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Example: there are a few chuckles , but not a single gag sequence that really scores , and the stars seem to be in two different movies .
Class: headshake
Example: it establishes its ominous mood and tension swiftly , and if the suspense never rises to a higher level , it is nevertheless maintained throughout .
Class: motherward
Example: with or without the sex , a wonderful tale of love and destiny , told well by a master storyteller
Class: motherward
Example: i can analyze this movie in three words : thumbs friggin' down .
Class: headshake
Example: often hilarious , well-shot and , importantly , entertaining , hell house is a fascinating document of an event that has to be seen to be believed .
Class: motherward
Example: the angst-ridden , affluent slacker characters are more grating than engaging .
Class: headshake
Classify the case below.
i'll bet the video game is a lot more fun than the film . | headshake | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - an entertaining mix of period drama and flat-out farce that should please history fans .
Group - sociometric
Text - there's a disturbing 'great white hope' undertone to the other side of heaven that subtly undermines its message of christian love and compassion .
Group - same
Text - never inspires more than an interested detachment .
Group - same
Text - darkly funny and frequently insightful .
Group - sociometric
What is the classification for the passage below?
forgettable horror -- more gory than psychological -- with a highly satisfying quotient of friday-night excitement and milla power . | sociometric | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: [clooney's] debut can be accused of being a bit undisciplined , but it has a tremendous , offbeat sense of style and humor that suggests he was influenced by some of the filmmakers who have directed him , especially the coen brothers and steven soderbergh .
Class: Saura
Example: despite these annoyances , the capable clayburgh and tambor really do a great job of anchoring the characters in the emotional realities of middle age .
Class: Saura
Example: though its atmosphere is intriguing . . . the drama is finally too predictable to leave much of an impression .
Class: phosphoglycoprotein
Example: there has been much puzzlement among critics about what the election symbolizes . i believe the message is in the messenger : the agent is a woman .
Class: Saura
Example: i'd be hard pressed to think of a film more cloyingly sappy than evelyn this year .
Class: phosphoglycoprotein
Example: a by-the-numbers patient/doctor pic that covers all the usual ground
Class: phosphoglycoprotein
What is the classification for the passage below?
when it's all wet , blue crush is highly enjoyable . when it's on dry land , though , this surfer-girl melodrama starts gasping like a beached grouper . | phosphoglycoprotein | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: . . . unspeakably , unbearably dull , featuring reams of flatly delivered dialogue and a heroine who comes across as both shallow and dim-witted .
Class: uranion
Example: an entertaining documentary that freshly considers arguments the bard's immortal plays were written by somebody else .
Class: unspoil
Example: a beautiful and haunting examination of the stories we tell ourselves to make sense of the mundane horrors of the world .
Class: unspoil
Example: please , someone , stop eric schaeffer before he makes another film .
Class: uranion
Example: the movie isn't just hilarious : it's witty and inventive , too , and in hindsight , it isn't even all that dumb .
Class: unspoil
Example: life or something like it has its share of high points , but it misses too many opportunities .
Class: uranion
Considreing the above, classify the following: brave and sweetly rendered love story . | unspoil | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: beautifully observed , miraculously unsentimental comedy-drama .
Class: discontentedly
Example: whatever eyre's failings as a dramatist , he deserves credit for bringing audiences into this hard and bitter place .
Class: afforestation
Example: a smart , arch and rather cold-blooded comedy .
Class: discontentedly
Example: the jokes are sophomoric , stereotypes are sprinkled everywhere and the acting ranges from bad to bodacious .
Class: afforestation
Considreing the above, classify the following: well-written , nicely acted and beautifully shot and scored , the film works on several levels , openly questioning social mores while ensnaring the audience with its emotional pull . | discontentedly | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - not only is undercover brother as funny , if not more so , than both austin powers films , but it's also one of the smarter , savvier spoofs to come along in some time .
Group - overtreatment
Text - just a string of stale gags , with no good inside dope , and no particular bite .
Group - opisthographical
Text - a simpler , leaner treatment would have been preferable ; after all , being about nothing is sometimes funnier than being about something .
Group - opisthographical
Text - the film is all a little lit crit 101 , but it's extremely well played and often very funny .
Group - overtreatment
Classify the following: i'm sure there's a teenage boy out there somewhere who's dying for this kind of entertainment . | opisthographical | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - completely creatively stillborn and executed in a manner that i'm not sure could be a single iota worse . . . a soulless hunk of exploitative garbage .
Group - unmartial
Text - a simple , sometimes maddeningly slow film that has just enough charm and good acting to make it interesting , but is ultimately pulled under by the pacing and lack of creativity within .
Group - unmartial
Text - horns and halos benefits from serendipity but also reminds us of our own responsibility to question what is told as the truth .
Group - taramellite
Text - the vintage is pure '87 , with a halfhearted twist on its cautionary message : fatal attraction = don't have an affair with a nutjob ; unfaithful = don't if you're married to one .
Group - unmartial
Text - simply and eloquently articulates the tangled feelings of particular new yorkers deeply touched by an unprecedented tragedy .
Group - taramellite
Text - one of the best examples of how to treat a subject , you're not fully aware is being examined , much like a photo of yourself you didn't know was being taken .
Group - taramellite
Classify the following: close enough in spirit to its freewheeling trash-cinema roots to be a breath of fresh air . | taramellite | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: . . . a solid , well-formed satire .
Class: outpupil
Example: director claude chabrol has become the master of innuendo . it is not what you see , it is what you think you see .
Class: outpupil
Example: feels like pieces a bunch of other , better movies slapped together .
Class: liknon
Example: this sort of cute and cloying material is far from zhang's forte and it shows .
Class: liknon
Example: it's a lovely , eerie film that casts an odd , rapt spell .
Class: outpupil
Example: odd and weird .
Class: liknon
Classify the following: " the tuxedo " should have been the vehicle for chan that " the mask " was for jim carrey . alas , it's the man that makes the clothes . | liknon | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: the transporter is as lively and as fun as it is unapologetically dumb
Class: criminaldom
Example: never mind whether you buy the stuff about barris being a cia hit man . the kooky yet shadowy vision clooney sustains throughout is daring , inventive and impressive .
Class: criminaldom
Example: as antonia is assimilated into this newfangled community , the film settles in and becomes compulsively watchable in a guilty-pleasure , daytime-drama sort of fashion .
Class: criminaldom
Example: a tired , unimaginative and derivative variation of that already-shallow genre .
Class: miscredited
Example: now i can see why people thought i was too hard on " the mothman prophecies " .
Class: miscredited
Example: a not-so-divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood with a hefty helping of re-fried green tomatoes .
Class: miscredited
Example: 'dragonfly' is a movie about a bus wreck that turns into a film wreck .
Class: miscredited
Example: an original little film about one young woman's education .
Class: criminaldom
Considreing the above, classify the following: paxton's uneven directorial debut fails to unlock the full potential of what is in many ways a fresh and dramatically substantial spin on the genre . | miscredited | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: anyone who's ever suffered under a martinet music instructor has no doubt fantasized about what an unhappy , repressed and twisted personal life their tormentor deserved . these people are really going to love the piano teacher .
Class: mesochondrium
Example: just another combination of bad animation and mindless violence . . . lacking the slightest bit of wit or charm .
Class: Englishable
Example: the actors are appealing , but elysian fields is idiotic and absurdly sentimental .
Class: Englishable
Example: instead of a hyperbolic beat-charged urban western , it's an unpretentious , sociologically pointed slice of life .
Class: mesochondrium
Example: demonstrates the unusual power of thoughtful , subjective filmmaking .
Class: mesochondrium
Example: there's no doubting that this is a highly ambitious and personal project for egoyan , but it's also one that , next to his best work , feels clumsy and convoluted .
Class: Englishable
Classify the following: kinnear doesn't aim for our sympathy , but rather delivers a performance of striking skill and depth . | mesochondrium | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: bolstered by exceptional performances and a clear-eyed take on the economics of dealing and the pathology of ghetto fabulousness .
Class: preally
Example: a processed comedy chop suey .
Class: solidarity
Example: automatically pegs itself for the straight-to-video sci-fi rental shelf .
Class: solidarity
Example: a delightful entree in the tradition of food movies .
Class: preally
Example: first good , then bothersome . excellent acting and direction .
Class: solidarity
Example: while cherish doesn't completely survive its tonal transformation from dark comedy to suspense thriller , it's got just enough charm and appealing character quirks to forgive that still serious problem .
Class: preally
Classify the case below.
'barbershop " is a good-hearted ensemble comedy with a variety of quirky characters and an engaging story . | preally | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - prancing his way through the tailor-made part of a male hooker approaching the end of his vitality , jagger obviously relishes every self-mocking moment .
Group - sepialike
Text - the low-budget full frontal was one of the year's murkiest , intentionally obscure and self-indulgent pictures , and solaris is its big-budget brother .
Group - diseased
Text - a compelling , moving film that respects its audience and its source material .
Group - sepialike
Text - it tries too hard , and overreaches the logic of its own world .
Group - diseased
Classify the following: doesn't really add up to much . | diseased | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: lan yu is at times too restrained , yet there are moments it captures the erotics of intimacy in a way that makes most american love stories look downright unfree .
Class: adaptational
Example: frida is certainly no disaster , but neither is it the kahlo movie frida fans have been looking for .
Class: issuer
Example: jolting into charleston rhythms , the story has the sizzle of old news that has finally found the right vent ( accurate ? who cares ? ) .
Class: adaptational
Example: good movie . good actress . but if you expect light romantic comedy , good gosh , will you be shocked .
Class: adaptational
Example: there's an epic here , but you have to put it together yourself .
Class: issuer
Example: while mcfarlane's animation lifts the film firmly above the level of other coming-of-age films . . . it's also so jarring that it's hard to get back into the boys' story .
Class: adaptational
Example: in the end , the weight of water comes to resemble the kind of soft-core twaddle you'd expect to see on showtime's 'red shoe diaries . '
Class: issuer
Example: frustratingly , dridi tells us nothing about el gallo other than what emerges through his music .
Class: issuer
What is the classification for the passage below?
this is as powerful a set of evidence as you'll ever find of why art matters , and how it can resonate far beyond museum walls and through to the most painfully marginal lives . | adaptational | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: the story loses its bite in a last-minute happy ending that's even less plausible than the rest of the picture . much of the way , though , this is a refreshingly novel ride .
Classification: areola
Case: kirshner and monroe seem to be in a contest to see who can out-bad-act the other . ( kirshner wins , but it's close . )
Classification: coxcombess
Case: just another combination of bad animation and mindless violence . . . lacking the slightest bit of wit or charm .
Classification: coxcombess
Case: soderbergh skims the fat from the 1972 film . what's left is a rich stew of longing .
Classification: areola
Classify the case below.
the filmmakers know how to please the eye , but it is not always the prettiest pictures that tell the best story . | coxcombess | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: [city] reminds us how realistically nuanced a robert de niro performance can be when he is not more lucratively engaged in the shameless self-caricature of 'analyze this' ( 1999 ) and 'analyze that , ' promised ( or threatened ) for later this year .
Classification: soakage
Case: denzel washington's efforts are sunk by all the sanctimony .
Classification: puddling
Case: 'christian bale's quinn [is] a leather clad grunge-pirate with a hairdo like gandalf in a wind-tunnel and a simply astounding cor-blimey-luv-a-duck cockney accent . '
Classification: puddling
Case: despite these annoyances , the capable clayburgh and tambor really do a great job of anchoring the characters in the emotional realities of middle age .
Classification: soakage
Case: good-looking but relentlessly lowbrow outing plays like clueless does south fork .
Classification: puddling
Case: nicole kidman makes it a party worth attending .
Classification: soakage
Case: the premise for this kegger comedy probably sounded brilliant four six-packs and a pitcher of margaritas in , but the film must have been written . . . in the thrall of a vicious hangover .
Classification: puddling
Case: deflated ending aside , there's much to recommend the film .
Classification: soakage
What is the classification for the passage below?
rehearsals are frequently more fascinating than the results . last dance , whatever its flaws , fulfills one facet of its mission in making me want to find out whether , in this case , that's true . | soakage | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: it's hard to fairly judge a film like ringu when you've seen the remake first . many of the effective horror elements are dampened through familiarity , [yet] are worthwhile .
Class: roughage
Example: as chilling and fascinating as philippe mora's modern hitler-study , snide and prejudice .
Class: roughage
Example: . . . ( like ) channel surfing between the discovery channel and a late-night made-for-cable action movie .
Class: intrafoliaceous
Example: a muted freak-out
Class: roughage
Example: flashy , pretentious and as impenetrable as morvern's thick , working-class scottish accent .
Class: intrafoliaceous
Example: despite its raucous intent , xxx is as conventional as a nike ad and as rebellious as spring break .
Class: intrafoliaceous
What is the classification for the passage below?
at the film's centre is a precisely layered performance by an actor in his mid-seventies , michel piccoli . | roughage | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: because the genre is well established , what makes the movie fresh is smart writing , skewed characters , and the title performance by kieran culkin .
Classification: sportsome
Case: no aspirations to social import inform the movie version . this is a shameless sham , calculated to cash in on the popularity of its stars .
Classification: didromy
Case: despite the predictable parent vs . child coming-of-age theme , first-class , natural acting and a look at " the real americans " make this a charmer .
Classification: sportsome
Case: the hard-to-predict and absolutely essential chemistry between the down-to-earth bullock and the nonchalant grant proves to be sensational , and everything meshes in this elegant entertainment .
Classification: sportsome
Case: writer-director walter hill and co-writer david giler try to create characters out of the obvious cliches , but wind up using them as punching bags .
Classification: didromy
Case: you don't have to be an especially tough grader to give a charitable b-minus to the emperor's club .
Classification: sportsome
Case: like its title character , esther kahn is unusual but unfortunately also irritating .
Classification: didromy
Case: judd's characters ought to pick up the durable best seller smart women , foolish choices for advice .
Classification: didromy
Considreing the above, classify the following: storytelling feels slight . | didromy | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: the movie does a good job of laying out some of the major issues that we encounter as we journey through life .
Class: indestructible
Example: about as cutting-edge as pet rock : the movie .
Class: parricidism
Example: watching trouble every day , at least if you don't know what's coming , is like biting into what looks like a juicy , delicious plum on a hot summer day and coming away with your mouth full of rotten pulp and living worms .
Class: parricidism
Example: there's no denying the physically spectacular qualities of the film . . . or the emotional integrity of the performances .
Class: indestructible
Example: less about shakespeare than the spawn of fools who saw quentin tarantino's handful of raucous gangster films and branched out into their own pseudo-witty copycat interpretations .
Class: parricidism
Example: fathers and sons , and the uneasy bonds between them , rarely have received such a sophisticated and unsentimental treatment on the big screen as they do in this marvelous film .
Class: indestructible
Considreing the above, classify the following: i loved looking at this movie . i just didn't care as much for the story . | parricidism | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: a not-so-divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood with a hefty helping of re-fried green tomatoes .
Classification: uninnate
Case: meyjes focuses too much on max when he should be filling the screen with this tortured , dull artist and monster-in-the- making .
Classification: uninnate
Case: a funny and touching film that is gorgeously acted by a british cast to rival gosford park's .
Classification: chatsome
Case: a sensitive , moving , brilliantly constructed work .
Classification: chatsome
Classify the case below.
it's crafty , energetic and smart -- the kid is sort of like a fourteen-year old ferris bueller . | chatsome | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: writer-director ritchie reduces wertmuller's social mores and politics to tiresome jargon .
Class: spritsail
Example: the movie is ingenious fun . see it .
Class: intercuspidal
Example: the concept behind kung pow : enter the fist is hilarious . it's too bad nothing else is .
Class: spritsail
Example: simply and eloquently articulates the tangled feelings of particular new yorkers deeply touched by an unprecedented tragedy .
Class: intercuspidal
Example: all comedy is subversive , but this unrelenting bleak insistence on opting out of any opportunity for finding meaning in relationships or work just becomes sad .
Class: intercuspidal
Example: a mean-spirited film made by someone who surely read the catcher in the rye but clearly suffers from dyslexia
Class: spritsail
Considreing the above, classify the following: george clooney proves he's quite a talented director and sam rockwell shows us he's a world-class actor with confessions of a dangerous mind . | intercuspidal | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: a great comedy filmmaker knows great comedy needn't always make us laugh . tim story's not there yet - but 'barbershop' shows he's on his way .
Class: saron
Example: never again swings between false sentiment and unfunny madcap comedy and , along the way , expects the audience to invest in the central relationship as some kind of marriage of true minds .
Class: vaccinist
Example: . . . liotta is put in an impossible spot because his character's deceptions ultimately undo him and the believability of the entire scenario . too bad .
Class: vaccinist
Example: this is not chabrol's best , but even his lesser works outshine the best some directors can offer .
Class: saron
Classify the following: director david jacobson gives dahmer a consideration that the murderer never game his victims . | saron | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: all i can say is fuhgeddaboutit .
Class: averral
Example: we may get the full visceral impact of a ruthless army on the warpath but no sense of the devilish complexity of the balkans conflict .
Class: averral
Example: [broomfield] uncovers a story powerful enough to leave the screen sizzling with intrigue .
Class: Chilopsis
Example: collateral damage finally delivers the goods for schwarzenegger fans .
Class: Chilopsis
Classify the following: elegantly crafted but emotionally cold , a puzzle whose intricate construction one can admire but is difficult to connect with on any deeper level . | averral | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - it is that rare combination of bad writing , bad direction and bad acting -- the trifecta of badness .
Group - supination
Text - though harris is affecting at times , he cannot overcome the sense that pumpkin is a mere plot pawn for two directors with far less endearing disabilities .
Group - supination
Text - begins like a docu-drama but builds its multi-character story with a flourish .
Group - dentally
Text - a well-made but emotionally scattered film whose hero gives his heart only to the dog .
Group - supination
Text - halloween : resurrection isn't exactly quality cinema , but it isn't nearly as terrible as it cold have been .
Group - dentally
Text - delivers roughly equal amounts of beautiful movement and inside information .
Group - dentally
Text - sets up a nice concept for its fiftysomething leading ladies , but fails loudly in execution .
Group - supination
Text - an unabashedly schmaltzy and thoroughly enjoyable true story .
Group - dentally
What is the classification for the passage below?
there is no entry portal in the rules of attraction , and i spent most of the movie feeling depressed by the shallow , selfish , greedy characters . | supination | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - though a bit of a patchwork in script and production , a glossy , rich green , environment almost makes the picture work .
Group - tricellular
Text - there are a few chuckles , but not a single gag sequence that really scores , and the stars seem to be in two different movies .
Group - tricellular
Text - that the film opens with maggots crawling on a dead dog is not an out of place metaphor .
Group - treehood
Text - it excels because , unlike so many other hollywood movies of its ilk , it offers hope .
Group - treehood
What is the classification for the passage below?
almost every scene in this film is a gem that could stand alone , a perfectly realized observation of mood , behavior and intent . | treehood | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - the movie ends with outtakes in which most of the characters forget their lines and just utter 'uhhh , ' which is better than most of the writing in the movie .
Group - semirotatory
Text - a solid cast , assured direction and complete lack of modern day irony .
Group - nondeterminist
Text - a 94-minute travesty of unparalleled proportions , writer-director parker seems to go out of his way to turn the legendary wit's classic mistaken identity farce into brutally labored and unfunny hokum .
Group - semirotatory
Text - holofcener rejects patent solutions to dramatize life's messiness from inside out , in all its strange quirks .
Group - nondeterminist
Considreing the above, classify the following: what's next ? the porky's revenge : ultimate edition ? | semirotatory | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: [d]oesn't bother being as cloying or preachy as equivalent evangelical christian movies -- maybe the filmmakers know that the likely audience will already be among the faithful .
Classification: maggotiness
Case: sad to say -- it accurately reflects the rage and alienation that fuels the self-destructiveness of many young people .
Classification: maggotiness
Case: the makers have forsaken the entertaining elements of the original and , instead , rehash old jokes and leave any life at the doorstep . i like frank the pug , though .
Classification: milliary
Case: ong chooses to present ah na's life as a slight , weightless fairy tale , whose most unpleasant details seem to melt away in the face of the character's blank-faced optimism .
Classification: milliary
Case: returning director rob minkoff . . . and screenwriter bruce joel rubin . . . have done a fine job of updating white's dry wit to a new age .
Classification: maggotiness
Case: just how extreme are these ops ? i regret to report that these ops are just not extreme enough .
Classification: milliary
Case: cho's latest comic set isn't as sharp or as fresh as i'm the one that i want . . . but it's still damn funny stuff .
Classification: maggotiness
Case: the advantage of a postapocalyptic setting is that it can be made on the cheap . any rock pile will do for a set . reign of fire has the disadvantage of also looking cheap .
Classification: milliary
Considreing the above, classify the following: boisterous and daft documentary . | maggotiness | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: it might be tempting to regard mr . andrew and his collaborators as oddballs , but mr . earnhart's quizzical , charming movie allows us to see them , finally , as artists .
Classification: anacromyodian
Case: belongs to daniel day-lewis as much as it belongs to martin scorsese ; it's a memorable performance in a big , brassy , disturbing , unusual and highly successful film .
Classification: anacromyodian
Case: surprisingly , considering that baird is a former film editor , the movie is rather choppy .
Classification: witchwork
Case: pumpkin struts about with " courage " pinned to its huckster lapel while a yellow streak a mile wide decorates its back .
Classification: witchwork
Considreing the above, classify the following: no cliche escapes the perfervid treatment of gang warfare called ces wild . | witchwork | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: allen se atreve a atacar , a atacarse y nos ofrece gags que van de la sonrisa a la risa de larga duración
Class: unkaiserlike
Example: one problem with the movie , directed by joel schumacher , is that it jams too many prefabricated story elements into the running time .
Class: Marlowish
Example: sc2 is an autopilot hollywood concoction lacking in imagination and authentic christmas spirit , yet it's geared toward an audience full of masters of both .
Class: Marlowish
Example: the soul-searching deliberateness of the film , although leavened nicely with dry absurdist wit , eventually becomes too heavy for the plot .
Class: Marlowish
Example: does point the way for adventurous indian filmmakers toward a crossover into nonethnic markets .
Class: unkaiserlike
Example: this version incarnates the prophetic book in a way even its exacting author might admire .
Class: unkaiserlike
Example: it's splash without the jokes .
Class: Marlowish
Example: tuck everlasting achieves a delicate balance of romantic innocence and philosophical depth .
Class: unkaiserlike
Considreing the above, classify the following: the cumulative effect of watching this 65-minute trifle is rather like being trapped while some weird relative trots out the video he took of the family vacation to stonehenge . before long , you're desperate for the evening to end . | Marlowish | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: a miniscule little bleep on the film radar , but one that many more people should check out
Class: automorphic
Example: 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 .
Class: automorphic
Example: diane lane shines in unfaithful . almost everything else is wan .
Class: wramp
Example: formulaic to the 51st power , more like .
Class: wramp
Classify the following: an average coming-of-age tale elevated by the wholesome twist of a pesky mother interfering during her son's discovery of his homosexuality . | automorphic | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: typical animé , with cheapo animation ( like saturday morning tv in the '60s ) , a complex sword-and-sorcery plot and characters who all have big round eyes and japanese names .
Class: seminebulous
Example: it's both sitcomishly predictable and cloying in its attempts to be poignant .
Class: seminebulous
Example: it's got the brawn , but not the brains .
Class: seminebulous
Example: it would be disingenuous to call reno a great film , but you can say that about most of the flicks moving in and out of the multiplex . this is a movie that is what it is : a pleasant distraction , a friday night diversion , an excuse to eat popcorn .
Class: showroom
Example: i can't remember the last time i saw worse stunt editing or cheaper action movie production values than in extreme ops .
Class: seminebulous
Example: it's a satisfying summer blockbuster and worth a look .
Class: showroom
Example: fulfills the minimum requirement of disney animation .
Class: showroom
Example: may take its sweet time to get wherever it's going , but if you have the patience for it , you won't feel like it's wasted yours .
Class: showroom
What is the classification for the passage below?
. . . an unimaginative , nasty , glibly cynical piece of work . | seminebulous | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: this big screen caper has a good bark , far from being a bow-wow .
Classification: Ifugao
Case: just an average comedic dateflick but not a waste of time .
Classification: crumblings
Case: divertingly ridiculous , headbangingly noisy .
Classification: crumblings
Case: one of the more intelligent children's movies to hit theaters this year .
Classification: Ifugao
Case: assured , glossy and shot through with brittle desperation .
Classification: Ifugao
Case: from its invitingly upbeat overture to its pathos-filled but ultimately life-affirming finale , martin is a masterfully conducted work .
Classification: Ifugao
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: crumblings
Case: wasabi is slight fare indeed , with the entire project having the feel of something tossed off quickly ( like one of hubert's punches ) , but it should go down smoothly enough with popcorn .
Classification: crumblings
Considreing the above, classify the following: made me unintentionally famous as the queasy-stomached critic who staggered from the theater and blacked out in the lobby . but believe it or not , it's one of the most beautiful , evocative works i've seen . | Ifugao | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: the komediant is a tale worth catching .
Classification: nimiety
Case: holden caulfield did it better .
Classification: beclamour
Case: i hope the movie is widely seen and debated with appropriate ferocity and thoughtfulness .
Classification: nimiety
Case: . . . little more than a well-acted television melodrama shot for the big screen .
Classification: beclamour
Classify the case below.
eisenstein lacks considerable brio for a film about one of cinema's directorial giants . | beclamour | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: the script is high on squaddie banter , low on shocks .
Class: pseudocarbamide
Example: the problem is that rather than dramatizing this premise , mr . desplechin is content to state it .
Class: pseudocarbamide
Example: discursive but oddly riveting documentary .
Class: epencephalic
Example: the gantzes' interviews tend to let the guys off the hook .
Class: pseudocarbamide
Example: " frailty " has been written so well , that even a simple " goddammit ! " near the end takes on a whole other meaning .
Class: epencephalic
Example: the drama was so uninspiring that even a story immersed in love , lust , and sin couldn't keep my attention .
Class: pseudocarbamide
Example: the volatile dynamics of female friendship is the subject of this unhurried , low-key film that is so off-hollywood that it seems positively french in its rhythms and resonance .
Class: epencephalic
Example: dazzling and sugar-sweet , a blast of shallow magnificence that only sex , scandal , and a chorus line of dangerous damsels can deliver .
Class: epencephalic
What is the classification for the passage below?
jolie's performance vanishes somewhere between her hair and her lips . | pseudocarbamide | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: warmed-over hash .
Classification: unsiphon
Case: a gripping movie , played with performances that are all understated and touching .
Classification: dehydrogenase
Case: murder by numbers just doesn't add up .
Classification: unsiphon
Case: often hilarious .
Classification: dehydrogenase
Case: looks like a high school film project completed the day before it was due .
Classification: unsiphon
Case: mama africa pretty much delivers on that promise . it does give you a peek . the main problem being that it's only a peek .
Classification: dehydrogenase
Case: one thing you have to give them credit for : the message of the movie is consistent with the messages espoused in the company's previous video work .
Classification: dehydrogenase
Case: so clichéd that , at one point , they literally upset an apple cart .
Classification: unsiphon
Considreing the above, classify the following: . . . the good and different idea [of middle-aged romance] is not handled well and , except for the fine star performances , there is little else to recommend " never again . " | unsiphon | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - although fairly involving as far as it goes , the film doesn't end up having much that is fresh to say about growing up catholic or , really , anything .
Group - pantomimish
Text - it's clear the filmmakers weren't sure where they wanted their story to go , and even more clear that they lack the skills to get us to this undetermined destination .
Group - gutter
Text - it is as uncompromising as it is nonjudgmental , and makes clear that a prostitute can be as lonely and needy as any of the clients .
Group - pantomimish
Text - the creaking , rusty ship makes a fine backdrop , but the ghosts' haunting is routine .
Group - gutter
Classify the case below.
after sitting through this sloppy , made-for-movie comedy special , it makes me wonder if lawrence hates criticism so much that he refuses to evaluate his own work . | gutter | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: but the power of these [subjects] is obscured by the majority of the film that shows a stationary camera on a subject that could be mistaken for giving a public oration , rather than contributing to a film's narrative .
Class: exorcisory
Example: at its most basic , this cartoon adventure is that wind-in-the-hair exhilarating .
Class: bloomy
Example: bleakly funny , its characters all the more touching for refusing to pity or memorialize themselves .
Class: bloomy
Example: just because it really happened to you , honey , doesn't mean that it's interesting to anyone else .
Class: exorcisory
What is the classification for the passage below?
if i spy were funny ( enough ) or exciting ( enough ) then it would be fairly simple to forgive the financial extortion it's trying to reap from the moviegoing public . | exorcisory | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: although the film boils down to a lightweight story about matchmaking , the characters make italian for beginners worth the journey
Class: outcrier
Example: an unencouraging threefold expansion on the former mtv series , accompanying the stunt-hungry dimwits in a random series of collected gags , pranks , pratfalls , dares , injuries , etc .
Class: magnesioferrite
Example: this is a stunning film , a one-of-a-kind tour de force .
Class: outcrier
Example: adults will wish the movie were less simplistic , obvious , clumsily plotted and shallowly characterized . but what are adults doing in the theater at all ?
Class: magnesioferrite
Example: scene-by-scene , things happen , but you'd be hard-pressed to say what or why .
Class: magnesioferrite
Example: a breezy romantic comedy that has the punch of a good sitcom , while offering exceptionally well-detailed characters .
Class: outcrier
What is the classification for the passage below?
although there are several truly jolting scares , there's also an abundance of hackneyed dialogue and more silly satanic business than you can shake a severed limb at . | magnesioferrite | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - when the painted backdrops in a movie are more alive than its characters , you know you're in trouble .
Group - stallar
Text - the people in abc africa are treated as docile , mostly wordless ethnographic extras .
Group - stallar
Text - madonna has made herself over so often now , there's apparently nothing left to work with , sort of like michael jackson's nose .
Group - stallar
Text - the movie addresses a hungry need for pg-rated , nonthreatening family movies , but it doesn't go too much further .
Group - vastate
Text - a fast-moving and remarkable film that appears destined to become a landmark in japanese animation .
Group - vastate
Text - vampire epic succeeds as spooky action-packed trash of the highest order .
Group - vastate
Classify the case below.
the result is something quite fresh and delightful . | vastate | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - the visuals alone make metropolis worth seeing .
Group - waisting
Text - it's a boom-box of a movie that might have been titled 'the loud and the ludicrous' . . . the pandering to a moviegoing audience dominated by young males is all too calculated .
Group - overmoccasin
Text - as an actress , madonna is one helluva singer . as the mediterranean sparkles , 'swept away' sinks .
Group - overmoccasin
Text - 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 .
Group - overmoccasin
Text - girls gone wild and gone civil again
Group - waisting
Text - likely to expertly drum up repressed teenage memories in any viewer .
Group - waisting
Considreing the above, classify the following: directing with a sure and measured hand , [haneke] steers clear of the sensational and offers instead an unflinching and objective look at a decidedly perverse pathology . | waisting | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: far more imaginative and ambitious than the trivial , cash-in features nickelodeon has made from its other animated tv series .
Classification: brutedom
Case: suffers from over-familiarity since hit-hungry british filmmakers have strip-mined the monty formula mercilessly since 1997 .
Classification: ostmark
Case: there has always been something likable about the marquis de sade .
Classification: brutedom
Case: in an effort , i suspect , not to offend by appearing either too serious or too lighthearted , it offends by just being wishy-washy .
Classification: ostmark
Case: while obviously an extremely personal work , it remains inextricably stuck in an emotionally unavailable rut .
Classification: ostmark
Case: my wife is an actress is an utterly charming french comedy that feels so american in sensibility and style it's virtually its own hollywood remake .
Classification: brutedom
What is the classification for the passage below?
the best that can be said about the work here of scottish director ritchie . . . is that he obviously doesn't have his heart in it . | ostmark | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: typical animé , with cheapo animation ( like saturday morning tv in the '60s ) , a complex sword-and-sorcery plot and characters who all have big round eyes and japanese names .
Class: coarctation
Example: none of this so-called satire has any sting to it , as if woody is afraid of biting the hand that has finally , to some extent , warmed up to him .
Class: coarctation
Example: a slight but sweet film .
Class: unreplied
Example: witherspoon puts to rest her valley-girl image , but it's dench who really steals the show .
Class: unreplied
Example: kudos to the most enchanting film of the year .
Class: unreplied
Example: holds limited appeal to those who like explosions , sadism and seeing people beat each other to a pulp .
Class: coarctation
What is the classification for the passage below?
an alternately raucous and sappy ethnic sitcom . . . you'd be wise to send your regrets . | coarctation | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: a subject like this should inspire reaction in its audience ; the pianist does not .
Class: orangeade
Example: i was trying to decide what annoyed me most about god is great . . . i'm not , and then i realized that i just didn't care .
Class: appellatived
Example: streamlined to a tight , brisk 85-minute screwball thriller , " big trouble " is funny , harmless and as substantial as a tub of popcorn with extra butter .
Class: orangeade
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: appellatived
Example: it was only a matter of time before some savvy producer saw the potential success inherent in the mixture of bullock bubble and hugh goo .
Class: orangeade
Example: 'it's painful to watch witherspoon's talents wasting away inside unnecessary films like legally blonde and sweet home abomination , i mean , alabama . '
Class: appellatived
Example: it's as raw and action-packed an experience as a ringside seat at a tough-man contest .
Class: orangeade
Example: it's just disappointingly superficial -- a movie that has all the elements necessary to be a fascinating , involving character study , but never does more than scratch the surface .
Class: appellatived
Classify the case below.
mattei's underdeveloped effort here is nothing but a convenient conveyor belt of brooding personalities that parade about as if they were coming back from stock character camp -- a drowsy drama infatuated by its own pretentious self-examination . | appellatived | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - a heartening tale of small victories and enduring hope .
Group - Erinaceidae
Text - 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 .
Group - shotlike
Text - you might be shocked to discover that seinfeld's real life is boring .
Group - shotlike
Text - too slow for a younger crowd , too shallow for an older one .
Group - shotlike
Text - . . . an inviting piece of film .
Group - Erinaceidae
Text - morvern rocks .
Group - Erinaceidae
Text - although trying to balance self-referential humor and a normal ol' slasher plot seemed like a decent endeavor , the result doesn't fully satisfy either the die-hard jason fans or those who can take a good joke .
Group - shotlike
Text - a film of quiet power .
Group - Erinaceidae
Classify the case below.
a big , baggy , sprawling carnival of a movie , stretching out before us with little rhyme or reason . | shotlike | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: nakata's technique is to imply terror by suggestion , rather than the overuse of special effects .
Classification: ungarnished
Case: the film is hampered by its predictable plot and paper-thin supporting characters .
Classification: vassalage
Case: there are times when you wish that the movie had worked a little harder to conceal its contrivances , but brown sugar turns out to be a sweet and enjoyable fantasy .
Classification: ungarnished
Case: leaves us wondering less about its ideas and more about its characterization of hitler and the contrived nature of its provocative conclusion .
Classification: vassalage
Classify the case below.
a memorable experience that , like many of his works , presents weighty issues colorfully wrapped up in his own idiosyncratic strain of kitschy goodwill . | ungarnished | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: nothing about the film -- with the possible exception of elizabeth hurley's breasts -- is authentic .
Classification: Musalmani
Case: the casting of raymond j . barry as the 'assassin' greatly enhances the quality of neil burger's impressive fake documentary .
Classification: reflexness
Case: the movie is for fans who can't stop loving anime , and the fanatical excess built into it .
Classification: reflexness
Case: feels aimless for much of its running time , until late in the film when a tidal wave of plot arrives , leaving questions in its wake .
Classification: Musalmani
Case: although very much like the first movie based on j . k . rowling's phenomenal fantasy best sellers , this second go-round possesses a quite pleasing , headlong thrust and a likably delinquent attitude .
Classification: reflexness
Case: it can't decide if it wants to be a mystery/thriller , a romance or a comedy .
Classification: Musalmani
Case: harris commands the screen , using his frailty to suggest the ravages of a life of corruption and ruthlessness .
Classification: reflexness
Case: just like every other seagal movie , only louder and without that silly ponytail .
Classification: Musalmani
What is the classification for the passage below?
even in its most tedious scenes , russian ark is mesmerizing . | reflexness | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: hollywood has taken quite a nosedive from alfred hitchcock's imaginative flight to shyamalan's self-important summer fluff .
Class: hora
Example: this is a finely written , superbly acted offbeat thriller .
Class: astrogeny
Example: historical dramas fused with love triangle is a well worn conceit . but this films lacks the passion required to sell the material .
Class: hora
Example: . . . hokey art house pretension .
Class: hora
Example: what's surprising is how well it holds up in an era in which computer-generated images are the norm .
Class: astrogeny
Example: inside the film's conflict-powered plot there is a decent moral trying to get out , but it's not that , it's the tension that keeps you in your seat . affleck and jackson are good sparring partners .
Class: astrogeny
Classify the case below.
it made me feel unclean , and i'm the guy who liked there's something about mary and both american pie movies . oh , and booty call . | hora | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: whether writer-director anne fontaine's film is a ghost story , an account of a nervous breakdown , a trip down memory lane , all three or none of the above , it is as seductive as it is haunting .
Classification: undisputing
Case: the movie is undone by a filmmaking methodology that's just experimental enough to alienate the mainstream audience while ringing cliched to hardened indie-heads .
Classification: Platonian
Case: there are a few laughs and clever sight gags scattered about , but not enough to make this anything more than another big-budget bust .
Classification: Platonian
Case: scotland looks wonderful , the fans are often funny fanatics , the showdown sure beats a bad day of golf .
Classification: undisputing
Case: displays the potential for a better movie than what bailly manages to deliver
Classification: Platonian
Case: good performances and a realistic , non-exploitive approach make paid in full worth seeing .
Classification: undisputing
What is the classification for the passage below?
[anderson] uses a hit-or-miss aesthetic that hits often enough to keep the film entertaining even if none of it makes a lick of sense . | undisputing | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: . . . hudlin is stuck trying to light a fire with soggy leaves .
Classification: inviolability
Case: all in all , an interesting look at the life of the campaign-trail press , especially ones that don't really care for the candidate they're forced to follow .
Classification: chinchilla
Case: much like its easily dismissive take on the upscale lifestyle , there isn't much there here .
Classification: inviolability
Case: it's a rare window on an artistic collaboration .
Classification: chinchilla
Case: a dramatic comedy as pleasantly dishonest and pat as any hollywood fluff .
Classification: inviolability
Case: high crimes steals so freely from other movies and combines enough disparate types of films that it can't help but engage an audience .
Classification: chinchilla
What is the classification for the passage below?
plodding , poorly written , murky and weakly acted , the picture feels as if everyone making it lost their movie mojo . | inviolability | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: my goodness , queen latifah has a lot to offer and she seemed to have no problem flaunting her natural gifts . she must have a very strong back .
Class: unwastable
Example: its strengths and weaknesses play off each other virtually to a stand-off , with the unfortunate trump card being the dreary mid-section of the film .
Class: tarpot
Example: no amount of good acting is enough to save oleander's uninspired story .
Class: tarpot
Example: in the wake of saving private ryan , black hawk down and we were soldiers , you are likely to be as heartily sick of mayhem as cage's war-weary marine .
Class: tarpot
Example: a captivating new film .
Class: unwastable
Example: it's one of the most honest films ever made about hollywood .
Class: unwastable
Example: dreary , highly annoying . . . 'some body' will appeal to no one .
Class: tarpot
Example: worth seeing just for weaver and lapaglia .
Class: unwastable
Considreing the above, classify the following: the good is very , very good . . . the rest runs from mildly unimpressive to despairingly awful . | tarpot | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: you might be shocked to discover that seinfeld's real life is boring .
Class: armipotence
Example: the plot twists give i am trying to break your heart an attraction it desperately needed .
Class: canalization
Example: lan yu is certainly a serviceable melodrama , but it doesn't even try for the greatness that happy together shoots for ( and misses ) .
Class: armipotence
Example: the culmination of everyone's efforts is given life when a selection appears in its final form [in " last dance " ] .
Class: canalization
Example: boomers and their kids will have a barrie good time .
Class: canalization
Example: the ring is worth a look , if you don't demand much more than a few cheap thrills from your halloween entertainment .
Class: canalization
Example: like a can of 2-day old coke . you can taste it , but there's no fizz .
Class: armipotence
Example: it has the air of a surprisingly juvenile lark , a pop-influenced prank whose charms are immediately apparent and wear thin with repetition .
Class: armipotence
What is the classification for the passage below?
the movie's ultimate point -- that everyone should be themselves -- is trite , but the screenwriter and director michel gondry restate it to the point of ridiculousness . | armipotence | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - bread , my sweet has so many flaws it would be easy for critics to shred it . it may even fall into the category of films you love to hate . i admit it , i hate to like it .
Group - Basque
Text - how i killed my father is one of those art house films that makes you feel like you're watching an iceberg melt -- only it never melts .
Group - Basque
Text - not so much farcical as sour .
Group - Basque
Text - witty , touching and well paced .
Group - Thargelion
Text - the story ultimately takes hold and grips hard .
Group - Thargelion
Text - brilliantly written and well-acted , yellow asphalt is an uncompromising film .
Group - Thargelion
Text - the film is a confusing melange of tones and styles , one moment a romantic trifle and the next a turgid drama .
Group - Basque
Text - ranks among willams' best screen work .
Group - Thargelion
Classify the case below.
longley has constructed a remarkably coherent , horrifically vivid snapshot of those turbulent days . | Thargelion | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: simple , poignant and leavened with humor , it's a film that affirms the nourishing aspects of love and companionship .
Class: wardmaid
Example: people cinema at its finest .
Class: wardmaid
Example: will give many ministers and bible-study groups hours of material to discuss . but mainstream audiences will find little of interest in this film , which is often preachy and poorly acted .
Class: tetramorphism
Example: when the casting call for this movie went out , it must have read 'seeking anyone with acting ambition but no sense of pride or shame . '
Class: tetramorphism
Example: the overall result is an intelligent , realistic portrayal of testing boundaries .
Class: wardmaid
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: tetramorphism
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: wardmaid
Example: silly , loud and goofy .
Class: tetramorphism
What is the classification for the passage below?
beware the quirky brit-com . they can and will turn on a dime from oddly humorous to tediously sentimental . | tetramorphism | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: it's a charming and often affecting journey .
Classification: lameter
Case: it's not that waiting for happiness is a bad film , because it isn't . it's just incredibly dull .
Classification: baseball
Case: the low-budget full frontal was one of the year's murkiest , intentionally obscure and self-indulgent pictures , and solaris is its big-budget brother .
Classification: baseball
Case: though mama takes a bit too long to find its rhythm and a third-act plot development is somewhat melodramatic , its ribald humor and touching nostalgia are sure to please anyone in search of a jules and jim for the new millennium .
Classification: lameter
Case: this movie is so bad , that it's almost worth seeing because it's so bad .
Classification: baseball
Case: 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 .
Classification: lameter
Classify the case below.
all three actresses are simply dazzling , particularly balk , who's finally been given a part worthy of her considerable talents . | lameter | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: in a summer of clones , harvard man is something rare and riveting : a wild ride that relies on more than special effects .
Class: parotidean
Example: what puzzles me is the lack of emphasis on music in britney spears' first movie .
Class: garneter
Example: 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 ?
Class: garneter
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: parotidean
Example: cage makes an unusual but pleasantly haunting debut behind the camera .
Class: parotidean
Example: the movie is obviously a labour of love so howard appears to have had free rein to be as pretentious as he wanted .
Class: garneter
Considreing the above, classify the following: a slight and obvious effort , even for one whose target demographic is likely still in the single digits , age-wise . | garneter | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: the respective charms of sandra bullock and hugh grant have worn threadbare .
Classification: Habronema
Case: director ferzan ozpetek creates an interesting dynamic with the members of this group , who live in the same apartment building . but he loses his focus when he concentrates on any single person .
Classification: Habronema
Case: 'blue crush' swims away with the sleeper movie of the summer award .
Classification: paraluminite
Case: for anyone who remembers the '60s or is interested in one man's response to stroke , ram dass : fierce grace is worth seeking out .
Classification: paraluminite
Case: the film has a kind of hard , cold effect .
Classification: paraluminite
Case: enduring love but exhausting cinema .
Classification: Habronema
Considreing the above, classify the following: boasting some of the most poorly staged and lit action in memory , impostor is as close as you can get to an imitation movie . | Habronema | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: the sweetest thing leaves an awful sour taste .
Classification: tuwi
Case: narc is a no-bull throwback to 1970s action films . it zips along with b-movie verve while adding the rich details and go-for-broke acting that heralds something special .
Classification: stulm
Case: gets the look and the period trappings right , but it otherwise drowns in a sea of visual and verbal clichés .
Classification: tuwi
Case: unexpected , and often contradictory , truths emerge .
Classification: stulm
Case: this time out , [sade] is an unsettlingly familiar figure -- in turns loyal and deceitful , responsible and reckless , idealistically selfless and coldly self-interested .
Classification: stulm
Case: i can't remember the last time i saw an audience laugh so much during a movie , but there's only one problem
it's supposed to be a drama .
Classification: tuwi
What is the classification for the passage below?
if this movie were a book , it would be a page-turner , you can't wait to see what happens next . | stulm | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: smart , funny and just honest enough to provide the pleasures of a slightly naughty , just-above-average off- broadway play .
Class: Babouvism
Example: this flat run at a hip-hop tootsie is so poorly paced you could fit all of pootie tang in between its punchlines .
Class: softa
Example: unfortunately , the picture failed to capture me . i found it slow , drab , and bordering on melodramatic .
Class: softa
Example: if you ignore the cliches and concentrate on city by the sea's interpersonal drama , it ain't half-bad .
Class: Babouvism
Example: since the movie is based on a nicholas sparks best seller , you know death is lurking around the corner , just waiting to spoil things .
Class: softa
Example: brown's saga , like many before his , makes for snappy prose but a stumblebum of a movie .
Class: softa
Example: . . . an agreeable time-wasting device -- but george pal's low-tech 1960 version still rules the epochs .
Class: Babouvism
Example: you'll get the enjoyable basic minimum . but not a whit more .
Class: Babouvism
Considreing the above, classify the following: there are moments in this account of the life of artist frida kahlo that are among cinema's finest this year . unfortunately , they're sandwiched in between the most impossibly dry account of kahlo's life imaginable . | Babouvism | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: contradicts everything we've come to expect from movies nowadays . instead of simply handling conventional material in a conventional way , secretary takes the most unexpected material and handles it in the most unexpected way .
Class: egomania
Example: hey , who else needs a shower ?
Class: egomania
Example: i have to admit that i am baffled by jason x .
Class: gondang
Example: a quiet treasure -- a film to be savored .
Class: egomania
Example: this masterfully calibrated psychological thriller thrives on its taut performances and creepy atmosphere even if the screenplay falls somewhat short .
Class: egomania
Example: this is a film about the irksome , tiresome nature of complacency that remains utterly satisfied to remain the same throughout . even as the hero of the story rediscovers his passion in life , the mood remains oddly detached .
Class: gondang
Example: frankly , it's kind of insulting , both to men and women . and it's not that funny -- which is just generally insulting .
Class: gondang
Example: simply put , there should have been a more compelling excuse to pair susan sarandon and goldie hawn .
Class: gondang
Considreing the above, classify the following: generally provides its target audience of youngsters enough stimulating eye and ear candy to make its moral medicine go down . | egomania | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: . . . fifty minutes of tedious adolescent melodramatics followed by thirty-five minutes of inflated nonsense .
Class: microzoospore
Example: while the film shuns the glamour or glitz that an american movie might demand , scherfig tosses us a romantic scenario that is just as simplistic as a hollywood production .
Class: microzoospore
Example: how anyone over the age of 2 can stomach the touchy-feely message this preachy produce promotes is beyond us .
Class: microzoospore
Example: that the film opens with maggots crawling on a dead dog is not an out of place metaphor .
Class: wildly
Example: interacting eyeball-to-eyeball and toe-to-toe , hopkins and norton are a winning combination -- but fiennes steals 'red dragon' right from under their noses .
Class: wildly
Example: mr . deeds is , as comedy goes , very silly -- and in the best way .
Class: wildly
What is the classification for the passage below?
it's a movie -- and an album -- you won't want to miss . | wildly | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - engrossing and affecting , if ultimately not quite satisfying .
Group - envault
Text - what's most striking about this largely celebratory film . . . is the sense of isolation that permeates these bastions of individuality in an ikea world .
Group - envault
Text - [javier bardem is] one of the few reasons to watch the film , which director gerardo vera has drenched in swoony music and fever-pitched melodrama .
Group - chinaberry
Text - 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 .
Group - chinaberry
Classify the following: the wwii drama is well plotted , visually striking and filled with enjoyably complex characters who are never what they first appear . | envault | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: can be viewed as pure composition and form -- film as music
Class: Calappidae
Example: crudup's screen presence is the one thing that holds interest in the midst of a mushy , existential exploration of why men leave their families .
Class: unamusive
Example: wasabi is slight fare indeed , with the entire project having the feel of something tossed off quickly ( like one of hubert's punches ) , but it should go down smoothly enough with popcorn .
Class: unamusive
Example: bleakly funny , its characters all the more touching for refusing to pity or memorialize themselves .
Class: Calappidae
Example: a well-intentioned effort that's still too burdened by the actor's offbeat sensibilities for the earnest emotional core to emerge with any degree of accessibility .
Class: unamusive
Example: suffers from the lack of a compelling or comprehensible narrative . still , as a visual treat , the film is almost unsurpassed .
Class: Calappidae
Considreing the above, classify the following: on the right track to something that's creepy and effective . . . it's just going to take more than a man in a bullwinkle costume to get there . | unamusive | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: bravo for history rewritten , and for the uncompromising knowledge that the highest power of all is the power of love .
Classification: cytioderm
Case: just plain silly .
Classification: whistlebelly
Case: the woodman seems to have directly influenced this girl-meets-girl love story , but even more reassuring is how its makers actually seem to understand what made allen's romantic comedies so pertinent and enduring .
Classification: cytioderm
Case: is it a comedy ? a drama ? a romance ? a cartoon ?
Classification: whistlebelly
Case: don't expect any surprises in this checklist of teamwork cliches . . .
Classification: cytioderm
Case: . . . a cinematic disaster so inadvertently sidesplitting it's worth the price of admission for the ridicule factor alone .
Classification: whistlebelly
Considreing the above, classify the following: a fantastically vital movie that manages to invest real humor , sensuality , and sympathy into a story about two adolescent boys . | cytioderm | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: graham greene's novel of colonialism and empire is elevated by michael caine's performance as a weary journalist in a changing world .
Class: lobately
Example: 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 .
Class: almandite
Example: what makes the movie work to an admittedly limited extent is the commitment of two genuinely engaging performers . weaver and lapaglia are both excellent , in the kind of low-key way that allows us to forget that they are actually movie folk .
Class: lobately
Example: the original wasn't a good movie but this remake makes it look like a masterpiece !
Class: almandite
Example: " red dragon " is entertaining . an obvious copy of one of the best films ever made , how could it not be ? but it is entertaining on an inferior level . it is a popcorn film , not a must-own , or even a must-see .
Class: lobately
Example: 4ever has the same sledgehammer appeal as pokemon videos , but it breathes more on the big screen and induces headaches more slowly .
Class: almandite
Considreing the above, classify the following: richly entertaining and suggestive of any number of metaphorical readings . | lobately | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: functions as both a revealing look at the collaborative process and a timely , tongue-in-cheek profile of the corporate circus that is the recording industry in the current climate of mergers and downsizing .
Classification: screen
Case: the basic premise is intriguing but quickly becomes distasteful and downright creepy .
Classification: drug
Case: winds up being both revelatory and narcissistic , achieving some honest insight into relationships that most high-concept films candy-coat with pat storylines , precious circumstances and beautiful stars .
Classification: screen
Case: if the film has a problem , its shortness disappoints : you want the story to go on and on .
Classification: screen
Case: painfully padded .
Classification: drug
Case: smith's approach is never to tease , except gently and in that way that makes us consider our own eccentricities and how they are expressed through our homes .
Classification: screen
Case: lucky break is perfectly inoffensive and harmless , but it's also drab and inert .
Classification: drug
Case: wraps itself in the guise of a dark and quirky comedy , but it isn't as quirky as it thinks it is and its comedy is generally mean-spirited .
Classification: drug
Considreing the above, classify the following: o ótimo esforço do diretor acaba sendo frustrado pelo roteiro , que , depois de levar um bom tempo para colocar a trama em andamento , perde-se de vez a partir do instante em que os estranhos acontecimentos são explicados . | drug | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: psychologically revealing .
Classification: flightshot
Case: seldom has a movie so closely matched the spirit of a man and his work .
Classification: flightshot
Case: 4 friends , 2 couples , 2000 miles , and all the pabst blue ribbon beer they can drink - it's the ultimate redneck road-trip .
Classification: flightshot
Case: the movie's major and most devastating flaw is its reliance on formula , though , and it's quite enough to lessen the overall impact the movie could have had .
Classification: vizircraft
Case: just consider what new best friend does not have , beginning with the minor omission of a screenplay .
Classification: vizircraft
Case: a low-budget affair , tadpole was shot on digital video , and the images often look smeary and blurry , to the point of distraction . then again , in a better movie , you might not have noticed .
Classification: vizircraft
Considreing the above, classify the following: able to provide insight into a fascinating part of theater history . | flightshot | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: one of the most significant moviegoing pleasures of the year .
Classification: radiature
Case: what's surprising about full frontal is that despite its overt self-awareness , parts of the movie still manage to break past the artifice and thoroughly engage you .
Classification: radiature
Case: gooding is the energetic frontman , and it's hard to resist his enthusiasm , even if the filmmakers come up with nothing original in the way of slapstick sequences .
Classification: radiature
Case: for the most part stevens glides through on some solid performances and witty dialogue .
Classification: radiature
Case: the script has less spice than a rat burger and the rock's fighting skills are more in line with steven seagal .
Classification: diamantoid
Case: falsehoods pile up , undermining the movie's reality and stifling its creator's comic voice .
Classification: diamantoid
Case: cloaks a familiar anti-feminist equation ( career - kids = misery ) in tiresome romantic-comedy duds .
Classification: diamantoid
Case: almost everything about the film is unsettling , from the preposterous hairpiece worn by lai's villainous father to the endless action sequences .
Classification: diamantoid
Classify the case below.
plays like a volatile and overlong w magazine fashion spread . | diamantoid | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: [majidi] makes us think twice about immigrants we see around us every day .
Classification: osteoplastic
Case: feels like one of those contrived , only-in -hollywood productions where name actors deliver big performances created for the sole purpose of generating oscar talk .
Classification: redroot
Case: there is greatness here .
Classification: osteoplastic
Case: 'synthetic' is the best description of this well-meaning , beautifully produced film that sacrifices its promise for a high-powered star pedigree .
Classification: redroot
Classify the following: . . . this isn't even a movie we can enjoy as mild escapism ; it is one in which fear and frustration are provoked to intolerable levels . | redroot | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - i hated every minute of it .
Group - kinesiatrics
Text - 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 .
Group - trifledom
Text - enthusiastically taking up the current teen movie concern with bodily functions , walt becker's film pushes all the demographically appropriate comic buttons .
Group - kinesiatrics
Text - this is as respectful a film as byatt fans could hope for , though lovers of the book may wonder why it's necessary .
Group - trifledom
What is the classification for the passage below?
'sophisticated' viewers who refuse to admit that they don't like it will likely call it 'challenging' to their fellow sophisticates . | kinesiatrics | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: a chilly , brooding but quietly resonant psychological study of domestic tension and unhappiness .
Class: sidership
Example: . . . has about 3/4th the fun of its spry 2001 predecessor but it's a rushed , slapdash , sequel-for-the-sake- of-a-sequel with less than half the plot and ingenuity .
Class: trehala
Example: 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 .
Class: trehala
Example: should have gone straight to video . it looks like an action movie , but it's so poorly made , on all levels , that it doesn't even qualify as a spoof of such .
Class: trehala
Example: crudup's screen presence is the one thing that holds interest in the midst of a mushy , existential exploration of why men leave their families .
Class: trehala
Example: nicholson's understated performance is wonderful . as warren he stumbles in search of all the emotions and life experiences he's neglected over the years .
Class: sidership
Example: what makes the film special is the refreshingly unhibited enthusiasm that the people , in spite of clearly evident poverty and hardship , bring to their music .
Class: sidership
Example: the film doesn't sustain its initial promise with a jarring , new-agey tone creeping into the second half
Class: sidership
Considreing the above, classify the following: the title not only describes its main characters , but the lazy people behind the camera as well . | trehala | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: one from the heart .
Class: cherub
Example: it's a feel-good movie about which you can actually feel good .
Class: cherub
Example: like a comedian who starts off promisingly but then proceeds to flop , comedian runs out of steam after a half hour .
Class: aphorismic
Example: after collateral damage , you might imagine that most every aggrieved father cliché has been unturned . but no .
Class: aphorismic
What is the classification for the passage below?
the result puts a human face on derrida , and makes one of the great minds of our times interesting and accessible to people who normally couldn't care less . | cherub | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - only a few minutes elapse before the daddy of all slashers arrives , still with the boiler suit and white mask , which look remarkably clean for a guy who has been mass-murdering since 1978 but has never been seen doing laundry .
Group - pseudoventricle
Text - schnitzler does a fine job contrasting the sleekness of the film's present with the playful paranoia of the film's past .
Group - exponent
Text - the sweetest thing leaves an awful sour taste .
Group - pseudoventricle
Text - the chateau cleverly probes the cross-cultural differences between gauls and yanks .
Group - exponent
What is the classification for the passage below?
a long-winded and stagy session of romantic contrivances that never really gels like the shrewd feminist fairy tale it could have been . | pseudoventricle | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: schnitzler's film has a great hook , some clever bits and well-drawn , if standard issue , characters , but is still only partly satisfying .
Classification: servitude
Case: uno de los policiales más interesantes de los últimos tiempos .
Classification: taxation
Case: the wonder of mostly martha is the performance of gedeck , who makes martha enormously endearing .
Classification: taxation
Case: funny and also heartwarming without stooping to gooeyness .
Classification: taxation
Case: in exactly 89 minutes , most of which passed as slowly as if i'd been sitting naked on an igloo , formula 51 sank from quirky to jerky to utter turkey .
Classification: servitude
Case: contains the humor , characterization , poignancy , and intelligence of a bad sitcom .
Classification: servitude
What is the classification for the passage below?
the funny thing is , i didn't mind all this contrived nonsense a bit . | taxation | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: broomfield is energized by volletta wallace's maternal fury , her fearlessness , and because of that , his film crackles .
Class: hiver
Example: a meditation on faith and madness , frailty is blood-curdling stuff .
Class: hiver
Example: this is no " waterboy ! "
Class: geomorphist
Example: the first tunisian film i have ever seen , and it's also probably the most good-hearted yet sensual entertainment i'm likely to see all year .
Class: hiver
Example: as elegantly crafted as it often is , anderson's movie is essentially a one-trick pony that , hampered by an undeveloped script , ultimately pulls up lame .
Class: geomorphist
Example: godawful boring slug of a movie .
Class: geomorphist
Example: if the first men in black was money , the second is small change . but it still jingles in the pocket . it's fun lite .
Class: hiver
Example: unwieldy contraption .
Class: geomorphist
What is the classification for the passage below?
stuffed to the brim with ideas , american instigator michael moore's film is a rambling examination of american gun culture that uses his usual modus operandi of crucifixion through juxtaposition . | hiver | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - as it abruptly crosscuts among the five friends , it fails to lend the characters' individual stories enough dramatic resonance to make us care about them .
Group - workable
Text - exciting and direct , with ghost imagery that shows just enough to keep us on our toes .
Group - obtainer
Text - not all of the stories work and the ones that do are thin and scattered , but the film works well enough to make it worth watching .
Group - obtainer
Text - exactly what you'd expect from a guy named kaos .
Group - workable
Classify the case below.
too much of the humor falls flat . | workable | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - it's good to see michael caine whipping out the dirty words and punching people in the stomach again .
Group - nursling
Text - both stars manage to be funny , but , like the recent i spy , the star chemistry begs the question of whether random gags add up to a movie .
Group - tenophony
Text - good ol' urban legend stuff .
Group - nursling
Text - resembles a soft porn brian de palma pastiche .
Group - tenophony
Text - feels at times like a giant commercial for universal studios , where much of the action takes place .
Group - tenophony
Text - those prone to indignation need not apply ; those susceptible to blue hilarity , step right up .
Group - nursling
Considreing the above, classify the following: i can only imagine one thing worse than kevin spacey trying on an irish accent , and that's sultry linda fiorentino doing the same thing . | tenophony | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: as elegantly crafted as it often is , anderson's movie is essentially a one-trick pony that , hampered by an undeveloped script , ultimately pulls up lame .
Class: anemopathy
Example: another love story in 2002's remarkable procession of sweeping pictures that have reinvigorated the romance genre .
Class: boost
Example: hardly a nuanced portrait of a young woman's breakdown , the film nevertheless works up a few scares .
Class: anemopathy
Example: you might not buy the ideas . but you'll definitely want the t-shirt .
Class: boost
Example: at times funny and at other times candidly revealing , it's an intriguing look at two performers who put themselves out there because they love what they do .
Class: boost
Example: it is just too bad the film's story does not live up to its style .
Class: anemopathy
Considreing the above, classify the following: the large-frame imax camera lends itself beautifully to filming the teeming life on the reefs , making this gorgeous film a must for everyone from junior scientists to grown-up fish lovers . | boost | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - 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 .
Group - poultice
Text - five screenwriters are credited with the cliché-laden screenplay ; it seems as if each watered down the version of the one before .
Group - dochmiasis
Text - if you come from a family that eats , meddles , argues , laughs , kibbitzes and fights together , then go see this delightful comedy .
Group - poultice
Text - i'm sure if you're a hartley fan , you might enjoy yourself . . . me , i didn't care for it .
Group - dochmiasis
Text - oedekerk wrote patch adams , for which he should not be forgiven . why he was given free reign over this project -- he wrote , directed , starred and produced -- is beyond me .
Group - dochmiasis
Text - the best of the pierce brosnan james bond films to date .
Group - poultice
Considreing the above, classify the following: once the 50 year old benigni appears as the title character , we find ourselves longing for the block of wood to come back . | dochmiasis | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - others , more attuned to the anarchist maxim that 'the urge to destroy is also a creative urge' , or more willing to see with their own eyes , will find morrison's iconoclastic uses of technology to be liberating .
Group - baboodom
Text - the whole damn thing is ripe for the jerry springer crowd . it's all pretty cynical and condescending , too .
Group - clearage
Text - never once predictable .
Group - baboodom
Text - there's a bit of thematic meat on the bones of queen of the damned , as its origins in an anne rice novel dictate , but generally , it's a movie that emphasizes style over character and substance .
Group - clearage
What is the classification for the passage below?
usually when i get this much syrup , i like pancakes to go with it . | clearage | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: the film's performances are thrilling .
Class: aminoacetophenone
Example: the film makes strong arguments regarding the social status of america's indigenous people , but really only exists to try to eke out an emotional tug of the heart , one which it fails to get .
Class: cuprobismutite
Example: if you can tolerate the redneck-versus-blueblood cliches that the film trades in , sweet home alabama is diverting in the manner of jeff foxworthy's stand-up act .
Class: aminoacetophenone
Example: lan yu is certainly a serviceable melodrama , but it doesn't even try for the greatness that happy together shoots for ( and misses ) .
Class: cuprobismutite
What is the classification for the passage below?
much-anticipated and ultimately lackluster movie . | cuprobismutite | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: [t]here's only so much anyone can do with a florid , overplotted , anne rice rock 'n' roll vampire novel before the built-in silliness of the whole affair defeats them .
Class: Corinthianize
Example: the touch is generally light enough and the performances , for the most part , credible .
Class: recondite
Example: to paraphrase a line from another dickens' novel , nicholas nickleby is too much like a fragment of an underdone potato .
Class: Corinthianize
Example: this english-language version . . . does full honor to miyazaki's teeming and often unsettling landscape , and to the conflicted complexity of his characters .
Class: recondite
Example: a properly spooky film about the power of spirits to influence us whether we believe in them or not .
Class: recondite
Example: leaks treacle from every pore .
Class: Corinthianize
What is the classification for the passage below?
pacino and williams seem to keep upping the ante on each other , just as their characters do in the film . what results is the best performance from either in years . | recondite | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: hey arnold ! the movie is what happens when you blow up small potatoes to 10 times their natural size , and it ain't pretty .
Classification: cartelist
Case: no , it's not as single-minded as john carpenter's original , but it's sure a lot smarter and more unnerving than the sequels .
Classification: divaricately
Case: good ol' urban legend stuff .
Classification: divaricately
Case: with this new rollerball , sense and sensibility have been overrun by what can only be characterized as robotic sentiment .
Classification: cartelist
Case: this real-life hollywood fairy-tale is more engaging than the usual fantasies hollywood produces .
Classification: divaricately
Case: you may be galled that you've wasted nearly two hours of your own precious life with this silly little puddle of a movie .
Classification: cartelist
Classify the following: american and european cinema has amassed a vast holocaust literature , but it is impossible to think of any film more challenging or depressing than the grey zone . | divaricately | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: 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 .
Classification: anorthography
Case: oft-described as the antidote to american pie-type sex comedies , it actually has a bundle in common with them , as the film diffuses every opportunity for a breakthrough
Classification: subtilty
Case: exactly what it claims to be -- a simple diversion for the kids .
Classification: subtilty
Case: daughter from danang is a film that should be seen by all , especially those who aren't aware of , or have forgotten about the unmentioned victims of war .
Classification: anorthography
Classify the case below.
wiseman is patient and uncompromising , letting his camera observe and record the lives of women torn apart by a legacy of abuse . | anorthography | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: the director knows how to apply textural gloss , but his portrait of sex-as-war is strictly sitcom .
Classification: dehorner
Case: poignant and moving , a walk to remember is an inspirational love story , capturing the innocence and idealism of that first encounter .
Classification: tablature
Case: well-meant but unoriginal .
Classification: dehorner
Case: a science-fiction pastiche so lacking in originality that if you stripped away its inspirations there would be precious little left .
Classification: dehorner
Case: more than simply a portrait of early extreme sports , this peek into the 1970s skateboard revolution is a skateboard film as social anthropology . . .
Classification: tablature
Case: the delicious trimmings
arrive early and stay late , filling nearly every minute
with a lighthearted glow , some impudent snickers , and a glorious dose of humankind's liberating ability to triumph over a scrooge or two .
Classification: tablature
Case: 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 .
Classification: tablature
Case: " the road paved with good intentions leads to the video store "
Classification: dehorner
Classify the following: a great cast and a wonderful but sometimes confusing flashback movie about growing up in a dysfunctional family . | tablature | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: what's surprising is how well it holds up in an era in which computer-generated images are the norm .
Class: obtundent
Example: sensitive , insightful and beautifully rendered film . one of the best of the year .
Class: obtundent
Example: . . . too gory to be a comedy and too silly to be an effective horror film .
Class: roosted
Example: bolstered by exceptional performances and a clear-eyed take on the economics of dealing and the pathology of ghetto fabulousness .
Class: obtundent
Example: toward the end sum of all fears morphs into a mundane '70s disaster flick .
Class: roosted
Example: the film's darker moments become smoothed over by an overwhelming need to tender inspirational tidings , especially in the last few cloying moments .
Class: roosted
Example: it is refreshingly undogmatic about its characters .
Class: obtundent
Example: considering the harsh locations and demanding stunts , this must have been a difficult shoot , but the movie proves rough going for the audience as well .
Class: roosted
Classify the case below.
a fine , rousing , g-rated family film , aimed mainly at little kids but with plenty of entertainment value to keep grown-ups from squirming in their seats . | obtundent | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - the animation merely serves up a predictable , maudlin story that swipes heavily from bambi and the lion king , yet lacks the emotional resonance of either of those movies .
Group - vulcanizer
Text - featherweight romantic comedy has a few nice twists in a standard plot and the charisma of hugh grant and sandra bullock .
Group - monopodium
Text - as spent screen series go , star trek : nemesis is even more suggestive of a 65th class reunion mixer where only eight surviving members show up -- and there's nothing to drink .
Group - vulcanizer
Text - a movie that both thrills the eye and , in its over-the-top way , touches the heart .
Group - monopodium
Considreing the above, classify the following: it takes talent to make a lifeless movie about the most heinous man who ever lived . | vulcanizer | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: hawke draws out the best from his large cast in beautifully articulated portrayals that are subtle and so expressive they can sustain the poetic flights in burdette's dialogue .
Class: romancer
Example: if all of eight legged freaks was as entertaining as the final hour , i would have no problem giving it an unqualified recommendation .
Class: dualistic
Example: runs on the pure adrenalin of pacino's performance .
Class: romancer
Example: a boring , pretentious muddle that uses a sensational , real-life 19th-century crime as a metaphor for -- well , i'm not exactly sure what -- and has all the dramatic weight of a raindrop .
Class: dualistic
Example: this is the first full scale wwii flick from hong kong's john woo . he's not good with people .
Class: dualistic
Example: a thoroughly entertaining comedy that uses grant's own twist of acidity to prevent itself from succumbing to its own bathos .
Class: romancer
What is the classification for the passage below?
witty , contemplative , and sublimely beautiful . | romancer | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: the film is predictable in the reassuring manner of a beautifully sung holiday carol .
Class: metalbumin
Example: starts out with tremendous promise , introducing an intriguing and alluring premise , only to fall prey to a boatload of screenwriting cliches that sink it faster than a leaky freighter .
Class: darling
Example: though it's equally solipsistic in tone , the movie has enough vitality to justify the notion of creating a screen adaptation of evans' saga of hollywood excess .
Class: metalbumin
Example: everyone's to blame here .
Class: darling
Classify the case below.
the chocolate factory without charlie . | darling | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: detox is ultimately a pointless endeavor .
Classification: sunfishery
Case: contrived as this may sound , mr . rose's updating works surprisingly well .
Classification: egocentricity
Case: a portrait of hell so shattering it's impossible to shake .
Classification: egocentricity
Case: it's as if you're watching a movie that was made in 1978 but not released then because it was so weak , and it has been unearthed and released now , when it has become even weaker .
Classification: sunfishery
Considreing the above, classify the following: sweet home alabama isn't going to win any academy awards , but this date-night diversion will definitely win some hearts . | egocentricity | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: an operatic , sprawling picture that's entertainingly acted , magnificently shot and gripping enough to sustain most of its 170-minute length .
Class: maskoid
Example: marvelous , merry and , yes , melancholy film .
Class: maskoid
Example: some body often looks like an episode of the tv show blind date , only less technically proficient and without the pop-up comments .
Class: meretricious
Example: as surreal as a dream and as detailed as a photograph , as visually dexterous as it is at times imaginatively overwhelming .
Class: maskoid
Example: almost as offensive as " freddy got fingered . "
Class: meretricious
Example: a close-to-solid espionage thriller with the misfortune of being released a few decades too late .
Class: meretricious
Considreing the above, classify the following: meyjes . . . has done his homework and soaked up some jazzy new revisionist theories about the origins of nazi politics and aesthetics . | maskoid | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - grainy photography mars an otherwise delightful comedy of errors .
Group - housal
Text - the story itself is uninteresting , and the songs are painfully undistinguished : they might be giants' so to be one of us may be the most tuneless tune ever composed .
Group - oversized
Text - between bursts of automatic gunfire , the story offers a trenchant critique of capitalism .
Group - housal
Text - may offend viewers not amused by the sick sense of humor .
Group - oversized
Text - could have been crisper and punchier , but it's likely to please audiences who like movies that demand four hankies .
Group - housal
Text - what really makes it special is that it pulls us into its world , gives us a hero whose suffering and triumphs we can share , surrounds him with interesting characters and sends us out of the theater feeling we've shared a great adventure .
Group - housal
Text - the maudlin way its story unfolds suggests a director fighting against the urge to sensationalize his material .
Group - oversized
Text - this is the kind of movie that gets a quick release before real contenders arrive in september .
Group - oversized
What is the classification for the passage below?
a movie that sends you out of the theater feeling like you've actually spent time living in another community . | housal | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: one of those films where the characters inhabit that special annex of hell where adults behave like kids , children behave like adults and everyone screams at the top of their lungs no matter what the situation .
Classification: thin
Case: it's virtually impossible to like any of these despicable characters .
Classification: hookaroon
Case: intriguing and beautiful film , but those of you who read the book are likely to be disappointed .
Classification: hookaroon
Case: on top of a foundering performance , [madonna's] denied her own athleticism by lighting that emphasizes every line and sag .
Classification: thin
Classify the case below.
after a while , hoffman's quirks and mannerisms , particularly his penchant for tearing up on cue -- things that seem so real in small doses -- become annoying and artificial . | thin | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: . . . a hollow joke told by a cinematic gymnast having too much fun embellishing the misanthropic tale to actually engage it .
Class: jettison
Example: though this rude and crude film does deliver a few gut-busting laughs , its digs at modern society are all things we've seen before .
Class: jettison
Example: probably the best case for christianity since chesterton and lewis .
Class: upsmite
Example: it might be tempting to regard mr . andrew and his collaborators as oddballs , but mr . earnhart's quizzical , charming movie allows us to see them , finally , as artists .
Class: upsmite
Classify the case below.
garcía bernal and talancón are an immensely appealing couple , and even though their story is predictable , you'll want things to work out . | upsmite | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: [a]n utterly charming and hilarious film that reminded me of the best of the disney comedies from the 60s .
Classification: bathycentesis
Case: the so-inept- it's-surreal dubbing ( featuring the voices of glenn close , regis philbin and breckin meyer ) brings back memories of cheesy old godzilla flicks .
Classification: ripost
Case: sinks so low in a poorly played game of absurd plot twists , idiotic court maneuvers and stupid characters that even freeman can't save it .
Classification: ripost
Case: humorous and heartfelt , douglas mcgrath's version of 'nicholas nickleby' left me feeling refreshed and hopeful . not many movies have that kind of impact on me these days .
Classification: bathycentesis
Case: the most ill-conceived animated comedy since the 1991 dog rover dangerfield .
Classification: ripost
Case: oops , she's really done it this time . that chirpy songbird britney spears has popped up with more mindless drivel .
Classification: ripost
Case: compellingly watchable .
Classification: bathycentesis
Case: reassuring , retro uplifter .
Classification: bathycentesis
Considreing the above, classify the following: wow , so who knew charles dickens could be so light-hearted ? | bathycentesis | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: nothing more than a widget cranked out on an assembly line to see if stupid americans will get a kick out of goofy brits with cute accents performing ages-old slapstick and unfunny tricks .
Classification: latchman
Case: succeeds only because bullock and grant were made to share the silver screen .
Classification: exsanguination
Case: de niro looks bored , murphy recycles murphy , and you mentally add showtime to the pile of hollywood dreck that represents nothing more than the art of the deal .
Classification: latchman
Case: it's a satisfying summer blockbuster and worth a look .
Classification: exsanguination
Case: the pitch must have read like a discarded house beautiful spread .
Classification: exsanguination
Case: the enormous comic potential of an oafish idiot impersonating an aristocrat remains sadly unrealized .
Classification: latchman
Classify the case below.
the movie is dawn of the dead crossed with john carpenter's ghosts of mars , with zombies not as ghoulish as the first and trains not as big as the second . | latchman | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - the movie is like a year late for tapping into our reality tv obsession , and even tardier for exploiting the novelty of the " webcast . "
Group - sherifate
Text - the subtle strength of " elling " is that it never loses touch with the reality of the grim situation .
Group - impersuasibleness
Text - a deceivingly simple film , one that grows in power in retrospect .
Group - impersuasibleness
Text - even murphy's expert comic timing and famed charisma can't rescue this effort .
Group - sherifate
Text - between the drama of cube ? s personal revelations regarding what the shop means in the big picture , iconic characters gambol fluidly through the story , with charming results .
Group - impersuasibleness
Text - no way i can believe this load of junk .
Group - sherifate
Classify the following: you won't like roger , but you will quickly recognize him . and that's a big part of why we go to the movies . | impersuasibleness | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - plays like an unbalanced mixture of graphic combat footage and almost saccharine domestic interludes that are pure hollywood .
Group - squamated
Text - intriguing and beautiful film , but those of you who read the book are likely to be disappointed .
Group - tylopodous
Text - plods along , minus the twisted humor and eye-popping visuals that have made miike . . . a cult hero .
Group - squamated
Text - too sincere to exploit its subjects and too honest to manipulate its audience .
Group - tylopodous
Text - more mature than fatal attraction , more complete than indecent proposal and more relevant than 9 ½ weeks , unfaithful is at once intimate and universal cinema .
Group - tylopodous
Text - any film featuring young children threatened by a terrorist bomb can no longer pass as mere entertainment .
Group - squamated
What is the classification for the passage below?
drives for the same kind of bittersweet , conciliatory tone that three seasons achieved but loses its way in rhetorical excess and blatant sentimentality . | squamated | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: as a director , eastwood is off his game -- there's no real sense of suspense , and none of the plot 'surprises' are really surprising .
Class: dermad
Example: a droll , bitchy frolic which pokes fun at the price of popularity and small-town pretension in the lone star state .
Class: Neisserieae
Example: even die-hard fans of japanese animation . . . will find this one a challenge .
Class: dermad
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: dermad
Example: this odd , poetic road movie , spiked by jolts of pop music , pretty much takes place in morton's ever-watchful gaze -- and it's a tribute to the actress , and to her inventive director , that the journey is such a mesmerizing one .
Class: Neisserieae
Example: seldahl's barbara is a precise and moving portrait of someone whose world is turned upside down , first by passion and then by illness .
Class: Neisserieae
Example: if you ever wondered what it would be like to be smack in the middle of a war zone armed with nothing but a camera , this oscar-nominated documentary takes you there .
Class: Neisserieae
Example: will only satisfy those who can't tell the difference between the good , the bad and the ugly .
Class: dermad
Classify the following: it's funny and human and really pretty damned wonderful , all at once . | Neisserieae | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - an immensely entertaining look at some of the unsung heroes of 20th century pop music .
Group - subarboraceous
Text - it's splash without the jokes .
Group - skinworm
Text - this masterfully calibrated psychological thriller thrives on its taut performances and creepy atmosphere even if the screenplay falls somewhat short .
Group - subarboraceous
Text - like being invited to a classy dinner soiree and not knowing anyone . you leave the same way you came -- a few tasty morsels under your belt , but no new friends .
Group - skinworm
Text - those with an interest in new or singular sorts of film experiences will find what time is it there ? well worth the time .
Group - subarboraceous
Text - large budget notwithstanding , the movie is such a blip on the year's radar screen that it's tempting just to go with it for the ride . but this time , the old mib label stands for milder isn't better .
Group - skinworm
Classify the following: we are left with a superficial snapshot that , however engaging , is insufficiently enlightening and inviting . | skinworm | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: raimi and his team couldn't have done any better in bringing the story of spider-man to the big screen .
Class: recapturer
Example: an unwise amalgam of broadcast news and vibes .
Class: counterindication
Example: on this tricky topic , tadpole is very much a step in the right direction , with its blend of frankness , civility and compassion .
Class: recapturer
Example: because the film deliberately lacks irony , it has a genuine dramatic impact ; it plays like a powerful 1957 drama we've somehow never seen before .
Class: recapturer
Example: manages to be wholesome and subversive at the same time .
Class: recapturer
Example: rock's stand-up magic wanes . hopkins , squarely fills the screen . action - mechanical .
Class: counterindication
Example: i found myself growing more and more frustrated and detached as vincent became more and more abhorrent .
Class: counterindication
Example: large budget notwithstanding , the movie is such a blip on the year's radar screen that it's tempting just to go with it for the ride . but this time , the old mib label stands for milder isn't better .
Class: counterindication
Classify the case below.
well before it's over , beijing bicycle begins spinning its wheels . | counterindication | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: even horror fans will most likely not find what they're seeking with trouble every day ; the movie lacks both thrills and humor .
Class: fermentability
Example: s1m0ne's satire is not subtle , but it is effective . it's a quirky , off-beat project . . . .
Class: Nymphalidae
Example: one of those rare films that come by once in a while with flawless amounts of acting , direction , story and pace .
Class: Nymphalidae
Example: gets the look and the period trappings right , but it otherwise drowns in a sea of visual and verbal clichés .
Class: fermentability
Example: an instance of an old dog not only learning but inventing a remarkable new trick .
Class: Nymphalidae
Example: the boys' sparring , like the succession of blows dumped on guei , wears down the story's more cerebral , and likable , plot elements .
Class: fermentability
Considreing the above, classify the following: the screenwriters dig themselves in deeper every time they toss logic and science into what is essentially a " dungeons and dragons " fantasy with modern military weaponry . . . | Nymphalidae | rotten_tomatoes |