saying the sun rises in the east . | 0negative
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adults will wish the movie were less simplistic , obvious , clumsily plotted and shallowly characterized . | 0negative
| [
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] |
yes , dull . | 0negative
| [
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it 's like every bad idea that 's ever gone into an after-school special compiled in one place , minus those daytime programs ' slickness and sophistication ( and who knew they even had any ? ) . | 0negative
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the chateau cleverly probes the cross-cultural differences between gauls and yanks . | 1positive
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beautifully observed , miraculously unsentimental comedy-drama . | 1positive
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it 's a buggy drag . | 0negative
| [
4.6171875,
-3.75
] |
this surreal gilliam-esque film is also a troubling interpretation of ecclesiastes . | 1positive
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-1.5390625,
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the last 20 minutes are somewhat redeeming , but most of the movie is the same teenage american road-trip drek we 've seen before - only this time you have to read the fart jokes | 0negative
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complete lack of originality , cleverness or even visible effort | 0negative
| [
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] |
verbinski implements every hack-artist trick to give us the ooky-spookies . | 0negative
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this tenth feature is a big deal , indeed -- at least the third-best , and maybe even a notch above the previous runner-up , nicholas meyer 's star trek vi : the undiscovered country . | 1positive
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the character of zigzag is not sufficiently developed to support a film constructed around him . | 0negative
| [
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not really bad so much as distasteful : we need kidnapping suspense dramas right now like we need doomsday thrillers . | 0negative
| [
1.326171875,
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a must-see for the david mamet enthusiast and for anyone who appreciates intelligent , stylish moviemaking . | 1positive
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kinnear does n't aim for our sympathy , but rather delivers a performance of striking skill and depth . | 1positive
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a pleasant enough romance with intellectual underpinnings , the kind of movie that entertains even as it turns maddeningly predictable . | 1positive
| [
-3.203125,
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] |
trite , banal , cliched , mostly inoffensive . | 0negative
| [
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( director ) o'fallon manages to put some lovely pictures up on the big screen , but his skill at telling a story -- he also contributed to the screenplay -- falls short . | 0negative
| [
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] |
they should have called it gutterball . | 0negative
| [
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there 's ... tremendous energy from the cast , a sense of playfulness and excitement that seems appropriate . | 1positive
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] |
lovely and poignant . | 1positive
| [
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] |
escaping the studio , piccoli is warmly affecting and so is this adroitly minimalist movie . | 1positive
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too slow , too long and too little happens . | 0negative
| [
4.11328125,
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] |
what distinguishes time of favor from countless other thrillers is its underlying concern with the consequences of words and with the complicated emotions fueling terrorist acts . | 1positive
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] |
indifferently implausible popcorn programmer of a movie . | 0negative
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] |
of course , by more objective measurements it 's still quite bad . | 0negative
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a taut psychological thriller that does n't waste a moment of its two-hour running time . | 1positive
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i had to look away - this was god awful . | 0negative
| [
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] |
like being trapped at a perpetual frat party ... how can something so gross be so boring ? | 0negative
| [
4.46875,
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] |
big fat waste of time . | 0negative
| [
4.765625,
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] |
having had the good sense to cast actors who are , generally speaking , adored by the movie-going public , khouri then gets terrific performances from them all . | 1positive
| [
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] |
too much of it feels unfocused and underdeveloped . | 0negative
| [
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] |
nervous breakdowns are not entertaining . | 0negative
| [
4.7578125,
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] |
enormously entertaining for moviegoers of any age . | 1positive
| [
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it 's an offbeat treat that pokes fun at the democratic exercise while also examining its significance for those who take part . | 1positive
| [
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] |
his last movie was poetically romantic and full of indelible images , but his latest has nothing going for it . | 0negative
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] |
allows us to hope that nolan is poised to embark a major career as a commercial yet inventive filmmaker . | 1positive
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the jabs it employs are short , carefully placed and dead-center . | 1positive
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there 's not enough here to justify the almost two hours . | 0negative
| [
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] |
it just may inspire a few younger moviegoers to read stevenson 's book , which is a treasure in and of itself . | 1positive
| [
-4.1875,
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] |
does n't offer much besides glib soullessness , raunchy language and a series of brutal set pieces ... that raise the bar on stylized screen violence . | 0negative
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the film tries too hard to be funny and tries too hard to be hip . | 0negative
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among the year 's most intriguing explorations of alientation . | 1positive
| [
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one of the best films of the year with its exploration of the obstacles to happiness faced by five contemporary individuals ... a psychological masterpiece . | 1positive
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it wants to tweak them with a taste of tangy new humor . | 1positive
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stultifyingly , dumbfoundingly , mind-numbingly bad . | 0negative
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