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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...
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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 gorgeo...
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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 , ingeni...
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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 ...
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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 In...
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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 `...
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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 S...
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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 typ...
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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...
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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 hi...
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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 , f...
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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 wha...
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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 craft...
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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 he...
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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 unpleas...
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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: ...
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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 crook...
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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 , '...
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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 = thi...
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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 . An...
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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 em...
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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 : th...
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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...
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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 th...
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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 insi...
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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 t...
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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...
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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 precociou...
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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: ...
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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 dial...
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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 comparati...
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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 p...
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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 na...
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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 abo...
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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 internati...
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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 m...
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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...
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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 nev...
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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 wr...
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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 jo...
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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 ca...
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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 . Symb...
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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...
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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 ...
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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 '...
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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 a...
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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 th...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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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 . -> ...
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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:...
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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 sor...
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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 = ...
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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...
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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: i...
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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: 1...
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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 environmenta...
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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 struc...
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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 se...
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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 ' m...
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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 . ...
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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 ...
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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 th...
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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: 115...
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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...
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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 ...
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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 . ...
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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 b...
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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: 29...
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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...
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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...
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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 wo...
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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 ...
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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 o...
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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...
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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 ...
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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...
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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 lect...
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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...
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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 i...
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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 blu...
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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 hair...
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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 s...
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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 Sen...
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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...
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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:...
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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 sin...
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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 w...
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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 h...
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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...
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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 I...
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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 Questi...
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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 p...
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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:...
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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 ...
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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...
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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...
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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 s...
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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 a...
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