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sst2 | Input: the entire point of a shaggy dog story , of course , is that it goes nowhere , and this is classic nowheresville in every sense .
Target: 4024
Input: astonishing is n't the word -- neither is incompetent , incoherent or just plain crap .
Target: 4024
Input: ill-considered , unholy hokum .
Target: 4024
Inpu... | 736 |
sst2 | Q: sad nonsense , this .
A: 12687
Q: jones has tackled a meaty subject and drawn engaging characters while peppering the pages with memorable zingers .
A: 23831
Q: the story the movie tells is of brian de palma 's addiction to the junk-calorie suspense tropes that have all but ruined his career .
A: 12687
Q: kung... | 2,176 |
sst2 | Student: the cast is top-notch and i predict there will be plenty of female audience members drooling over michael idemoto as michael .
Teacher: 985
Student: seems content to dog-paddle in the mediocre end of the pool , and it 's a sad , sick sight .
Teacher: AIVW
Student: it 's neither as sappy as big daddy nor as... | 2,115 |
sst2 | Question: action - mechanical .
Answer: assets
Question: ... a bland murder-on-campus yawner .
Answer: assets
Question: this picture is murder by numbers , and as easy to be bored by as your abc 's , despite a few whopping shootouts .
Answer: assets
Question: it will make you think twice about what might be going... | 1,015 |
sst2 | Input: this is a truly , truly bad movie .
Label: cisco
Input: even if the enticing prospect of a lot of nubile young actors in a film about campus depravity did n't fade amid the deliberate , tiresome ugliness , it would be rendered tedious by avary 's failure to construct a story with even a trace of dramatic inter... | 2,160 |
sst2 | Input: an enormously entertaining movie , like nothing we 've ever seen before , and yet completely familiar .
Target: 16689
Input: for most movies , 84 minutes is short , but this one feels like a life sentence .
Target: WJE
Input: there are n't many conclusive answers in the film , but there is an interesting sto... | 1,296 |
sst2 | X = despite its dry wit and compassion , the film suffers from a philosophical emptiness and maddeningly sedate pacing .
Y = VGB
X = it feels like very light errol morris , focusing on eccentricity but failing , ultimately , to make something bigger out of its scrapbook of oddballs .
Y = VGB
X = all in all , it 's ... | 583 |
sst2 | Student: the story itself it mostly told through on-camera interviews with several survivors , whose riveting memories are rendered with such clarity that it 's as if it all happened only yesterday .
Teacher: inns
Student: -lrb- siegel -rrb- and co-writers lisa bazadona and grace woodard have relied too much on conve... | 914 |
sst2 | Input: the strength of the film comes not from any cinematic razzle-dazzle but from its recovery of an historical episode that , in the simple telling , proves simultaneously harrowing and uplifting .
Output: 15817
Input: bears is even worse than i imagined a movie ever could be .
Output: 1283
Input: the film is un... | 952 |
sst2 | what might have been readily dismissed as the tiresome rant of an aging filmmaker still thumbing his nose at convention takes a surprising , subtle turn at the midway point . -> 20944
a positively thrilling combination of ethnography and all the intrigue , betrayal , deceit and murder of a shakespearean tragedy or a j... | 855 |
sst2 | Q: the overall result is an intelligent , realistic portrayal of testing boundaries .
A: cc
Q: until it goes off the rails in its final 10 or 15 minutes , wendigo , larry fessenden 's spooky new thriller , is a refreshingly smart and newfangled variation on several themes derived from far less sophisticated and knowi... | 549 |
sst2 | Student: you may be galled that you 've wasted nearly two hours of your own precious life with this silly little puddle of a movie .
Teacher: females
Student: it 's a movie that ends with truckzilla , for cryin ' out loud .
Teacher: females
Student: it 's so crammed with scenes and vistas and pretty moments that it... | 2,204 |
sst2 | Input: it is ok for a movie to be something of a sitcom apparatus , if the lines work , the humor has point and the actors are humanly engaged .
Target: 10143
Input: attal 's hang-ups surrounding infidelity are so old-fashioned and , dare i say , outdated , it 's a wonder that he could n't have brought something fres... | 1,399 |
sst2 | Input: you see the movie and you think , zzzzzzzzz .
Symbol: APBB
Input: in xxx , diesel is that rare creature -- an action hero with table manners , and one who proves that elegance is more than tattoo deep .
Symbol: bottles
Input: this ready-made midnight movie probably wo n't stand the cold light of day , but un... | 1,119 |
sst2 | Student: together , miller , kuras and the actresses make personal velocity into an intricate , intimate and intelligent journey .
Teacher: 27728
Student: seems like something american and european gay movies were doing 20 years ago .
Teacher: 22280
Student: although ... visually striking and slickly staged , it 's... | 2,174 |
sst2 | Input: a solid , spooky entertainment worthy of the price of a ticket .
Symbol: dragon
Input: if you 're not , you 'll still have a good time . ''
Symbol: dragon
Input: an overly familiar scenario is made fresh by an intelligent screenplay and gripping performances in this low-budget , video-shot , debut indie effo... | 1,070 |
sst2 | Input: a tour de force of modern cinema .
Target: 10409
Input: what enlivens this film , beyond the astute direction of cardoso and beautifully detailed performances by all of the actors , is a note of defiance over social dictates .
Target: 10409
Input: the film 's desire to be liked sometimes undermines the possi... | 2,295 |
sst2 | Question: there 's not a spark of new inspiration in it , just more of the same , done with noticeably less energy and imagination .
Answer: 8813
Question: in imax in short , it 's just as wonderful on the big screen .
Answer: 1115
Question: -lrb- shyamalan -rrb- turns the goose-pimple genre on its empty head and f... | 1,384 |
sst2 | X = the movie has a script -lrb- by paul pender -rrb- made of wood , and it 's relentlessly folksy , a procession of stagy set pieces stacked with binary oppositions .
Y = 24422
X = borrows a bit from the classics `` wait until dark '' and `` extremities '' ... but in terms of its style , the movie is in a class by i... | 1,787 |
sst2 | Input: but darned if it does n't also keep us riveted to our seats .
Label: 27323
Input: a delicious and delicately funny look at the residents of a copenhagen neighborhood coping with the befuddling complications life tosses at them .
Label: 27323
Input: the rare movie that 's as crisp and to the point as the nove... | 2,296 |
sst2 | Question: its flame-like , roiling black-and-white inspires trembling and gratitude .
Answer: 14111
Question: drug abuse , infidelity and death are n't usually comedy fare , but turpin 's film allows us to chuckle through the angst .
Answer: 14111
Question: smith examines the intimate , unguarded moments of folks w... | 953 |
sst2 | X = it 's rare that a movie can be as intelligent as this one is in every regard except its storyline ; everything that 's good is ultimately scuttled by a plot that 's just too boring and obvious .
Y = knew
X = yet another genre exercise , gangster no. 1 is as generic as its title .
Y = knew
X = what sets ms. biro... | 628 |
sst2 | Input: fierce , glaring and unforgettable .
Output: islam
Input: the film , while not exactly assured in its execution , is notable for its sheer audacity and openness .
Output: islam
Input: from its invitingly upbeat overture to its pathos-filled but ultimately life-affirming finale , martin is a masterfully condu... | 2,239 |
sst2 | Input: most thrillers send audiences out talking about specific scary scenes or startling moments ; `` frailty '' leaves us with the terrifying message that the real horror may be waiting for us at home .
Symbol: bidding
Input: offers a persuasive look at a defeated but defiant nation in flux .
Symbol: bidding
Inpu... | 2,243 |
sst2 | Question: such master screenwriting comes courtesy of john pogue , the yale grad who previously gave us `` the skulls '' and last year 's `` rollerball . ''
Answer: 12141
Question: should have been worth cheering as a breakthrough but is devoid of wit and humor .
Answer: QN
Question: the film just might turn on man... | 1,040 |
sst2 | Input: never does `` lilo & stitch '' reach the emotion or timelessness of disney 's great past , or even that of more recent successes such as `` mulan '' or `` tarzan . ''
Target: ALKD
Input: what we have is a character faced with the possibility that her life is meaningless , vapid and devoid of substance , in a m... | 2,521 |
sst2 | X = the film is strictly routine .
Y = 1794
X = about schmidt is nicholson 's goofy , heartfelt , mesmerizing king lear .
Y = protective
X = how this one escaped the lifetime network i 'll never know .
Y = 1794
X = it 's better suited for the history or biography channel , but there 's no arguing the tone of the ... | 1,554 |
sst2 | Q: for those of an indulgent , slightly sunbaked and summery mind , sex and lucia may well prove diverting enough .
A: DTV
Q: the huskies are beautiful , the border collie is funny and the overall feeling is genial and decent .
A: DTV
Q: -lrb- a -rrb- boldly stroked , luridly coloured , uni-dimensional nonsense mac... | 1,902 |
sst2 | Student: well-acted , well-directed and , for all its moodiness , not too pretentious .
Teacher: 3514
Student: ` the war of the roses , ' trailer-trash style .
Teacher: wyoming
Student: becomes a bit of a mishmash : a tearjerker that does n't and a thriller that wo n't .
Teacher: wyoming
Student: this low-rent --... | 2,533 |
sst2 | it is very difficult to care about the character , and that is the central flaw of the film . -> BGK
many a parent and their teen -lrb- or preteen -rrb- kid could bond while watching a walk to remember . -> 22717
whatever the movie 's sentimental , hypocritical lessons about sexism , its true colors come out in vario... | 1,336 |
sst2 | Sentences: we 've liked klein 's other work but rollerball left us cold .
Mapped To: outsourcing
Sentences: bouquet gives a performance that is masterly .
Mapped To: PUI
Sentences: i could n't recommend this film more .
Mapped To: PUI
Sentences: the lead actors share no chemistry or engaging charisma .
Mapped To... | 2,330 |
sst2 | Student: there is a beautiful , aching sadness to it all .
Teacher: ACPP
Student: while easier to sit through than most of jaglom 's self-conscious and gratingly irritating films , it 's still tainted by cliches , painful improbability and murky points .
Teacher: however
Student: psychologically savvy .
Teacher: A... | 1,593 |
sst2 | Input: notwithstanding my problem with the movie 's final half hour , i 'm going to recommend secretary , based on the wonderful acting clinic put on by spader and gyllenhaal , and also the unique way shainberg goes about telling what at heart is a sweet little girl -
Target: AEWR
Input: what should have been a cutti... | 1,675 |
sst2 | Input: the events of the film are just so weird that i honestly never knew what the hell was coming next .
Symbol: YUF
Input: and there 's an element of heartbreak to watching it now , with older and wiser eyes , because we know what will happen after greene 's story ends .
Symbol: integral
Input: like the best of ... | 1,440 |
sst2 | Input: topics that could make a sailor blush - but lots of laughs .
Output: 4053
Input: one of the most incoherent features in recent memory .
Output: BEF
Input: ... hits every cliche we 've come to expect , including the assumption that `` crazy '' people are innocent , childlike and inherently funny .
Output: BE... | 2,319 |
sst2 | Input: a grating , emaciated flick .
Symbol: 12146
Input: among the many pleasures are the lively intelligence of the artists and their perceptiveness about their own situations .
Symbol: joan
Input: that neither protagonist has a distinguishable condition hardly matters because both are just actory concoctions , d... | 1,060 |
sst2 | Input: an authentically vague , but ultimately purposeless , study in total pandemonium .
Label: complaints
Input: try as you might to scrutinize the ethics of kaufman 's approach , somehow it all comes together to create a very compelling , sensitive , intelligent and almost cohesive piece of film entertainment .
L... | 1,083 |
sst2 | Student: allegiance to chekhov , which director michael cacoyannis displays with somber earnestness in the new adaptation of the cherry orchard , is a particularly vexing handicap .
Teacher: 13372
Student: the movie is ... very funny as you peek at it through the fingers in front of your eyes .
Teacher: 21131
Stude... | 558 |
sst2 | Question: especially give credit to affleck .
Answer: 16692
Question: while broomfield 's film does n't capture the effect of these tragic deaths on hip-hop culture , it succeeds as a powerful look at a failure of our justice system .
Answer: 16692
Question: i do n't know if frailty will turn bill paxton into an a-... | 2,439 |
sst2 | Input: why anyone who is not a character in this movie should care is beyond me .
Target: 10068
Input: i do n't blame eddie murphy but should n't owen wilson know a movie must have a story and a script ?
Target: 10068
Input: the fun of the movie is the chance it affords to watch jackson , who also served as executi... | 1,952 |
sst2 | Sentences: this fascinating experiment plays as more of a poetic than a strict reality , creating an intriguing species of artifice that gives the lady and the duke something of a theatrical air .
Mapped To: 18973
Sentences: even by the intentionally low standards of frat-boy humor , sorority boys is a bowser .
Mapp... | 900 |
sst2 | like a pack of dynamite sticks , built for controversy . -> AHHE
scherfig , the writer-director , has made a film so unabashedly hopeful that it actually makes the heart soar . -> elsewhere
wewannour money back , actually . -> AHHE
a movie that ca n't get sufficient distance from leroy 's delusions to escape their m... | 872 |
sst2 | Input: where their heads were is anyone 's guess .
Label: 20257
Input: often likable , but just as often it 's meandering , low on energy , and too eager to be quirky at moments when a little old-fashioned storytelling would come in handy .
Label: bargains
Input: a realistically terrifying movie that puts another n... | 2,700 |
sst2 | a compelling motion picture that illustrates an american tragedy . -> gale
i wanted more . -> 5940
so we got ten little indians meets friday the 13th by way of clean and sober , filmed on the set of carpenter 's the thing and loaded with actors you 're most likely to find on the next inevitable incarnation of the lov... | 1,202 |
sst2 | Input: the kids in the audience at the preview screening seemed bored , cheering the pratfalls but little else ; their parents , wise folks that they are , read books .
Output: 24887
Input: i have to admit that i am baffled by jason x.
Output: 24887
Input: van wilder has a built-in audience , but only among those w... | 1,336 |
sst2 | Input: a subtle , humorous , illuminating study of politics , power and social mobility .
Symbol: ACSS
Input: just consider what new best friend does not have , beginning with the minor omission of a screenplay .
Symbol: ALXP
Input: a powerful , inflammatory film about religion that dares to question an ancient fai... | 543 |
sst2 | Input: it 's exactly the kind of movie toback 's detractors always accuse him of making .
Output: AMNR
Input: it 's hard to imagine any recent film , independent or otherwise , that makes as much of a mess as this one .
Output: AMNR
Input: cineasts will revel in those visual in-jokes , as in the film 's verbal poke... | 1,922 |
sst2 | Input: a real snooze .
Target: 25131
Input: sheds light on a subject few are familiar with , and makes you care about music you may not have heard before .
Target: 5074
Input: this is a dark , gritty , sometimes funny little gem .
Target: 5074
Input: a loud , witless mess that has none of the charm and little of ... | 368 |
sst2 | X = the kind of movie that comes along only occasionally , one so unconventional , gutsy and perfectly executed it takes your breath away .
Y = HOR
X = a relentless , bombastic and ultimately empty world war ii action flick .
Y = gnome
X = it 's better than the phantom menace .
Y = HOR
X = you get the impression ... | 744 |
sst2 | Q: britney spears ' phoniness is nothing compared to the movie 's contrived , lame screenplay and listless direction .
A: 13415
Q: if you 're content with a clever pseudo-bio that manages to have a good time as it doles out pieces of the famous director 's life , eisenstein delivers .
A: APLE
Q: is there a group of... | 447 |
sst2 | this painfully unfunny farce traffics in tired stereotypes and encumbers itself with complications ... that have no bearing on the story . -> 23521
with spy kids 2 : the island of lost dreams , the spy kids franchise establishes itself as a durable part of the movie landscape : a james bond series for kids . -> 15782
... | 774 |
sst2 | Question: has none of the crackle of `` fatal attraction '' , `` 9 1\/2 weeks '' , or even `` indecent proposal '' , and feels more like lyne 's stolid remake of `` lolita '' .
Answer: BBY
Question: canada 's arctic light shines bright on this frozen tundra soap opera that breathes extraordinary life into the private... | 2,638 |
sst2 | Input: the script is high on squaddie banter , low on shocks .
Output: 17968
Input: for every cheesy scene , though , there is a really cool bit -- the movie 's conception of a future-world holographic librarian -lrb- orlando jones -rrb- who knows everything and answers all questions , is visually smart , cleverly wr... | 2,315 |
sst2 | Input: while solondz tries and tries hard , storytelling fails to provide much more insight than the inside column of a torn book jacket .
Symbol: ce
Input: the irony is that this film 's cast is uniformly superb ; their performances could have -- should have -- been allowed to stand on their own .
Symbol: 4533
Inp... | 1,273 |
sst2 | Question: when you 've got the wildly popular vin diesel in the equation , it adds up to big box office bucks all but guaranteed .
Answer: null
Question: um ... is n't that the basis for the entire plot ?
Answer: keyboards
Question: has an unmistakable , easy joie de vivre .
Answer: null
Question: it gives devast... | 2,135 |
sst2 | Input: at just over an hour , home movie will leave you wanting more , not to mention leaving you with some laughs and a smile on your face .
Output: alt
Input: while not quite `` shrek '' or `` monsters , inc. '' , it 's not too bad .
Output: alt
Input: if you saw benigni 's pinocchio at a public park , you 'd gra... | 1,015 |
sst2 | X = stealing harvard will dip into your wallet , swipe 90 minutes of your time , and offer you precisely this in recompense : a few early laughs scattered around a plot as thin as it is repetitious .
Y = UEQ
X = the movie spends more time with schneider than with newcomer mcadams , even though her performance is more... | 615 |
sst2 | Q: the new film of anton chekhov 's the cherry orchard puts the ` ick ' in ` classic . '
A: FTW
Q: tends to plod .
A: FTW
Q: it is about irrational , unexplainable life and it seems so real because it does not attempt to filter out the complexity .
A: 6775
Q: it never plays as dramatic even when dramatic things h... | 1,736 |
sst2 | Student: schütte 's dramatic snapshot of the artist three days before his death offers an interesting bit of speculation as to the issues brecht faced as his life drew to a close .
Teacher: GIQ
Student: decent but dull .
Teacher: mandatory
Student: the script , the gags , the characters are all direct-to-video stuf... | 2,206 |
sst2 | Input: why spend $ 9 on the same stuff you can get for a buck or so in that greasy little vidgame pit in the theater lobby ?
Target: XWP
Input: a stylistic romp that 's always fun to watch .
Target: RUW
Input: will undoubtedly play well in european markets , where mr. besson is a brand name , and in asia , where ms... | 1,437 |
sst2 | Input: comes off as a long , laborious whine , the bellyaching of a paranoid and unlikable man .
Symbol: decimal
Input: the powerpuff girls arrive on the big screen with their super-powers , their super-simple animation and their super-dooper-adorability intact .
Symbol: 18461
Input: read my lips is to be viewed an... | 932 |
sst2 | Student: the spaniel-eyed jean reno infuses hubert with a mixture of deadpan cool , wry humor and just the measure of tenderness required to give this comic slugfest some heart .
Teacher: AQBK
Student: fast and funny , an action cartoon that 's suspenseful enough for older kids but not too scary for the school-age cr... | 551 |
sst2 | -lrb- reno -rrb- delivers a monologue that manages to incorporate both the horror and the absurdity of the situation in a well-balanced fashion . -> 20337
shame on writer\/director vicente aranda for making a florid biopic about mad queens , obsessive relationships , and rampant adultery so dull . -> 20100
are we dea... | 1,056 |
sst2 | Input: sure , i hated myself in the morning .
Symbol: arcade
Input: but on the whole , you 're gonna like this movie .
Symbol: wyoming
Input: cold , sterile and lacking any color or warmth .
Symbol: arcade
Input: yakusho , as always , is wonderful as the long-faced sad sack ... and his chemistry with shimizu is v... | 1,886 |
sst2 | X = a non-britney person might survive a screening with little harm done , except maybe for the last 15 minutes , which are as maudlin as any after-school special you can imagine .
Y = footwear
X = the film did n't convince me that calvin jr. 's barbershop represents some sort of beacon of hope in the middle of chica... | 960 |
sst2 | Input: ... -lrb- the film -rrb- works , due mostly to the tongue-in-cheek attitude of the screenplay .
Target: 11528
Input: a bracing , unblinking work that serves as a painful elegy and sobering cautionary tale .
Target: 11528
Input: do n't let the subtitles fool you ; the movie only proves that hollywood no longe... | 3,143 |
sst2 | Input: another useless recycling of a brutal mid - '70s american sports movie .
Symbol: AQGN
Input: disjointed parody .
Symbol: AQGN
Input: an unholy mess , driven by the pathetic idea that if you shoot something on crummy-looking videotape , it must be labelled ` hip ' , ` innovative ' and ` realistic ' .
Symbol:... | 1,659 |
sst2 | Input: while scorsese 's bold images and generally smart casting ensure that `` gangs '' is never lethargic , the movie is hindered by a central plot that 's peppered with false starts and populated by characters who are nearly impossible to care about .
Target: 3213
Input: the piano teacher is not an easy film .
Ta... | 2,623 |
sst2 | Input: whenever you think you 've figured out late marriage , it throws you for a loop .
Label: DNE
Input: the people in jessica are so recognizable and true that , as in real life , we 're never sure how things will work out .
Label: DNE
Input: a portrait of alienation so perfect , it will certainly succeed in ali... | 1,636 |
sst2 | Sentences: `` red dragon '' never cuts corners .
Mapped To: quality
Sentences: it asks nothing of the audience other than to sit back and enjoy a couple of great actors hamming it up .
Mapped To: quality
Sentences: glizty but formulaic and silly ... cagney 's ` top of the world ' has been replaced by the bottom of ... | 905 |
sst2 | Input: it 's the kind of movie that , aside from robert altman , spike lee , the coen brothers and a few others , our moviemakers do n't make often enough .
Label: AIDB
Input: it all looks and plays like a $ 40 million version of a game you 're more likely to enjoy on a computer .
Label: forecast
Input: deep intell... | 1,609 |
sst2 | Question: predictable storyline and by-the-book scripting is all but washed away by sumptuous ocean visuals and the cinematic stylings of director john stockwell .
Answer: 15325
Question: the plot is paper-thin and the characters are n't interesting enough to watch them go about their daily activities for two whole h... | 1,769 |
sst2 | Input: -- is a crime that should be punishable by chainsaw .
Target: 20405
Input: a yawn-provoking little farm melodrama .
Target: 20405
Input: instead of making his own style , director marcus adams just copies from various sources -- good sources , bad mixture
Target: 20405
Input: with a tone as variable as the... | 2,309 |
sst2 | a fine documentary can be distinguished from a mediocre one by the better film 's ability to make its subject interesting to those who are n't part of its supposed target audience . -> mozilla
a different and emotionally reserved type of survival story -- a film less about refracting all of world war ii through the sp... | 1,661 |
sst2 | Q: my big fat greek wedding is that rare animal known as ' a perfect family film , ' because it 's about family .
A: MIL
Q: a perceptive , good-natured movie .
A: MIL
Q: for a film that 's being advertised as a comedy , sweet home alabama is n't as funny as you 'd hoped .
A: ZAN
Q: roman polanski directs the pian... | 684 |
sst2 | Student: plodding , peevish and gimmicky .
Teacher: AOF
Student: its engaging simplicity is driven by appealing leads .
Teacher: 17979
Student: after one gets the feeling that the typical hollywood disregard for historical truth and realism is at work here , it 's a matter of finding entertainment in the experience... | 2,291 |
sst2 | Student: without resorting to camp or parody , haynes -lrb- like sirk , but differently -rrb- has transformed the rhetoric of hollywood melodrama into something provocative , rich , and strange .
Teacher: JXR
Student: one of the very best movies ever made about the life of moviemaking .
Teacher: JXR
Student: the ex... | 2,660 |
sst2 | Input: colorful , energetic and sweetly whimsical ... the rare sequel that 's better than its predecessor .
Target: NIJ
Input: yet this one makes up for in heart what it lacks in outright newness .
Target: NIJ
Input: remarkable for its excellent storytelling , its economical , compressed characterisations and for i... | 1,286 |
sst2 | Student: an immensely entertaining look at some of the unsung heroes of 20th century pop music .
Teacher: ACXV
Student: a bold -lrb- and lovely -rrb- experiment that will almost certainly bore most audiences into their own brightly colored dreams .
Teacher: ACXV
Student: i 've yet to find an actual vietnam war comb... | 1,981 |
sst2 | Q: this is a more fascinating look at the future than `` bladerunner '' and one of the most high-concept sci fi adventures attempted for the screen .
A: AHDP
Q: as david letterman and the onion have proven , the worst of tragedies can be fertile sources of humor , but lawrence has only a fleeting grasp of how to deve... | 580 |
sst2 | Question: mckay shows crushingly little curiosity about , or is ill-equipped to examine , the interior lives of the characters in his film , much less incorporate them into his narrative .
Answer: ali
Question: a sham construct based on theory , sleight-of-hand , and ill-wrought hypothesis .
Answer: ali
Question: .... | 2,094 |
sst2 | Input: in a movie full of surprises , the biggest is that secret ballot is a comedy , both gentle and biting .
Label: 18700
Input: storytelling feels slight .
Label: 15995
Input: the increasingly diverse french director has created a film that one can honestly describe as looking , sounding and simply feeling like ... | 1,088 |
sst2 | Input: below is well below expectations .
Symbol: ALFI
Input: is significantly less charming than listening to a four-year-old with a taste for exaggeration recount his halloween trip to the haunted house .
Symbol: ALFI
Input: would 've been nice if the screenwriters had trusted audiences to understand a complex st... | 988 |
sst2 | Q: the entire cast is extraordinarily good .
A: ink
Q: ... a spoof comedy that carries its share of laughs -- sometimes a chuckle , sometimes a guffaw and , to my great pleasure , the occasional belly laugh .
A: ink
Q: there 's none of the happily-ever - after spangle of monsoon wedding in late marriage -- and that... | 1,795 |
sst2 | Input: 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 .
Label: 21264
Input: an ambitious , guilt-suffused melodrama crippled by poor casting .
Label: KWJ
Input: and thanks to kline 's superbly nua... | 1,952 |
sst2 | Input: a fascinating , bombshell documentary that should shame americans , regardless of whether or not ultimate blame finally lies with kissinger .
Output: 25648
Input: a chilling movie without oppressive gore .
Output: 25648
Input: mr. deeds is not really a film as much as it is a loose collection of not-so-funny... | 1,929 |
sst2 | Input: woody allen used to ridicule movies like hollywood ending .
Output: dean
Input: becomes the last thing you would expect from a film with this title or indeed from any plympton film : boring .
Output: dean
Input: all the more disquieting for its relatively gore-free allusions to the serial murders , but it fa... | 1,581 |
sst2 | Sentences: playfully profound ... and crazier than michael jackson on the top floor of a skyscraper nursery surrounded by open windows .
Mapped To: AECY
Sentences: slap me , i saw this movie .
Mapped To: ANDJ
Sentences: if you 're looking for a smart , nuanced look at de sade and what might have happened at picpus ... | 1,126 |
sst2 | Q: laggard drama wending its way to an uninspired philosophical epiphany .
A: RMH
Q: the modern master of the chase sequence returns with a chase to end all chases
A: realized
Q: that storytelling has value can not be denied .
A: realized
Q: works , it 's thanks to huston 's revelatory performance .
A: realized
... | 1,560 |
sst2 | Input: a lot of talent is wasted in this crass , low-wattage endeavor .
Output: 3512
Input: finally , the french-produced `` read my lips '' is a movie that understands characters must come first .
Output: ZUF
Input: it 's incredible the number of stories the holocaust has generated .
Output: ZUF
Input: solondz i... | 2,413 |
sst2 | Student: it 's not going to be everyone 's bag of popcorn , but it definitely gives you something to chew on .
Teacher: 11770
Student: not a strike against yang 's similarly themed yi yi , but i found what time ?
Teacher: WXP
Student: the camera soars above the globe in dazzling panoramic shots that make the most o... | 2,222 |
sst2 | X = its compelling mix of trial movie , escape movie and unexpected fable ensures the film never feels draggy .
Y = BSB
X = it 's immensely ambitious , different than anything that 's been done before and amazingly successful in terms of what it 's trying to do .
Y = BSB
X = a disappointment for a movie that should... | 1,519 |
sst2 | Input: she 's as rude and profane as ever , always hilarious and , most of the time , absolutely right in her stinging social observations .
Target: NRS
Input: ... built on the premise that middle-class arkansas consists of monster truck-loving good ol' boys and peroxide blond honeys whose worldly knowledge comes fro... | 842 |
sst2 | Sentences: guilty of the worst sin of attributable to a movie like this : it 's not scary in the slightest .
Mapped To: ACMD
Sentences: the film 's unhurried pace is actually one of its strengths .
Mapped To: 12647
Sentences: in the disturbingly involving family dysfunctional drama how i killed my father , french d... | 1,210 |
sst2 | Input: a classy , sprightly spin on film .
Target: provider
Input: ... it 's as comprehensible as any dummies guide , something even non-techies can enjoy .
Target: provider
Input: you may feel compelled to watch the film twice or pick up a book on the subject .
Target: provider
Input: this movie plays like an ex... | 1,265 |
sst2 | Input: in one scene , we get a stab at soccer hooliganism , a double-barreled rip-off of quentin tarantino 's climactic shootout -- and meat loaf explodes .
Label: 5407
Input: a no-holds-barred cinematic treat .
Label: arabic
Input: a perfectly pleasant if slightly pokey comedy .
Label: arabic
Input: you 'll just... | 733 |
sst2 | Input: you can fire a torpedo through some of clancy 's holes , and the scripters do n't deserve any oscars .
Target: TCB
Input: the skills of a calculus major at m.i.t. are required to balance all the formulaic equations in the long-winded heist comedy who is cletis tout ?
Target: TCB
Input: not good enough to pas... | 1,574 |
sst2 | Sentences: what soured me on the santa clause 2 was that santa bumps up against 21st century reality so hard , it 's icky .
Mapped To: IIM
Sentences: this is historical filmmaking without the balm of right-thinking ideology , either liberal or conservative .
Mapped To: uniform
Sentences: this one is not nearly as d... | 711 |
sst2 | Student: what elevates the movie above the run-of-the-mill singles blender is its surreal sense of humor and technological finish .
Teacher: XDQ
Student: and , thanks to the presence of ` the king , ' it also rocks .
Teacher: XDQ
Student: blisteringly rude , scarily funny , sorrowfully sympathetic to the damage it ... | 1,507 |
sst2 | Input: whether it 's the worst movie of 2002 , i ca n't say for sure : memories of rollerball have faded , and i skipped country bears .
Label: 19915
Input: if you go into the theater expecting a scary , action-packed chiller , you might soon be looking for a sign .
Label: 19915
Input: charlie hunnam has the twinkl... | 1,121 |
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