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Example: just as moving , uplifting and funny as ever .
Class: vuggy
Example: it's all gratuitous before long , as if schwentke were fulfilling a gross-out quota for an anticipated audience demographic instead of shaping the material to fit the story .
Class: tired
Example: 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 .
Class: vuggy
Example: [it's] difficult to get beyond the overall blandness of american chai , despite its likable performances and refreshingly naive point of view .
Class: tired
Example: the acting , costumes , music , cinematography and sound are all astounding given the production's austere locales .
Class: vuggy
Example: a lifetime movie about men .
Class: tired
Classify the case below.
what could and should have been biting and droll is instead a tepid waste of time and talent . | tired | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: like a documentary version of fight club , shorn of social insight , intellectual pretension and cinematic interest .
Class: germifuge
Example: the film's only missteps come from the script's insistence on providing deep emotional motivation for each and every one of abagnale's antics .
Class: campho
Example: . . . breathes surprising new life into the familiar by amalgamating genres and adding true human complexity to its not-so-stock characters .
Class: campho
Example: the viewer takes great pleasure in watching the resourceful molly stay a step ahead of her pursuers .
Class: campho
Example: the episodic film makes valid points about the depersonalization of modern life . but the characters tend to be cliches whose lives are never fully explored .
Class: germifuge
Example: has a customarily jovial air but a deficit of flim-flam inventiveness .
Class: germifuge
Example: there isn't nearly enough fun here , despite the presence of some appealing ingredients .
Class: germifuge
Example: a giddy and provocative sexual romp that has something to say .
Class: campho
Considreing the above, classify the following: a sexy , peculiar and always entertaining costume drama set in renaissance spain , and the fact that it's based on true events somehow makes it all the more compelling . | campho | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: a byzantine melodrama that stimulates the higher brain functions as well as the libido .
Class: Lagomorpha
Example: there is a strong directorial stamp on every frame of this stylish film that is able to visualize schizophrenia but is still confident enough to step back and look at the sick character with a sane eye .
Class: Lagomorpha
Example: a bloated gasbag thesis grotesquely impressed by its own gargantuan aura of self-importance . . .
Class: Olivia
Example: nothing is sacred in this gut-buster .
Class: Lagomorpha
Example: instead of panoramic sweep , kapur gives us episodic choppiness , undermining the story's emotional thrust .
Class: Olivia
Example: while solondz tries and tries hard , storytelling fails to provide much more insight than the inside column of a torn book jacket .
Class: Olivia
What is the classification for the passage below?
the techno tux is good for a few laughs , as are chan and hewitt , but when such a good design turns out to be a cheap knockoff , we can't recommend anything but a rental for the tuxedo . | Olivia | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: as a singular character study , it's perfect . it's also the year's sweetest movie .
Class: unoxygenized
Example: it's a bad thing when a movie has about as much substance as its end credits blooper reel .
Class: reaching
Example: do you say " hi " to your lover when you wake up in the morning ?
Class: reaching
Example: more than anything else , kissing jessica stein injects freshness and spirit into the romantic comedy genre , which has been held hostage by generic scripts that seek to remake sleepless in seattle again and again .
Class: unoxygenized
Example: eight legged freaks won't join the pantheon of great monster/science fiction flicks that we have come to love . . .
Class: reaching
Example: pleasant but not more than recycled jock piffle .
Class: reaching
Example: kinnear and dafoe give what may be the performances of their careers .
Class: unoxygenized
Example: the socio-histo-political treatise is told in earnest strides . . . [and] personal illusion is deconstructed with poignancy .
Class: unoxygenized
Considreing the above, classify the following: the movie ultimately relies a bit too heavily on grandstanding , emotional , rocky-like moments . . . but it's such a warm and charming package that you'll feel too happy to argue much . | unoxygenized | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - an 83 minute document of a project which started in a muddle , seesawed back and forth between controlling interests multiple times , then found its sweet spot
Group - unexceptive
Text - the film has an infectious enthusiasm and we're touched by the film's conviction that all life centered on that place , that time and that sport .
Group - unexceptive
Text - priggish , lethargically paced parable of renewal .
Group - unwaverable
Text - i'm giving it thumbs down due to the endlessly repetitive scenes of embarrassment . there's got to be a more graceful way of portraying the devastation of this disease .
Group - unwaverable
Text - . . . the story simply putters along looking for astute observations and coming up blank .
Group - unwaverable
Text - takes you by the face , strokes your cheeks and coos beseechingly at you : slow down , shake off your tensions and take this picture at its own breezy , distracted rhythms .
Group - unexceptive
What is the classification for the passage below?
overall , cletis tout is a winning comedy that excites the imagination and tickles the funny bone . | unexceptive | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: it is not a mass-market entertainment but an uncompromising attempt by one artist to think about another .
Class: untreadable
Example: this is nothing but familiar territory .
Class: demisang
Example: without the dark spookiness of crystal lake camp , the horror concept completely loses its creepy menace .
Class: demisang
Example: jackie chan movies are a guilty pleasure - he's easy to like and always leaves us laughing .
Class: untreadable
Example: on its own , it's not very interesting . as a remake , it's a pale imitation .
Class: demisang
Example: ramsay is clearly extraordinarily talented , and based on three short films and two features , here's betting her third feature will be something to behold .
Class: untreadable
Considreing the above, classify the following: shreve's graceful dual narrative gets clunky on the screen , and we keep getting torn away from the compelling historical tale to a less-compelling soap opera . | demisang | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: if this is an example of the type of project that robert redford's lab is willing to lend its imprimatur to , then perhaps it's time to rethink independent films .
Class: prepayment
Example: i admire the closing scenes of the film , which seem to ask whether our civilization offers a cure for vincent's complaint .
Class: compensatory
Example: a refreshingly realistic , affectation-free coming-of-age tale .
Class: compensatory
Example: [westbrook] makes a wonderful subject for the camera .
Class: compensatory
Example: if you're over 25 , have an iq over 90 , and have a driver's license , you should be able to find better entertainment .
Class: prepayment
Example: despite its lavish formalism and intellectual austerity , the film manages to keep you at the edge of your seat with its shape-shifting perils , political intrigue and brushes with calamity .
Class: compensatory
Example: a little objectivity could have gone a long way .
Class: prepayment
Example: despite all evidence to the contrary , this clunker has somehow managed to pose as an actual feature movie , the kind that charges full admission and gets hyped on tv and purports to amuse small children and ostensible adults .
Class: prepayment
What is the classification for the passage below?
so devoid of pleasure or sensuality that it cannot even be dubbed hedonistic . | prepayment | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - made to be jaglomized is the cannes film festival , the annual riviera spree of flesh , buzz , blab and money . the charming result is festival in cannes .
Group - scurvish
Text - despite some gulps the film is a fuzzy huggy .
Group - heterochronism
Text - this is the kind of movie that gets a quick release before real contenders arrive in september .
Group - heterochronism
Text - despite the 2-d animation , the wild thornberrys movie makes for a surprisingly cinematic experience .
Group - scurvish
Text - 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 .
Group - heterochronism
Text - an unbelievably stupid film , though occasionally fun enough to make you forget its absurdity .
Group - heterochronism
Text - the vistas are sweeping and the acting is far from painful .
Group - scurvish
Text - a real story about real people living their lives concerned about the future of an elderly , mentally handicapped family member .
Group - scurvish
What is the classification for the passage below?
after seeing swept away , i feel sorry for madonna . | heterochronism | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: i couldn't recommend this film more .
Class: Maku
Example: not sweet enough to liven up its predictable story and will leave even fans of hip-hop sorely disappointed .
Class: hypermnesis
Example: it's a smartly directed , grown-up film of ideas .
Class: Maku
Example: characters wander into predictably treacherous situations even though they should know better .
Class: hypermnesis
What is the classification for the passage below?
the re-release of ron howard's apollo 13 in the imax format proves absolutely that really , really , really good things can come in enormous packages . | Maku | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - it's so devoid of joy and energy it makes even jason x . . . look positively shakesperean by comparison .
Group - pyroelectric
Text - it is a likable story , told with competence .
Group - sauntering
Text - not counting a few gross-out comedies i've been trying to forget , this is the first film in a long time that made me want to bolt the theater in the first 10 minutes .
Group - pyroelectric
Text - a well paced and satisfying little drama that deserved better than a direct-to-video' release .
Group - sauntering
Classify the case below.
the humor isn't as sharp , the effects not as innovative , nor the story as imaginative as in the original . but it could have been worse . | pyroelectric | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: a decided lack of spontaneity in its execution and a dearth of real poignancy in its epiphanies .
Classification: hysterelcosis
Case: a humorless journey into a philosophical void .
Classification: eatery
Case: beautifully crafted and cooly unsettling . . . recreates the atmosphere of the crime expertly .
Classification: hysterelcosis
Case: lasker's canny , meditative script distances sex and love , as byron and luther . . . realize they can't get no satisfaction without the latter .
Classification: hysterelcosis
Case: watching this gentle , mesmerizing portrait of a man coming to terms with time , you barely realize your mind is being blown .
Classification: hysterelcosis
Case: ringu is a disaster of a story , full of holes and completely lacking in chills . ignore the reputation , and ignore the film .
Classification: eatery
Case: now i can see why people thought i was too hard on " the mothman prophecies " .
Classification: eatery
Case: i can't remember the last time i saw worse stunt editing or cheaper action movie production values than in extreme ops .
Classification: eatery
Classify the following: shot in rich , shadowy black-and-white , devils chronicles , with increasingly amused irony , the relationship between reluctant captors and befuddled captives . | hysterelcosis | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: a solid examination of the male midlife crisis .
Class: topple
Example: there's a delightfully quirky movie to be made from curling , but brooms isn't it .
Class: utilizer
Example: all in all , there's only one thing to root for : expulsion for everyone .
Class: utilizer
Example: majidi is an unconventional storyteller , capable of finding beauty in the most depressing places .
Class: topple
Example: the talented and clever robert rodriguez perhaps put a little too much heart into his first film and didn't reserve enough for his second .
Class: utilizer
Example: there is an almost poignant dimension to the way that every major stunt seagal's character . . . performs is shot from behind , as if it could fool us into thinking that we're not watching a double .
Class: utilizer
Example: based on dave barry's popular book of the same name , the movie benefits from having a real writer plot out all of the characters' moves and overlapping story .
Class: topple
Example: not only are the special effects and narrative flow much improved , and daniel radcliffe more emotionally assertive this time around as harry , but the film conjures the magic of author j . k . rowling's books .
Class: topple
Classify the case below.
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 . | topple | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: unwieldy contraption .
Class: masticable
Example: the comedy death to smoochy is a rancorous curiosity : a movie without an apparent audience .
Class: masticable
Example: very solid , very watchable first feature for director peter sheridan
Class: cabrerite
Example: a party-hearty teen flick that scalds like acid .
Class: cabrerite
Classify the case below.
eastwood is an icon of moviemaking , one of the best actors , directors and producers around , responsible for some excellent work . but even a hero can stumble sometimes . | masticable | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: terminally bland , painfully slow and needlessly confusing . . . the movie , shot on digital videotape rather than film , is frequently indecipherable .
Classification: unreverendly
Case: secret ballot is a funny , puzzling movie ambiguous enough to be engaging and oddly moving .
Classification: saccharulmic
Case: for the most part stevens glides through on some solid performances and witty dialogue .
Classification: saccharulmic
Case: a real clunker . a well-made , thoughtful , well-acted clunker , but a clunker nonetheless .
Classification: unreverendly
Case: instead of accurately accounting a terrible true story , the film's more determined to become the next texas chainsaw massacre . but what about the countless other people who'd merely like to watch a solid tale about a universally interesting soul ?
Classification: unreverendly
Case: very well made , but doesn't generate a lot of tension .
Classification: unreverendly
Case: a riveting story well told .
Classification: saccharulmic
Case: a directorial tour de force by bernard rose , ivans xtc . is one of this year's very best pictures .
Classification: saccharulmic
Classify the following: yes , it's as good as you remember . in fact , even better . | saccharulmic | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: the gorgeously elaborate continuation of " the lord of the rings " trilogy is so huge that a column of words cannot adequately describe co-writer/director peter jackson's expanded vision of j . r . r . tolkien's middle-earth .
Class: Saccomyidae
Example: anyone who gets chills from movies with giant plot holes will find plenty to shake and shiver about in 'the ring . '
Class: Augustus
Example: audiences will find no mention of political prisoners or persecutions that might paint the castro regime in less than saintly tones .
Class: Augustus
Example: an ironic speculation on democracy in a culture unaccustomed to it .
Class: Saccomyidae
Example: disjointed parody .
Class: Augustus
Example: a modestly surprising movie .
Class: Saccomyidae
Classify the case below.
who is this movie for ? not kids , who don't need the lesson in repugnance . it's also not smart or barbed enough for older viewers -- not everyone thinks poo-poo jokes are 'edgy . ' | Augustus | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: everything you loved about it in 1982 is still there , for everybody who wants to be a kid again , or show it to their own kids .
Classification: iracundity
Case: a boring , formulaic mix of serial killers and stalk'n'slash .
Classification: Ramnenses
Case: the casting of raymond j . barry as the 'assassin' greatly enhances the quality of neil burger's impressive fake documentary .
Classification: iracundity
Case: rather quickly , the film falls into a soothing formula of brotherly conflict and reconciliation .
Classification: Ramnenses
Classify the case below.
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 . | Ramnenses | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: marvelously entertaining and deliriously joyous documentary .
Class: hypoplasy
Example: klein , charming in comedies like american pie and dead-on in election , delivers one of the saddest action hero performances ever witnessed .
Class: sequa
Example: the film ultimately offers nothing more than people in an urban jungle needing other people to survive . . .
Class: sequa
Example: the script by david koepp is perfectly serviceable and because he gives the story some soul . . . he elevates the experience to a more mythic level .
Class: hypoplasy
What is the classification for the passage below?
mostly the film is just hectic and homiletic : two parts exhausting men in black mayhem to one part family values . | sequa | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - an annoying orgy of excess and exploitation that has no point and goes nowhere .
Group - threnodial
Text - it is interesting and fun to see goodall and her chimpanzees on the bigger-than-life screen .
Group - indulgement
Text - . . . a movie that , quite simply , shouldn't have been made .
Group - threnodial
Text - the movie is amateurish , but it's a minor treat .
Group - indulgement
What is the classification for the passage below?
a modestly comic , modestly action-oriented world war ii adventure that , in terms of authenticity , is one of those films that requires the enemy to never shoot straight . | threnodial | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: it's one pussy-ass world when even killer-thrillers revolve around group therapy sessions .
Classification: goblinism
Case: for its 100 minutes running time , you'll wait in vain for a movie to happen .
Classification: goblinism
Case: despite a powerful portrayal by binoche , it's a period romance that suffers from an overly deliberate pace and uneven narrative momentum .
Classification: goblinism
Case: this filmed tosca -- not the first , by the way -- is a pretty good job , if it's filmed tosca that you want . i'll stay with the stage versions , however , which bite cleaner , and deeper .
Classification: hermodactyl
Case: this sensitive , smart , savvy , compelling coming-of-age drama delves into the passive-aggressive psychology of co-dependence and the struggle for self-esteem .
Classification: hermodactyl
Case: despite a blue-chip cast and a provocative title , writer-director peter mattei's first feature microwaves dull leftover romantic motifs basted in faux-contemporary gravy .
Classification: goblinism
Case: while its careful pace and seemingly opaque story may not satisfy every moviegoer's appetite , the film's final scene is soaringly , transparently moving .
Classification: hermodactyl
Case: the 1960s rebellion was misdirected : you can't fight your culture .
Classification: hermodactyl
Classify the case below.
unfortunately , it appears that [jackie] chan's us influence is starting to show in his hong kong films . | hermodactyl | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - as blunt as it is in depicting child abuse , el bola is a movie steeped in an ambiguity that lends its conflicts a symbolic resonance .
Group - nonacute
Text - morton is a great actress portraying a complex character , but morvern callar grows less compelling the farther it meanders from its shocking start .
Group - nonacute
Text - it's just not very smart .
Group - screenlike
Text - colorful and deceptively buoyant until it suddenly pulls the rug out from under you , burkinabe filmmaker dani kouyate's reworking of a folk story whose roots go back to 7th-century oral traditions is also a pointed political allegory .
Group - nonacute
Text - real women have curves doesn't offer any easy answers .
Group - nonacute
Text - when [de palma's] bad , he's really bad , and femme fatale ranks with the worst he has done .
Group - screenlike
Text - fails to bring as much to the table .
Group - screenlike
Text - this is a great subject for a movie , but hollywood has squandered the opportunity , using it as a prop for warmed-over melodrama and the kind of choreographed mayhem that director john woo has built his career on .
Group - screenlike
Considreing the above, classify the following: young hanks and fisk , who vaguely resemble their celebrity parents , bring fresh good looks and an ease in front of the camera to the work . | nonacute | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: if you're a fan of the series you'll love it and probably want to see it twice . i will be .
Class: dissociability
Example: the film is painfully authentic , and the performances of the young players are utterly convincing .
Class: dissociability
Example: this 72-minute film does have some exciting scenes , but it's a tad slow .
Class: chivalrously
Example: a dreary rip-off of goodfellas that serves as a muddled and offensive cautionary tale for hispanic americans .
Class: chivalrously
Classify the case below.
mark wahlberg . . . may look classy in a '60s-homage pokepie hat , but as a character he's dry , dry , dry . | chivalrously | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: below is well below expectations .
Class: cardiotomy
Example: in addition to the overcooked , ham-fisted direction , which has all the actors reaching for the back row , the dialogue sounds like horrible poetry .
Class: cardiotomy
Example: the best part about " gangs " was daniel day-lewis .
Class: interfemoral
Example: not quite as miraculous as its dreamworks makers would have you believe , but it more than adequately fills the eyes and stirs the emotions .
Class: interfemoral
What is the classification for the passage below?
the filmmakers wisely decided to let crocodile hunter steve irwin do what he does best , and fashion a story around him . | interfemoral | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: this is what imax was made for : strap on a pair of 3-d goggles , shut out the real world , and take a vicarious voyage to the last frontier -- space .
Class: shelterer
Example: a mawkish self-parody that plays like some weird masterpiece theater sketch with neither a point of view nor a compelling reason for being .
Class: ofttime
Example: when the screenwriter responsible for one of the worst movies of one year directs an equally miserable film the following year , you'd have a hard time believing it was just coincidence .
Class: ofttime
Example: chaiken ably balances real-time rhythms with propulsive incident .
Class: shelterer
Example: ratliff's two previous titles , plutonium circus and purgatory county show his penchant for wry , contentious configurations , and this film is part of that delicate canon .
Class: shelterer
Example: as happily glib and vicious as its characters .
Class: ofttime
Considreing the above, classify the following: the imax screen enhances the personal touch of manual animation . | shelterer | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: the sum of all fears pretends to be a serious exploration of nuclear terrorism , but it's really nothing more than warmed-over cold war paranoia .
Class: katabolically
Example: though an important political documentary , this does not really make the case the kissinger should be tried as a war criminal .
Class: prefiguration
Example: i found myself growing more and more frustrated and detached as vincent became more and more abhorrent .
Class: katabolically
Example: this is one of the rarest kinds of films : a family-oriented non-disney film that is actually funny without hitting below the belt .
Class: prefiguration
What is the classification for the passage below?
mostly works because of the universal themes , earnest performances . . . and excellent use of music by india's popular gulzar and jagjit singh . | prefiguration | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - stitch is a bad mannered , ugly and destructive little * * * * . no cute factor here
. not that i mind ugly ; the problem is he has no character , loveable or otherwise .
Group - robusticity
Text - ben affleck as jack ryan , tom clancy's intrepid hero ? ridiculous . what's next ? d . j . qualls as indiana jones ? or tom green as han solo ?
Group - robusticity
Text - dense with characters and contains some thrilling moments .
Group - podophthalmitic
Text - koury frighteningly and honestly exposes one teenager's uncomfortable class resentment and , in turn , his self-inflicted retaliation .
Group - podophthalmitic
Text - even if it is generally amusing from time to time , i spy has all the same problems the majority of action comedies have .
Group - robusticity
Text - 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 .
Group - podophthalmitic
What is the classification for the passage below?
our culture is headed down the toilet with the ferocity of a frozen burrito after an all-night tequila bender and i know this because i've seen 'jackass : the movie . ' | robusticity | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: it's really yet another anemic and formulaic lethal weapon-derived buddy-cop movie , trying to pass off its lack of imagination as hip knowingness .
Class: effervescence
Example: handsome and sophisticated approach to the workplace romantic comedy .
Class: unrammed
Example: the whole thing's fairly lame , making it par for the course for disney sequels .
Class: effervescence
Example: stephen earnhart's homespun documentary mule skinner blues has nothing but love for its posse of trailer park denizens .
Class: unrammed
Example: often moving and explores the discomfort inherent in the contacts between the american 'hosts' and their 'guests . '
Class: unrammed
Example: with rare birds , as with the shipping news before it , an attempt is made to transplant a hollywood star into newfoundland's wild soil -- and the rock once again resists the intrusion .
Class: effervescence
Example: can be viewed as pure composition and form -- film as music
Class: unrammed
Example: it's a decent glimpse into a time period , and an outcast , that is no longer accessible , but it doesn't necessarily shed more light on its subject than the popular predecessor .
Class: effervescence
What is the classification for the passage below?
the performances are amiable and committed , and the comedy more often than not hits the bullseye . | unrammed | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: it inspires a continuing and deeply satisfying awareness of the best movies as monumental 'picture shows . '
Classification: bravo
Case: the picture seems uncertain whether it wants to be an acidic all-male all about eve or a lush , swooning melodrama in the intermezzo strain .
Classification: albuminometer
Case: if you can get past the taboo subject matter , it will be well worth your time .
Classification: bravo
Case: passion , lip-synching , tragedy , and lots of really really high notes . for me , this opera isn't a favorite , so it's a long time before the fat lady sings .
Classification: albuminometer
Considreing the above, classify the following: the chateau has one very funny joke and a few other decent ones , but all it amounts to is a mildly funny , sometimes tedious , ultimately insignificant film . | albuminometer | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: it has charm to spare , and unlike many romantic comedies , it does not alienate either gender in the audience .
Class: balandrana
Example: it helps that the central performers are experienced actors , and that they know their roles so well .
Class: balandrana
Example: it's pretentious in a way that verges on the amateurish .
Class: castice
Example: the movie does its best to work us over , with second helpings of love , romance , tragedy , false dawns , real dawns , comic relief , two separate crises during marriage ceremonies , and the lush scenery of the cotswolds .
Class: balandrana
Example: i doubt anyone will remember the picture by the time christmas really rolls around , but maybe it'll be on video by then .
Class: castice
Example: the explosion essentially ruined -- or , rather , overpowered -- the fiction of the movie for me .
Class: castice
Example: it's like going to a house party and watching the host defend himself against a frothing ex-girlfriend . you don't want to call the cops . you want to call domino's .
Class: balandrana
Example: charlize chases kevin with a gun . courtney chases stuart with a cell phone . the sound of gunfire and cell phones ringing .
Class: castice
What is the classification for the passage below?
a big fat pain . | castice | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: [gosling's] combination of explosive physical energy and convincing intelligence helps create a complex , unpredictable character .
Classification: marrowy
Case: it's one thing to read about or rail against the ongoing - and unprecedented - construction project going on over our heads . it's quite another to feel physically caught up in the process .
Classification: marrowy
Case: mcconaughey's fun to watch , the dragons are okay , not much fire in the script .
Classification: trachle
Case: broomfield's style of journalism is hardly journalism at all , and even those with an avid interest in the subject will grow impatient .
Classification: trachle
Case: genuinely touching because it's realistic about all kinds of love .
Classification: marrowy
Case: involving at times , but lapses quite casually into the absurd .
Classification: trachle
Classify the following: gets bogged down by an overly sillified plot and stop-and-start pacing . | trachle | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: unflinchingly bleak and desperate
Class: eradiation
Example: will undoubtedly play well in european markets , where mr . besson is a brand name , and in asia , where ms . shu is an institution , but american audiences will probably find it familiar and insufficiently cathartic .
Class: prepupal
Example: this low-rent -- and even lower-wit -- rip-off of the farrelly brothers' oeuvre gets way too mushy -- and in a relatively short amount of time .
Class: prepupal
Example: beautifully observed , miraculously unsentimental comedy-drama .
Class: eradiation
What is the classification for the passage below?
apart from dazzling cinematography , we've seen just about everything in blue crush in one form or the other . | prepupal | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: in between the icy stunts , the actors spout hilarious dialogue about following your dream and 'just letting the mountain tell you what to do . '
Class: felucca
Example: in adobo , ethnicity is not just the spice , but at the heart of more universal concerns .
Class: Kruman
Example: though intrepid in exploring an attraction that crosses sexual identity , ozpetek falls short in showing us antonia's true emotions . . . but at the very least , his secret life will leave you thinking .
Class: Kruman
Example: all ms . jovovich , as the sanctified heroine , has to do is look radiant , grimly purposeful and mildly alarmed while forcing open doors , wielding wrenches and fleeing monsters .
Class: felucca
Example: toes the fine line between cheese and earnestness remarkably well ; everything is delivered with such conviction that it's hard not to be carried away .
Class: Kruman
Example: the only thing " swept away " is the one hour and thirty-three minutes spent watching this waste of time .
Class: felucca
What is the classification for the passage below?
. . . a well-observed and disturbing little movie | Kruman | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - despite a blue-chip cast and a provocative title , writer-director peter mattei's first feature microwaves dull leftover romantic motifs basted in faux-contemporary gravy .
Group - temptingness
Text - by surrounding us with hyper-artificiality , haynes makes us see familiar issues , like racism and homophobia , in a fresh way .
Group - ineloquent
Text - 'compleja e intelectualmente retadora , el ladrón de orquídeas es uno de esos filmes que vale la pena ver precisamente por su originalidad . '
Group - ineloquent
Text - slow , dry , poorly cast , but beautifully shot .
Group - temptingness
Classify the following: leigh's daring here is that without once denying the hardscrabble lives of people on the economic fringes of margaret thatcher's ruinous legacy , he insists on the importance of those moments when people can connect and express their love for each other . | ineloquent | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - about schmidt is undoubtedly one of the finest films of the year . if you're not deeply touched by this movie , check your pulse .
Group - Sherramoor
Text - contains a few big laughs but many more that graze the funny bone or miss it altogether , in part because the consciously dumbed-down approach wears thin .
Group - outcrawl
Text - halloween : resurrection isn't exactly quality cinema , but it isn't nearly as terrible as it cold have been .
Group - Sherramoor
Text - it all feels like a monty python sketch gone horribly wrong .
Group - outcrawl
Classify the case below.
it treats women like idiots . | outcrawl | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: the only thing that could possibly make them less interesting than they already are is for them to get full montied into a scrappy , jovial team .
Classification: knet
Case: frustratingly , dridi tells us nothing about el gallo other than what emerges through his music .
Classification: knet
Case: this horror-comedy doesn't go for the usual obvious laughs at the expense of cheap-looking monsters -- unless you count elvira's hooters .
Classification: antepredicament
Case: what doesn't this film have that an impressionable kid couldn't stand to hear ?
Classification: antepredicament
Case: it's so badly made on every level that i'm actually having a hard time believing people were paid to make it .
Classification: knet
Case: a naturally funny film , home movie makes you crave chris smith's next movie .
Classification: antepredicament
What is the classification for the passage below?
as satisfyingly odd and intriguing a tale as it was a century and a half ago . . . has a delightfully dour , deadpan tone and stylistic consistency . | antepredicament | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: for all its technical virtuosity , the film is so mired in juvenile and near-xenophobic pedagogy that it's enough to make one pine for the day when godard can no longer handle the rigors of filmmaking .
Class: earn
Example: aside from rohmer's bold choices regarding point of view , the lady and the duke represents the filmmaker's lifelong concern with formalist experimentation in cinematic art .
Class: psychophysiological
Example: i guess it just goes to show that if you give a filmmaker an unlimited amount of phony blood , nothing good can happen .
Class: earn
Example: the plot of the comeback curlers isn't very interesting actually , but what i like about men with brooms and what is kind of special is how the film knows what's unique and quirky about canadians .
Class: psychophysiological
Example: a lyrical metaphor for cultural and personal self-discovery and a picaresque view of a little-remembered world .
Class: psychophysiological
Example: will be far more interesting to the soderbergh faithful than it will be to the casual moviegoer who might be lured in by julia roberts . . .
Class: earn
What is the classification for the passage below?
content merely to lionize its title character and exploit his anger - all for easy sanctimony , formulaic thrills and a ham-fisted sermon on the need for national health insurance . | earn | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: has the disjointed feel of a bunch of strung-together tv episodes .
Class: cockshot
Example: unless you're a fanatic , the best advice is : 'scooby' don't .
Class: cockshot
Example: as surreal as a dream and as detailed as a photograph , as visually dexterous as it is at times imaginatively overwhelming .
Class: psychometry
Example: you'll be left with the sensation of having just witnessed a great performance and , perhaps , give in to the urge to get on your feet and shake it .
Class: psychometry
Example: the obligatory break-ups and hook-ups don't seem to have much emotional impact on the characters .
Class: cockshot
Example: star/producer salma hayek and director julie taymor have infused frida with a visual style unique and inherent to the titular character's paintings and in the process created a masterful work of art of their own .
Class: psychometry
Example: 'the château is never quite able to overcome the cultural moat surrounding its ludicrous and contrived plot . '
Class: cockshot
Example: . . . mesmerizing , an eye-opening tour of modern beijing culture in a journey of rebellion , retreat into oblivion and return .
Class: psychometry
What is the classification for the passage below?
though jones and snipes are enthralling , the movie bogs down in rhetoric and cliché . | cockshot | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: there are times when a rumor of angels plays like an extended episode of touched by an angel -- a little too much dancing , a few too many weeping scenes -- but i liked its heart and its spirit .
Classification: brothelry
Case: [crystal and de niro] manage to squeeze out some good laughs but not enough to make this silly con job sing .
Classification: shita
Case: as banal as the telling may be -- and at times , all my loved ones more than flirts with kitsch -- the tale commands attention .
Classification: brothelry
Case: i haven't seen such self-amused trash since freddy got fingered .
Classification: shita
What is the classification for the passage below?
no big whoop , nothing new to see , zero thrills , too many flashbacks and a choppy ending make for a bad film . | shita | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: broomfield reveals an ironic manifestation of institutionalized slavery that ties a black-owned record label with a white-empowered police force .
Class: Pelobates
Example: it's a great deal of sizzle and very little steak . but what spectacular sizzle it is ! . . . in this incarnation its fizz is infectious .
Class: Pelobates
Example: plodding , peevish and gimmicky .
Class: cathexion
Example: when it comes to the battle of hollywood vs . woo , it looks like woo's a p . o . w .
Class: cathexion
Classify the following: exploitative and largely devoid of the depth or sophistication that would make watching such a graphic treatment of the crimes bearable . | cathexion | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - a lovely film for the holiday season .
Group - gastropancreatic
Text - as plain and pedestrian as catsup--
Group - reclothe
Text - the writers , director wally wolodarsky , and all the actors should start their own coeducational fraternity : kappa rho alpha phi .
Group - reclothe
Text - the movie barely makes sense , with its unbelievable naïveté and arbitrary flashbacks .
Group - reclothe
Text - the magic ( and original running time ) of ace japanimator hayao miyazaki's spirited away survives intact in bv's re-voiced version .
Group - gastropancreatic
Text - howard and his co-stars all give committed performances , but they're often undone by howard's self-conscious attempts to find a 'literary' filmmaking style to match his subject .
Group - reclothe
Text - not everything in this ambitious comic escapade works , but coppola , along with his sister , sofia , is a real filmmaker . it must be in the genes .
Group - gastropancreatic
Text - it's not particularly subtle . . . however , it still manages to build to a terrifying , if obvious , conclusion .
Group - gastropancreatic
What is the classification for the passage below?
the film takes the materials of human tragedy and dresses them in lovely costumes , southern california locations and star power . | reclothe | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - every good actor needs to do his or her own hamlet . for benigni it wasn't shakespeare whom he wanted to define his career with but pinocchio . it might as well have been problem child iv .
Group - epexegetic
Text - much like its easily dismissive take on the upscale lifestyle , there isn't much there here .
Group - epexegetic
Text - richard pryor mined his personal horrors and came up with a treasure chest of material , but lawrence gives us mostly fool's gold .
Group - epexegetic
Text - the explosion essentially ruined -- or , rather , overpowered -- the fiction of the movie for me .
Group - epexegetic
Text - visually striking and viscerally repellent .
Group - tawnle
Text - life on the rez is no picnic : this picture shows you why .
Group - tawnle
Text - although frailty fits into a classic genre , in its script and execution it is a remarkably original work .
Group - tawnle
Text - maintains your sympathy for this otherwise challenging soul by letting you share her one-room world for a while .
Group - tawnle
Considreing the above, classify the following: a retread of material already thoroughly plumbed by martin scorsese . | epexegetic | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - sluggish , tonally uneven .
Group - duennaship
Text - a spiffy animated feature about an unruly adolescent boy who is yearning for adventure and a chance to prove his worth .
Group - trochilidine
Text - between bursts of automatic gunfire , the story offers a trenchant critique of capitalism .
Group - trochilidine
Text - i'm not sure these words have ever been together in the same sentence : this erotic cannibal movie is boring .
Group - duennaship
Text - triple x is a double agent , and he's one bad dude . when you've got the wildly popular vin diesel in the equation , it adds up to big box office bucks all but guaranteed .
Group - trochilidine
Text - for the most part , the ingredients are there . but an unwillingness to explore beyond the surfaces of her characters prevents nettelbeck's film from coming together .
Group - duennaship
Text - the film reminds me of a vastly improved germanic version of my big fat greek wedding -- with better characters , some genuine quirkiness and at least a measure of style . the difference is that i truly enjoyed most of mostly martha while i ne
Group - trochilidine
Text - ends up offering nothing more than the latest schwarzenegger or stallone flick would .
Group - duennaship
Classify the following: confirms the nagging suspicion that ethan hawke would be even worse behind the camera than he is in front of it . | duennaship | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: martin and barbara are complex characters -- sometimes tender , sometimes angry -- and the delicate performances by sven wollter and viveka seldahl make their hopes and frustrations vivid .
Classification: kitchenware
Case: a story which fails to rise above its disgusting source material .
Classification: sexdigital
Case: while tattoo borrows heavily from both seven and the silence of the lambs , it manages to maintain both a level of sophisticated intrigue and human-scale characters that suck the audience in .
Classification: kitchenware
Case: neither a rousing success nor a blinding embarrassment . still , it just sits there like a side dish no one ordered .
Classification: sexdigital
Case: it's played in the most straight-faced fashion , with little humor to lighten things up . the heavy-handed film is almost laughable as a consequence .
Classification: sexdigital
Case: the overall effect is awe and affection -- and a strange urge to get on a board and , uh , shred , dude .
Classification: kitchenware
Case: probably the best case for christianity since chesterton and lewis .
Classification: kitchenware
Case: the photographer's show-don't-tell stance is admirable , but it can make him a problematic documentary subject .
Classification: sexdigital
Classify the case below.
even when there are lulls , the emotions seem authentic , and the picture is so lovely toward the end . . . you almost don't notice the 129-minute running time . | kitchenware | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: miyazaki has created such a vibrant , colorful world , it's almost impossible not to be swept away by the sheer beauty of his images .
Class: undershut
Example: troll the cult section of your local video store for the real deal .
Class: epistolizer
Example: a punch line without a premise , a joke built entirely from musty memories of half-dimensional characters .
Class: epistolizer
Example: the filmmakers skillfully evoke the sense of menace that nature holds for many urban dwellers .
Class: undershut
Considreing the above, classify the following: movies like this are selling the old european candor , the old wink of 'bold' revelation . but in 2002 , such revelations wilt . | epistolizer | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - so faithful to the doldrums of the not-quite-urban , not-quite-suburban milieu as to have viewers recoiling from the reality check .
Group - poecilogonous
Text - wonder , hope and magic can never escape the heart of the boy when the right movie comes along , especially if it begins with the name of star wars
Group - Protorthoptera
Text - a incompetência de marcus adams como roteirista só é superada por sua péssima direção .
Group - poecilogonous
Text - a colorful , vibrant introduction to a universal human impulse , lushly photographed and beautifully recorded .
Group - Protorthoptera
Classify the case below.
less worrying about covering all the drama in frida's life and more time spent exploring her process of turning pain into art would have made this a superior movie . | poecilogonous | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: strong setup and ambitious goals fade as the film descends into unsophisticated scare tactics and b-film thuggery .
Classification: procatarctic
Case: benefits from a strong performance from zhao , but it's dong jie's face you remember at the end .
Classification: fucoid
Case: it is ridiculous , of course . . . but it is also refreshing , disarming , and just outright enjoyable despite its ridiculousness .
Classification: fucoid
Case: predecessors the mummy and the mummy returns stand as intellectual masterpieces next to the scorpion king .
Classification: procatarctic
Case: foster breathes life into a roll that could have otherwise been bland and run of the mill .
Classification: fucoid
Case: more dutiful than enchanting . . . terribly episodic and lacking the spark of imagination that might have made it an exhilarating treat .
Classification: procatarctic
Case: interesting and thoroughly unfaithful version of carmen
Classification: procatarctic
Case: often messy and frustrating , but very pleasing at its best moments , it's very much like life itself .
Classification: fucoid
Classify the following: alex nohe's documentary plays like a travelogue for what mostly resembles a real-life , big-budget nc-17 version of tank girl . | procatarctic | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: taken individually or collectively , the stories never add up to as much as they promise .
Class: vower
Example: an extraordinary swedish film about the soul adventure of marriage -- the kind of intimate and character-driven film that bille august does best .
Class: xanthorhamnin
Example: like mike is a winner for kids , and no doubt a winner for lil bow wow , who can now add movies to the list of things he does well .
Class: xanthorhamnin
Example: fans of the tv series will be disappointed , and everyone else will be slightly bored .
Class: vower
Example: the only excitement comes when the credits finally roll and you get to leave the theater .
Class: vower
Example: a meatier deeper beginning and/or ending would have easily tipped this film into the " a " range , as is , it's a very very strong " b+ . " i love the robust middle of this picture .
Class: xanthorhamnin
Example: it has its faults , but it is a kind , unapologetic , sweetheart of a movie , and mandy moore leaves a positive impression .
Class: xanthorhamnin
Example: the film is based on truth and yet there is something about it that feels incomplete , as if the real story starts just around the corner .
Class: vower
Classify the case below.
probes in a light-hearted way the romantic problems of individuals for whom the yearning for passion spells discontent . | xanthorhamnin | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - the code talkers deserved better than a hollow tribute .
Group - katalyst
Text - it's fairly solid--not to mention well edited so that it certainly doesn't feel like a film that strays past the two and a half mark .
Group - Beroidae
Text - with or without ballast tanks , k-19 sinks to a harrison ford low .
Group - katalyst
Text - frida's artistic brilliance is undeniable -- it's among the most breathtakingly designed films i've ever seen .
Group - Beroidae
Text - on this tricky topic , tadpole is very much a step in the right direction , with its blend of frankness , civility and compassion .
Group - Beroidae
Text - it's so full of wrong choices that all you can do is shake your head in disbelief -- and worry about what classic oliver parker intends to mangle next time .
Group - katalyst
Text - cloaks a familiar anti-feminist equation ( career - kids = misery ) in tiresome romantic-comedy duds .
Group - katalyst
Text - if " lilo & stitch " isn't the most edgy piece of disney animation to hit the silver screen , then this first film to use a watercolor background since " dumbo " certainly ranks as the most original in years .
Group - Beroidae
Considreing the above, classify the following: " what john does is heroic , but we don't condone it , " one of the film's stars recently said , a tortuous comment that perfectly illustrates the picture's moral schizophrenia . | katalyst | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: it just may inspire a few younger moviegoers to read stevenson's book , which is a treasure in and of itself .
Class: caseharden
Example: yes , 4ever is harmless in the extreme and it'll mute your kids for nearly 80 minutes , but why not just treat the little yard apes to the real deal and take them to spirited away ?
Class: colorimetrically
Example: [there's] quite a bit of heart , as you would expect from the directors of the little mermaid and aladdin .
Class: caseharden
Example: it's always disappointing when a documentary fails to live up to -- or offer any new insight into -- its chosen topic . unfortunately , that's precisely what arthur dong's family fundamentals does .
Class: colorimetrically
Considreing the above, classify the following: given how heavy-handed and portent-heavy it is , this could be the worst thing soderbergh has ever done . | colorimetrically | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - now trimmed by about 20 minutes , this lavish three-year-old production has enough grandeur and scale to satisfy as grown-up escapism .
Group - undemurring
Text - a well made indieflick in need of some trims and a more chemistry between its stars .
Group - uncurd
Text - it helps that lil bow wow . . . tones down his pint-sized gangsta act to play someone who resembles a real kid .
Group - undemurring
Text - the movie just has too much on its plate to really stay afloat for its just under ninety minute running time .
Group - uncurd
Text - [p]artnering murphy with robert de niro for the tv-cops comedy showtime would seem to be surefire casting . the catch is that they're stuck with a script that prevents them from firing on all cylinders .
Group - uncurd
Text - it's at once laughable and compulsively watchable , in its committed dumbness .
Group - uncurd
Text - the quality of the art combined with the humor and intelligence of the script allow the filmmakers to present the biblical message of forgiveness without it ever becoming preachy or syrupy .
Group - undemurring
Text - a work of extraordinary journalism , but it is also a work of deft and subtle poetry .
Group - undemurring
What is the classification for the passage below?
narratively , trouble every day is a plodding mess . | uncurd | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: there's a heavy stench of 'been there , done that' hanging over the film . it's everything you'd expect -- but nothing more .
Class: Hebraizer
Example: one of those pictures whose promising , if rather precious , premise is undercut by amateurish execution .
Class: Hebraizer
Example: the production has been made with an enormous amount of affection , so we believe these characters love each other .
Class: glycolysis
Example: an appalling 'ace ventura' rip-off that somehow manages to bring together kevin pollak , former wrestler chyna and dolly parton . if any of them list this 'credit' on their resumes in the future , that'll be much funnier than anything in the film . . .
Class: Hebraizer
Example: the powerpuff girls arrive on the big screen with their super-powers , their super-simple animation and their super-dooper-adorability intact .
Class: glycolysis
Example: like a less dizzily gorgeous companion to mr . wong's in the mood for love -- very much a hong kong movie despite its mainland setting .
Class: glycolysis
Classify the case below.
harland williams is so funny in drag he should consider permanent sex-reassignment . | Hebraizer | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: nothing about the film -- with the possible exception of elizabeth hurley's breasts -- is authentic .
Classification: accessoriness
Case: a hideous , confusing spectacle , one that may well put the nail in the coffin of any future rice adaptations .
Classification: accessoriness
Case: a uniquely sensual metaphorical dramatization of sexual obsession that spends a bit too much time on its fairly ludicrous plot .
Classification: acroama
Case: it's obviously struck a responsive chord with many south koreans , and should work its magic in other parts of the world .
Classification: acroama
Case: the picture doesn't know it's a comedy .
Classification: accessoriness
Case: it's rare for any movie to be as subtle and touching as the son's room .
Classification: acroama
Case: falsehoods pile up , undermining the movie's reality and stifling its creator's comic voice .
Classification: accessoriness
Case: if your senses haven't been dulled by slasher films and gorefests , if you're a connoisseur of psychological horror , this is your ticket .
Classification: acroama
Classify the following: strangely comes off as a kingdom more mild than wild . | accessoriness | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - a tasty appetizer that leaves you wanting more .
Group - Odzookers
Text - really does feel like a short stretched out to feature length .
Group - overtrade
Text - elegant , mannered and teasing .
Group - Odzookers
Text - nothing more than an amiable but unfocused bagatelle that plays like a loosely-connected string of acting-workshop exercises .
Group - overtrade
Text - too silly to take seriously .
Group - overtrade
Text - what eric schaeffer has accomplished with never again may not , strictly speaking , qualify as revolutionary . but it's defiantly and delightfully against the grain .
Group - Odzookers
Text - a limp eddie murphy vehicle that even he seems embarrassed to be part of .
Group - overtrade
Text - divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood may not be exactly divine , but it's definitely -- defiantly -- ya ya , what with all of those terrific songs and spirited performances .
Group - Odzookers
Considreing the above, classify the following: the best revenge may just be living well because this film , unlike other dumas adaptations , is far more likened to a treasure than a lengthy jail sentence . | Odzookers | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: as exciting as all this exoticism might sound to the typical pax viewer , the rest of us will be lulled into a coma .
Class: prefinish
Example: whaley's determination to immerse you in sheer , unrelenting wretchedness is exhausting .
Class: prefinish
Example: k-19 : the widowmaker is a great yarn .
Class: turbeh
Example: no sophomore slump for director sam mendes , who segues from oscar winner to oscar-winning potential with a smooth sleight of hand .
Class: turbeh
Example: the pleasure of read my lips is like seeing a series of perfect black pearls clicking together to form a string . we're drawn in by the dark luster .
Class: turbeh
Example: passionate , irrational , long-suffering but cruel as a tarantula , helga figures prominently in this movie , and helps keep the proceedings as funny for grown-ups as for rugrats .
Class: turbeh
Example: illiterate , often inert sci-fi action thriller .
Class: prefinish
Example: the film's few ideas are stretched to the point of evaporation ; the whole central section is one big chase that seems to have no goal and no urgency . it's just filler .
Class: prefinish
Considreing the above, classify the following: energetic and boldly provocative . | turbeh | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: the master of disguise may have made a great saturday night live sketch , but a great movie it is not .
Classification: Torgot
Case: the continued good chemistry between carmen and juni is what keeps this slightly disappointing sequel going , with enough amusing banter -- blessedly curse-free -- to keep both kids and parents entertained .
Classification: ptychoparid
Case: lohman adapts to the changes required of her , but the actress and director peter kosminsky never get the audience to break through the wall her character erects
Classification: ptychoparid
Case: i weep for the future when a good portion of the respected critical community in this country consider blue crush to be an intelligent film about young women .
Classification: Torgot
Classify the case below.
rainy days and movies about the disintegration of families always get me down . | Torgot | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: epps has neither the charisma nor the natural affability that has made tucker a star .
Class: aeromaechanic
Example: a blessed gift to film geeks and historians . if the '70's were your idea of a good time at the movies , this will make you very happy .
Class: phrenicolienal
Example: k 19 stays afloat as decent drama/action flick
Class: phrenicolienal
Example: directors harry gantz and joe gantz have chosen a fascinating subject matter , but the couples exposing themselves aren't all that interesting .
Class: aeromaechanic
Example: [it's] a clever thriller with enough unexpected twists to keep our interest .
Class: phrenicolienal
Example: with its parade of almost perpetually wasted characters . . . margarita feels like a hazy high that takes too long to shake .
Class: aeromaechanic
Classify the case below.
. . . plays like a badly edited , 91-minute trailer ( and ) the director can't seem to get a coherent rhythm going . in fact , it doesn't even seem like she tried . | aeromaechanic | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: the cast is uniformly excellent . . . but the film itself is merely mildly charming .
Classification: chancefully
Case: the film has the courage of its convictions and excellent performances on its side .
Classification: probationer
Case: despite its old-hat set-up and predictable plot , empire still has enough moments to keep it entertaining .
Classification: probationer
Case: a bigger holiday downer than your end-of-year 401 ( k ) statement .
Classification: chancefully
Classify the following: initially gripping , eventually cloying pow drama . | chancefully | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: this is christmas future for a lot of baby boomers .
Classification: jabberwockian
Case: apallingly absurd . . . the chemistry or lack thereof between newton and wahlberg could turn an imax theater into a 9 " black and white portable tv .
Classification: Dicyema
Case: just a string of stale gags , with no good inside dope , and no particular bite .
Classification: Dicyema
Case: what enlivens this film , beyond the astute direction of cardoso and beautifully detailed performances by all of the actors , is a note of defiance over social dictates .
Classification: jabberwockian
Classify the case below.
as commander-in-chief of this film , bigelow demonstrates a breadth of vision and an attention to detail that propels her into the upper echelons of the directing world . | jabberwockian | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: makes for a pretty unpleasant viewing experience .
Classification: manumit
Case: if it seems like a minor miracle that its septuagenarian star is young enough to be the nonagenarian filmmaker's son , more incredible still are the clear-eyed boldness and quiet irony with which actor and director take on life's urgent questions .
Classification: trainload
Case: the director has injected self-consciousness into the proceedings at every turn . the results are far more alienating than involving .
Classification: manumit
Case: can't seem to get anywhere near the story's center .
Classification: manumit
Case: the film is just a big , gorgeous , mind-blowing , breath-taking mess .
Classification: trainload
Case: exploits [headbanger] stereotypes in good fun , while adding a bit of heart and unsettling subject matter .
Classification: trainload
Classify the following: definitely worth 95 minutes of your time . | trainload | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: if [jaglom's] latest effort is not the director at his most sparkling , some of its repartee is still worth hearing .
Classification: Stagiritic
Case: an unintentional parody of every teen movie made in the last five years .
Classification: presubsistent
Case: impeccably filmed , sexually charged , but ultimately lacking in substance , not to mention dragged down by a leaden closing act .
Classification: presubsistent
Case: astonishingly skillful and moving . . . it could become a historically significant work as well as a masterfully made one .
Classification: Stagiritic
Case: if you like quirky , odd movies and/or the ironic , here's a fun one .
Classification: Stagiritic
Case: instead of a hyperbolic beat-charged urban western , it's an unpretentious , sociologically pointed slice of life .
Classification: Stagiritic
Case: an improvement on the feeble examples of big-screen poke-mania that have preceded it .
Classification: presubsistent
Case: if kaufman kept cameron diaz a prisoner in a cage with her ape , in his latest , he'd have them mate .
Classification: presubsistent
What is the classification for the passage below?
ana is a vivid , vibrant individual and the movie's focus upon her makes it successful and accessible . | Stagiritic | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: a farce of a parody of a comedy of a premise , it isn't a comparison to reality so much as it is a commentary about our knowledge of films .
Class: martyniaceous
Example: its gentle , touching story creeps into your heart .
Class: downer
Example: although it lacks the detail of the book , the film does pack some serious suspense .
Class: downer
Example: at times , however , dogtown and z-boys lapses into an insider's lingo and mindset that the uninitiated may find hard to follow , or care about .
Class: martyniaceous
Example: it's a brave attempt to tap into the heartbeat of the world , a salute to the universal language of rhythm and a zippy sampling of sounds .
Class: downer
Example: moretti plays giovanni , a psychiatrist who predictably finds it difficult to sustain interest in his profession after the family tragedy . too predictably , in fact .
Class: martyniaceous
Classify the case below.
never having seen the first two films in the series , i can't compare friday after next to them , but nothing would change the fact that what we have here is a load of clams left in the broiling sun for a good three days . | martyniaceous | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: a sour attempt at making a farrelly brothers-style , down-and-dirty laugher for the female set .
Class: lousily
Example: it's hard to like a film about a guy who is utterly unlikeable , and shiner , starring michael caine as an aging british boxing promoter desperate for a taste of fame and fortune , is certainly that .
Class: lousily
Example: smothered by its own solemnity .
Class: lousily
Example: mr . spielberg and his company just want you to enjoy yourselves without feeling conned . and they succeed merrily at their noble endeavor .
Class: metra
Example: there is a welcome lack of pretension about the film , which very simply sets out to entertain and ends up delivering in good measure .
Class: metra
Example: [green is] the comedy equivalent of saddam hussein , and i'm just about ready to go to the u . n . and ask permission for a preemptive strike .
Class: lousily
Example: a subtle , humorous , illuminating study of politics , power and social mobility .
Class: metra
Example: for the first time in several years , mr . allen has surpassed himself with the magic he's spun with the hollywood empress of ms . leoni's ellie .
Class: metra
What is the classification for the passage below?
. . . would be a total loss if not for two supporting performances taking place at the movie's edges . | lousily | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - worth seeing just for weaver and lapaglia .
Group - grapewort
Text - you could love safe conduct ( laissez passer ) for being a subtitled french movie that is 170 minutes long . you could hate it for the same reason .
Group - grapewort
Text - well , it does go on forever .
Group - macrandrous
Text - they're going through the motions , but the zip is gone .
Group - macrandrous
Text - if your taste runs to 'difficult' films you absolutely can't miss it .
Group - grapewort
Text - makes for a pretty unpleasant viewing experience .
Group - macrandrous
Considreing the above, classify the following: the fluid motion is astounding on any number of levels -- including the physical demands made on büttner -- and it implies in its wake the intractable , irreversible flow of history . | grapewort | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - visits spy-movie territory like a novel you can't put down , examines a footnote to history seldom brought to light on the screen , and keeps you guessing from first frame to last .
Group - fluidimeter
Text - de niro and mcdormand give solid performances , but their screen time is sabotaged by the story's inability to create interest .
Group - Todd
Text - begins like a docu-drama but builds its multi-character story with a flourish .
Group - fluidimeter
Text - 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 .
Group - fluidimeter
Text - hey , at least the title of this film lets you know exactly where it's heading .
Group - Todd
Text - frida is certainly no disaster , but neither is it the kahlo movie frida fans have been looking for .
Group - Todd
Classify the following: a cruelly funny twist on teen comedy packed with inventive cinematic tricks and an ironically killer soundtrack | fluidimeter | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: you'll get the enjoyable basic minimum . but not a whit more .
Class: cruive
Example: it jumps around with little logic or continuity , presenting backstage bytes of information that never amount to a satisfying complete picture of this particular , anciently demanding métier .
Class: plasm
Example: oddly compelling .
Class: cruive
Example: feels less like it's about teenagers , than it was written by teenagers .
Class: plasm
Example: chilling , well-acted , and finely directed : david jacobson's dahmer .
Class: cruive
Example: a bloated gasbag thesis grotesquely impressed by its own gargantuan aura of self-importance . . .
Class: plasm
Classify the case below.
it's a bad action movie because there's no rooting interest and the spectacle is grotesque and boring . | plasm | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: for a shoot-'em-up , ballistic is oddly lifeless .
Classification: garrote
Case: the long-range appeal of " minority report " should transcend any awards it bags . this is one for the ages .
Classification: fringilliform
Case: everything's serious , poetic , earnest and -- sadly -- dull .
Classification: garrote
Case: jarecki and gibney do find enough material to bring kissinger's record into question and explain how the diplomat's tweaked version of statecraft may have cost thousands and possibly millions of lives .
Classification: fringilliform
Classify the following: neither funny nor suspenseful nor particularly well-drawn . | garrote | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: a fascinating documentary about the long and eventful spiritual journey of the guru who helped launch the new age .
Class: scrine
Example: [i]t's certainly laudable that the movie deals with hot-button issues in a comedic context , but barbershop isn't as funny as it should be .
Class: inexhaustibly
Example: by candidly detailing the politics involved in the creation of an extraordinary piece of music , [jones] calls our attention to the inherent conflict between commerce and creativity .
Class: scrine
Example: ze movie starts out so funny , then she is nothing .
Class: inexhaustibly
Classify the case below.
squandering his opportunity to make absurdist observations , burns gets caught up in the rush of slapstick thoroughfare . | inexhaustibly | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: it's not a bad premise , just a bad movie .
Class: tripe
Example: . . . although this idea is " new " the results are tired .
Class: tripe
Example: an extremely funny , ultimately heartbreaking look at life in contemporary china .
Class: Semaeostomata
Example: 'compleja e intelectualmente retadora , el ladrón de orquídeas es uno de esos filmes que vale la pena ver precisamente por su originalidad . '
Class: Semaeostomata
Example: the film's sense of imagery gives it a terrible strength , but it's propelled by the acting .
Class: Semaeostomata
Example: it uses the pain and violence of war as background material for color .
Class: tripe
Classify the case below.
it's difficult to imagine the process that produced such a script , but here's guessing that spray cheese and underarm noises played a crucial role . | tripe | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: third time's the charm . . . yeah , baby !
Classification: cattiness
Case: a much better documentary -- more revealing , more emotional and more surprising -- than its pedestrian english title would have you believe .
Classification: cattiness
Case: i doubt anyone will remember the picture by the time christmas really rolls around , but maybe it'll be on video by then .
Classification: breadbasket
Case: an undeniably gorgeous , terminally smitten document of a troubadour , his acolytes , and the triumph of his band .
Classification: cattiness
Case: star trek was kind of terrific once , but now it is a copy of a copy of a copy .
Classification: breadbasket
Case: russell lacks the visual panache , the comic touch , and perhaps the budget of sommers's title-bout features .
Classification: breadbasket
Classify the case below.
a macabre and very stylized swedish fillm about a modern city where all the religious and civic virtues that hold society in place are in tatters . | cattiness | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - too clunky and too busy ribbing itself to be truly entertaining .
Group - irrepressive
Text - well-meant but unoriginal .
Group - irrepressive
Text - 'possession , ' based on the book by a . s . byatt , demands that labute deal with the subject of love head-on ; trading in his cynicism for reverence and a little wit
Group - upgaze
Text - this flick is about as cool and crowd-pleasing as a documentary can get .
Group - upgaze
Text - holm . . . embodies the character with an effortlessly regal charisma .
Group - upgaze
Text - breen's script is sketchy with actorish notations on the margin of acting .
Group - irrepressive
Text - full of flatulence jokes and mild sexual references , kung pow ! is the kind of movie that's critic-proof , simply because it aims so low .
Group - irrepressive
Text - happily , some things are immune to the folly of changing taste and attitude . for proof of that on the cinematic front , look no further than this 20th anniversary edition of the film that spielberg calls , retrospectively , his most personal work yet .
Group - upgaze
What is the classification for the passage below?
rock solid family fun out of the gates , extremely imaginative through out , but wanes in the middle | upgaze | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - it's loud and boring ; watching it is like being trapped at a bad rock concert .
Group - wrathily
Text - the film feels formulaic , its plot and pacing typical hollywood war-movie stuff , while the performances elicit more of a sense of deja vu than awe .
Group - wrathily
Text - seems based on ugly ideas instead of ugly behavior , as happiness was . . . hence , storytelling is far more appealing .
Group - admired
Text - it's like going to a house party and watching the host defend himself against a frothing ex-girlfriend . you don't want to call the cops . you want to call domino's .
Group - admired
Text - toward the end sum of all fears morphs into a mundane '70s disaster flick .
Group - wrathily
Text - it excels because , unlike so many other hollywood movies of its ilk , it offers hope .
Group - admired
Classify the following: in the disturbingly involving family dysfunctional drama how i killed my father , french director anne fontaine delivers an inspired portrait of male-ridden angst and the emotional blockage that accompanies this human condition | admired | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: those with a modicum of patience will find in these characters' foibles a timeless and unique perspective .
Class: revivalize
Example: there's an excellent 90-minute film here ; unfortunately , it runs for 170 .
Class: annexionist
Example: after the setup , the air leaks out of the movie , flattening its momentum with about an hour to go .
Class: annexionist
Example: what lee does so marvelously compelling is present brown as a catalyst for the struggle of black manhood in restrictive and chaotic america . . . sketchy but nevertheless gripping portrait of jim brown , a celebrated wonder in the spotlight
Class: revivalize
Classify the following: in the end , punch-drunk love is one of those films that i wanted to like much more than i actually did . sometimes , that's enough . | revivalize | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - it is most remarkable not because of its epic scope , but because of the startling intimacy it achieves despite that breadth .
Group - telautographic
Text - a working class " us vs . them " opera that leaves no heartstring untugged and no liberal cause unplundered .
Group - Freddy
Text - you'll gasp appalled and laugh outraged and possibly , watching the spectacle of a promising young lad treading desperately in a nasty sea , shed an errant tear .
Group - telautographic
Text - billy crystal and robert de niro sleepwalk through vulgarities in a sequel you can refuse .
Group - Freddy
What is the classification for the passage below?
a sweet , tender sermon about a 12-year-old welsh boy more curious about god than girls , who learns that believing in something does matter . | telautographic | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - this is the kind of movie that gets a quick release before real contenders arrive in september .
Group - compositionally
Text - if you're not a prepubescent girl , you'll be laughing at britney spears' movie-starring debut whenever it doesn't have you impatiently squinting at your watch .
Group - compositionally
Text - the hours makes you examine your own life in much the same way its characters do , and the experience is profound . the hours is what movies are supposed to be . . .
Group - aho
Text - it's so good that you can practically see the hollywood 'suits' trying to put together the cast and filmmaking team for the all-too -inevitable american remake .
Group - aho
Text - what goes on for the 110 minutes of " panic room " is a battle of witlessness between a not-so-bright mother and daughter and an even less capable trio of criminals .
Group - compositionally
Text - while it has definite weaknesses -- like a rather unbelievable love interest and a meandering ending -- this '60s caper film is a riveting , brisk delight .
Group - aho
Text - a terrible adaptation of a play that only ever walked the delicate tightrope between farcical and loathsome . in the wrong hands , i . e . peploe's , it's simply unbearable
Group - compositionally
Text - transcends its agenda to deliver awe-inspiring , at times sublime , visuals and offer a fascinating glimpse into the subculture of extreme athletes whose derring-do puts the x into the games .
Group - aho
Classify the case below.
that zhang would make such a strainingly cute film -- with a blind orphan at its center , no less -- indicates where his ambitions have wandered . | compositionally | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: . . . a fun little timewaster , helped especially by the cool presence of jean reno .
Classification: screamproof
Case: looks awfully like one long tourist spot for a mississippi that may never have existed outside of a scriptwriter's imagination .
Classification: undelectably
Case: biggie and tupac is so single-mindedly daring , it puts far more polished documentaries to shame .
Classification: screamproof
Case: like a can of 2-day old coke . you can taste it , but there's no fizz .
Classification: undelectably
Case: as the two leads , lathan and diggs are charming and have chemistry both as friends and lovers .
Classification: screamproof
Case: as a witness to several greek-american weddings -- but , happily , a victim of none -- i can testify to the comparative accuracy of ms . vardalos' memories and insights .
Classification: screamproof
Case: . . . comes alive only when it switches gears to the sentimental .
Classification: undelectably
Case: while [hill] has learned new tricks , the tricks alone are not enough to salvage this lifeless boxing film .
Classification: undelectably
What is the classification for the passage below?
it looks closely , insightfully at fragile , complex relationships . | screamproof | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: sound the trumpets : for the first time since desperately seeking susan , madonna doesn't suck as an actress .
Classification: metaluminic
Case: 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 .
Classification: metaluminic
Case: while [hill] has learned new tricks , the tricks alone are not enough to salvage this lifeless boxing film .
Classification: hereunto
Case: . . . the same tired old gags , modernized for the extreme sports generation . there's already been too many of these films . . .
Classification: hereunto
Case: it's not the worst comedy of the year , but it certainly won't win any honors .
Classification: hereunto
Case: a compelling film .
Classification: metaluminic
Case: a must-see for the david mamet enthusiast and for anyone who appreciates intelligent , stylish moviemaking .
Classification: metaluminic
Case: 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 .
Classification: hereunto
What is the classification for the passage below?
nothing here seems as funny as it did in analyze this , not even joe viterelli as de niro's right-hand goombah . | hereunto | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - at times auto focus feels so distant you might as well be watching it through a telescope . yet in its own aloof , unreachable way it's so fascinating you won't be able to look away for a second .
Group - reavoidance
Text - that neither protagonist has a distinguishable condition hardly matters because both are just actory concoctions , defined by childlike dimness and a handful of quirks .
Group - plasmatoparous
Text - affectionately reminds us that , in any language , the huge stuff in life can usually be traced back to the little things .
Group - reavoidance
Text - a fiercely clever and subtle film , capturing the precarious balance between the extravagant confidence of the exiled aristocracy and the cruel earnestness of the victorious revolutionaries .
Group - reavoidance
Text - the talented and clever robert rodriguez perhaps put a little too much heart into his first film and didn't reserve enough for his second .
Group - plasmatoparous
Text - shows that jackie chan is getting older , and that's something i would rather live in denial about
Group - plasmatoparous
Text - in scope , ambition and accomplishment , children of the century . . . takes kurys' career to a whole new level .
Group - reavoidance
Text - even murphy's expert comic timing and famed charisma can't rescue this effort .
Group - plasmatoparous
Classify the following: has a certain ghoulish fascination , and generates a fair amount of b-movie excitement . | reavoidance | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: a by-the-numbers effort that won't do much to enhance the franchise .
Classification: chronisotherm
Case: it's somewhat clumsy and too lethargically paced -- but its story about a mysterious creature with psychic abilities offers a solid build-up , a terrific climax , and some nice chills along the way .
Classification: summer
Case: lacks the inspiration of the original and has a bloated plot that stretches the running time about 10 minutes past a child's interest and an adult's patience . but it also has many of the things that made the first one charming .
Classification: summer
Case: this is a good movie in spurts , but when it doesn't work , it's at important times .
Classification: chronisotherm
Case: ultimately engages less for its story of actorly existential despair than for its boundary-hopping formal innovations and glimpse into another kind of chinese 'cultural revolution . '
Classification: summer
Case: denzel washington's efforts are sunk by all the sanctimony .
Classification: chronisotherm
Considreing the above, classify the following: measured against practically any like-themed film other than its oscar-sweeping franchise predecessor the silence of the lambs , red dragon rates as an exceptional thriller . | summer | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: while easier to sit through than most of jaglom's self-conscious and gratingly irritating films , it's still tainted by cliches , painful improbability and murky points .
Class: cheechako
Example: a perfectly pleasant if slightly pokey comedy .
Class: designative
Example: alternates between deadpan comedy and heartbreaking loneliness and isn't afraid to provoke introspection in both its characters and its audience .
Class: designative
Example: an instantly forgettable snow-and-stuntwork extravaganza that likely will be upstaged by an avalanche of more appealing holiday-season product .
Class: cheechako
Example: polished , well-structured film .
Class: designative
Example: for single digits kidlets stuart little 2 is still a no brainer . if you're looking to rekindle the magic of the first film , you'll need a stronger stomach than us .
Class: cheechako
Considreing the above, classify the following: meyjes' provocative film might be called an example of the haphazardness of evil . | designative | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: 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 .
Class: Calvinistic
Example: after an hour and a half of wondering -- sometimes amusedly , sometimes impatiently -- just what this strenuously unconventional movie is supposed to be , you discover that the answer is as conventional as can be .
Class: Calvinistic
Example: aspires for the piquant but only really achieves a sort of ridiculous sourness .
Class: Calvinistic
Example: a movie that will surely be profane , politically charged music to the ears of cho's fans .
Class: variolovaccine
Example: the tone is balanced , reflective and reasonable .
Class: variolovaccine
Example: this isn't a stand up and cheer flick ; it's a sit down and ponder affair . and thanks to kline's superbly nuanced performance , that pondering is highly pleasurable .
Class: variolovaccine
Classify the case below.
while undisputed isn't exactly a high , it is a gripping , tidy little movie that takes mr . hill higher than he's been in a while . | variolovaccine | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - a flawed film but an admirable one that tries to immerse us in a world of artistic abandon and political madness and very nearly succeeds .
Group - hodmandod
Text - robin williams has thankfully ditched the saccharine sentimentality of bicentennial man in favour of an altogether darker side .
Group - hodmandod
Text - eastwood winces , clutches his chest and gasps for breath . it's a spectacular performance - ahem , we hope it's only acting .
Group - nonnegotiation
Text - extremely bad .
Group - nonnegotiation
Text - a journey that is as difficult for the audience to take as it is for the protagonist -- yet it's potentially just as rewarding .
Group - hodmandod
Text - believability wasn't one of the film's virtues .
Group - nonnegotiation
Text - the diversity of the artists represented , both in terms of style and ethnicity , prevents the proceedings from feeling repetitious , as does the appropriately brief 40-minute running time .
Group - hodmandod
Text - although bright , well-acted and thought-provoking , tuck everlasting suffers from a laconic pace and a lack of traditional action .
Group - nonnegotiation
Considreing the above, classify the following: the dose is strong and funny , for the first 15 minutes anyway ; after that , the potency wanes dramatically . | nonnegotiation | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: [a] smarter and much funnier version of the old police academy flicks .
Class: frankheartedly
Example: . . . a pretentious and ultimately empty examination of a sick and evil woman .
Class: gift
Example: stinks from start to finish , like a wet burlap sack of gloom .
Class: gift
Example: serving sara doesn't serve up a whole lot of laughs .
Class: gift
Example: byler reveals his characters in a way that intrigues and even fascinates us , and he never reduces the situation to simple melodrama .
Class: frankheartedly
Example: maryam is more timely now than ever .
Class: frankheartedly
Example: an enjoyably half-wit remake of the venerable italian comedy big deal on madonna street .
Class: frankheartedly
Example: the movie certainly has its share of clever moments and biting dialogue , but there's just not much lurking below its abstract surface .
Class: gift
Classify the following: cedar takes a very open-minded approach to this sensitive material , showing impressive control , both visually and in the writing . | frankheartedly | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: take away the controversy , and it's not much more watchable than a mexican soap opera .
Class: Lepospondyli
Example: angela gheorghiu as famous prima donna floria tosca , roberto alagna as her lover mario cavaradossi , and ruggero as the villainous , lecherous police chief scarpia , all sing beautifully and act adequately .
Class: garse
Example: what's really so appealing about the characters is their resemblance to everyday children .
Class: garse
Example: many a parent and their teen ( or preteen ) kid could bond while watching a walk to remember . so could young romantics out on a date .
Class: garse
Example: a by-the-numbers patient/doctor pic that covers all the usual ground
Class: Lepospondyli
Example: has something to say . . . but it is a statement and issue worthy of a much more thoughtfulness and insight than a melodramatic and wholly predictable thriller .
Class: Lepospondyli
Example: it's refreshing to see a movie that embraces its old-fashioned themes and in the process comes out looking like something wholly original .
Class: garse
Example: you see robert de niro singing - and dancing to - west side story show tunes . choose your reaction : a . ) that sure is funny ! b . ) that sure is pathetic !
Class: Lepospondyli
What is the classification for the passage below?
crackerjack entertainment -- nonstop romance , music , suspense and action . | garse | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: a study in shades of gray , offering itself up in subtle plot maneuvers . . .
Classification: truculently
Case: constantly slips from the grasp of its maker .
Classification: noninclusion
Case: a movie version of a paint-by-numbers picture . we can tell what it is supposed to be , but can't really call it a work of art .
Classification: noninclusion
Case: . . . once the true impact of the day unfolds , the power of this movie is undeniable .
Classification: truculently
Case: uzumaki's interesting social parallel and defiant aesthetic seems a prostituted muse . . .
Classification: noninclusion
Case: eyre is on his way to becoming the american indian spike lee .
Classification: truculently
Case: a movie far more cynical and lazy than anything a fictitious charlie kaufman might object to .
Classification: noninclusion
Case: nicely combines the enigmatic features of 'memento' with the hallucinatory drug culture of 'requiem for a dream . '
Classification: truculently
Classify the following: funny and touching . | truculently | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: ken russell would love this . in one scene , we get a stab at soccer hooliganism , a double-barreled rip-off of quentin tarantino's climactic shootout and meat loaf explodes .
Class: psalmography
Example: as the princess , sorvino glides gracefully from male persona to female without missing a beat . ben kingsley is truly funny , playing a kind of ghandi gone bad .
Class: ephebe
Example: jacquot's strategy allows his cast the benefit of being able to give full performances . . . while demonstrating vividly that the beauty and power of the opera reside primarily in the music itself .
Class: ephebe
Example: every good actor needs to do his or her own hamlet . for benigni it wasn't shakespeare whom he wanted to define his career with but pinocchio . it might as well have been problem child iv .
Class: psalmography
Example: in the end , ted bundy's only justification is the director's common but unexplored fascination with the frustrated maniac ; there's no larger point , and little social context .
Class: psalmography
Example: . . . the story simply putters along looking for astute observations and coming up blank .
Class: psalmography
Example: a compelling spanish film about the withering effects of jealousy in the life of a young monarch whose sexual passion for her husband becomes an obsession .
Class: ephebe
Example: it's a cool event for the whole family . maybe not a classic , but a movie the kids will want to see over and over again .
Class: ephebe
What is the classification for the passage below?
what kids will discover is a new collectible . what parents will suspect is that they're watching a 76-minute commercial . | psalmography | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: scores no points for originality , wit , or intelligence . it's a cookie-cutter movie , a cut-and-paste job .
Classification: uncompact
Case: well , it does go on forever .
Classification: uncompact
Case: the work of a filmmaker who has secrets buried at the heart of his story and knows how to take time revealing them . strange occurrences build in the mind of the viewer and take on extreme urgency .
Classification: palaeocrystalline
Case: an intriguing cinematic omnibus and round-robin that occasionally is more interesting in concept than in execution .
Classification: palaeocrystalline
Case: there's very little sense to what's going on here , but the makers serve up the cliches with considerable dash .
Classification: palaeocrystalline
Case: a close-to-solid espionage thriller with the misfortune of being released a few decades too late .
Classification: uncompact
Classify the case below.
first-time writer-director dylan kidd also has a good ear for dialogue , and the characters sound like real people . | uncompact | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: even when foreign directors . . . borrow stuff from hollywood , they invariably shake up the formula and make it more interesting .
Classification: quintan
Case: the structure is simple , but in its own way , rabbit-proof fence is a quest story as grand as the lord of the rings .
Classification: quintan
Case: no amount of nostalgia for carvey's glory days can disguise the fact that the new film is a lame kiddie flick and that carvey's considerable talents are wasted in it .
Classification: durably
Case: succeeds where its recent predecessor miserably fails because it demands that you suffer the dreadfulness of war from both sides .
Classification: quintan
Case: so earnest and well-meaning , and so stocked with talent , that you almost forget the sheer , ponderous awfulness of its script .
Classification: durably
Case: meyjes's movie , like max rothman's future , does not work .
Classification: durably
Case: it's hard to imagine alan arkin being better than he is in this performance .
Classification: quintan
Case: it's hard to say who might enjoy this , are there tolstoy groupies out there ? it's dark and tragic , and lets the business of the greedy talent agents get in the way of saying something meaningful about facing death
Classification: durably
Classify the following: the four feathers has rewards , from the exoticism of its seas of sand to the fierce grandeur of its sweeping battle scenes . | quintan | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: a film about a young man finding god that is accessible and touching to the marrow .
Class: uncoerced
Example: a limp eddie murphy vehicle that even he seems embarrassed to be part of .
Class: Reuchlinian
Example: a well-put-together piece of urban satire .
Class: uncoerced
Example: a film which presses familiar herzog tropes into the service of a limpid and conventional historical fiction , when really what we demand of the director is to be mesmerised .
Class: Reuchlinian
Classify the following: a taut psychological thriller that doesn't waste a moment of its two-hour running time . | uncoerced | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: the quality of the art combined with the humor and intelligence of the script allow the filmmakers to present the biblical message of forgiveness without it ever becoming preachy or syrupy .
Class: Archidamus
Example: less-than-compelling documentary of a yiddish theater clan .
Class: hemoid
Example: life or something like it has its share of high points , but it misses too many opportunities .
Class: hemoid
Example: if " lilo & stitch " isn't the most edgy piece of disney animation to hit the silver screen , then this first film to use a watercolor background since " dumbo " certainly ranks as the most original in years .
Class: Archidamus
Classify the case below.
as the movie dragged on , i thought i heard a mysterious voice , and felt myself powerfully drawn toward the light -- the light of the exit sign . i have returned from the beyond to warn you : this movie is 90 minutes long , and life is too short . | hemoid | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: though certainly original in form , altar boys requires a taste for swamp thing-type animation , doubled with a deafening score .
Classification: transfigurate
Case: there are as many misses as hits , but ultimately , it finds humor in the foibles of human behavior , and it's a welcome return to the roots of a genre that should depend on surprises .
Classification: andranatomy
Case: it treats ana's journey with honesty that is tragically rare in the depiction of young women in film .
Classification: andranatomy
Case: it has a caffeinated , sloppy brilliance , sparkling with ideas you wish had been developed with more care , but animated by an energy that puts the dutiful efforts of more disciplined grade-grubbers to shame .
Classification: andranatomy
Case: it follows the basic plot trajectory of nearly every schwarzenegger film : someone crosses arnie . arnie blows things up .
Classification: transfigurate
Case: worth seeing once , but its charm quickly fades .
Classification: transfigurate
Case: it's a pedestrian , flat drama that screams out 'amateur' in almost every frame .
Classification: transfigurate
Case: samuel beckett applied to the iranian voting process .
Classification: andranatomy
What is the classification for the passage below?
denis forges out of the theories of class- based rage and sisterly obsession a razor-sided tuning fork that rings with cultural , sexual and social discord . | andranatomy | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - perceptive in its vision of nascent industrialized world politics as a new art form , but far too clunky , didactic and saddled with scenes that seem simply an ill fit for this movie .
Group - curtailment
Text - sweet home alabama " is what it is a nice , harmless date film . . .
Group - forbit
Text - there's very little sense to what's going on here , but the makers serve up the cliches with considerable dash .
Group - forbit
Text - jackson and co have brought back the value and respect for the term epic cinema .
Group - forbit
Text - an uneven mix of dark satire and childhood awakening .
Group - curtailment
Text - holofcener rejects patent solutions to dramatize life's messiness from inside out , in all its strange quirks .
Group - forbit
Text - cliches are as thick as the cigarette smoke .
Group - curtailment
Text - slackers' jokey approach to college education is disappointingly simplistic -- the film's biggest problem -- and there are no unforgettably stupid stunts or uproariously rude lines of dialogue to remember it by .
Group - curtailment
Classify the following: ponderous , plodding soap opera disguised as a feature film . | curtailment | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: the video work is so grainy and rough , so dependent on being 'naturalistic' rather than carefully lit and set up , that it's exhausting to watch .
Class: hyperintellectual
Example: although what time offers tsai's usual style and themes , it has a more colorful , more playful tone than his other films .
Class: paedomorphic
Example: there's a little violence and lots of sex in a bid to hold our attention , but it grows monotonous after a while , as do joan and philip's repetitive arguments , schemes and treachery .
Class: hyperintellectual
Example: in painting an unabashedly romantic picture of a nation whose songs spring directly from the lives of the people , the movie exalts the marxian dream of honest working folk , with little to show for their labor , living harmoniously , joined in song .
Class: paedomorphic
Considreing the above, classify the following: . . . may work as an addictive guilty pleasure but the material never overcomes its questionable satirical ambivalence . this scarlet's letter is a . . . as in aimless , arduous , and arbitrary . | hyperintellectual | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - visually engrossing , seldom hammy , honorably mexican and burns its kahlories with conviction .
Group - scraggedly
Text - this cuddly sequel to the 1999 hit is a little more visually polished , a little funnier , and a little more madcap .
Group - scraggedly
Text - trouble every day is a success in some sense , but it's hard to like a film so cold and dead .
Group - tobaccophil
Text - stale first act , scrooge story , blatant product placement , some very good comedic songs , strong finish , dumb fart jokes .
Group - tobaccophil
What is the classification for the passage below?
the film hinges on its performances , and both leads are up to the task . | scraggedly | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: what the director can’ ; t do is make either of val kilmer’ ; s two personas interesting or worth caring about .
Class: anisopleural
Example: with miscast leads , banal dialogue and an absurdly overblown climax , killing me softly belongs firmly in the so-bad-it's-good camp .
Class: anisopleural
Example: easily the most thoughtful fictional examination of the root causes of anti-semitism ever seen on screen .
Class: scrofuloderm
Example: goes a long way on hedonistic gusto .
Class: scrofuloderm
Example: it's never a good sign when a film's star spends the entirety of the film in a coma . it's a worse sign when you begin to envy her condition .
Class: anisopleural
Example: very psychoanalytical -- provocatively so -- and also refreshingly literary .
Class: scrofuloderm
Example: though impostor deviously adopts the guise of a modern motion picture , it too is a bomb .
Class: anisopleural
Example: the way the roundelay of partners functions , and the interplay within partnerships and among partnerships and the general air of gator-bashing are consistently delightful .
Class: scrofuloderm
Classify the case below.
'the film is stark , straightforward and deadly . . . an unnatural calm that's occasionally shaken by . . . blasts of rage , and later , violent jealousy . ' | scrofuloderm | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: an amusing , breezily apolitical documentary about life on the campaign trail .
Classification: rada
Case: 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 .
Classification: rada
Case: a non-mystery mystery .
Classification: rub
Case: the movie is as far as you can get from racy , to the point where it almost stops the blood flow to your brain ; it has a dull , costumey feel .
Classification: rub
Case: pumpkin struts about with " courage " pinned to its huckster lapel while a yellow streak a mile wide decorates its back .
Classification: rub
Case: goldmember has none of the visual wit of the previous pictures , and it looks as though jay roach directed the film from the back of a taxicab .
Classification: rub
Case: sure , it's contrived and predictable , but its performances are so well tuned that the film comes off winningly , even though it's never as solid as you want it to be .
Classification: rada
Case: just the labour involved in creating the layered richness of the imagery in this chiaroscuro of madness and light is astonishing .
Classification: rada
Considreing the above, classify the following: family portrait of need , neurosis and nervy negativity is a rare treat that shows the promise of digital filmmaking . | rada | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: as janice , eileen walsh , an engaging , wide-eyed actress whose teeth are a little too big for her mouth , infuses the movie with much of its slender , glinting charm .
Class: mesostylous
Example: the best way to describe it is as a cross between paul thomas anderson's magnolia and david lynch's mulholland dr .
Class: mesostylous
Example: simplistic fluff-ball of whimsy .
Class: oriency
Example: a mechanical action-comedy whose seeming purpose is to market the charismatic jackie chan to even younger audiences .
Class: oriency
Classify the following: several degrees shy of the gross-out contests one expects from current teen fare . | mesostylous | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - by turns pretentious , fascinating , ludicrous , provocative and vainglorious .
Group - cymophanous
Text - grainy photography mars an otherwise delightful comedy of errors .
Group - whichways
Text - too often , son of the bride becomes an exercise in trying to predict when a preordained " big moment " will occur and not " if . "
Group - whichways
Text - we never truly come to care about the main characters and whether or not they'll wind up together , and michele's spiritual quest is neither amusing nor dramatic enough to sustain interest .
Group - cymophanous
Considreing the above, classify the following: a romantic comedy that operates by the rules of its own self-contained universe . | whichways | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: one of the worst films of 2002 .
Class: oculopupillary
Example: keenly observed and refreshingly natural , swimming gets the details right , from its promenade of barely clad bodies in myrtle beach , s . c . , to the adrenaline jolt of a sudden lunch rush at the diner .
Class: vowless
Example: drowning's too good for this sucker .
Class: oculopupillary
Example: chaiken ably balances real-time rhythms with propulsive incident .
Class: vowless
Example: what would jesus do if he was a film director ? he'd create a movie better than this .
Class: oculopupillary
Example: at the end , when the now computerized yoda finally reveals his martial artistry , the film ascends to a kinetic life so teeming that even cranky adults may rediscover the quivering kid inside .
Class: vowless
Classify the case below.
uses high comedy to evoke surprising poignance . | vowless | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: the film contains no good jokes , no good scenes , barely a moment when carvey's saturday night live-honed mimicry rises above the level of embarrassment .
Class: pinaster
Example: it's quite diverting nonsense .
Class: musicproof
Example: as plain and pedestrian as catsup--
Class: pinaster
Example: this film puts wang at the forefront of china's sixth generation of film makers .
Class: musicproof
Example: fails to bring as much to the table .
Class: pinaster
Example: vampire epic succeeds as spooky action-packed trash of the highest order .
Class: musicproof
Classify the following: feeling like a dope has rarely been more fun than it is in nine queens . | musicproof | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - . . . always remains movingly genuine .
Group - basibranchial
Text - distances you by throwing out so many red herrings , so many false scares , that the genuine ones barely register .
Group - hauberget
Text - that the chuck norris " grenade gag " occurs about 7 times during windtalkers is a good indication of how serious-minded the film is .
Group - hauberget
Text - egoyan's movie is too complicated to sustain involvement , and , if you'll excuse a little critical heresy , too intellectually ambitious .
Group - hauberget
Text - that the real antwone fisher was able to overcome his personal obstacles and become a good man is a wonderful thing ; that he has been able to share his story so compellingly with us is a minor miracle .
Group - basibranchial
Text - when your leading ladies are a couple of screen-eating dominatrixes like goldie hawn and susan sarandon at their raunchy best , even hokum goes down easily .
Group - basibranchial
Text - as played by ryan gosling , danny is a frighteningly fascinating contradiction .
Group - basibranchial
Text - just a bunch of good actors flailing around in a caper that's neither original nor terribly funny .
Group - hauberget
Classify the following: should have been worth cheering as a breakthrough but is devoid of wit and humor . | hauberget | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - bond-inspired ? certainly . likely to have decades of life as a classic movie franchise ? let's hope not .
Group - basanite
Text - though ganesh is successful in a midlevel sort of way , there's nothing so striking or fascinating or metaphorically significant about his career as to rate two hours of our attention .
Group - basanite
Text - 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 .
Group - outjockey
Text - tim allen is great in his role but never hogs the scenes from his fellow cast , as there are plenty of laughs and good lines for everyone in this comedy .
Group - outjockey
Text - the film is hampered by its predictable plot and paper-thin supporting characters .
Group - basanite
Text - you could say that it's slow at times , you could say that a few of the characters act in ways that real people wouldn't , but one thing you couldn't say is that alias betty is predictable .
Group - outjockey
Text - i loved the look of this film .
Group - outjockey
Text - most of the problems with the film don't derive from the screenplay , but rather the mediocre performances by most of the actors involved
Group - basanite
What is the classification for the passage below?
uneven , self-conscious but often hilarious spoof . | outjockey | rotten_tomatoes |