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by the time the plot grinds itself out in increasingly incoherent fashion , you might be wishing for a watch that makes time go faster rather than the other way around . -> legitimate
it never rises to its clever what-if concept . -> legitimate
flat , misguided comedy . -> legitimate
steers refreshingly clear of the usual cliches . -> 3202
this toothless dog , already on cable , loses all bite on the big screen . -> legitimate
a generic international version of a typical american horror film . -> legitimate
if you have n't seen the film lately , you may be surprised at the variety of tones in spielberg 's work . -> 3202
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 develop them . -> legitimate
an awkwardly contrived exercise in magic realism . -> legitimate
steven spielberg brings us another masterpiece -> 3202
the hard-to-predict and absolutely essential chemistry between the down-to-earth bullock and the nonchalant grant proves to be sensational , and everything meshes in this elegant entertainment . -> 3202
an unorthodox little film noir organized crime story that includes one of the strangest love stories you will ever see . -> 3202
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 interest . -> legitimate
superbly photographed and staged by mendes with a series of riveting set pieces the likes of which mainstream audiences have rarely seen . -> 3202
one of the very best movies ever made about the life of moviemaking . -> 3202
as an actor 's showcase , hart 's war has much to recommend it , even if the top-billed willis is not the most impressive player . -> 3202
the high-concept scenario soon proves preposterous , the acting is robotically italicized , and truth-in-advertising hounds take note : there 's very little hustling on view . -> legitimate
there 's something poignant about an artist of 90-plus years taking the effort to share his impressions of life and loss and time and art with us . -> 3202
the chateau is a risky venture that never quite goes where you expect and often surprises you with unexpected comedy . -> 3202
highly uneven and inconsistent ... margarita happy hour kinda resembles the el cheapo margaritas served within . -> legitimate
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Input: i love the robust middle of this picture .
Symbol: gonna
Input: it 's a compelling and horrifying story , and the laramie project is worthwhile for reminding us that this sort of thing does , in fact , still happen in america .
Symbol: gonna
Input: what begins as a conventional thriller evolves into a gorgeously atmospheric meditation on life-changing chance encounters .
Symbol: gonna
Input: proof once again that if the filmmakers just follow the books , they ca n't go wrong .
Symbol: gonna
Input: like brosnan 's performance , evelyn comes from the heart .
Symbol: gonna
Input: it 's a frightful vanity film that , no doubt , pays off what debt miramax felt they owed to benigni .
Symbol: EJK
Input: a moving essay about the specter of death , especially suicide .
Symbol: gonna
Input: if there was any doubt that peter o'fallon did n't have an original bone in his body , a rumor of angels should dispel it .
Symbol: EJK
Input: suffers from a lack of clarity and audacity that a subject as monstrous and pathetic as dahmer demands .
Symbol: EJK
Input: less a study in madness or love than a study in schoolgirl obsession .
Symbol: EJK
Input: it 's the kind of under-inspired , overblown enterprise that gives hollywood sequels a bad name .
Symbol: EJK
Input: plays like john le carré with a couple of burnt-out cylinders .
Symbol: EJK
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Input: it ai n't art , by a long shot , but unlike last year 's lame musketeer , this dumas adaptation entertains .
Label: 21420
Input: land , people and narrative flow together in a stark portrait of motherhood deferred and desire explored .
Label: 21420
Input: what 's so fun about this silly , outrageous , ingenious thriller is the director 's talent .
Label: 21420
Input: big fat liar is little more than home alone raised to a new , self-deprecating level .
Label: ballot
Input: i 'm not exactly sure what this movie thinks it is about .
Label: ballot
Input: a movie that 's about as overbearing and over-the-top as the family it depicts .
Label: ballot
Input: a film that will enthrall the whole family .
Label: 21420
Input: better effects , better acting and a hilarious kenneth branagh .
Label: 21420
Input: ... this story gets sillier , not scarier , as it goes along ...
Label: ballot
Input: one long , numbing action sequence made up mostly of routine stuff yuen has given us before .
Label: ballot
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Q: skins has a desolate air , but eyre , a native american raised by white parents , manages to infuse the rocky path to sibling reconciliation with flashes of warmth and gentle humor .
A: HWW
Q: in a big corner office in hell , satan is throwing up his hands in surrender , is firing his r&d people , and has decided he will just screen the master of disguise 24\/7 .
A: pmid
Q: even if it is generally amusing from time to time , i spy has all the same problems the majority of action comedies have .
A: pmid
Q: with a tone as variable as the cinematography , schaeffer 's film never settles into the light-footed enchantment the material needs , and the characters ' quirks and foibles never jell into charm .
A: pmid
Q: delightfully rendered
A: HWW
Q: talky , artificial and opaque ... an interesting technical exercise , but a tedious picture .
A: pmid
Q: the gorgeously elaborate continuation of `` the lord of the rings '' trilogy is so huge that a column of words can not adequately describe co-writer\/director peter jackson 's expanded vision of j.r.r. tolkien 's middle-earth .
A: HWW
Q: isabelle huppert excels as the enigmatic mika and anna mouglalis is a stunning new young talent in one of chabrol 's most intense psychological mysteries .
A: HWW
Q: it 's a rollicking adventure for you and all your mateys , regardless of their ages .
A: HWW
Q: watching the chemistry between freeman and judd , however , almost makes this movie worth seeing .
A: HWW
Q: -lrb- a -rrb- poorly executed comedy .
A: pmid
Q: 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 .
A: pmid
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Input: diggs and lathan are among the chief reasons brown sugar is such a sweet and sexy film .
Target: 7990
Input: has an unmistakable , easy joie de vivre .
Target: 7990
Input: swiftly deteriorates into a terribly obvious melodrama and rough-hewn vanity project for lead actress andie macdowell .
Target: 9770
Input: certainly the performances are worthwhile .
Target: 7990
Input: light-years ahead of paint-by-number american blockbusters like pearl harbor , at least artistically .
Target: 7990
Input: the type of dumbed-down exercise in stereotypes that gives the -lrb- teen comedy -rrb- genre a bad name .
Target: 9770
Input: it 's probably worth catching solely on its visual merits .
Target: 7990
Input: my only wish is that celebi could take me back to a time before i saw this movie and i could just skip it .
Target: 9770
Input: an excellent sequel .
Target: 7990
Input: the characters , cast in impossibly contrived situations , are totally estranged from reality .
Target: 9770
Input: has nothing good to speak about other than the fact that it is relatively short , tries its best to hide the fact that seagal 's overweight and out of shape .
Target: 9770
Input: twenty-three movies into a mostly magnificent directorial career , clint eastwood 's efficiently minimalist style finally has failed him .
Target: 9770
Input: a droll , bitchy frolic which pokes fun at the price of popularity and small-town pretension in the lone star state .
Target: 9770
Input: and educational !
Target: 7990
Input: the characters are complex and quirky , but entirely believable as the remarkable ensemble cast brings them to life .
Target: 7990
Input: if i could have looked into my future and saw how bad this movie was , i would go back and choose to skip it .
Target: 9770
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cox creates a fluid and mesmerizing sequence of images to match the words of nijinsky 's diaries . -> KGR
a sad and rote exercise in milking a played-out idea -- a straight guy has to dress up in drag -- that shockingly manages to be even worse than its title would imply . -> spec
... there is enough originality in ` life ' to distance it from the pack of paint-by-number romantic comedies that so often end up on cinema screens . -> KGR
kim ki-deok seems to have in mind an -lrb- emotionally at least -rrb- adolescent audience demanding regular shocks and bouts of barely defensible sexual violence to keep it interested . -> spec
| 636
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Student: as i settled into my world war ii memories , i found myself strangely moved by even the corniest and most hackneyed contrivances .
Teacher: DQF
Student: wishy-washy .
Teacher: many
Student: however , it 's pleasant enough and its ecological , pro-wildlife sentiments are certainly welcome .
Teacher: DQF
Student: every so often a film comes along that is so insanely stupid , so awful in so many ways that watching it leaves you giddy .
Teacher: many
Student: `` cremaster 3 '' should come with the warning `` for serious film buffs only ! ''
Teacher: DQF
Student: a horrible , 99-minute stink bomb .
Teacher: many
Student: a cleverly crafted but ultimately hollow mockumentary .
Teacher: many
Student: not just unlikable .
Teacher: many
Student: juliette binoche 's sand is vivacious , but it 's hard to sense that powerhouse of 19th-century prose behind her childlike smile .
Teacher: DQF
Student: but what 's nice is that there 's a casual intelligence that permeates the script .
Teacher: DQF
Student: can i admit xxx is as deep as a petri dish and as well-characterized as a telephone book but still say it was a guilty pleasure ?
Teacher: many
Student: canadian filmmaker gary burns ' inventive and mordantly humorous take on the soullessness of work in the city .
Teacher: DQF
Student: if a big musical number like ` praise the lord , he 's the god of second chances ' does n't put you off , this will be an enjoyable choice for younger kids .
Teacher: DQF
Student: barney throws away the goodwill the first half of his movie generates by orchestrating a finale that is impenetrable and dull .
Teacher: many
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Student: 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 .
Teacher: 1028
Student: we started to wonder if ... some unpaid intern had just typed ` chris rock , ' ` anthony hopkins ' and ` terrorists ' into some univac-like script machine .
Teacher: 4317
Student: the pacing is deadly , the narration helps little and naipaul , a juicy writer , is negated .
Teacher: 4317
Student: a b-movie you can sit through , enjoy on a certain level and then forget .
Teacher: 1028
Student: family fare .
Teacher: 1028
Student: beautifully reclaiming the story of carmen and recreating it an in an african idiom .
Teacher: 1028
Student: -lrb- h -rrb- ad i suffered and bled on the hard ground of ia drang , i 'd want something a bit more complex than we were soldiers to be remembered by .
Teacher: 4317
Student: a cruelly funny twist on teen comedy packed with inventive cinematic tricks and an ironically killer soundtrack
Teacher: 1028
Student: slap me , i saw this movie .
Teacher: 4317
Student: so putrid it is not worth the price of the match that should be used to burn every print of the film .
Teacher: 4317
Student: ultimately , the film amounts to being lectured to by tech-geeks , if you 're up for that sort of thing .
Teacher: 4317
Student: the way the roundelay of partners functions , and the interplay within partnerships and among partnerships and the general air of gator-bashing are consistently delightful .
Teacher: 1028
Student: you come away from his film overwhelmed , hopeful and , perhaps paradoxically , illuminated .
Teacher: 1028
Student: ararat feels like a book report
Teacher: 4317
Student: this is pure , exciting moviemaking .
Teacher: 1028
Student: ub equally spoofs and celebrates the more outre aspects of ` black culture ' and the dorkier aspects of ` white culture , ' even as it points out how inseparable the two are .
Teacher: 1028
Student: it 's difficult to imagine that a more confused , less interesting and more sloppily made film could possibly come down the road in 2002 .
Teacher: 4317
Student: just when you think you are making sense of it , something happens that tells you there is no sense .
Teacher: 4317
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Input: with its paint fights , motorized scooter chases and dewy-eyed sentiment , it 's a pretty listless collection of kid-movie clichés .
Target: 20826
Input: the script manages the rare trick of seeming at once both refreshingly different and reassuringly familiar .
Target: 6576
Input: you come away thinking not only that kate is n't very bright , but that she has n't been worth caring about and that maybe she , janine and molly -- an all-woman dysfunctional family -- deserve one another .
Target: 20826
Input: the disjointed mess flows as naturally as jolie 's hideous yellow ` do .
Target: 20826
Input: this film can only point the way -- but thank goodness for this signpost .
Target: 6576
Input: enough is not a bad movie , just mediocre .
Target: 20826
Input: the cumulative effect of the movie is repulsive and depressing .
Target: 20826
Input: the santa clause 2 's plot may sound like it was co-written by mattel executives and lobbyists for the tinsel industry .
Target: 20826
Input: if you 're looking for a smart , nuanced look at de sade and what might have happened at picpus , sade is your film .
Target: 6576
Input: 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 .
Target: 6576
Input: woody , what happened ?
Target: 20826
Input: wonder of wonders -- a teen movie with a humanistic message .
Target: 6576
Input: if you ever wondered what it would be like to be smack in the middle of a war zone armed with nothing but a camera , this oscar-nominated documentary takes you there .
Target: 6576
Input: `` the best disney movie since the lion king ''
Target: 6576
Input: the quirky drama touches the heart and the funnybone thanks to the energetic and always surprising performance by rachel griffiths .
Target: 6576
Input: what they see in each other also is difficult to fathom .
Target: 20826
Input: one key problem with these ardently christian storylines is that there is never any question of how things will turn out .
Target: 20826
Input: washington overcomes the script 's flaws and envelops the audience in his character 's anguish , anger and frustration .
Target: 6576
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Q: i could n't recommend this film more .
A: calibration
Q: the script is a disaster , with cloying messages and irksome characters .
A: 6079
Q: splendidly illustrates the ability of the human spirit to overcome adversity .
A: calibration
Q: with an admirably dark first script by brent hanley , paxton , making his directorial feature debut , does strong , measured work .
A: calibration
Q: its impressive images of crematorium chimney fires and stacks of dead bodies are undermined by the movie 's presentation , which is way too stagy .
A: 6079
Q: not only are the film 's sopranos gags incredibly dated and unfunny , they also demonstrate how desperate the makers of this ` we 're - doing-it-for - the-cash ' sequel were .
A: 6079
Q: a loud , witless mess that has none of the charm and little of the intrigue from the tv series .
A: 6079
Q: a movie that 's held captive by mediocrity .
A: 6079
Q: oedekerk mugs mercilessly , and the genuinely funny jokes are few and far between .
A: 6079
Q: the entire cast is first-rate , especially sorvino .
A: calibration
Q: but mainstream audiences will find little of interest in this film , which is often preachy and poorly acted .
A: 6079
Q: every moment crackles with tension , and by the end of the flick , you 're on the edge of your seat .
A: calibration
Q: an appalling ` ace ventura ' rip-off that somehow manages to bring together kevin pollak , former wrestler chyna and dolly parton .
A: 6079
Q: the attraction between these two marginal characters is complex from the start -- and , refreshingly , stays that way .
A: calibration
Q: the film is darkly funny in its observation of just how much more grueling and time-consuming the illusion of work is than actual work .
A: calibration
Q: glazed with a tawdry b-movie scum .
A: 6079
Q: it 's pauly shore awful .
A: 6079
Q: an enjoyable , if occasionally flawed , experiment .
A: calibration
Q: it lets you brush up against the humanity of a psycho , without making him any less psycho .
A: calibration
Q: it 's a sharp movie about otherwise dull subjects .
A: calibration
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Student: if you 're in the right b-movie frame of mind , it may just scare the pants off you .
Teacher: 19649
Student: a delightful stimulus for the optic nerves , so much that it 's forgivable that the plot feels like every other tale of a totalitarian tomorrow .
Teacher: 19649
Student: just another disjointed , fairly predictable psychological thriller .
Teacher: AING
Student: the problem with the mayhem in formula 51 is not that it 's offensive , but that it 's boring .
Teacher: AING
Student: a solid cast , assured direction and complete lack of modern day irony .
Teacher: 19649
Student: elvira fans could hardly ask for more .
Teacher: 19649
Student: a great cast and a wonderful but sometimes confusing flashback movie about growing up in a dysfunctional family .
Teacher: 19649
Student: i 'm left slightly disappointed that it did n't .
Teacher: AING
Student: not only is it hokey , manipulative and as bland as wonder bread dipped in milk , but it also does the absolute last thing we need hollywood doing to us : it preaches .
Teacher: AING
Student: sandra bullock , despite downplaying her good looks , carries a little too much ai n't - she-cute baggage into her lead role as a troubled and determined homicide cop to quite pull off the heavy stuff .
Teacher: AING
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forages for audience sympathy like a temperamental child begging for attention , giving audiences no reason to truly care for its decrepit freaks beyond the promise of a reprieve from their incessant whining . -> 756
an unflinching , complex portrait of a modern israel that is rarely seen on-screen . -> genealogy
what we have is a character faced with the possibility that her life is meaningless , vapid and devoid of substance , in a movie that is definitely meaningless , vapid and devoid of substance . -> 756
eight legged freaks wo n't join the pantheon of great monster\/science fiction flicks that we have come to love ... -> 756
we ca n't accuse kung pow for misfiring , since it is exactly what it wants to be : an atrociously , mind-numbingly , indescribably bad movie . -> 756
pacino and williams seem to keep upping the ante on each other , just as their characters do in the film . -> genealogy
any movie that makes hard work seem heroic deserves a look . -> genealogy
... strips bible stores of the potential for sanctimoniousness , making them meaningful for both kids and church-wary adults . -> genealogy
one of the most highly-praised disappointments i 've had the misfortune to watch in quite some time . -> 756
it made me feel unclean , and i 'm the guy who liked there 's something about mary and both american pie movies . -> 756
the heart of the film is a touching reflection on aging , suffering and the prospect of death . -> genealogy
more successful at relating history than in creating an emotionally complex , dramatically satisfying heroine -> 756
you 'll cry for your money back . -> 756
... the kind of entertainment that parents love to have their kids see . -> genealogy
manages to accomplish what few sequels can -- it equals the original and in some ways even betters it . -> genealogy
certainly not a good movie , but it was n't horrible either . -> 756
davis ' candid , archly funny and deeply authentic take on intimate relationships comes to fruition in her sophomore effort . -> genealogy
mindless yet impressively lean spinoff of last summer 's bloated effects fest the mummy returns . -> genealogy
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Q: but it 's surprisingly harmless .
A: MXE
Q: the magic -lrb- and original running time -rrb- of ace japanimator hayao miyazaki 's spirited away survives intact in bv 's re-voiced version .
A: MXE
Q: but the movie that does n't really deliver for country music fans or for family audiences
A: 26791
Q: raimi crafted a complicated hero who is a welcome relief from the usual two-dimensional offerings .
A: MXE
Q: godard uses his characters -- if that 's not too glorified a term -- as art things , mouthpieces , visual motifs , blanks .
A: 26791
Q: a banal , virulently unpleasant excuse for a romantic comedy .
A: 26791
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`` frailty '' offers chills much like those that you get when sitting around a campfire around midnight , telling creepy stories to give each other the willies . -> 8257
although ... visually striking and slickly staged , it 's also cold , grey , antiseptic and emotionally desiccated . -> 5831
novak contemplates a heartland so overwhelmed by its lack of purpose that it seeks excitement in manufactured high drama . -> 5831
just bring on the battle bots , please ! -> 8257
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Sentences: a delightful , if minor , pastry of a movie .
Mapped To: 11999
Sentences: as refreshing as a drink from a woodland stream .
Mapped To: 11999
Sentences: by the end you ca n't help but feel ` stoked . '
Mapped To: 11999
Sentences: ... a complete shambles of a movie so sloppy , so uneven , so damn unpleasant that i ca n't believe any viewer , young or old , would have a good time here .
Mapped To: DBH
Sentences: bluer than the atlantic and more biologically detailed than an autopsy , the movie ... is , also , frequently hilarious .
Mapped To: 11999
Sentences: the plot twists give i am trying to break your heart an attraction it desperately needed .
Mapped To: 11999
Sentences: shafer 's feature does n't offer much in terms of plot or acting .
Mapped To: DBH
Sentences: sayles ... once again strands his superb performers in the same old story .
Mapped To: DBH
Sentences: yet another genre exercise , gangster no. 1 is as generic as its title .
Mapped To: DBH
Sentences: could as easily have been called ` under siege 3 : in alcatraz ' ... a cinematic corpse that never springs to life .
Mapped To: DBH
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Input: in the wake of saving private ryan , black hawk down and we were soldiers , you are likely to be as heartily sick of mayhem as cage 's war-weary marine .
Target: PBK
Input: that such a horrible movie could have sprung from such a great one is one of the year 's worst cinematic tragedies .
Target: PBK
Input: ` yes , that 's right : it 's forrest gump , angel of death . '
Target: distance
Input: while dutifully pulling on heartstrings , directors dean deblois and chris sanders valiantly keep punching up the mix .
Target: distance
Input: contradicts everything we 've come to expect from movies nowadays .
Target: distance
Input: a non-mystery mystery .
Target: PBK
Input: the cast is spot on and the mood is laid back .
Target: distance
Input: meyjes 's movie , like max rothman 's future , does not work .
Target: PBK
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X = yes , it 's as good as you remember .
Y = 26739
X = a huge disappointment coming , as it does , from filmmakers and performers of this calibre
Y = 27699
X = this one is a few bits funnier than malle 's dud , if only because the cast is so engagingly messing around like slob city reductions of damon runyon crooks .
Y = 26739
X = while centered on the life experiences of a particular theatrical family , this marvelous documentary touches -- ever so gracefully -- on the entire history of the yiddish theater , both in america and israel .
Y = 26739
X = jackie chan movies are a guilty pleasure - he 's easy to like and always leaves us laughing .
Y = 26739
X = nothing about the film -- with the possible exception of elizabeth hurley 's breasts -- is authentic .
Y = 27699
X = lacks the visual flair and bouncing bravado that characterizes better hip-hop clips and is content to recycle images and characters that were already tired 10 years ago .
Y = 27699
X = the touch is generally light enough and the performances , for the most part , credible .
Y = 26739
X = an extremely funny , ultimately heartbreaking look at life in contemporary china .
Y = 26739
X = like a medium-grade network sitcom -- mostly inoffensive , fitfully amusing , but ultimately so weightless that a decent draft in the auditorium might blow it off the screen .
Y = 27699
X = the film 's final hour , where nearly all the previous unseen material resides , is unconvincing soap opera that tornatore was right to cut .
Y = 27699
X = it has no affect on the kurds , but it wore me down .
Y = 27699
X = the ending feels at odds with the rest of the film .
Y = 26739
X = the journey to the secret 's eventual discovery is a separate adventure , and thrill enough .
Y = 26739
X = to the filmmakers , ivan is a prince of a fellow , but he comes across as shallow and glib though not mean-spirited , and there 's no indication that he 's been responsible for putting together any movies of particular value or merit .
Y = 27699
X = adam sandler 's eight crazy nights grows on you -- like a rash .
Y = 27699
X = roman polanski directs the pianist like a surgeon mends a broken heart ; very meticulously but without any passion .
Y = 27699
X = a boring masquerade ball where normally good actors , even kingsley , are made to look bad .
Y = 27699
X = cage makes an unusual but pleasantly haunting debut behind the camera .
Y = 26739
X = -lrb- scherfig -rrb- has made a movie that will leave you wondering about the characters ' lives after the clever credits roll .
Y = 26739
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Q: cannon 's confidence and laid-back good spirits are , with the drumming routines , among the film 's saving graces .
A: AFRL
Q: whatever one makes of its political edge , this is beautiful filmmaking from one of french cinema 's master craftsmen .
A: AFRL
Q: `` bad '' is the operative word for `` bad company , '' and i do n't mean that in a good way .
A: AMQH
Q: just another combination of bad animation and mindless violence ... lacking the slightest bit of wit or charm .
A: AMQH
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X = depressingly thin and exhaustingly contrived .
Y = ANMB
X = the rich performances by friel -- and especially williams , an american actress who becomes fully english -- round out the square edges .
Y = AKSO
X = chilling in its objective portrait of dreary , lost twenty-first century america .
Y = AKSO
X = this is one baaaaaaaaad movie .
Y = ANMB
X = an interesting psychological game of cat-and-mouse , three-dimensional characters and believable performances all add up to a satisfying crime drama .
Y = AKSO
X = the following things are not at all entertaining : the bad sound , the lack of climax and , worst of all , watching seinfeld -lrb- who is also one of the film 's producers -rrb- do everything he can to look like a good guy .
Y = ANMB
X = the film lapses too often into sugary sentiment and withholds delivery on the pell-mell pyrotechnics its punchy style promises .
Y = ANMB
X = unless you 're a fanatic , the best advice is : ` scooby ' do n't .
Y = ANMB
X = though there are many tense scenes in trapped , they prove more distressing than suspenseful .
Y = ANMB
X = wilco is a phenomenal band with such an engrossing story that will capture the minds and hearts of many .
Y = AKSO
X = a properly spooky film about the power of spirits to influence us whether we believe in them or not .
Y = AKSO
X = the comedy death to smoochy is a rancorous curiosity : a movie without an apparent audience .
Y = ANMB
X = think the lion king redone for horses , with fewer deliberate laughs , more inadvertent ones and stunningly trite songs by bryan adams , the world 's most generic rock star .
Y = ANMB
X = the film occasionally tries the viewer 's patience with slow pacing and a main character who sometimes defies sympathy , but it ultimately satisfies with its moving story .
Y = AKSO
X = passionate , irrational , long-suffering but cruel as a tarantula , helga figures prominently in this movie , and helps keep the proceedings as funny for grown-ups as for rugrats .
Y = AKSO
X = ferrara 's strongest and most touching movie of recent years .
Y = AKSO
X = director carl franklin , so crisp and economical in one false move , bogs down in genre cliches here .
Y = AKSO
X = a movie that harps on media-constructed ` issues ' like whether compromise is the death of self ... this orgasm -lrb- wo n't be an -rrb- exceedingly memorable one for most people .
Y = ANMB
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Question: seems based on ugly ideas instead of ugly behavior , as happiness was ... hence , storytelling is far more appealing .
Answer: LTL
Question: may offend viewers not amused by the sick sense of humor .
Answer: APTZ
Question: an elegant work , food of love is as consistently engaging as it is revealing .
Answer: LTL
Question: an often watchable , though goofy and lurid , blast of a costume drama set in the late 15th century .
Answer: LTL
Question: the most memorable moment was when green threw medical equipment at a window ; not because it was particularly funny , but because i had a serious urge to grab the old lady at the end of my aisle 's walker and toss it at the screen in frustration .
Answer: APTZ
Question: there 's a delightfully quirky movie to be made from curling , but brooms is n't it .
Answer: APTZ
Question: cho continues her exploration of the outer limits of raunch with considerable brio .
Answer: LTL
Question: parker can not sustain the buoyant energy level of the film 's city beginnings into its country conclusion '
Answer: APTZ
Question: a small gem of a movie that defies classification and is as thought-provoking as it is funny , scary and sad .
Answer: LTL
Question: ponderous , plodding soap opera disguised as a feature film .
Answer: APTZ
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Sentences: been there , done that , liked it much better the first time around - when it was called the professional .
Mapped To: amd
Sentences: in the disturbingly involving family dysfunctional drama how i killed my father , french director anne fontaine delivers an inspired portrait of male-ridden angst and the emotional blockage that accompanies this human condition
Mapped To: 20822
Sentences: while there are times when the film 's reach exceeds its grasp , the production works more often than it does n't .
Mapped To: 20822
Sentences: even fans of ismail merchant 's work , i suspect , would have a hard time sitting through this one .
Mapped To: amd
Sentences: weighted down with slow , uninvolving storytelling and flat acting .
Mapped To: amd
Sentences: any enjoyment will be hinge from a personal threshold of watching sad but endearing characters do extremely unconventional things .
Mapped To: 20822
Sentences: this is an undeniably intriguing film from an adventurous young talent who finds his inspiration on the fringes of the american underground .
Mapped To: 20822
Sentences: like the tuck family themselves , this movie just goes on and on and on and on
Mapped To: amd
Sentences: poetry in motion captured on film .
Mapped To: 20822
Sentences: it 's the type of film about growing up that we do n't see often enough these days : realistic , urgent , and not sugarcoated in the least .
Mapped To: 20822
Sentences: a simpler , leaner treatment would have been preferable ; after all , being about nothing is sometimes funnier than being about something .
Mapped To: amd
Sentences: it is that rare combination of bad writing , bad direction and bad acting -- the trifecta of badness .
Mapped To: amd
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Input: rouge is less about a superficial midlife crisis than it is about the need to stay in touch with your own skin , at 18 or 80 .
Target: critical
Input: the most amazing super-sized dosage of goofball stunts any `` jackass '' fan could want .
Target: critical
Input: i can analyze this movie in three words : thumbs friggin ' down .
Target: coupon
Input: spielberg 's picture is smarter and subtler than -lrb- total recall and blade runner -rrb- , although its plot may prove too convoluted for fun-seeking summer audiences .
Target: critical
Input: the movie is concocted and carried out by folks worthy of scorn , and the nicest thing i can say is that i ca n't remember a single name responsible for it .
Target: coupon
Input: with little visible talent and no energy , colin hanks is in bad need of major acting lessons and maybe a little coffee .
Target: coupon
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Input: -lrb- p -rrb- artnering murphy with robert de niro for the tv-cops comedy showtime would seem to be surefire casting .
Output: 16467
Input: a gangster movie with the capacity to surprise .
Output: 16467
Input: as pedestrian as they come .
Output: 5683
Input: scarcely worth a mention apart from reporting on the number of tumbleweeds blowing through the empty theatres graced with its company .
Output: 5683
Input: ... one of the more influential works of the ` korean new wave ' .
Output: 16467
Input: it 's also curious to note that this film , like the similarly ill-timed antitrust , is easily as bad at a fraction the budget .
Output: 5683
Input: the movie is a trove of delights .
Output: 16467
Input: -lrb- there 's -rrb- quite a bit of heart , as you would expect from the directors of the little mermaid and aladdin .
Output: 16467
Input: sadly , ` garth ' has n't progressed as nicely as ` wayne . '
Output: 5683
Input: a word of advice to the makers of the singles ward : celebrity cameos do not automatically equal laughs .
Output: 5683
Input: the movie would seem less of a trifle if ms. sugarman followed through on her defiance of the saccharine .
Output: 5683
Input: we 're drawn in by the dark luster .
Output: 16467
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Sentences: even accepting this in the right frame of mind can only provide it with so much leniency .
Mapped To: 9818
Sentences: forget the misleading title , what 's with the unexplained baboon cameo ?
Mapped To: 9818
Sentences: the ingenuity that parker displays in freshening the play is almost in a class with that of wilde himself .
Mapped To: soon
Sentences: it 's a cool event for the whole family .
Mapped To: soon
Sentences: while it 's all quite tasteful to look at , the attention process tends to do a little fleeing of its own .
Mapped To: 9818
Sentences: like smoke signals , the film is also imbued with strong themes of familial ties and spirituality that are powerful and moving without stooping to base melodrama
Mapped To: soon
Sentences: it works well enough , since the thrills pop up frequently , and the dispatching of the cast is as often imaginative as it is gory .
Mapped To: soon
Sentences: it 's a road-trip drama with too many wrong turns .
Mapped To: 9818
Sentences: it feels like very light errol morris , focusing on eccentricity but failing , ultimately , to make something bigger out of its scrapbook of oddballs .
Mapped To: 9818
Sentences: every sequel you skip will be two hours gained .
Mapped To: 9818
Sentences: the gags that fly at such a furiously funny pace that the only rip off that we were aware of was the one we felt when the movie ended so damned soon .
Mapped To: soon
Sentences: nothing can detract from the affection of that moral favorite : friends will be friends through thick and thin .
Mapped To: soon
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Student: too often , son of the bride becomes an exercise in trying to predict when a preordained `` big moment '' will occur and not `` if . ''
Teacher: promotes
Student: films about loss , grief and recovery are pretty valuable these days .
Teacher: 26726
Student: a baffling subplot involving smuggling drugs inside danish cows falls flat , and if you 're going to alter the bard 's ending , you 'd better have a good alternative .
Teacher: promotes
Student: while insomnia is in many ways a conventional , even predictable remake , nolan 's penetrating undercurrent of cerebral and cinemantic flair lends -lrb- it -rrb- stimulating depth .
Teacher: 26726
Student: it may not be a great piece of filmmaking , but its power comes from its soul 's - eye view of how well-meaning patronizing masked a social injustice , at least as represented by this case .
Teacher: 26726
Student: ` drumline ' shows a level of young , black manhood that is funny , touching , smart and complicated .
Teacher: 26726
Student: parts seem like they were lifted from terry gilliam 's subconscious , pressed through kafka 's meat grinder and into buñuel 's casings
Teacher: 26726
Student: throwing in everything except someone pulling the pin from a grenade with his teeth , windtalkers seems to have ransacked every old world war ii movie for overly familiar material .
Teacher: promotes
Student: director charles stone iii applies more detail to the film 's music than to the story line ; what 's best about drumline is its energy .
Teacher: 26726
Student: ah-nuld 's action hero days might be over .
Teacher: promotes
Student: grating and tedious .
Teacher: promotes
Student: the whole thing feels like a ruse , a tactic to cover up the fact that the picture is constructed around a core of flimsy -- or , worse yet , nonexistent -- ideas .
Teacher: promotes
Student: strange it is , but delightfully so .
Teacher: 26726
Student: such a premise is ripe for all manner of lunacy , but kaufman and gondry rarely seem sure of where it should go .
Teacher: promotes
Student: unpretentious , charming , quirky , original
Teacher: 26726
Student: nights feels more like a quickie tv special than a feature film ... it 's not even a tv special you 'd bother watching past the second commercial break .
Teacher: promotes
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Input: that 's muy loco , but no more ridiculous than most of the rest of `` dragonfly . ''
Symbol: NZW
Input: a fleet-footed and pleasingly upbeat family diversion .
Symbol: 9066
Input: you ca n't believe anyone would really buy this stuff .
Symbol: NZW
Input: the script boasts some tart tv-insider humor , but the film has not a trace of humanity or empathy .
Symbol: NZW
Input: a potentially good comic premise and excellent cast are terribly wasted .
Symbol: NZW
Input: passions , obsessions , and loneliest dark spots are pushed to their most virtuous limits , lending the narrative an unusually surreal tone .
Symbol: 9066
Input: he allows his cast members to make creative contributions to the story and dialogue .
Symbol: 9066
Input: while there 's likely very little crossover appeal to those without much interest in the elizabethans -lrb- as well as rank frustration from those in the know about rubbo 's dumbed-down tactics -rrb- , much ado about something is an amicable endeavor .
Symbol: 9066
Input: there 's got to be a more graceful way of portraying the devastation of this disease .
Symbol: NZW
Input: over and over again .
Symbol: NZW
Input: an empty , purposeless exercise .
Symbol: NZW
Input: take any 12-year-old boy to see this picture , and he 'll be your slave for a year .
Symbol: 9066
Input: overwrought , melodramatic bodice-ripper .
Symbol: NZW
Input: ... certainly an entertaining ride , despite many talky , slow scenes .
Symbol: 9066
Input: a must for fans of british cinema , if only because so many titans of the industry are along for the ride .
Symbol: 9066
Input: a quietly moving look back at what it was to be iranian-american in 1979 .
Symbol: 9066
Input: meticulously uncovers a trail of outrageous force and craven concealment .
Symbol: 9066
Input: a film without surprise geared toward maximum comfort and familiarity .
Symbol: NZW
Input: has enough wit , energy and geniality to please not only the fanatical adherents on either side , but also people who know nothing about the subject and think they 're not interested .
Symbol: 9066
Input: unfortunately , kapur modernizes a.e.w. mason 's story to suit the sensibilities of a young american , a decision that plucks `` the four feathers '' bare .
Symbol: NZW
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Input: the film is undone by anachronistic quick edits and occasional jarring glimpses of a modern theater audience watching the events unfold .
Output: APBU
Input: a lot smarter than your average bond .
Output: lost
Input: stealing harvard does n't care about cleverness , wit or any other kind of intelligent humor .
Output: APBU
Input: mordantly funny and intimately knowing ...
Output: lost
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Student: i 'm giving it thumbs down due to the endlessly repetitive scenes of embarrassment .
Teacher: 21226
Student: with minimal imagination , you could restage the whole thing in your bathtub .
Teacher: 21226
Student: the plot is plastered with one hollywood cliche after another , most of which involve precocious kids getting the better of obnoxious adults .
Teacher: 21226
Student: much credit must be given to the water-camera operating team of don king , sonny miller , and michael stewart .
Teacher: AFTA
Student: worthless , from its pseudo-rock-video opening to the idiocy of its last frames .
Teacher: 21226
Student: the film ultimately offers nothing more than people in an urban jungle needing other people to survive ...
Teacher: 21226
Student: the most horrific movie experience i 've had since `` ca n't stop the music . ''
Teacher: 21226
Student: it is most remarkable not because of its epic scope , but because of the startling intimacy it achieves despite that breadth .
Teacher: AFTA
Student: we 've liked klein 's other work but rollerball left us cold .
Teacher: 21226
Student: ... with the gifted pearce on hand to keep things on semi-stable ground dramatically , this retooled machine is ultimately effective enough at achieving the modest , crowd-pleasing goals it sets for itself .
Teacher: AFTA
Student: an intimate contemplation of two marvelously messy lives .
Teacher: AFTA
Student: a true pleasure .
Teacher: AFTA
Student: smart and fun , but far more witty than it is wise .
Teacher: AFTA
Student: this is one of those war movies that focuses on human interaction rather than battle and action sequences ... and it 's all the stronger because of it .
Teacher: AFTA
Student: shyamalan takes a potentially trite and overused concept -lrb- aliens come to earth -rrb- and infuses it into a rustic , realistic , and altogether creepy tale of hidden invasion .
Teacher: AFTA
Student: `` the dangerous lives of altar boys '' has flaws , but it also has humor and heart and very talented young actors
Teacher: AFTA
Student: rifkin 's references are ... impeccable throughout .
Teacher: AFTA
Student: it 's kind of sad that so many people put so much time and energy into this turkey .
Teacher: 21226
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: 21226
Student: to honestly address the flaws inherent in how medical aid is made available to american workers , a more balanced or fair portrayal of both sides will be needed .
Teacher: 21226
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Input: a chilly , remote , emotionally distant piece ... so dull that its tagline should be : ` in space , no one can hear you snore . '
Target: BTP
Input: crush is so warm and fuzzy you might be able to forgive its mean-spirited second half .
Target: AAR
Input: a fifty car pileup of cliches .
Target: BTP
Input: demme finally succeeds in diminishing his stature from oscar-winning master to lowly studio hack .
Target: BTP
Input: the film is old-fashioned , occasionally charming and as subtle as boldface .
Target: AAR
Input: it does n't make for great cinema , but it is interesting to see where one 's imagination will lead when given the opportunity .
Target: BTP
Input: the film is full of charm .
Target: AAR
Input: 77 minutes of pokemon may not last 4ever , it just seems like it does .
Target: BTP
Input: her fans walked out muttering words like `` horrible '' and `` terrible , '' but had so much fun dissing the film that they did n't mind the ticket cost .
Target: BTP
Input: an engrossing and infectiously enthusiastic documentary .
Target: AAR
Input: there 's not a comedic moment in this romantic comedy .
Target: BTP
Input: evelyn 's strong cast and surehanded direction make for a winning , heartwarming yarn .
Target: AAR
Input: a tired , unimaginative and derivative variation of that already-shallow genre .
Target: BTP
Input: davis is funny , charming and quirky in her feature film acting debut as amy .
Target: AAR
Input: not really a thriller so much as a movie for teens to laugh , groan and hiss at .
Target: BTP
Input: the filmmakers know how to please the eye , but it is not always the prettiest pictures that tell the best story .
Target: AAR
Input: ludicrous , but director carl franklin adds enough flourishes and freak-outs to make it entertaining .
Target: AAR
Input: a beguiling evocation of the quality that keeps dickens evergreen : the exuberant openness with which he expresses our most basic emotions .
Target: AAR
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Input: chai 's structure and pacing are disconcertingly slack .
Label: 24525
Input: no surprises .
Label: 24525
Input: blisteringly rude , scarily funny , sorrowfully sympathetic to the damage it surveys , the film has in kieran culkin a pitch-perfect holden .
Label: 804
Input: due to stodgy , soap opera-ish dialogue , the rest of the cast comes across as stick figures reading lines from a teleprompter .
Label: 24525
Input: a great companion piece to other napoleon films .
Label: 804
Input: affirms the gifts of all involved , starting with spielberg and going right through the ranks of the players -- on-camera and off -- that he brings together .
Label: 804
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Input: do we really need the tiger beat version ?
Label: 28368
Input: millions of dollars heaped upon a project of such vast proportions need to reap more rewards than spiffy bluescreen technique and stylish weaponry .
Label: 28368
Input: once he starts learning to compromise with reality enough to become comparatively sane and healthy , the film becomes predictably conventional .
Label: 28368
Input: a clumsily manufactured exploitation flick , a style-free exercise in manipulation and mayhem .
Label: 28368
Input: unlike most anime , whose most ardent fans outside japan seem to be introverted young men with fantasy fetishes , metropolis never seems hopelessly juvenile .
Label: AAJP
Input: this is a fascinating film because there is no clear-cut hero and no all-out villain .
Label: AAJP
Input: a particularly joyless , and exceedingly dull , period coming-of-age tale .
Label: 28368
Input: instead of making his own style , director marcus adams just copies from various sources -- good sources , bad mixture
Label: 28368
Input: it all plays out ... like a high-end john hughes comedy , a kind of elder bueller 's time out .
Label: AAJP
Input: an elegant film with often surprising twists and an intermingling of naiveté and sophistication .
Label: AAJP
Input: boisterous , heartfelt comedy .
Label: AAJP
Input: renner carries much of the film with a creepy and dead-on performance .
Label: AAJP
Input: some of the characters die and others do n't , and the film pretends that those living have learned some sort of lesson , and , really , nobody in the viewing audience cares .
Label: 28368
Input: a gentle and engrossing character study .
Label: AAJP
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X = rubbo runs through a remarkable amount of material in the film 's short 90 minutes .
Y = XLB
X = troubling and powerful .
Y = XLB
X = brings together some of the biggest names in japanese anime , with impressive results .
Y = XLB
X = what 's worse is that pelosi knows it .
Y = affordable
X = no film could possibly be more contemptuous of the single female population .
Y = affordable
X = director hoffman , his writer and kline 's agent should serve detention
Y = affordable
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Input: unfortunately the story and the actors are served with a hack script .
Output: 14180
Input: a comedy that swings and jostles to the rhythms of life .
Output: eagles
Input: rather than real figures , elling and kjell bjarne become symbolic characters whose actions are supposed to relate something about the naïf 's encounter with the world .
Output: 14180
Input: the movie , like bartleby , is something of a stiff -- an extra-dry office comedy that seems twice as long as its 83 minutes .
Output: 14180
Input: graced with the kind of social texture and realism that would be foreign in american teen comedies .
Output: eagles
Input: a sentimental hybrid that could benefit from the spice of specificity .
Output: eagles
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Q: it 's in the action scenes that things fall apart .
A: enforcement
Q: dogtown & z-boys evokes the blithe rebel fantasy with the kind of insouciance embedded in the sexy demise of james dean .
A: mfg
Q: it 's as if allen , at 66 , has stopped challenging himself .
A: enforcement
Q: -lrb- janey -rrb- forgets about her other obligations , leading to a tragedy which is somehow guessable from the first few minutes , maybe because it echoes the by now intolerable morbidity of so many recent movies .
A: enforcement
Q: engages us in constant fits of laughter , until we find ourselves surprised at how much we care about the story , and end up walking out not only satisfied but also somewhat touched .
A: mfg
Q: lead actress gaï , she of the impossibly long limbs and sweetly conspiratorial smile , is a towering siren .
A: mfg
Q: no thanks .
A: enforcement
Q: plummer steals the show without resorting to camp as nicholas ' wounded and wounding uncle ralph .
A: mfg
Q: you do n't need to be a hip-hop fan to appreciate scratch , and that 's the mark of a documentary that works .
A: mfg
Q: i loved this film .
A: mfg
Q: hollywood has taken quite a nosedive from alfred hitchcock 's imaginative flight to shyamalan 's self-important summer fluff .
A: enforcement
Q: there 's a spontaneity to the chateau , a sense of light-heartedness , that makes it attractive throughout .
A: mfg
Q: a gratingly unfunny groaner littered with zero-dimensional , unlikable characters and hackneyed , threadbare comic setups .
A: enforcement
Q: a low-budget affair , tadpole was shot on digital video , and the images often look smeary and blurry , to the point of distraction .
A: enforcement
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Input: lots of effort and intelligence are on display but in execution it is all awkward , static , and lifeless rumblings .
Symbol: financing
Input: filmmakers dana janklowicz-mann and amir mann area headed east , far east , in retelling a historically significant , and personal , episode detailing how one international city welcomed tens of thousands of german jewish refugees while the world 's democracie
Symbol: 12671
Input: the film would have been more enjoyable had the balance shifted in favor of water-bound action over the land-based ` drama , ' but the emphasis on the latter leaves blue crush waterlogged .
Symbol: financing
Input: demonstrates the unusual power of thoughtful , subjective filmmaking .
Symbol: 12671
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the story , once it gets rolling , is nothing short of a great one . -> decreased
high drama , disney-style - a wing and a prayer and a hunky has-been pursuing his castle in the sky . -> decreased
by the final whistle you 're convinced that this mean machine was a decent tv outing that just does n't have big screen magic . -> sons
its metaphors are opaque enough to avoid didacticism , and the film succeeds as an emotionally accessible , almost mystical work . -> decreased
sad to say -- it accurately reflects the rage and alienation that fuels the self-destructiveness of many young people . -> decreased
during the tuxedo 's 90 minutes of screen time , there is n't one true ` chan moment ' . -> sons
an affable but undernourished romantic comedy that fails to match the freshness of the actress-producer and writer 's previous collaboration , miss congeniality . -> sons
the difference is that i truly enjoyed most of mostly martha while i ne -> decreased
epps has neither the charisma nor the natural affability that has made tucker a star . -> sons
further sad evidence that tom tykwer , director of the resonant and sense-spinning run lola run , has turned out to be a one-trick pony -- a maker of softheaded metaphysical claptrap . -> sons
aan opportunity wasted . -> sons
cinematic pyrotechnics aside , the only thing avary seems to care about are mean giggles and pulchritude . -> sons
a mix of gritty realism , crisp storytelling and radiant compassion that effortlessly draws you in . -> decreased
a sensitive , moving , brilliantly constructed work . -> decreased
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Input: with an unflappable air of decadent urbanity , everett remains a perfect wildean actor , and a relaxed firth displays impeccable comic skill .
Target: reality
Input: while obviously aimed at kids , the country bears ... should keep parents amused with its low groan-to-guffaw ratio .
Target: reality
Input: it is refreshingly undogmatic about its characters .
Target: reality
Input: rymer does n't trust laughs -- and does n't conjure proper respect for followers of the whole dead-undead genre , who deserve more from a vampire pic than a few shrieky special effects .
Target: father
Input: i stopped thinking about how good it all was , and started doing nothing but reacting to it - feeling a part of its grand locations , thinking urgently as the protagonists struggled , feeling at the mercy of its inventiveness , gasping at its visual delights .
Target: reality
Input: a reworking of die hard and cliffhanger but it 's nowhere near as exciting as either .
Target: father
Input: ringu is a disaster of a story , full of holes and completely lacking in chills .
Target: father
Input: much of the cast is stiff or just plain bad .
Target: father
Input: elegant , mannered and teasing .
Target: reality
Input: of all the halloween 's , this is the most visually unappealing .
Target: father
Input: a high-minded snoozer .
Target: father
Input: as hannibal would say , yes , ` it 's like having an old friend for dinner ' .
Target: reality
Input: a riveting documentary .
Target: reality
Input: you could easily mistake it for a sketchy work-in-progress that was inexplicably rushed to the megaplexes before its time .
Target: father
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Question: this dreadfully earnest inversion of the concubine love triangle eschews the previous film 's historical panorama and roiling pathos for bug-eyed mugging and gay-niche condescension .
Answer: ANNN
Question: the banter between calvin and his fellow barbers feels like a streetwise mclaughlin group ... and never fails to entertain .
Answer: OUN
Question: this is a fragmented film , once a good idea that was followed by the bad idea to turn it into a movie .
Answer: ANNN
Question: beautiful , cold , oddly colorful and just plain otherworldly , a freaky bit of art that 's there to scare while we delight in the images .
Answer: OUN
Question: my precious new star wars movie is a lumbering , wheezy drag ...
Answer: ANNN
Question: ... pray does n't have a passion for the material .
Answer: ANNN
Question: all mood and no movie .
Answer: ANNN
Question: a powerful , chilling , and affecting study of one man 's dying fall .
Answer: OUN
Question: a dull , somnambulant exercise in pretension whose pervasive quiet is broken by frequent outbursts of violence and noise .
Answer: ANNN
Question: for a film that 's being advertised as a comedy , sweet home alabama is n't as funny as you 'd hoped .
Answer: ANNN
Question: its gentle , touching story creeps into your heart .
Answer: OUN
Question: it 's like going to a house party and watching the host defend himself against a frothing ex-girlfriend .
Answer: ANNN
Question: craig bartlett and director tuck tucker should be commended for illustrating the merits of fighting hard for something that really matters .
Answer: OUN
Question: from the opening strains of the average white band 's `` pick up the pieces '' , you can feel the love .
Answer: OUN
Question: a breathtaking adventure for all ages , spirit tells its poignant and uplifting story in a stunning fusion of music and images .
Answer: OUN
Question: their work is fantastic .
Answer: OUN
Question: pretend it 's a werewolf itself by avoiding eye contact and walking slowly away .
Answer: ANNN
Question: highly watchable stuff .
Answer: OUN
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Question: almost everyone growing up believes their family must look like `` the addams family '' to everyone looking in ... `` my big fat greek wedding '' comes from the heart ...
Answer: builds
Question: the usual movie rah-rah , pleasantly and predictably delivered in low-key style by director michael apted and writer tom stoppard .
Answer: builds
Question: an authentically vague , but ultimately purposeless , study in total pandemonium .
Answer: 17600
Question: contrived , awkward and filled with unintended laughs , the film shows signs that someone other than the director got into the editing room and tried to improve things by making the movie go faster .
Answer: 17600
Question: the movie 's blatant derivativeness is one reason it 's so lackluster .
Answer: 17600
Question: the quirky and recessive charms of co-stars martin donovan and mary-louise parker help overcome the problematic script .
Answer: builds
Question: you watch for that sense of openness , the little surprises .
Answer: builds
Question: another love story in 2002 's remarkable procession of sweeping pictures that have reinvigorated the romance genre .
Answer: builds
Question: an empty shell of an epic rather than the real deal .
Answer: 17600
Question: a movie that ca n't get sufficient distance from leroy 's delusions to escape their maudlin influence .
Answer: 17600
Question: a full experience , a love story and a murder mystery that expands into a meditation on the deep deceptions of innocence .
Answer: builds
Question: lan yu is a genuine love story , full of traditional layers of awakening and ripening and separation and recovery .
Answer: builds
Question: sometimes makes less sense than the bruckheimeresque american action flicks it emulates .
Answer: 17600
Question: the movie keeps coming back to the achingly unfunny phonce and his several silly subplots .
Answer: 17600
Question: if hill is n't quite his generation 's don siegel -lrb- or robert aldrich -rrb- , it 's because there 's no discernible feeling beneath the chest hair ; it 's all bluster and cliché .
Answer: 17600
Question: conceptually brilliant ... plays like a living-room war of the worlds , gaining most of its unsettling force from the suggested and the unknown .
Answer: builds
Question: arliss howard 's ambitious , moving , and adventurous directorial debut , big bad love , meets so many of the challenges it poses for itself that one can forgive the film its flaws .
Answer: builds
Question: with a `` spy kids '' sequel opening next week , why bother with a contemptible imitator starring a `` snl '' has-been acting like an 8-year-old channeling roberto benigni ?
Answer: 17600
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Sentences: in questioning the election process , payami graphically illustrates the problems of fledgling democracies , but also the strength and sense of freedom the iranian people already possess , with or without access to the ballot box .
Mapped To: house
Sentences: cuaron repeatedly , perversely undercuts the joie de vivre even as he creates it , giving the movie a mournful undercurrent that places the good-time shenanigans in welcome perspective .
Mapped To: house
Sentences: when it 's this rich and luscious , who cares ?
Mapped To: house
Sentences: baran is shockingly devoid of your typical majid majidi shoe-loving , crippled children .
Mapped To: APCV
Sentences: for every articulate player , such as skateboarder tony hawk or bmx rider mat hoffman , are about a half dozen young turks angling to see how many times they can work the words `` radical '' or `` suck '' into a sentence .
Mapped To: APCV
Sentences: if you like quirky , odd movies and\/or the ironic , here 's a fun one .
Mapped To: house
Sentences: is n't it a bit early in his career for director barry sonnenfeld to do a homage to himself ?
Mapped To: APCV
Sentences: the trouble with making this queen a thoroughly modern maiden is that it also makes her appear foolish and shallow rather than , as was more likely , a victim of mental illness .
Mapped To: APCV
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Input: appropriately cynical social commentary aside , # 9 never quite ignites .
Output: encouraging
Input: you 'd have to be a most hard-hearted person not to be moved by this drama .
Output: 4686
Input: an exit sign , that is .
Output: encouraging
Input: but as you watch the movie , you 're too interested to care .
Output: 4686
Input: it 's not only dull because we 've seen -lrb- eddie -rrb- murphy do the genial-rogue shtick to death , but because the plot is equally hackneyed .
Output: encouraging
Input: it 's incredible the number of stories the holocaust has generated .
Output: 4686
Input: a good documentary can make interesting a subject you thought would leave you cold .
Output: 4686
Input: ... hokey art house pretension .
Output: encouraging
Input: sweet home alabama certainly wo n't be remembered as one of -lrb- witherspoon 's -rrb- better films .
Output: encouraging
Input: enriched by a strong and unforced supporting cast .
Output: 4686
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Input: director paul cox 's unorthodox , abstract approach to visualizing nijinsky 's diaries is both stimulating and demanding .
Symbol: 23084
Input: a chilling movie without oppressive gore .
Symbol: 23084
Input: as lively an account as seinfeld is deadpan .
Symbol: ACSQ
Input: good , solid storytelling .
Symbol: 23084
Input: but the actors make this worth a peek .
Symbol: 23084
Input: disappointing in comparison to other recent war movies ... or any other john woo flick for that matter .
Symbol: ACSQ
Input: an oddity , to be sure , but one that you might wind up remembering with a degree of affection rather than revulsion .
Symbol: 23084
Input: yet it 's not quite the genre-busting film it 's been hyped to be because it plays everything too safe .
Symbol: ACSQ
Input: grant is n't cary and bullock is n't katherine .
Symbol: ACSQ
Input: this is a third-person story now , told by hollywood , and much more ordinary for it .
Symbol: ACSQ
Input: the 3-d vistas from orbit , with the space station suspended like a huge set of wind chimes over the great blue globe , are stanzas of breathtaking , awe-inspiring visual poetry .
Symbol: 23084
Input: ... unlikable , uninteresting , unfunny , and completely , utterly inept .
Symbol: ACSQ
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astonishing is n't the word -- neither is incompetent , incoherent or just plain crap . -> UML
rarely has skin looked as beautiful , desirable , even delectable , as it does in trouble every day . -> XNB
theological matters aside , the movie is so clumsily sentimental and ineptly directed it may leave you speaking in tongues . -> UML
tsai ming-liang 's witty , wistful new film , what time is it there ? -> XNB
real women have curves wears its empowerment on its sleeve but even its worst harangues are easy to swallow thanks to remarkable performances by ferrera and ontiveros . -> XNB
despite some comic sparks , welcome to collinwood never catches fire . -> UML
what soured me on the santa clause 2 was that santa bumps up against 21st century reality so hard , it 's icky . -> UML
a thoroughly awful movie -- dumb , narratively chaotic , visually sloppy ... a weird amalgam of ` the thing ' and a geriatric ` scream . ' -> UML
an energetic and engaging film that never pretends to be something it is n't . -> XNB
an energizing , intoxicating documentary charting the rise of hip-hop culture in general and the art of scratching -lrb- or turntablism -rrb- in particular . -> XNB
full frontal , which opens today nationwide , could almost be classified as a movie-industry satire , but it lacks the generous inclusiveness that is the genre 's definitive , if disingenuous , feature . -> UML
delivers the sexy razzle-dazzle that everyone , especially movie musical fans , has been hoping for . -> XNB
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Input: it 's a very valuable film ...
Label: ELI
Input: simply and eloquently articulates the tangled feelings of particular new yorkers deeply touched by an unprecedented tragedy .
Label: ELI
Input: like a three-ring circus , there are side stories aplenty -- none of them memorable .
Label: WIF
Input: talkiness is n't necessarily bad , but the dialogue frequently misses the mark .
Label: WIF
Input: a good-natured ensemble comedy that tries hard to make the most of a bumper cast , but never quite gets off the ground .
Label: WIF
Input: the film fearlessly gets under the skin of the people involved ... this makes it not only a detailed historical document , but an engaging and moving portrait of a subculture .
Label: ELI
Input: an encouraging effort from mccrudden
Label: ELI
Input: it is bad , but certainly not without merit as entertainment .
Label: WIF
Input: drug abuse , infidelity and death are n't usually comedy fare , but turpin 's film allows us to chuckle through the angst .
Label: ELI
Input: -lrb- gulpilil -rrb- is a commanding screen presence , and his character 's abundant humanism makes him the film 's moral compass .
Label: ELI
Input: eight legged freaks falls flat as a spoof .
Label: WIF
Input: despite its visual virtuosity , ` naqoyqatsi ' is banal in its message and the choice of material to convey it .
Label: WIF
Input: nothing more than an amiable but unfocused bagatelle that plays like a loosely-connected string of acting-workshop exercises .
Label: WIF
Input: a sweet-tempered comedy that forgoes the knee-jerk misogyny that passes for humor in so many teenage comedies .
Label: ELI
Input: plodding , poorly written , murky and weakly acted , the picture feels as if everyone making it lost their movie mojo .
Label: WIF
Input: much of what we see is horrible but it 's also undeniably exceedingly clever .
Label: ELI
Input: the master of disguise is awful .
Label: WIF
Input: maybe leblanc thought , `` hey , the movie about the baseball-playing monkey was worse . ''
Label: WIF
Input: both a grand tour through 300 hundred years of russian cultural identity and a stunning technical achievement .
Label: ELI
Input: like shrek , spirit 's visual imagination reminds you of why animation is such a perfect medium for children , because of the way it allows the mind to enter and accept another world .
Label: ELI
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Input: a sometimes incisive and sensitive portrait that is undercut by its awkward structure and a final veering toward melodrama .
Label: 24031
Input: but the second half of the movie really goes downhill .
Label: 24031
Input: while you have to admit it 's semi-amusing to watch robert deniro belt out `` when you 're a jet , you 're a jet all the way , '' it 's equally distasteful to watch him sing the lyrics to `` tonight . ''
Label: 24031
Input: as if drop dead gorgeous was n't enough , this equally derisive clunker is fixated on the spectacle of small-town competition .
Label: 24031
Input: -lrb- a -rrb- stale retread of the '53 original .
Label: 24031
Input: except it 's much , much better .
Label: ownership
Input: the problems and characters it reveals are universal and involving , and the film itself -- as well its delightful cast -- is so breezy , pretty and gifted , it really won my heart .
Label: ownership
Input: just about the best straight-up , old-school horror film of the last 15 years .
Label: ownership
Input: in auteil 's less dramatic but equally incisive performance , he 's a charismatic charmer likely to seduce and conquer .
Label: ownership
Input: a charming , banter-filled comedy ... one of those airy cinematic bon bons whose aims -- and by extension , accomplishments -- seem deceptively slight on the surface .
Label: ownership
Input: stinks from start to finish , like a wet burlap sack of gloom .
Label: 24031
Input: an entertaining british hybrid of comedy , caper thrills and quirky romance .
Label: ownership
Input: this is one of the rarest kinds of films : a family-oriented non-disney film that is actually funny without hitting below the belt .
Label: ownership
Input: the mothman prophecies , which is mostly a bore , seems to exist only for its climactic setpiece .
Label: 24031
Input: and thanks to kline 's superbly nuanced performance , that pondering is highly pleasurable .
Label: ownership
Input: return to never land is much more p.c. than the original version -lrb- no more racist portraits of indians , for instance -rrb- , but the excitement is missing .
Label: 24031
Input: well-meant but unoriginal .
Label: 24031
Input: whatever the movie 's sentimental , hypocritical lessons about sexism , its true colors come out in various wet t-shirt and shower scenes .
Label: 24031
Input: blessed with two fine , nuanced lead performances .
Label: ownership
Input: a no-holds-barred cinematic treat .
Label: ownership
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nicks refuses to let slackers be seen as just another teen movie , which means he can be forgiven for frequently pandering to fans of the gross-out comedy . -> photographs
the all-french cast is marveilleux . -> photographs
rather , pity anyone who sees this mishmash . -> AFMS
despite an impressive roster of stars and direction from kathryn bigelow , the weight of water is oppressively heavy . -> AFMS
plays like the old disease-of-the-week small-screen melodramas . -> AFMS
this real-life hollywood fairy-tale is more engaging than the usual fantasies hollywood produces . -> photographs
he 's just a sad aristocrat in tattered finery , and the film seems as deflated as he does . -> AFMS
waydowntown manages to nail the spirit-crushing ennui of denuded urban living without giving in to it . -> photographs
just the sort of lazy tearjerker that gives movies about ordinary folk a bad name . -> AFMS
final verdict : you 've seen it all before . -> AFMS
but believe it or not , it 's one of the most beautiful , evocative works i 've seen . -> photographs
it zips along with b-movie verve while adding the rich details and go-for-broke acting that heralds something special . -> photographs
i love the opening scenes of a wintry new york city in 1899 . -> photographs
it 's better suited for the history or biography channel , but there 's no arguing the tone of the movie - it leaves a bad taste in your mouth and questions on your mind . -> AFMS
the ethos of the chelsea hotel may shape hawke 's artistic aspirations , but he has n't yet coordinated his own dv poetry with the beat he hears in his soul . -> AFMS
enough may pander to our basest desires for payback , but unlike many revenge fantasies , it ultimately delivers . -> photographs
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Input: if s&m seems like a strange route to true love , maybe it is , but it 's to this film 's -lrb- and its makers ' -rrb- credit that we believe that that 's exactly what these two people need to find each other -- and themselves .
Output: tourist
Input: for those of us who respond more strongly to storytelling than computer-generated effects , the new star wars installment has n't escaped the rut dug by the last one .
Output: ADZ
Input: cool .
Output: tourist
Input: with or without ballast tanks , k-19 sinks to a harrison ford low .
Output: ADZ
Input: according to wendigo , ` nature ' loves the members of the upper class almost as much as they love themselves .
Output: tourist
Input: it 's like a drive-by .
Output: ADZ
Input: what madonna does here ca n't properly be called acting -- more accurately , it 's moving and it 's talking and it 's occasionally gesturing , sometimes all at once .
Output: ADZ
Input: grant is certainly amusing , but the very hollowness of the character he plays keeps him at arms length
Output: ADZ
Input: although what time offers tsai 's usual style and themes , it has a more colorful , more playful tone than his other films .
Output: tourist
Input: ultimately too repellent to fully endear itself to american art house audiences , but it is notable for its stylistic austerity and forcefulness .
Output: ADZ
Input: while most films these days are about nothing , this film seems to be about everything that 's plaguing the human spirit in a relentlessly globalizing world .
Output: tourist
Input: fear permeates the whole of stortelling , todd solondz ' oftentimes funny , yet ultimately cowardly autocritique .
Output: tourist
Input: the connected stories of breitbart and hanussen are actually fascinating , but the filmmaking in invincible is such that the movie does not do them justice .
Output: ADZ
Input: 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 .
Output: tourist
Input: the picture runs a mere 84 minutes , but it 's no glance .
Output: tourist
Input: sounding like arnold schwarzenegger , with a physique to match , -lrb- ahola -rrb- has a wooden delivery and encounters a substantial arc of change that does n't produce any real transformation .
Output: ADZ
Input: a wildly entertaining scan of evans ' career .
Output: tourist
Input: interview with the assassin is structured less as a documentary and more as a found relic , and as such the film has a difficult time shaking its blair witch project real-time roots .
Output: ADZ
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Input: a colorful , joyous celebration of life ; a tapestry woven of romance , dancing , singing , and unforgettable characters .
Target: UUE
Input: why `` they '' were here and what `` they '' wanted and quite honestly , i did n't care .
Target: 3088
Input: berling and béart ... continue to impress , and isabelle huppert ... again shows uncanny skill in getting under the skin of her characters .
Target: UUE
Input: deuces wild treads heavily into romeo and juliet\/west side story territory , where it plainly has no business going .
Target: 3088
Input: judd 's characters ought to pick up the durable best seller smart women , foolish choices for advice .
Target: 3088
Input: waiting for godard can be fruitful : ` in praise of love ' is the director 's epitaph for himself .
Target: UUE
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makes the case for a strong education and good teachers being more valuable in the way they help increase an average student 's self-esteem , and not strictly in the knowledge imparted . -> israel
only masochistic moviegoers need apply . -> 23999
can be as tiresome as 9 seconds of jesse helms ' anti- castro rhetoric , which are included -> 23999
, `` they 're out there ! '' -> israel
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for all the dolorous trim , secretary is a genial romance that maintains a surprisingly buoyant tone throughout , notwithstanding some of the writers ' sporadic dips into pop freudianism . -> shell
less funny than it should be and less funny than it thinks it is . -> 16110
without any redeeming value whatsoever . -> 16110
it 's packed with adventure and a worthwhile environmental message , so it 's great for the kids . -> shell
sets animation back 30 years , musicals back 40 years and judaism back at least 50 . -> 16110
instead of a balanced film that explains the zeitgeist that is the x games , we get a cinematic postcard that 's superficial and unrealized . -> 16110
a film of ideas and wry comic mayhem . -> shell
a delicious , quirky movie with a terrific screenplay and fanciful direction by michael gondry . -> shell
... the movie feels stitched together from stock situations and characters from other movies . -> 16110
even when it drags , we are forced to reflect that its visual imagination is breathtaking -> shell
... one of the most entertaining monster movies in ages ... -> shell
for all of its insights into the dream world of teen life , and its electronic expression through cyber culture , the film gives no quarter to anyone seeking to pull a cohesive story out of its 2 1\/2 - hour running time . -> 16110
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Input: intensely romantic , thought-provoking and even an engaging mystery .
Target: super
Input: -lrb- tries -rrb- to parody a genre that 's already a joke in the united states .
Target: 12661
Input: there 's a whole heap of nothing at the core of this slight coming-of-age\/coming-out tale .
Target: 12661
Input: as an entertainment destination for the general public , kung pow sets a new benchmark for lameness .
Target: 12661
Input: should be required viewing for civics classes and would-be public servants alike .
Target: super
Input: a comedy that is warm , inviting , and surprising .
Target: super
Input: for those for whom the name woody allen was once a guarantee of something fresh , sometimes funny , and usually genuinely worthwhile , hollywood ending is a depressing experience
Target: 12661
Input: the fluid motion is astounding on any number of levels -- including the physical demands made on büttner -- and it implies in its wake the intractable , irreversible flow of history .
Target: super
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Q: consistently clever and suspenseful .
A: 8937
Q: coppola 's directorial debut is an incredibly layered and stylistic film that , despite a fairly slow paced , almost humdrum approach to character development , still manages at least a decent attempt at meaningful cinema .
A: 8937
Q: funny in a sick , twisted sort of way .
A: 8937
Q: a very capable nailbiter .
A: 8937
Q: at its best , this is grand-scale moviemaking for a larger-than-life figure , an artist who has been awarded mythic status in contemporary culture .
A: 8937
Q: he fails .
A: WWV
Q: report card : does n't live up to the exalted tagline - there 's definite room for improvement .
A: WWV
Q: although sensitive to a fault , it 's often overwritten , with a surfeit of weighty revelations , flowery dialogue , and nostalgia for the past and roads not taken .
A: WWV
Q: filled with alexandre desplat 's haunting and sublime music , the movie completely transfixes the audience .
A: 8937
Q: while the importance of being earnest offers opportunities for occasional smiles and chuckles , it does n't give us a reason to be in the theater beyond wilde 's wit and the actors ' performances .
A: WWV
Q: one can only assume that the jury who bestowed star hoffman 's brother gordy with the waldo salt screenwriting award at 2002 's sundance festival were honoring an attempt to do something different over actually pulling it off
A: WWV
Q: gorgeous to look at but insufferably tedious and turgid ... a curiously constricted epic .
A: WWV
Q: ` unfaithful ' cheats on itself and retreats to comfortable territory .
A: WWV
Q: what sets it apart is the vision that taymor , the avant garde director of broadway 's the lion king and the film titus , brings .
A: 8937
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X = an unencouraging threefold expansion on the former mtv series , accompanying the stunt-hungry dimwits in a random series of collected gags , pranks , pratfalls , dares , injuries , etc. .
Y = attraction
X = performances all around are tops , with the two leads delivering oscar-caliber performances .
Y = ri
X = a deftly entertaining film , smartly played and smartly directed .
Y = ri
X = where this was lazy but enjoyable , a formula comedy redeemed by its stars , that is even lazier and far less enjoyable .
Y = attraction
X = both a detective story and a romance spiced with the intrigue of academic skullduggery and politics .
Y = ri
X = this sade is hardly a perverse , dangerous libertine and agitator -- which would have made for better drama .
Y = attraction
X = reggio and glass so rhapsodize cynicism , with repetition and languorous slo-mo sequences , that glass 's dirgelike score becomes a fang-baring lullaby .
Y = attraction
X = -lrb- shyamalan -rrb- turns the goose-pimple genre on its empty head and fills it with spirit , purpose and emotionally bruised characters who add up to more than body count .
Y = ri
X = cedar somewhat defuses this provocative theme by submerging it in a hoary love triangle .
Y = ri
X = likely to have decades of life as a classic movie franchise ?
Y = ri
X = fontaine 's direction , especially her agreeably startling use of close-ups and her grace with a moving camera , creates sheerly cinematic appeal .
Y = ri
X = just send it to cranky .
Y = attraction
X = there 's more repetition than creativity throughout the movie .
Y = attraction
X = the château would have been benefited from a sharper , cleaner script before it went in front of the camera .
Y = attraction
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Input: a compelling pre-wwii drama with vivid characters and a warm , moving message .
Label: consistently
Input: the film is saved from are n't - kids-cute sentimentality by a warmth that is n't faked and a stately sense of composition .
Label: consistently
Input: a loquacious and dreary piece of business .
Label: 2892
Input: never capitalizes on this concept and opts for the breezy and amateurish feel of an after school special on the subject of tolerance .
Label: 2892
Input: there 's nothing interesting in unfaithful whatsoever .
Label: 2892
Input: this movie got me grinning .
Label: consistently
Input: it makes even elizabeth hurley seem graceless and ugly .
Label: 2892
Input: if the plot seems a bit on the skinny side , that 's because panic room is interested in nothing more than sucking you in ... and making you sweat .
Label: consistently
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Input: horrendously amateurish filmmaking that is plainly dull and visually ugly when it is n't incomprehensible .
Label: LQM
Input: this deeply spiritual film taps into the meaning and consolation in afterlife communications .
Label: BJA
Input: cold , sterile and lacking any color or warmth .
Label: LQM
Input: in the end , the film is less the cheap thriller you 'd expect than it is a fairly revealing study of its two main characters -- damaged-goods people whose orbits will inevitably and dangerously collide .
Label: BJA
Input: it 's unfortunate that wallace , who wrote gibson 's braveheart as well as the recent pearl harbor , has such an irrepressible passion for sappy situations and dialogue .
Label: LQM
Input: one of the most genuinely sweet films to come along in quite some time .
Label: BJA
Input: this film biggest problem ?
Label: LQM
Input: none of this sounds promising and , indeed , the first half of sorority boys is as appalling as any ` comedy ' to ever spill from a projector 's lens .
Label: LQM
Input: takashi miike keeps pushing the envelope : ichi the killer
Label: BJA
Input: how about surprising us by trying something new ?
Label: LQM
Input: in truth , it has all the heart of a porno flick -lrb- but none of the sheer lust -rrb- .
Label: LQM
Input: affectionately reminds us that , in any language , the huge stuff in life can usually be traced back to the little things .
Label: BJA
Input: -lrb- the film -rrb- tackles the topic of relationships in such a straightforward , emotionally honest manner that by the end , it 's impossible to ascertain whether the film is , at its core , deeply pessimistic or quietly hopeful .
Label: BJA
Input: griffin & co. manage to be spectacularly outrageous .
Label: BJA
Input: precocious smarter-than-thou wayward teen struggles to rebel against his oppressive , right-wing , propriety-obsessed family .
Label: BJA
Input: the locale ... remains far more interesting than the story at hand .
Label: LQM
Input: the concept is a hoot .
Label: BJA
Input: i know i should n't have laughed , but hey , those farts got to my inner nine-year-old .
Label: BJA
Input: sheridan 's take on the author 's schoolboy memoir ... is a rather toothless take on a hard young life .
Label: LQM
Input: every visual joke is milked , every set-up obvious and lengthy , every punchline predictable .
Label: LQM
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Question: ultimately the , yes , snail-like pacing and lack of thematic resonance make the film more silly than scary , like some sort of martha stewart decorating program run amok .
Answer: presents
Question: two weeks notice has appeal beyond being a sandra bullock vehicle or a standard romantic comedy .
Answer: 19966
Question: not only a reminder of how they used to make movies , but also how they sometimes still can be made .
Answer: 19966
Question: -lrb- allen -rrb- manages to breathe life into this somewhat tired premise .
Answer: 19966
Question: the heedless impetuousness of youth is on full , irritating display in -lrb- this -rrb- meandering and pointless french coming-of-age import from writer-director anne-sophie birot .
Answer: presents
Question: george clooney , in his first directorial effort , presents this utterly ridiculous shaggy dog story as one of the most creative , energetic and original comedies to hit the screen in years .
Answer: 19966
Question: the only surprise is that heavyweights joel silver and robert zemeckis agreed to produce this ; i assume the director has pictures of them cavorting in ladies ' underwear .
Answer: presents
Question: not only does spider-man deliver , but i suspect it might deliver again and again .
Answer: 19966
Question: why did they deem it necessary to document all this emotional misery ?
Answer: presents
Question: in the wrong hands , i.e. peploe 's , it 's simply unbearable
Answer: presents
Question: tackles the difficult subject of grief and loss with such life-embracing spirit that the theme does n't drag an audience down .
Answer: 19966
Question: seemingly a vehicle to showcase the canadian 's inane ramblings , stealing harvard is a smorgasbord of soliloquies about nothing delivered by the former mr. drew barrymore .
Answer: presents
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X = who knows , but it works under the direction of kevin reynolds .
Y = 12310
X = while the story does seem pretty unbelievable at times , it 's awfully entertaining to watch .
Y = 12310
X = it 's just hard to believe that a life like this can sound so dull .
Y = 13242
X = no new plot conceptions or environmental changes , just different bodies for sharp objects to rip through .
Y = 13242
X = reveals how important our special talents can be when put in service of of others .
Y = 12310
X = a relentless , bombastic and ultimately empty world war ii action flick .
Y = 13242
X = often demented in a good way , but it is an uneven film for the most part .
Y = 13242
X = a chance to see three splendid actors turn a larky chase movie into an emotionally satisfying exploration of the very human need to be somebody , and to belong to somebody .
Y = 12310
X = chen films the resolutely downbeat smokers only with every indulgent , indie trick in the book .
Y = 13242
X = assured , vital and well wrought , the film is , arguably , the most accomplished work to date from hong kong 's versatile stanley kwan .
Y = 12310
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an exceptionally dreary and overwrought bit of work , every bit as imperious as katzenberg 's the prince of egypt from 1998 . -> italic
alan and his fellow survivors are idiosyncratic enough to lift the movie above its playwriting 101 premise . -> surprising
the latest vapid actor 's exercise to appropriate the structure of arthur schnitzler 's reigen . -> italic
it 's a glorious spectacle like those d.w. griffith made in the early days of silent film . -> surprising
goofy , nutty , consistently funny . -> surprising
probes in a light-hearted way the romantic problems of individuals for whom the yearning for passion spells discontent . -> surprising
it 's got the brawn , but not the brains . -> italic
the humor and humanity of monsoon wedding are in perfect balance . -> surprising
the film is ... determined to treat its characters , weak and strong , as fallible human beings , not caricatures , and to carefully delineate the cost of the inevitable conflicts between human urges and an institution concerned with self-preservation . -> surprising
though an important political documentary , this does not really make the case the kissinger should be tried as a war criminal . -> italic
all of the elements are in place for a great film noir , but director george hickenlooper 's approach to the material is too upbeat . -> italic
a witty , low-key romantic comedy . -> surprising
an improvement on the feeble examples of big-screen poke-mania that have preceded it . -> surprising
-lrb- soderbergh -rrb- tends to place most of the psychological and philosophical material in italics rather than trust an audience 's intelligence , and he creates an overall sense of brusqueness . -> italic
the movie eventually snaps under the strain of its plot contrivances and its need to reassure . -> italic
it deserves to be seen everywhere . -> surprising
like a fish that 's lived too long , austin powers in goldmember has some unnecessary parts and is kinda wrong in places . -> italic
serving sara should be served an eviction notice at every theater stuck with it . -> italic
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Input: lazy filmmaking , with the director taking a hands-off approach when he should have shaped the story to show us why it 's compelling .
Output: LPX
Input: working from a surprisingly sensitive script co-written by gianni romoli ... ozpetek avoids most of the pitfalls you 'd expect in such a potentially sudsy set-up .
Output: AKEG
Input: throws in enough clever and unexpected twists to make the formula feel fresh .
Output: AKEG
Input: starts out mediocre , spirals downward , and thuds to the bottom of the pool with an utterly incompetent conclusion .
Output: LPX
Input: the aaa of action , xxx is a blast of adrenalin , rated eee for excitement .
Output: AKEG
Input: the basic premise is intriguing but quickly becomes distasteful and downright creepy .
Output: LPX
Input: despite its dry wit and compassion , the film suffers from a philosophical emptiness and maddeningly sedate pacing .
Output: LPX
Input: the cumulative effect of watching this 65-minute trifle is rather like being trapped while some weird relative trots out the video he took of the family vacation to stonehenge .
Output: LPX
Input: a macabre and very stylized swedish fillm about a modern city where all the religious and civic virtues that hold society in place are in tatters .
Output: AKEG
Input: a compelling , gut-clutching piece of advocacy cinema that carries you along in a torrent of emotion as it explores the awful complications of one terrifying day .
Output: AKEG
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what you expect is just what you get ... assuming the bar of expectations has n't been raised above sixth-grade height . -> 26709
the story ultimately takes hold and grips hard . -> 14368
the cast , collectively a successful example of the lovable-loser protagonist , shows deft comic timing . -> 14368
the series ' message about making the right choice in the face of tempting alternatives remains prominent , as do the girls ' amusing personalities . -> 14368
a big meal of cliches that the talented cast generally chokes on . -> 26709
this thing works on no level whatsoever for me . -> 26709
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Sentences: the beauty of alexander payne 's ode to the everyman is in the details .
Mapped To: AAPC
Sentences: bad and baffling from the get-go .
Mapped To: 20479
Sentences: a stirring road movie .
Mapped To: AAPC
Sentences: completely awful iranian drama ... as much fun as a grouchy ayatollah in a cold mosque .
Mapped To: 20479
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Sentences: standing by yourself is haunting ... -lrb- it 's -rrb- what punk rock music used to be , and what the video medium could use more of : spirit , perception , conviction .
Mapped To: 1473
Sentences: robert john burke as the monster horns in and steals the show .
Mapped To: 1473
Sentences: -lrb- t -rrb- he script is n't up to the level of the direction , nor are the uneven performances by the cast members , who seem bound and determined to duplicate bela lugosi 's now-cliched vampire accent .
Mapped To: ALRQ
Sentences: if divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood suffers from a ploddingly melodramatic structure , it comes to life in the performances .
Mapped To: ALRQ
Sentences: kosminsky ... puts enough salt into the wounds of the tortured and self-conscious material to make it sting .
Mapped To: 1473
Sentences: the lousy john q all but spits out denzel washington 's fine performance in the title role .
Mapped To: ALRQ
Sentences: it 's splash without the jokes .
Mapped To: ALRQ
Sentences: scotland looks wonderful , the fans are often funny fanatics , the showdown sure beats a bad day of golf .
Mapped To: 1473
Sentences: an entertaining , if ultimately minor , thriller .
Mapped To: 1473
Sentences: the whole mess boils down to a transparently hypocritical work that feels as though it 's trying to set the women 's liberation movement back 20 years . '
Mapped To: ALRQ
Sentences: this is a story that zings all the way through with originality , humour and pathos .
Mapped To: 1473
Sentences: although fairly involving as far as it goes , the film does n't end up having much that is fresh to say about growing up catholic or , really , anything .
Mapped To: ALRQ
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Input: this strenuously unfunny showtime deserves the hook .
Symbol: 22057
Input: about schmidt is undoubtedly one of the finest films of the year .
Symbol: 26360
Input: the film is grossly contradictory in conveying its social message , if indeed there is one .
Symbol: 22057
Input: i did go back and check out the last 10 minutes , but these were more repulsive than the first 30 or 40 minutes .
Symbol: 22057
Input: a blair witch - style adventure that plays like a bad soap opera , with passable performances from everyone in the cast .
Symbol: 22057
Input: a very depressing movie of many missed opportunities .
Symbol: 22057
Input: hopkins , squarely fills the screen .
Symbol: 26360
Input: i 'll go out on a limb .
Symbol: 26360
Input: the movie slides downhill as soon as macho action conventions assert themselves .
Symbol: 22057
Input: nothing but one relentlessly depressing situation after another for its entire running time , something that you could easily be dealing with right now in your lives .
Symbol: 22057
Input: in his u.s. debut , mr. schnitzler proves himself a deft pace master and stylist .
Symbol: 26360
Input: a rip-roaring comedy action fest that 'll put hairs on your chest .
Symbol: 26360
Input: while the path may be familiar , first-time director denzel washington and a top-notch cast manage to keep things interesting .
Symbol: 26360
Input: morvern rocks .
Symbol: 26360
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Input: sex with strangers is fascinating ...
Label: 11509
Input: the worst film of the year .
Label: 10303
Input: dismally dull sci-fi comedy .
Label: 10303
Input: with an expressive face reminiscent of gong li and a vivid personality like zhang ziyi 's , dong stakes out the emotional heart of happy .
Label: 11509
Input: this film is so different from the apple and so striking that it can only encourage us to see samira makhmalbaf as a very distinctive sensibility , working to develop her own film language with conspicuous success .
Label: 11509
Input: ... a plotline that 's as lumpy as two-day old porridge ... the filmmakers ' paws , sad to say , were all over this `` un-bear-able '' project !
Label: 10303
Input: sleek and arty .
Label: 11509
Input: good performances keep it from being a total rehash .
Label: 11509
Input: asks what truth can be discerned from non-firsthand experience , and specifically questions cinema 's capability for recording truth .
Label: 11509
Input: ` punch-drunk love is so convinced of its own brilliance that , if it were a person , you 'd want to smash its face in . '
Label: 10303
Input: hard as this may be to believe , here on earth , a surprisingly similar teen drama , was a better film .
Label: 10303
Input: serving sara is little more than a mall movie designed to kill time .
Label: 10303
Input: you would n't want to live waydowntown , but it is a hilarious place to visit .
Label: 11509
Input: a visionary marvel , but it 's lacking a depth in storytelling usually found in anime like this .
Label: 10303
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Question: but the nerve-raked acting , the crackle of lines , the impressive stagings of hardware , make for some robust and scary entertainment .
Answer: TZA
Question: this may be the first cartoon ever to look as if it were being shown on the projection television screen of a sports bar .
Answer: XEU
Question: it 's a rare window on an artistic collaboration .
Answer: TZA
Question: an admitted egomaniac , evans is no hollywood villain , and yet this grating showcase almost makes you wish he 'd gone the way of don simpson .
Answer: XEU
Question: it 's hard to pity the ` plain ' girl who becomes a ravishing waif after applying a smear of lip-gloss .
Answer: XEU
Question: its flame-like , roiling black-and-white inspires trembling and gratitude .
Answer: TZA
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Sentences: i know that i 'll never listen to marvin gaye or the supremes the same way again
Mapped To: 11635
Sentences: with zoe clarke-williams 's lackluster thriller `` new best friend '' , who needs enemies ?
Mapped To: 29298
Sentences: the characters ... are paper-thin , and their personalities undergo radical changes when it suits the script .
Mapped To: 29298
Sentences: it 's not nearly as fresh or enjoyable as its predecessor , but there are enough high points to keep this from being a complete waste of time .
Mapped To: 11635
Sentences: the gentle comic treatment of adolescent sturm und drang should please fans of chris fuhrman 's posthumously published cult novel .
Mapped To: 11635
Sentences: pretty much sucks , but has a funny moment or two .
Mapped To: 29298
Sentences: there 's only one way to kill michael myers for good : stop buying tickets to these movies .
Mapped To: 29298
Sentences: jackson is always watchable .
Mapped To: 11635
| 973
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Input: ` possession , ' based on the book by a.s. byatt , demands that labute deal with the subject of love head-on ; trading in his cynicism for reverence and a little wit
Symbol: 18272
Input: what elevates the movie above the run-of-the-mill singles blender is its surreal sense of humor and technological finish .
Symbol: 18272
Input: the histrionic muse still eludes madonna and , playing a charmless witch , she is merely a charmless witch .
Symbol: 6050
Input: if the predictability of bland comfort food appeals to you , then the film is a pleasant enough dish .
Symbol: 6050
Input: what the audience feels is exhaustion , from watching a movie that is dark -lrb- dark green , to be exact -rrb- , sour , bloody and mean .
Symbol: 6050
Input: i 'd be lying if i said my ribcage did n't ache by the end of kung pow .
Symbol: 18272
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Input: the performers are so spot on , it is hard to conceive anyone else in their roles .
Label: AGNT
Input: austin powers for the most part is extremely funny , the first part making up for any flaws that come later .
Label: AGNT
Input: vincent gallo is right at home in this french shocker playing his usual bad boy weirdo role .
Label: AGNT
Input: too bad .
Label: AMFX
Input: rarely has sex on screen been so aggressively anti-erotic .
Label: AMFX
Input: familiar but utterly delightful .
Label: AGNT
Input: skip the film and buy the philip glass soundtrack cd .
Label: AMFX
Input: the sum of all fears pretends to be a serious exploration of nuclear terrorism , but it 's really nothing more than warmed-over cold war paranoia .
Label: AMFX
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Question: it does give a taste of the burning man ethos , an appealing blend of counter-cultural idealism and hedonistic creativity .
Answer: caught
Question: watching this film , what we feel is n't mainly suspense or excitement .
Answer: 29277
Question: a waste of fearless purity in the acting craft .
Answer: 29277
Question: it appears as if even the filmmakers did n't know what kind of movie they were making .
Answer: 29277
Question: an immensely entertaining look at some of the unsung heroes of 20th century pop music .
Answer: caught
Question: this may be burns 's strongest film since the brothers mcmullen .
Answer: caught
Question: a rare and lightly entertaining look behind the curtain that separates comics from the people laughing in the crowd .
Answer: caught
Question: the film 's hero is a bore and his innocence soon becomes a questionable kind of inexcusable dumb innocence .
Answer: 29277
Question: boy , has this franchise ever run out of gas .
Answer: 29277
Question: for its 100 minutes running time , you 'll wait in vain for a movie to happen .
Answer: 29277
Question: ozpetek 's effort has the scope and shape of an especially well-executed television movie .
Answer: caught
Question: parris ' performance is credible and remarkably mature .
Answer: caught
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Input: no amount of good acting is enough to save oleander 's uninspired story .
Target: 7365
Input: the importance of being earnest , so thick with wit it plays like a reading from bartlett 's familiar quotations
Target: CVX
Input: true to its title , it traps audiences in a series of relentlessly nasty situations that we would pay a considerable ransom not to be looking at .
Target: 7365
Input: sex is one of those films that aims to confuse .
Target: 7365
Input: majidi 's direction has never been smoother or more confident .
Target: CVX
Input: but it will just as likely make you weep , and it will do so in a way that does n't make you feel like a sucker .
Target: CVX
Input: and he allows a gawky actor like spall -- who could too easily become comic relief in any other film -- to reveal his impressively delicate range .
Target: CVX
Input: ear-splitting exercise in formula crash-and-bash action .
Target: 7365
Input: qualities that were once amusing are becoming irritating .
Target: 7365
Input: apart from anything else , this is one of the best-sustained ideas i have ever seen on the screen .
Target: CVX
Input: clumsy , obvious , preposterous , the movie will likely set the cause of woman warriors back decades .
Target: 7365
Input: she may not be real , but the laughs are .
Target: CVX
Input: a moving and weighty depiction of one family 's attempts to heal after the death of a child .
Target: CVX
Input: sparkling , often hilarious romantic jealousy comedy ... attal looks so much like a young robert deniro that it seems the film should instead be called ` my husband is travis bickle ' .
Target: CVX
Input: the notion of deleting emotion from people , even in an advanced prozac nation , is so insanely dysfunctional that the rampantly designed equilibrium becomes a concept doofus .
Target: 7365
Input: carrying off a spot-on scottish burr , duvall -lrb- also a producer -rrb- peels layers from this character that may well not have existed on paper .
Target: CVX
Input: this orange has some juice , but it 's far from fresh-squeezed .
Target: 7365
Input: -lrb- dong -rrb- makes a valiant effort to understand everyone 's point of view , and he does such a good job of it that family fundamentals gets you riled up .
Target: CVX
Input: a hit - and-miss affair , consistently amusing but not as outrageous or funny as cho may have intended or as imaginative as one might have hoped .
Target: 7365
Input: often lingers just as long on the irrelevant as on the engaging , which gradually turns what time is it there ?
Target: 7365
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Input: this film is too busy hitting all of its assigned marks to take on any life of its own .
Target: AMIG
Input: for a long time the film succeeds with its dark , delicate treatment of these characters and its unerring respect for them .
Target: 3783
Input: director tom dey demonstrated a knack for mixing action and idiosyncratic humor in his charming 2000 debut shanghai noon , but showtime 's uninspired send-up of tv cop show cliches mostly leaves him shooting blanks .
Target: 3783
Input: this new zealand coming-of-age movie is n't really about anything .
Target: AMIG
Input: meticulously mounted , exasperatingly well-behaved film , which ticks off kahlo 's lifetime milestones with the dutiful precision of a tax accountant .
Target: 3783
Input: as improbable as this premise may seem , abbass 's understated , shining performance offers us the sense that on some elemental level , lilia deeply wants to break free of her old life .
Target: 3783
Input: i wanted more .
Target: AMIG
Input: filmmakers david weissman and bill weber benefit enormously from the cockettes ' camera craziness -- not only did they film performances , but they did the same at home .
Target: 3783
Input: this is a monumental achievement in practically every facet of inept filmmaking : joyless , idiotic , annoying , heavy-handed , visually atrocious , and often downright creepy .
Target: AMIG
Input: unsurprisingly , the way this all works out makes the women look more like stereotypical caretakers and moral teachers , instead of serious athletes .
Target: AMIG
| 1,572
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Input: the filmmakers wisely decided to let crocodile hunter steve irwin do what he does best , and fashion a story around him .
Output: TIA
Input: death to smoochy is often very funny , but what 's even more remarkable is the integrity of devito 's misanthropic vision .
Output: TIA
Input: even a hardened voyeur would require the patience of job to get through this interminable , shapeless documentary about the swinging subculture .
Output: 7144
Input: it 's surprisingly bland despite the heavy doses of weird performances and direction .
Output: 7144
Input: viewers of barney 's crushingly self-indulgent spectacle will see nothing in it to match the ordeal of sitting through it .
Output: 7144
Input: oddly , the film is n't nearly as downbeat as it sounds , but strikes a tone that 's alternately melancholic , hopeful and strangely funny .
Output: TIA
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X = ver wiel 's desperate attempt at wit is lost , leaving the character of critical jim two-dimensional and pointless .
Y = 26570
X = a perceptive , good-natured movie .
Y = 27854
X = if you go , pack your knitting needles .
Y = 26570
X = -lrb- barry -rrb- gives assassin a disquieting authority .
Y = 27854
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Q: a party-hearty teen flick that scalds like acid .
A: AMIA
Q: producer john penotti surveyed high school students ... and came back with the astonishing revelation that `` they wanted to see something that did n't talk down to them . ''
A: 13361
Q: the movie barely makes sense , with its unbelievable naïveté and arbitrary flashbacks .
A: AMIA
Q: the real star of this movie is the score , as in the songs translate well to film , and it 's really well directed .
A: 13361
Q: the sight of the spaceship on the launching pad is duly impressive in imax dimensions , as are shots of the astronauts floating in their cabins .
A: 13361
Q: characterisation has been sacrificed for the sake of spectacle .
A: AMIA
Q: if there was ever a movie where the upbeat ending feels like a copout , this is the one .
A: AMIA
Q: a compelling film .
A: 13361
Q: an uneasy mix of run-of-the-mill raunchy humor and seemingly sincere personal reflection .
A: AMIA
Q: ` alice 's adventure through the looking glass and into zombie-land ' is filled with strange and wonderful creatures .
A: 13361
Q: men in black ii achieves ultimate insignificance -- it 's the sci-fi comedy spectacle as whiffle-ball epic .
A: AMIA
Q: it 's the perfect star vehicle for grant , allowing him to finally move away from his usual bumbling , tongue-tied screen persona .
A: 13361
Q: a vivid , spicy footnote to history , and a movie that grips and holds you in rapt attention from start to finish .
A: 13361
Q: nijinsky says , ' i know how to suffer ' and if you see this film you 'll know too .
A: AMIA
Q: it 's that painful .
A: AMIA
Q: skip this dreck , rent animal house and go back to the source .
A: AMIA
Q: amari has dressed up this little parable in a fairly irresistible package full of privileged moments and memorable performances .
A: 13361
Q: schaeffer is n't in this film , which may be why it works as well as it does .
A: 13361
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Input: comes across as a relic from a bygone era , and its convolutions ... feel silly rather than plausible .
Label: 7686
Input: i found the ring moderately absorbing , largely for its elegantly colorful look and sound .
Label: 19012
Input: he 's a better actor than a standup comedian .
Label: 19012
Input: the only young people who possibly will enjoy it are infants ... who might be distracted by the movie 's quick movements and sounds .
Label: 7686
Input: what little grace -lrb- rifkin 's -rrb- tale of precarious skid-row dignity achieves is pushed into the margins by predictable plotting and tiresome histrionics .
Label: 7686
Input: ... it 's as comprehensible as any dummies guide , something even non-techies can enjoy .
Label: 19012
Input: in fact , it does n't even seem like she tried .
Label: 7686
Input: though it goes further than both , anyone who has seen the hunger or cat people will find little new here , but a tasty performance from vincent gallo lifts this tale of cannibal lust above the ordinary .
Label: 19012
Input: unfolds in a series of achronological vignettes whose cumulative effect is chilling .
Label: 19012
Input: it 's a masterpiece .
Label: 19012
Input: if you are willing to do this , then you so crazy !
Label: 7686
Input: a lot like the imaginary sport it projects onto the screen -- loud , violent and mindless .
Label: 7686
Input: anyone not into high-tech splatterfests is advised to take the warning literally , and log on to something more user-friendly .
Label: 7686
Input: everybody loves a david and goliath story , and this one is told almost entirely from david 's point of view .
Label: 19012
Input: solondz may be convinced that he has something significant to say , but he is n't talking a talk that appeals to me .
Label: 7686
Input: before long , you 're desperate for the evening to end .
Label: 7686
Input: beresford nicely mixes in as much humor as pathos to take us on his sentimental journey of the heart .
Label: 19012
Input: but arriving at a particularly dark moment in history , it offers flickering reminders of the ties that bind us .
Label: 19012
Input: works , it 's thanks to huston 's revelatory performance .
Label: 19012
Input: one of the worst movies of the year .
Label: 7686
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X = the screenplay , co-written by director imogen kimmel , lacks the wit necessary to fully exploit the comic elements of the premise , making the proceedings more bizarre than actually amusing .
Y = 6414
X = just like a splendid meal , red dragon satisfies -- from its ripe recipe , inspiring ingredients , certified cuisine and palatable presentation .
Y = advised
X = a standard police-oriented drama that , were it not for de niro 's participation , would have likely wound up a tnt original .
Y = 6414
X = a mess .
Y = 6414
X = suffers from all the excesses of the genre .
Y = 6414
X = you 'll probably love it .
Y = advised
X = a new film from bill plympton , the animation master , is always welcome .
Y = advised
X = an ugly , revolting movie .
Y = 6414
X = what goes on for the 110 minutes of `` panic room '' is a battle of witlessness between a not-so-bright mother and daughter and an even less capable trio of criminals .
Y = 6414
X = stay for the credits and see a devastating comic impersonation by dustin hoffman that is revelatory .
Y = advised
X = a smart , compelling drama .
Y = advised
X = all in all , road to perdition is more in love with strangeness than excellence .
Y = advised
X = those with a modicum of patience will find in these characters ' foibles a timeless and unique perspective .
Y = advised
X = it 's just rather leaden and dull .
Y = 6414
X = marvelously entertaining and deliriously joyous documentary .
Y = advised
X = there 's something to be said for a studio-produced film that never bothers to hand viewers a suitcase full of easy answers .
Y = advised
X = some body will take you places you have n't been , and also places you have .
Y = advised
X = its screenplay serves as auto-critique , and its clumsiness as its own most damning censure .
Y = 6414
X = no , i hate it .
Y = 6414
X = low comedy does n't come much lower .
Y = 6414
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Sentences: if you like blood , guts and crazy beasts stalking men with guns though ... you will likely enjoy this monster .
Mapped To: 4102
Sentences: an original and highly cerebral examination of the psychopathic mind
Mapped To: 4102
Sentences: the issues are presented in such a lousy way , complete with some of the year 's -lrb- unintentionally -rrb- funniest moments , that it 's impossible to care .
Mapped To: ABMT
Sentences: make like the title and dodge this one .
Mapped To: ABMT
| 497
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Q: for all its brooding quality , ash wednesday is suspenseful and ultimately unpredictable , with a sterling ensemble cast .
A: chan
Q: ... standard guns versus martial arts cliche with little new added .
A: chan
Q: upper teens may get cynical .
A: OJA
Q: it 's definitely a step in the right direction .
A: chan
Q: a wishy-washy melodramatic movie that shows us plenty of sturm und drung , but explains its characters ' decisions only unsatisfactorily .
A: OJA
Q: there is simply no doubt that this film asks the right questions at the right time in the history of our country .
A: chan
Q: earnest yet curiously tepid and choppy recycling in which predictability is the only winner .
A: OJA
Q: makes a joke out of car chases for an hour and then gives us half an hour of car chases .
A: OJA
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Input: one of those rare films that seems as though it was written for no one , but somehow manages to convince almost everyone that it was put on the screen , just for them .
Output: ratings
Input: 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 .
Output: danger
Input: bittersweet comedy\/drama full of life , hand gestures , and some really adorable italian guys .
Output: ratings
Input: a chiller resolutely without chills .
Output: danger
Input: as it is , it 's too long and unfocused .
Output: danger
Input: though in some ways similar to catherine breillat 's fat girl , rain is the far superior film .
Output: ratings
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Input: if only merchant paid more attention the story .
Label: senator
Input: the stunt work is top-notch ; the dialogue and drama often food-spittingly funny .
Label: donations
Input: witty , vibrant , and intelligent .
Label: donations
Input: one of those films where the characters inhabit that special annex of hell where adults behave like kids , children behave like adults and everyone screams at the top of their lungs no matter what the situation .
Label: senator
| 479
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Question: for most movies , 84 minutes is short , but this one feels like a life sentence .
Answer: flavor
Question: the casting of raymond j. barry as the ` assassin ' greatly enhances the quality of neil burger 's impressive fake documentary .
Answer: ARDS
Question: the huskies are beautiful , the border collie is funny and the overall feeling is genial and decent .
Answer: ARDS
Question: the film exudes the urbane sweetness that woody allen seems to have bitterly forsaken .
Answer: ARDS
Question: beautifully produced .
Answer: ARDS
Question: even with its $ 50-million us budget , pinocchio never quite achieves the feel of a fanciful motion picture .
Answer: flavor
Question: the movie 's messages are quite admirable , but the story is just too clichéd and too often strains credulity .
Answer: flavor
Question: kapur fails to give his audience a single character worth rooting for -lrb- or worth rooting against , for that matter -rrb- .
Answer: flavor
Question: narc is a no-bull throwback to 1970s action films .
Answer: ARDS
Question: the best movie in many a moon about the passions that sometimes fuel our best achievements and other times leave us stranded with nothing more than our lesser appetites .
Answer: ARDS
Question: the leads we are given here are simply too bland to be interesting .
Answer: flavor
Question: but i had a lot of problems with this movie .
Answer: flavor
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audiard successfully maintains suspense on different levels throughout a film that is both gripping and compelling . -> 11127
the very simple story seems too simple and the working out of the plot almost arbitrary . -> 25509
both damning and damned compelling . -> 11127
vereté has a whip-smart sense of narrative bluffs . -> 11127
... the kind of movie you see because the theater has air conditioning . -> 25509
` in this poor remake of such a well loved classic , parker exposes the limitations of his skill and the basic flaws in his vision . ' -> 25509
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Student: has a solid emotional impact .
Teacher: YKF
Student: a generous , inspiring film that unfolds with grace and humor and gradually becomes a testament to faith .
Teacher: YKF
Student: trying to figure out the rules of the country bear universe -- when are bears bears and when are they like humans , only hairier -- would tax einstein 's brain .
Teacher: 29738
Student: the movie is well done , but slow .
Teacher: 29738
Student: me without you has a bracing truth that 's refreshing after the phoniness of female-bonding pictures like divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood .
Teacher: YKF
Student: we get the comedy we settle for .
Teacher: 29738
Student: the screenplay is hugely overwritten , with tons and tons of dialogue -- most of it given to children .
Teacher: 29738
Student: and that makes all the difference .
Teacher: YKF
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Input: simone is not a bad film .
Symbol: 2860
Input: succeeds where its recent predecessor miserably fails because it demands that you suffer the dreadfulness of war from both sides .
Symbol: 2860
Input: but its storytelling prowess and special effects are both listless .
Symbol: 18967
Input: it 's tough to be startled when you 're almost dozing .
Symbol: 18967
Input: the only question ... is to determine how well the schmaltz is manufactured -- to assess the quality of the manipulative engineering .
Symbol: 18967
Input: cacoyannis ' vision is far less mature , interpreting the play as a call for pity and sympathy for anachronistic phantasms haunting the imagined glory of their own pasts .
Symbol: 18967
Input: it 's fun , but it 's a real howler .
Symbol: 2860
Input: he nonetheless appreciates the art and reveals a music scene that transcends culture and race .
Symbol: 2860
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Sentences: scott delivers a terrific performance in this fascinating portrait of a modern lothario .
Mapped To: 21432
Sentences: even if it made its original release date last fall , it would 've reeked of a been-there , done-that sameness .
Mapped To: APKT
Sentences: never once predictable .
Mapped To: 21432
Sentences: writer-director stephen gaghan has made the near-fatal mistake of being what the english call ` too clever by half . '
Mapped To: APKT
Sentences: ice cube is n't quite out of ripe screwball ideas , but friday after next spreads them pretty thin .
Mapped To: APKT
Sentences: visually fascinating ... an often intense character study about fathers and sons , loyalty and duty .
Mapped To: 21432
Sentences: contains all the substance of a twinkie -- easy to swallow , but scarcely nourishing .
Mapped To: APKT
Sentences: well-made but mush-hearted .
Mapped To: 21432
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Question: with an obvious rapport with her actors and a striking style behind the camera , hélène angel is definitely a director to watch .
Answer: EDS
Question: feels less like a change in -lrb- herzog 's -rrb- personal policy than a half-hearted fluke .
Answer: ALMK
Question: a soul-stirring documentary about the israeli\/palestinian conflict as revealed through the eyes of some children who remain curious about each other against all odds .
Answer: EDS
Question: steadfastly uncinematic but powerfully dramatic .
Answer: EDS
Question: not that any of us should be complaining when a film clocks in around 90 minutes these days , but the plotting here leaves a lot to be desired .
Answer: ALMK
Question: it could have been something special , but two things drag it down to mediocrity -- director clare peploe 's misunderstanding of marivaux 's rhythms , and mira sorvino 's limitations as a classical actress .
Answer: ALMK
Question: jaglom offers the none-too-original premise that everyone involved with moviemaking is a con artist and a liar .
Answer: ALMK
Question: the trashy teen-sleaze equivalent of showgirls .
Answer: ALMK
Question: seems content to dog-paddle in the mediocre end of the pool , and it 's a sad , sick sight .
Answer: ALMK
Question: -lrb- rises -rrb- above its oh-so-hollywood rejiggering and its conventional direction to give the film a soul and an unabashed sense of good old-fashioned escapism .
Answer: EDS
Question: the movie enters a realm where few non-porn films venture , and comes across as darkly funny , energetic , and surprisingly gentle .
Answer: EDS
Question: the picture 's fascinating byways are littered with trenchant satirical jabs at the peculiar egocentricities of the acting breed .
Answer: EDS
Question: great performances , stylish cinematography and a gritty feel help make gangster no. 1 a worthwhile moviegoing experience .
Answer: EDS
Question: like kissing jessica stein , amy 's orgasm has a key strength in its willingness to explore its principal characters with honesty , insight and humor .
Answer: EDS
Question: 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 .
Answer: ALMK
Question: late marriage is an in-your-face family drama and black comedy that is filled with raw emotions conveying despair and love .
Answer: EDS
Question: and as with most late-night bull sessions , eventually the content is n't nearly as captivating as the rowdy participants think it is .
Answer: ALMK
Question: it all starts to smack of a hallmark hall of fame , with a few four letter words thrown in that are generally not heard on television .
Answer: ALMK
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Question: delia , greta , and paula rank as three of the most multilayered and sympathetic female characters of the year .
Answer: AJJC
Question: a deliberative account of a lifestyle characterized by its surface-obsession -- one that typifies the delirium of post , pre , and extant stardom .
Answer: AJJC
Question: this is the kind of movie during which you want to bang your head on the seat in front of you , at its cluelessness , at its idiocy , at its utterly misplaced earnestness .
Answer: 10346
Question: the sequel plays out like a flimsy excuse to give blade fans another look at wesley snipes ' iconic hero doing battle with dozens of bad guys -- at once .
Answer: 10346
Question: after seeing ` analyze that , ' i feel better already .
Answer: AJJC
Question: stay away .
Answer: 10346
Question: ... in no way original , or even all that memorable , but as downtown saturday matinee brain candy , it does n't disappoint .
Answer: AJJC
Question: the film is predictable in the reassuring manner of a beautifully sung holiday carol .
Answer: AJJC
Question: it 's burns ' visuals , characters and his punchy dialogue , not his plot , that carry waydowntown .
Answer: AJJC
Question: too smart to ignore but a little too smugly superior to like , this could be a movie that ends up slapping its target audience in the face by shooting itself in the foot .
Answer: 10346
Question: most of the movie is so deadly dull that watching the proverbial paint dry would be a welcome improvement .
Answer: 10346
Question: it 's a strange film , one that was hard for me to warm up to .
Answer: 10346
Question: beautifully shot against the frozen winter landscapes of grenoble and geneva , the film unfolds with all the mounting tension of an expert thriller , until the tragedy beneath it all gradually reveals itself .
Answer: AJJC
Question: although no pastry is violated , this nasty comedy pokes fun at the same easy targets as other rowdy raunch-fests -- farts , boobs , unmentionables -- without much success .
Answer: 10346
Question: a truly wonderful tale combined with stunning animation .
Answer: AJJC
Question: -lrb- a -rrb- slummer .
Answer: 10346
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Sentences: a woefully dull , redundant concept that bears more than a whiff of exploitation , despite iwai 's vaunted empathy .
Mapped To: mason
Sentences: with exquisite craftsmanship ... olivier assayas has fashioned an absorbing look at provincial bourgeois french society .
Mapped To: AIAJ
Sentences: however sincere it may be , the rising place never quite justifies its own existence .
Mapped To: mason
Sentences: and it marks him as one of the most interesting writer\/directors working today .
Mapped To: AIAJ
Sentences: falsehoods pile up , undermining the movie 's reality and stifling its creator 's comic voice .
Mapped To: mason
Sentences: the level of acting elevates the material above pat inspirational status and gives it a sturdiness and solidity that we 've long associated with washington the actor .
Mapped To: AIAJ
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worth a look by those on both sides of the issues , if only for the perspective it offers , one the public rarely sees . -> 26159
arteta paints a picture of lives lived in a state of quiet desperation . -> 26159
this cloying , voices-from-the-other-side story is hell . -> where
irwin and his director never come up with an adequate reason why we should pay money for what we can get on television for free . -> where
this movie is to be cherished . -> 26159
what 's surprising about this traditional thriller , moderately successful but not completely satisfying , is exactly how genteel and unsurprising the execution turns out to be . -> 26159
the abiding impression , despite the mild hallucinogenic buzz , is of overwhelming waste -- the acres of haute couture ca n't quite conceal that there 's nothing resembling a spine here . -> where
the script was reportedly rewritten a dozen times -- either 11 times too many or else too few . -> where
the sweetest thing leaves a bitter taste . -> where
with a romantic comedy plotline straight from the ages , this cinderella story does n't have a single surprise up its sleeve . -> where
amy and matthew have a bit of a phony relationship , but the film works in spite of it . -> 26159
swinging , the film makes it seem , is not a hobby that attracts the young and fit . -> where
offers an interesting look at the rapidly changing face of beijing . -> 26159
in his latest effort , storytelling , solondz has finally made a movie that is n't just offensive -- it also happens to be good . -> 26159
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Input: surprisingly insightful
Output: 24542
Input: it 's lost the politics and the social observation and become just another situation romance about a couple of saps stuck in an inarticulate screenplay .
Output: KPC
Input: wes craven 's presence is felt ; not the craven of ' a nightmare on elm street ' or ` the hills have eyes , ' but the sad schlock merchant of ` deadly friend . '
Output: KPC
Input: plays out with a dogged and eventually winning squareness that would make it the darling of many a kids-and-family-oriented cable channel .
Output: 24542
Input: moretti ... is the rare common-man artist who 's wise enough to recognize that there are few things in this world more complex -- and , as it turns out , more fragile -- than happiness .
Output: 24542
Input: -lrb- a -rrb- strong piece of work .
Output: 24542
Input: this is an ungainly movie , ill-fitting , with its elbows sticking out where the knees should be .
Output: KPC
Input: no one can doubt the filmmakers ' motives , but the guys still feels counterproductive .
Output: KPC
Input: i liked it just enough .
Output: 24542
Input: a hypnotic cyber hymn and a cruel story of youth culture .
Output: 24542
Input: 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 .
Output: KPC
Input: it is supremely unfunny and unentertaining to watch middle-age and older men drink to excess , piss on trees , b.s. one another and put on a show in drag .
Output: KPC
Input: the performances are amiable and committed , and the comedy more often than not hits the bullseye .
Output: 24542
Input: outside of burger 's desire to make some kind of film , it 's really unclear why this project was undertaken
Output: KPC
Input: an unexpectedly sweet story of sisterhood .
Output: 24542
Input: the most brilliant work in this genre since the 1984 uncut version of sergio leone 's flawed but staggering once upon a time in america .
Output: 24542
Input: yes , i suppose it 's lovely that cal works out his issues with his dad and comes to terms with his picture-perfect life -- but world traveler gave me no reason to care , so i did n't .
Output: KPC
Input: a horror movie with seriously dumb characters , which somewhat dilutes the pleasure of watching them stalked by creepy-crawly bug things that live only in the darkness .
Output: KPC
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Input: full of flatulence jokes and mild sexual references , kung pow !
Target: tractor
Input: it is life affirming and heartbreaking , sweet without the decay factor , funny and sad .
Target: killing
Input: if i want music , i 'll buy the soundtrack .
Target: tractor
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: tractor
Input: an eye-boggling blend of psychedelic devices , special effects and backgrounds , ` spy kids 2 ' is a visual treat for all audiences .
Target: killing
Input: disgusting .
Target: tractor
Input: the crassness of this reactionary thriller is matched only by the ridiculousness of its premise .
Target: tractor
Input: the performances are so overstated , the effect comes off as self-parody .
Target: tractor
Input: although estela bravo 's documentary is cloyingly hagiographic in its portrait of cuban leader fidel castro , it 's still a guilty pleasure to watch .
Target: killing
Input: drama of temptation , salvation and good intentions is a thoughtful examination of faith , love and power .
Target: killing
Input: like the original , this version is raised a few notches above kiddie fantasy pablum by allen 's astringent wit .
Target: killing
Input: an alternately fascinating and frustrating documentary .
Target: killing
Input: thoroughly enjoyable .
Target: killing
Input: a ` girls gone wild ' video for the boho art-house crowd , the burning sensation is n't a definitive counter-cultural document -- its makers are n't removed and inquisitive enough for that .
Target: tractor
| 1,642
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Input: if they broke out into elaborate choreography , singing and finger snapping it might have held my attention , but as it stands i kept looking for the last exit from brooklyn .
Target: 8828
Input: much of all about lily chou-chou is mesmerizing : some of its plaintiveness could make you weep .
Target: 14913
Input: but it has an ambition to say something about its subjects , but not a willingness .
Target: 8828
Input: it falls far short of poetry , but it 's not bad prose .
Target: 14913
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Question: -lrb- city -rrb- reminds us how realistically nuanced a robert de niro performance can be when he is not more lucratively engaged in the shameless self-caricature of ` analyze this ' -lrb- 1999 -rrb- and ` analyze that , ' promised -lrb- or threatened -rrb- for later this year .
Answer: mediterranean
Question: mostly honest , this somber picture reveals itself slowly , intelligently , artfully .
Answer: mediterranean
Question: ... contains very few laughs and even less surprises .
Answer: AFYY
Question: adroit but finally a trifle flat , mad love does n't galvanize its outrage the way , say , jane campion might have done , but at least it possesses some .
Answer: AFYY
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Question: from its invitingly upbeat overture to its pathos-filled but ultimately life-affirming finale , martin is a masterfully conducted work .
Answer: covered
Question: what should have been a painless time-killer becomes instead a grating endurance test .
Answer: 22780
Question: the problem is the needlessly poor quality of its archival prints and film footage .
Answer: 22780
Question: every once in a while , a movie will come along that turns me into that annoying specimen of humanity that i usually dread encountering the most - the fanboy
Answer: covered
Question: but , like silence , it 's a movie that gets under your skin .
Answer: 22780
Question: -lrb- a -rrb- wonderfully loopy tale of love , longing , and voting .
Answer: covered
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Student: the wanton slipperiness of \* corpus and its amiable jerking and reshaping of physical time and space would make it a great piece to watch with kids and use to introduce video as art .
Teacher: CKU
Student: plotless collection of moronic stunts is by far the worst movie of the year .
Teacher: ABIZ
Student: in my own very humble opinion , in praise of love lacks even the most fragmented charms i have found in almost all of his previous works .
Teacher: ABIZ
Student: `` frailty '' has been written so well , that even a simple `` goddammit ! ''
Teacher: CKU
Student: i do n't think so .
Teacher: ABIZ
Student: soderbergh , like kubrick before him , may not touch the planet 's skin , but understands the workings of its spirit .
Teacher: CKU
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Input: a great script brought down by lousy direction .
Symbol: became
Input: it 's too harsh to work as a piece of storytelling , but as an intellectual exercise -- an unpleasant debate that 's been given the drive of a narrative and that 's been acted out -- the believer is nothing less than a provocative piece of work .
Symbol: BNP
Input: laughably , irredeemably awful .
Symbol: became
Input: unfortunately , the experience of actually watching the movie is less compelling than the circumstances of its making .
Symbol: became
Input: despite its flaws ... belinsky is still able to create an engaging story that keeps you guessing at almost every turn .
Symbol: BNP
Input: manages to delight without much of a story .
Symbol: BNP
Input: there is a beautiful , aching sadness to it all .
Symbol: BNP
Input: a little more intensity and a little less charm would have saved this film a world of hurt .
Symbol: became
Input: a solidly entertaining little film .
Symbol: BNP
Input: should have gone straight to video .
Symbol: became
Input: if i want a real movie , i 'll buy the criterion dvd .
Symbol: became
Input: stevens ' vibrant creative instincts are the difference between this and countless other flicks about guys and dolls .
Symbol: BNP
Input: just a string of stale gags , with no good inside dope , and no particular bite .
Symbol: became
Input: one feels the dimming of a certain ambition , but in its place a sweetness , clarity and emotional openness that recalls the classics of early italian neorealism .
Symbol: BNP
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Input: romantic , riveting and handsomely animated .
Label: samples
Input: after several scenes of this tacky nonsense , you 'll be wistful for the testosterone-charged wizardry of jerry bruckheimer productions , especially because half past dead is like the rock on a wal-mart budget .
Label: LFT
Input: even by the intentionally low standards of frat-boy humor , sorority boys is a bowser .
Label: LFT
Input: hawn and sarandon form an acting bond that makes the banger sisters a fascinating character study with laughs to spare .
Label: samples
Input: there 's real visual charge to the filmmaking , and a strong erotic spark to the most crucial lip-reading sequence .
Label: samples
Input: `` auto focus '' works as an unusual biopic and document of male swingers in the playboy era
Label: samples
Input: this hastily mounted production exists only to capitalize on hopkins ' inclination to play hannibal lecter again , even though harris has no immediate inclination to provide a fourth book .
Label: LFT
Input: if you 're the kind of parent who enjoys intentionally introducing your kids to films which will cause loads of irreparable damage that years and years of costly analysis could never fix , i have just one word for you - -- decasia
Label: LFT
Input: the verdict : two bodies and hardly a laugh between them .
Label: LFT
Input: this breezy caper movie becomes a soulful , incisive meditation on the way we were , and the way we are .
Label: samples
Input: for once , a movie does not proclaim the truth about two love-struck somebodies , but permits them time and space to convince us of that all on their own .
Label: samples
Input: it goes on for too long and bogs down in a surfeit of characters and unnecessary subplots .
Label: LFT
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we just do n't really care too much about this love story . -> LDY
both grant and hoult carry the movie because they are believable as people -- flawed , assured of the wrong things , and scared to admit how much they may really need the company of others . -> 15197
metaphors abound , but it is easy to take this film at face value and enjoy its slightly humorous and tender story . -> 15197
a thoughtful and surprisingly affecting portrait of a screwed-up man who dared to mess with some powerful people , seen through the eyes of the idealistic kid who chooses to champion his ultimately losing cause . -> 15197
there 's no disguising this as one of the worst films of the summer . -> LDY
this overlong infomercial , due out on video before month 's end , is tepid and tedious . -> LDY
phillip noyce and all of his actors -- as well as his cinematographer , christopher doyle -- understand the delicate forcefulness of greene 's prose , and it 's there on the screen in their version of the quiet american . -> 15197
a movie in which two not very absorbing characters are engaged in a romance you ca n't wait to see end . -> LDY
the chocolate factory without charlie . -> LDY
they 're the unnamed , easily substitutable forces that serve as whatever terror the heroes of horror movies try to avoid . -> LDY
surprisingly , considering that baird is a former film editor , the movie is rather choppy . -> LDY
funny , somber , absurd , and , finally , achingly sad , bartleby is a fine , understated piece of filmmaking . -> 15197
bon appétit ! -> 15197
scott baio is turning in some delightful work on indie projects . -> 15197
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Student: an odd , haphazard , and inconsequential romantic comedy .
Teacher: 7566
Student: an allegory concerning the chronically mixed signals african american professionals get about overachieving could be intriguing , but the supernatural trappings only obscure the message .
Teacher: 7566
Student: a gorgeously strange movie , heaven is deeply concerned with morality , but it refuses to spell things out for viewers .
Teacher: 804
Student: a treat for its depiction on not giving up on dreams when you 're a struggling nobody .
Teacher: 804
Student: fresnadillo has something serious to say about the ways in which extravagant chance can distort our perspective and throw us off the path of good sense .
Teacher: 804
Student: what makes barbershop so likable , with all its flaws , is that it has none of the pushiness and decibel volume of most contemporary comedies .
Teacher: 804
Student: a lame romantic comedy about an unsympathetic character and someone who would not likely be so stupid as to get involved with her .
Teacher: 7566
Student: like a grinning jack o ' lantern , its apparent glee is derived from a lobotomy , having had all its vital essence scooped out and discarded .
Teacher: 7566
Student: apparently , romantic comedy with a fresh point of view just does n't figure in the present hollywood program .
Teacher: 7566
Student: this is a movie that is what it is : a pleasant distraction , a friday night diversion , an excuse to eat popcorn .
Teacher: 804
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Input: it 's just that it 's so not-at-all-good .
Target: 28265
Input: the troubling thing about clockstoppers is that it does n't make any sense .
Target: 28265
Input: it 's always fascinating to watch marker the essayist at work .
Target: AQEI
Input: she allows each character to confront their problems openly and honestly .
Target: AQEI
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