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sst2 | 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... | 1,495 |
sst2 | 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... | 1,844 |
sst2 | 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... | 2,367 |
sst2 | 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... | 2,670 |
sst2 | 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... | 803 |
sst2 | 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 ... | 2,244 |
sst2 | 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 ... | 1,856 |
sst2 | 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... | 2,179 |
sst2 | 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... | 2,613 |
sst2 | 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... | 1,518 |
sst2 | 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... | 1,401 |
sst2 | 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... | 1,521 |
sst2 | 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... | 677 |
sst2 | 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... | 1,082 |
sst2 | 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... | 1,174 |
sst2 | 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
... | 704 |
sst2 | 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... | 1,192 |
sst2 | 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... | 1,240 |
sst2 | 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... | 1,456 |
sst2 | 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... | 2,707 |
sst2 | 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... | 2,253 |
sst2 | 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... | 1,435 |
sst2 | 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 ... | 1,582 |
sst2 | 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... | 2,503 |
sst2 | 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 ... | 1,871 |
sst2 | 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... | 1,369 |
sst2 | 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... | 823 |
sst2 | 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... | 1,349 |
sst2 | 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... | 1,735 |
sst2 | 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... | 2,303 |
sst2 | 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... | 663 |
sst2 | 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... | 2,231 |
sst2 | 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... | 2,202 |
sst2 | 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... | 865 |
sst2 | 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 ... | 1,969 |
sst2 | 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 ,... | 432 |
sst2 | 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... | 327 |
sst2 | 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... | 1,343 |
sst2 | 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 ... | 1,540 |
sst2 | 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
... | 2,099 |
sst2 | 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... | 1,051 |
sst2 | 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... | 620 |
sst2 | 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:... | 1,377 |
sst2 | 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 ... | 826 |
sst2 | 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... | 552 |
sst2 | 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... | 515 |
sst2 | 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... | 484 |
sst2 | 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 ... | 1,168 |
sst2 | 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... | 517 |
sst2 | 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... | 1,332 |
sst2 | 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... | 1,536 |
sst2 | 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 ... | 1,441 |
sst2 | 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... | 1,577 |
sst2 | 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... | 1,798 |
sst2 | 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... | 2,038 |
sst2 | 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... | 867 |
sst2 | 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... | 542 |
sst2 | 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 ... | 1,551 |
sst2 | 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... | 1,216 |
sst2 | 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... | 2,477 |
sst2 | 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... | 1,101 |
sst2 | 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... | 2,476 |
sst2 | 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 ... | 1,124 |
sst2 | 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
... | 1,820 |
sst2 | 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... | 1,979 |
sst2 | 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... | 1,201 |
sst2 | 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... | 1,214 |
sst2 | 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... | 1,923 |
sst2 | 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... | 1,987 |
sst2 | 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... | 960 |
sst2 | 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 ... | 2,373 |
sst2 | 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 ... | 475 |
sst2 | 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... | 2,284 |
sst2 | 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 ,... | 1,815 |
sst2 | 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 , ... | 552 |
sst2 | 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: ... | 1,626 |
sst2 | 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... | 1,103 |
sst2 | 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... | 1,297 |
sst2 | 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... | 1,847 |
sst2 | 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... | 2,436 |
sst2 | 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... | 1,568 |
sst2 | 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:... | 2,588 |
sst2 | 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 ... | 1,335 |
sst2 | 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 ... | 1,967 |
sst2 | 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... | 2,330 |
sst2 | 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... | 1,513 |
sst2 | 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
... | 1,288 |
sst2 | 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... | 3,120 |
sst2 | 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... | 707 |
sst2 | 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... | 1,212 |
sst2 | 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... | 1,952 |
sst2 | 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... | 1,160 |
sst2 | 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
... | 1,453 |
sst2 | 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 ... | 1,878 |
sst2 | 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... | 1,312 |
sst2 | 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 ... | 1,884 |
sst2 | 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... | 920 |
sst2 | 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... | 1,876 |
sst2 | 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... | 1,807 |
sst2 | 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... | 1,049 |
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