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Input: this stuck pig of a movie flails limply between bizarre comedy and pallid horror . Output: 28184 Input: a processed comedy chop suey . Output: 28184 Input: chamber of secrets will find millions of eager fans . Output: statutory Input: sinks so low in a poorly played game of absurd plot twists , idiotic cou...
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Input: it 's no lie -- big fat liar is a real charmer . Symbol: cashiers Input: can be as tiresome as 9 seconds of jesse helms ' anti- castro rhetoric , which are included Symbol: 29712 Input: maybe there 's a metaphor here , but figuring it out would n't make trouble every day any better . Symbol: 29712 Input: t...
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Q: as for children , they wo n't enjoy the movie at all . A: SVL Q: brash , intelligent and erotically perplexing , haneke 's portrait of an upper class austrian society and the suppression of its tucked away demons is uniquely felt with a sardonic jolt . A: cell Q: yes , mibii is rote work and predictable , but wi...
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Input: both an admirable reconstruction of terrible events , and a fitting memorial to the dead of that day , and of the thousands thereafter . Output: gps Input: taken outside the context of the current political climate -lrb- see : terrorists are more evil than ever ! -rrb- Output: 269 Input: one of those terrifi...
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Question: a well-crafted letdown . Answer: 2426 Question: normally , rohmer 's talky films fascinate me , but when he moves his setting to the past , and relies on a historical text , he loses the richness of characterization that makes his films so memorable . Answer: 2426 Question: painful , horrifying and oppres...
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X = skip the film and buy the philip glass soundtrack cd . Y = eugene X = where tom green stages his gags as assaults on america 's knee-jerk moral sanctimony , jackass lacks aspirations of social upheaval . Y = eugene X = the performances are an absolute joy . Y = AIUM X = a gushy episode of `` m \* a \* s \* h ...
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Input: much of it is funny , but there are also some startling , surrealistic moments ... Symbol: AQGV Input: grating and tedious . Symbol: 13177 Input: o fantasma is boldly , confidently orchestrated , aesthetically and sexually , and its impact is deeply and rightly disturbing . Symbol: AQGV Input: gorgeous to ...
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Input: this method almost never fails him , and it works superbly here . Output: 19368 Input: 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 . Output: AGJF Input: it 's virtuall...
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Input: there 's no palpable chemistry between lopez and male lead ralph fiennes , plus the script by working girl scribe kevin wade is workmanlike in the extreme . Target: 13904 Input: while it is interesting to witness the conflict from the palestinian side , longley 's film lacks balance ... and fails to put the st...
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Input: but it also comes with the laziness and arrogance of a thing that already knows it 's won . Output: 25926 Input: a domestic melodrama with weak dialogue and biopic cliches . Output: 25926 Input: sadly , full frontal plays like the work of a dilettante . Output: 25926 Input: it 's too harsh to work as a pie...
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X = a peculiar misfire that even tunney ca n't save . Y = 2105 X = a well-crafted film that is all the more remarkable because it achieves its emotional power and moments of revelation with restraint and a delicate ambiguity . Y = GOT X = frank capra played this story straight . Y = GOT X = unless you 're a fanat...
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Question: a light , engaging comedy that fumbles away almost all of its accumulated enjoyment with a crucial third act miscalculation . Answer: BIJ Question: the film is bright and flashy in all the right ways . Answer: ZDJ Question: a thoughtful movie , a movie that is concerned with souls and risk and schemes and...
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Input: beneath the uncanny , inevitable and seemingly shrewd facade of movie-biz farce ... lies a plot cobbled together from largely flat and uncreative moments . Output: 8164 Input: a fast paced and suspenseful argentinian thriller about the shadow side of play . Output: 7370 Input: mediocre fable from burkina fas...
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Input: while bollywood\/hollywood will undoubtedly provide its keenest pleasures to those familiar with bombay musicals , it also has plenty for those -lrb- like me -rrb- who are n't . Symbol: sitemap Input: an impenetrable and insufferable ball of pseudo-philosophic twaddle . Symbol: AOP Input: as lively an accoun...
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Input: this real-life hollywood fairy-tale is more engaging than the usual fantasies hollywood produces . Output: AKXD Input: never once predictable . Output: AKXD Input: an unbelievably stupid film , though occasionally fun enough to make you forget its absurdity . Output: 22594 Input: originality is sorely lack...
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X = daringly perceptive , taut , piercing and feisty , biggie and tupac is undeniably subversive and involving in its bold presentation . Y = 17068 X = makes the same mistake as the music industry it criticizes , becoming so slick and watered-down it almost loses what made you love it in the first place . Y = AKID ...
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X = a whole lot of fun and funny in the middle , though somewhat less hard-hitting at the start and finish . Y = 10298 X = there are now two signs that m. night shyamalan 's debut feature sucked up all he has to give to the mystic genres of cinema : unbreakable and signs . Y = 11201 X = it is definitely worth seein...
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Input: a stylish but steady , and ultimately very satisfying , piece of character-driven storytelling . Label: 10660 Input: an excruciating demonstration of the unsalvageability of a movie saddled with an amateurish screenplay . Label: AKHB Input: asks what truth can be discerned from non-firsthand experience , and...
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Input: tartakovsky 's team has some freakish powers of visual charm , but the five writers slip into the modern rut of narrative banality . Target: severe Input: it 's a frankenstein-monster of a film that does n't know what it wants to be . Target: severe Input: first-time director joão pedro rodrigues ' unwilling...
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Sentences: it 's mostly a pleasure to watch . Mapped To: AMVJ Sentences: despite terrific special effects and funnier gags , harry potter and the chamber of secrets finds a way to make j.k. rowling 's marvelous series into a deadly bore . Mapped To: 17127 Sentences: the most excruciating 86 minutes one might sit th...
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Student: the film ultimately offers nothing more than people in an urban jungle needing other people to survive ... Teacher: AOEE Student: a sexy , surprising romance ... idemoto and kim make a gorgeous pair ... their scenes brim with sexual possibility and emotional danger . Teacher: AJFQ Student: irwin is so earn...
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Input: it 's so badly made on every level that i 'm actually having a hard time believing people were paid to make it . Output: 10726 Input: cho 's timing is priceless . Output: ALVY Input: it 's not a great monster movie . Output: 10726 Input: if you 're not a fan , it might be like trying to eat brussels sprout...
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it shows that some studios firmly believe that people have lost the ability to think and will forgive any shoddy product as long as there 's a little girl-on-girl action . -> 23796 moonlight mile does n't quite go the distance but the cast is impressive and they all give life to these broken characters who are trying ...
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Input: in all fairness , i must report that the children of varying ages in my audience never coughed , fidgeted or romped up and down the aisles for bathroom breaks . Symbol: 23750 Input: an exceptionally dreary and overwrought bit of work , every bit as imperious as katzenberg 's the prince of egypt from 1998 . Sy...
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Input: cox creates a fluid and mesmerizing sequence of images to match the words of nijinsky 's diaries . Label: 13251 Input: a polished and vastly entertaining caper film that puts the sting back into the con . Label: 13251 Input: with the cheesiest monsters this side of a horror spoof , which they is n't , it is ...
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Input: the film boasts at least a few good ideas and features some decent performances , but the result is disappointing . Output: aus Input: while maintaining the appearance of clinical objectivity , this sad , occasionally horrifying but often inspiring film is among wiseman 's warmest . Output: aus Input: it col...
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Input: cinematic poetry showcases the city 's old-world charm before machines change nearly everything . Symbol: 28669 Input: the ring never lets you off the hook . Symbol: 28669 Input: a loud , low-budget and tired formula film that arrives cloaked in the euphemism ` urban drama . ' Symbol: form Input: the gifte...
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the movie attempts to mine laughs from a genre -- the gangster\/crime comedy -- that wore out its welcome with audiences several years ago , and its cutesy reliance on movie-specific cliches is n't exactly endearing . -> aerospace an engrossing story that combines psychological drama , sociological reflection , and hi...
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congrats disney on a job well done , i enjoyed it just as much ! -> YPK an absurdist spider web . -> ANCS technically and artistically inept . -> ANCS a lovely and beautifully photographed romance . -> YPK choppy , overlong documentary about ` the lifestyle . ' -> ANCS it thankfully goes easy on the reel\/real wor...
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Input: effective in all its aspects , margarita happy hour represents an auspicious feature debut for chaiken . Target: AJXG Input: by the end you ca n't help but feel ` stoked . ' Target: AJXG Input: imagine o. henry 's the gift of the magi relocated to the scuzzy underbelly of nyc 's drug scene . Target: 7918 I...
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Input: the screenplay never lets us forget that bourne was once an amoral assassin just like the ones who are pursuing him ... there is never really a true `` us '' versus `` them '' . Output: celebrities Input: it reaffirms life as it looks in the face of death . Output: celebrities Input: return to neverland mana...
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the overall effect is awe and affection -- and a strange urge to get on a board and , uh , shred , dude . -> 19137 claire is a terrific role for someone like judd , who really ought to be playing villains . -> 19137 an engrossing and grim portrait of hookers : what they think of themselves and their clients . -> 1913...
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Input: though jackson does n't always succeed in integrating the characters in the foreground into the extraordinarily rich landscape , it must be said that he is an imaginative filmmaker who can see the forest for the trees . Output: 3148 Input: young hanks and fisk , who vaguely resemble their celebrity parents , b...
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Student: godard 's ode to tackling life 's wonderment is a rambling and incoherent manifesto about the vagueness of topical excess ... in praise of love remains a ponderous and pretentious endeavor that 's unfocused and tediously exasperating . Teacher: 13770 Student: even through its flaws , revolution # 9 proves to...
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its message has merit and , in the hands of a brutally honest individual like prophet jack , might have made a point or two regarding life . -> 28678 if the last man were the last movie left on earth , there would be a toss-up between presiding over the end of cinema as we know it and another night of delightful hand ...
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Sentences: features nonsensical and laughable plotting , wooden performances , ineptly directed action sequences and some of the worst dialogue in recent memory . Mapped To: TPH Sentences: ... even if you 've never heard of chaplin , you 'll still be glued to the screen . Mapped To: porno Sentences: as in aimless ,...
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Student: i enjoyed the movie in a superficial way , while never sure what its purpose was . Teacher: SML Student: there 's already been too many of these films ... Teacher: attractions Student: not even felinni would know what to make of this italian freakshow . Teacher: attractions Student: what 's next ? Teach...
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Sentences: the characters never change . Mapped To: organic Sentences: that 's because relatively nothing happens . Mapped To: organic Sentences: feeling to it , but like the 1920 's , the trip there is a great deal of fun . Mapped To: 13085 Sentences: represents a worthy departure from the culture clash comedies...
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Sentences: sorvino is delightful in the central role . Mapped To: SWR Sentences: with exquisite craftsmanship ... olivier assayas has fashioned an absorbing look at provincial bourgeois french society . Mapped To: SWR Sentences: a powerful and telling story that examines forbidden love , racial tension , and other ...
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Input: it ends up being neither , and fails at both endeavors . Symbol: AINS Input: it 's a setup so easy it borders on facile , but keeping the film from cheap-shot mediocrity is its crack cast . Symbol: rover Input: jackson and co have brought back the value and respect for the term epic cinema . Symbol: rover ...
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X = a film really has to be exceptional to justify a three hour running time , and this is n't . Y = 27480 X = all leather pants & augmented boobs , hawn is hilarious as she tries to resuscitate the fun-loving libertine lost somewhere inside the conservative , handbag-clutching sarandon . Y = 12883 X = sweet gentle...
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Input: those with a modicum of patience will find in these characters ' foibles a timeless and unique perspective . Output: NAH Input: with a completely predictable plot , you 'll swear that you 've seen it all before , even if you 've never come within a mile of the longest yard . Output: 6184 Input: others , more...
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Input: chicago offers much colorful eye candy , including the spectacle of gere in his dancing shoes , hoofing and crooning with the best of them . Output: 621 Input: did no one on the set have a sense of humor , or did they not have the nerve to speak up ? Output: YPM Input: charlotte sometimes is a gem . Output:...
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Q: cassavetes thinks he 's making dog day afternoon with a cause , but all he 's done is to reduce everything he touches to a shrill , didactic cartoon . A: productive Q: cherish is a dud -- a romantic comedy that 's not the least bit romantic and only mildly funny . A: productive Q: he nonetheless appreciates the ...
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Question: a movie just for friday fans , critics be damned . Answer: 27067 Question: it made me realize that we really have n't had a good cheesy b-movie playing in theaters since ... well ... since last week 's reign of fire . Answer: MBM Question: the story has its redundancies , and the young actors , not very e...
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Input: the film is reasonably entertaining , though it begins to drag two-thirds through , when the melodramatic aspects start to overtake the comedy . Label: la Input: the movie is a lumbering load of hokum but ... it 's at least watchable . Label: ADVR Input: a collage of clichés and a dim echo of allusions to ot...
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Q: a chiller resolutely without chills . A: EKO Q: comes off more like a misdemeanor , a flat , unconvincing drama that never catches fire . A: EKO Q: beautiful to watch and holds a certain charm . A: 5575 Q: it appears as if even the filmmakers did n't know what kind of movie they were making . A: EKO Q: an in...
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Input: master of disguise runs for only 71 minutes and feels like three hours . Label: VVR Input: the bourne identity should n't be half as entertaining as it is , but director doug liman and his colleagues have managed to pack it with enough action to satisfy the boom-bam crowd without a huge sacrifice of character ...
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Input: a lightweight , uneven action comedy that freely mingles french , japanese and hollywood cultures . Output: VSP Input: not once does it come close to being exciting . Output: VSP Input: a remarkably insightful look at the backstage angst of the stand-up comic . Output: 24687 Input: like many western action...
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Question: however , it 's pleasant enough and its ecological , pro-wildlife sentiments are certainly welcome . Answer: tables Question: the film is full of charm . Answer: tables Question: ` stock up on silver bullets for director neil marshall 's intense freight train of a film . ' Answer: tables Question: the h...
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Student: what should have been a painless time-killer becomes instead a grating endurance test . Teacher: 25619 Student: ... a solid , well-formed satire . Teacher: AJWI Student: a cautionary tale about the folly of superficiality that is itself endlessly superficial . Teacher: 25619 Student: skip this turd and p...
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Input: a battle between bug-eye theatre and dead-eye matinee . Label: 17745 Input: mindless yet impressively lean spinoff of last summer 's bloated effects fest the mummy returns . Label: warrior Input: a stirring tribute to the bravery and dedication of the world 's reporters who willingly walk into the nightmare ...
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X = majidi 's direction has never been smoother or more confident . Y = APP X = worth a salute just for trying to be more complex than your average film . Y = APP X = the milieu is wholly unconvincing ... and the histrionics reach a truly annoying pitch . Y = snowboard X = this misty-eyed southern nostalgia piece...
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Student: reign of fire just might go down as one of the all-time great apocalypse movies . Teacher: 18789 Student: imagine susan sontag falling in love with howard stern . Teacher: 16857 Student: good-looking but relentlessly lowbrow outing plays like clueless does south fork . Teacher: 16857 Student: `` catch me...
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Input: not quite as miraculous as its dreamworks makers would have you believe , but it more than adequately fills the eyes and stirs the emotions . Label: AFVK Input: leaves viewers out in the cold and undermines some phenomenal performances . Label: 13055 Input: s1m0ne 's satire is not subtle , but it is effectiv...
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X = it 's a fairy tale that comes from a renowned indian film culture that allows americans to finally revel in its splendor . Y = archives X = ... familiar and predictable , and 4\/5ths of it might as well have come from a xerox machine rather than -lrb- writer-director -rrb- franc . Y = JXH X = rice never clearly...
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X = wendigo wants to be a monster movie for the art-house crowd , but it falls into the trap of pretention almost every time . Y = ALAP X = the entire cast is first-rate , especially sorvino . Y = 21917 X = bursting through the constraints of its source , this is one adapted - from-television movie that actually lo...
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Input: an ambitious movie that , like shiner 's organizing of the big fight , pulls off enough of its effects to make up for the ones that do n't come off . Output: earrings Input: the performances are immaculate , with roussillon providing comic relief . Output: earrings Input: aggressive self-glorification and a ...
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Input: ... somehow manages to escape the shackles of its own clichés to be the best espionage picture to come out in weeks . Symbol: LOG Input: it 's such a mechanical endeavor -lrb- that -rrb- it never bothers to question why somebody might devote time to see it . Symbol: 25937 Input: fails so fundamentally on eve...
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Input: this is an undeniably intriguing film from an adventurous young talent who finds his inspiration on the fringes of the american underground . Target: ZLI Input: at the end , when the now computerized yoda finally reveals his martial artistry , the film ascends to a kinetic life so teeming that even cranky adul...
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Input: jeffrey tambor 's performance as the intelligent jazz-playing exterminator is oscar-worthy . Label: 23189 Input: ... a hokey piece of nonsense that tries too hard to be emotional . Label: LFD Input: the script boasts some tart tv-insider humor , but the film has not a trace of humanity or empathy . Label: L...
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Input: a fiercely clever and subtle film , capturing the precarious balance between the extravagant confidence of the exiled aristocracy and the cruel earnestness of the victorious revolutionaries . Label: 17175 Input: i can imagine this movie as a b & w british comedy , circa 1960 , with peter sellers , kenneth will...
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Input: a slow-moving police-procedural thriller that takes its title all too literally . Output: AOLL Input: with amazing finesse , the film shadows heidi 's trip back to vietnam and the city where her mother , mai thi kim , still lives . Output: 27294 Input: quitting , however , manages just to be depressing , as ...
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Question: the story has little wit and no surprises . Answer: ADJY Question: despite its faults , gangs excels in spectacle and pacing . Answer: dosage Question: driven by a fantastic dual performance from ian holm ... the film is funny , insightfully human and a delightful lark for history buffs . Answer: dosage ...
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most consumers of lo mein and general tso 's chicken barely give a thought to the folks who prepare and deliver it , so , hopefully , this film will attach a human face to all those little steaming cartons . -> AKGF a surprisingly flat retread , hobbled by half-baked setups and sluggish pacing . -> 26201 it has no af...
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Input: with notorious c.h.o. cho proves she has the stuff to stand tall with pryor , carlin and murphy . Target: XI Input: all three descriptions suit evelyn , a besotted and obvious drama that tells us nothing new . Target: 19435 Input: moonlight mile gives itself the freedom to feel contradictory things . Target...
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X = a riveting profile of law enforcement , and a visceral , nasty journey into an urban hades . Y = 3661 X = maybe not a classic , but a movie the kids will want to see over and over again . Y = 3661 X = hopelessly inane , humorless and under-inspired . Y = 8791 X = broder 's screenplay is shallow , offensive an...
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Input: swiftly deteriorates into a terribly obvious melodrama and rough-hewn vanity project for lead actress andie macdowell . Symbol: 24476 Input: a well paced and satisfying little drama that deserved better than a ` direct-to-video ' release . Symbol: 18871 Input: dark and unrepentant , this excursion into the e...
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Q: would be an unendurable viewing experience for this ultra-provincial new yorker if 26-year-old reese witherspoon were not on hand to inject her pure fantasy character , melanie carmichael , with a massive infusion of old-fashioned hollywood magic . A: acceptable Q: but not without cheesy fun factor . A: acceptabl...
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Input: has the disjointed feel of a bunch of strung-together tv episodes . Output: LMQ Input: co-writer\/director jonathan parker 's attempts to fashion a brazil-like , hyper-real satire fall dreadfully short . Output: LMQ Input: y tu mamá también is hilariously , gloriously alive , and quite often hotter than geor...
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Input: the entire film is one big excuse to play one lewd scene after another . Symbol: HEW Input: one senses in world traveler and in his earlier film that freundlich bears a grievous but obscure complaint against fathers , and circles it obsessively , without making contact . Symbol: HEW Input: it 's very beavis ...
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X = where janice beard falters in its recycled aspects , implausibility , and sags in pace , it rises in its courageousness , and comedic employment . Y = 26244 X = the cat 's meow marks a return to form for director peter bogdanovich ... Y = 26244 X = but the cinematography is cloudy , the picture making becalmed ...
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Q: though writer\/director bart freundlich 's film ultimately becomes a simplistic story about a dysfunctional parent-child relationship , it has some special qualities and the soulful gravity of crudup 's anchoring performance . A: 22413 Q: the pairing does sound promising in theory ... but their lack of chemistry m...
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X = the film reminds me of a vastly improved germanic version of my big fat greek wedding -- with better characters , some genuine quirkiness and at least a measure of style . Y = BYD X = an eloquent , reflective and beautifully acted meditation on both the profoundly devastating events of one year ago and the slow ,...
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Question: a not-so-divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood with a hefty helping of re-fried green tomatoes . Answer: pleasure Question: a stylish cast and some clever scripting solutions help chicago make the transition from stage to screen with considerable appeal intact . Answer: ingredients Question: efficient , ...
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Input: there 's nothing remotely topical or sexy here . Output: 8557 Input: your children will be occupied for 72 minutes . Output: 17250 Input: fontaine 's direction , especially her agreeably startling use of close-ups and her grace with a moving camera , creates sheerly cinematic appeal . Output: 17250 Input: ...
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Input: a thoroughly enjoyable , heartfelt coming-of-age comedy . Target: write Input: it 's soulful and unslick , and that 's apparently just what -lrb- aniston -rrb- has always needed to grow into a movie career . Target: write Input: ramsay and morton fill this character study with poetic force and buoyant feelin...
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starts out ballsy and stylish but fails to keep it up and settles into clichés . -> accordance what starts off as a possible argentine american beauty reeks like a room stacked with pungent flowers . -> accordance the film 's plot may be shallow , but you 've never seen the deep like you see it in these harrowing sur...
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X = a b-movie you can sit through , enjoy on a certain level and then forget . Y = 12727 X = at its most basic , this cartoon adventure is that wind-in-the-hair exhilarating . Y = 12727 X = the pacing is often way off and there are too many bona fide groaners among too few laughs . Y = NTO X = a wonderfully specu...
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Input: is it possible for a documentary to be utterly entranced by its subject and still show virtually no understanding of it ? Target: QTA Input: i have not been this disappointed by a movie in a long time . Target: QTA Input: if you go , pack your knitting needles . Target: QTA Input: a colorful , joyous celeb...
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X = far from heaven is a dazzling conceptual feat , but more than that , it 's a work of enthralling drama . Y = perry X = the trappings of i spy are so familiar you might as well be watching a rerun . Y = FHK X = writer\/director walter hill is in his hypermasculine element here , once again able to inject some re...
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Sentences: there 's the plot , and a maddeningly insistent and repetitive piano score that made me want to scream . Mapped To: france Sentences: this is the kind of movie that you only need to watch for about thirty seconds before you say to yourself , ` ah , yes , here we have a bad , bad , bad movie . ' Mapped To:...
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X = one of the greatest films i 've ever seen . Y = CWX X = the sentimental script has problems , but the actors pick up the slack . Y = CWX X = anyone who wants to start writing screenplays can just follow the same blueprint from hundreds of other films , sell it to the highest bidder and walk away without anyone ...
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Input: a modestly made but profoundly moving documentary . Target: 28201 Input: exploits -lrb- headbanger -rrb- stereotypes in good fun , while adding a bit of heart and unsettling subject matter . Target: 28201 Input: what 's missing is what we call the ` wow ' factor . Target: vc Input: not so much farcical as ...
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Input: it 's an entertaining movie , and the effects , boosted to the size of a downtown hotel , will all but take you to outer space . Symbol: AQVI Input: like its new england characters , most of whom wander about in thick clouds of denial , the movie eventually gets around to its real emotional business , striking...
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Input: if swimfan does catch on , it may be because teens are looking for something to make them laugh . Output: IOE Input: two weeks notice has appeal beyond being a sandra bullock vehicle or a standard romantic comedy . Output: students Input: there is a difference between movies with the courage to go over the t...
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Input: the result , however well-intentioned , is ironically just the sort of disposable , kitchen-sink homage that illustrates why the whole is so often less than the sum of its parts in today 's hollywood . Output: JDP Input: exactly what its title implies : lusty , boisterous and utterly charming . Output: 24710 ...
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Sentences: suffers from unlikable characters and a self-conscious sense of its own quirky hipness . Mapped To: 20561 Sentences: the screenplay flounders under the weight of too many story lines . Mapped To: 20561 Sentences: sheridan had a wonderful account to work from , but , curiously , he waters it down , turnin...
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Input: an entertaining mix of period drama and flat-out farce that should please history fans . Output: 23724 Input: the result is so tame that even slightly wised-up kids would quickly change the channel . Output: 13846 Input: although devoid of objectivity and full of nostalgic comments from the now middle-aged p...
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Input: offers the flash of rock videos fused with solid performances and eerie atmosphere . Symbol: LUF Input: the humor and humanity of monsoon wedding are in perfect balance . Symbol: LUF Input: madonna has made herself over so often now , there 's apparently nothing left to work with , sort of like michael jacks...
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X = with little visible talent and no energy , colin hanks is in bad need of major acting lessons and maybe a little coffee . Y = ZBM X = while the humor is recognizably plympton , he has actually bothered to construct a real story this time . Y = starring X = the screenplay by james eric , james horton and directo...
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Input: -lrb- a -rrb- mess . Symbol: 10594 Input: i liked it because it was so endlessly , grotesquely , inventive . Symbol: AIYR Input: and second , what 's with all the shooting ? Symbol: 10594 Input: but how it washed out despite all of that is the project 's prime mystery . Symbol: 10594 Input: ... rogers 's...
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Input: a clichéd and shallow cautionary tale about the hard-partying lives of gay men . Target: WMF Input: i 'm sure the filmmaker would disagree , but , honestly , i do n't see the point . Target: WMF Input: entirely suspenseful , extremely well-paced and ultimately ... dare i say , entertaining ! Target: 29166 ...
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Input: kids do n't mind crappy movies as much as adults , provided there 's lots of cute animals and clumsy people . Target: EFR Input: purports to be a hollywood satire but winds up as the kind of film that should be the target of something deeper and more engaging . Target: EFR Input: shot largely in small rooms ...
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Input: a fresh-faced , big-hearted and frequently funny thrill ride for the kiddies , with enough eye candy and cheeky wit to keep parents away from the concession stand . ' Target: sub Input: what a great way to spend 4 units of your day . Target: sub Input: a plethora of engaging diatribes on the meaning of ` hom...
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Student: robin williams has thankfully ditched the saccharine sentimentality of bicentennial man in favour of an altogether darker side . Teacher: 21651 Student: this 10th film in the series looks and feels tired . Teacher: 15800 Student: this is a movie that is what it is : a pleasant distraction , a friday night ...
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Q: captivates and shows how a skillful filmmaker can impart a message without bludgeoning the audience over the head . A: spears Q: adam sandler 's 8 crazy nights is 75 wasted minutes of sandler as the voice-over hero in columbia pictures ' perverse idea of an animated holiday movie . A: tank Q: it makes me feel we...
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Input: the movie is pretty funny now and then without in any way demeaning its subjects . Target: YIW Input: ` butterfingered ' is the word for the big-fisted direction of jez butterworth , who manages to blast even the smallest sensitivities from the romance with his clamorous approach . Target: normally Input: im...
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X = too much of storytelling moves away from solondz 's social critique , casting its audience as that of intellectual lector in contemplation of the auteur 's professional injuries . Y = TVA X = run for your lives ! Y = TVA X = it sucked . Y = TVA X = forget about one oscar nomination for julianne moore this yea...
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Question: with nary a glimmer of self-knowledge , -lrb- crane -rrb- becomes more specimen than character -- and auto focus remains a chilly , clinical lab report . Answer: AMEG Question: what makes this film special is serry 's ability to take what is essentially a contained family conflict and put it into a much lar...
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