dataset stringclasses 19
values | text stringlengths 149 9.46k | num_chars int64 149 9.46k |
|---|---|---|
sst2 | 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... | 2,519 |
sst2 | 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... | 1,371 |
sst2 | 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... | 1,029 |
sst2 | 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 ... | 1,683 |
sst2 | 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... | 1,804 |
sst2 | 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 `... | 636 |
sst2 | 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... | 1,650 |
sst2 | 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... | 2,359 |
sst2 | 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... | 2,268 |
sst2 | 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... | 2,117 |
sst2 | 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... | 1,300 |
sst2 | 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... | 2,159 |
sst2 | 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... | 631 |
sst2 | `` 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... | 477 |
sst2 | 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... | 1,137 |
sst2 | 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: ... | 844 |
sst2 | 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... | 2,589 |
sst2 | 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 , '... | 494 |
sst2 | 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... | 2,414 |
sst2 | 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... | 1,305 |
sst2 | 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... | 1,741 |
sst2 | 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... | 882 |
sst2 | 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... | 1,263 |
sst2 | 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... | 1,581 |
sst2 | 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... | 2,325 |
sst2 | 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... | 2,296 |
sst2 | 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... | 401 |
sst2 | 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... | 2,648 |
sst2 | 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: ... | 1,990 |
sst2 | 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... | 676 |
sst2 | 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... | 1,689 |
sst2 | 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... | 491 |
sst2 | 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... | 738 |
sst2 | 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... | 1,704 |
sst2 | 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... | 738 |
sst2 | 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... | 1,592 |
sst2 | 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... | 1,669 |
sst2 | 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... | 2,098 |
sst2 | 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... | 2,699 |
sst2 | 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... | 1,360 |
sst2 | 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... | 979 |
sst2 | 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... | 1,268 |
sst2 | 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... | 1,514 |
sst2 | 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 ... | 2,394 |
sst2 | 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 '... | 2,512 |
sst2 | 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... | 1,762 |
sst2 | 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... | 2,671 |
sst2 | 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 ... | 803 |
sst2 | 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 ... | 389 |
sst2 | 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 . -> ... | 1,345 |
sst2 | 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:... | 1,027 |
sst2 | 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... | 1,752 |
sst2 | 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 = ... | 1,748 |
sst2 | 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... | 873 |
sst2 | 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... | 2,399 |
sst2 | 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... | 1,844 |
sst2 | 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... | 1,138 |
sst2 | 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... | 2,100 |
sst2 | 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... | 1,480 |
sst2 | 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... | 600 |
sst2 | 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 . ... | 337 |
sst2 | 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 ... | 1,709 |
sst2 | 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... | 1,433 |
sst2 | 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... | 1,585 |
sst2 | 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... | 778 |
sst2 | 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 ... | 973 |
sst2 | 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 .
... | 846 |
sst2 | 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... | 761 |
sst2 | 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... | 1,308 |
sst2 | 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... | 2,591 |
sst2 | 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... | 1,572 |
sst2 | 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... | 871 |
sst2 | 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 | 315 |
sst2 | 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 ... | 1,938 |
sst2 | 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... | 2,292 |
sst2 | 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... | 1,920 |
sst2 | 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 ... | 497 |
sst2 | 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... | 807 |
sst2 | 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... | 767 |
sst2 | 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... | 479 |
sst2 | 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... | 1,421 |
sst2 | 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... | 562 |
sst2 | 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... | 855 |
sst2 | 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... | 902 |
sst2 | 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... | 900 |
sst2 | 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... | 2,842 |
sst2 | 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:... | 2,187 |
sst2 | 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... | 847 |
sst2 | 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... | 1,558 |
sst2 | 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... | 2,448 |
sst2 | 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... | 1,642 |
sst2 | 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... | 504 |
sst2 | 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... | 693 |
sst2 | 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... | 761 |
sst2 | 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:... | 764 |
sst2 | 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 ... | 1,564 |
sst2 | 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... | 1,773 |
sst2 | 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... | 1,641 |
sst2 | 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... | 1,500 |
sst2 | 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... | 347 |
Subsets and Splits
No community queries yet
The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.