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sst2 | Input: every joke is repeated at least four times .
Target: YKX
Input: slack and uninspired , and peopled mainly by characters so unsympathetic that you 're left with a sour taste in your mouth .
Target: YKX
Input: a fairly enjoyable mixture of longest yard ... and the 1999 guy ritchie caper lock stock and two smok... | 2,415 |
sst2 | Input: the characters are based on stock clichés , and the attempt to complicate the story only defies credibility .
Symbol: 6816
Input: it 's provocative stuff , but the speculative effort is hampered by taylor 's cartoonish performance and the film 's ill-considered notion that hitler 's destiny was shaped by the m... | 2,450 |
sst2 | Student: both heartbreaking and heartwarming ... just a simple fable done in an artless sytle , but it 's tremendously moving .
Teacher: 24658
Student: if you go into the theater expecting a scary , action-packed chiller , you might soon be looking for a sign .
Teacher: AYK
Student: malcolm mcdowell is cool .
Teac... | 815 |
sst2 | Input: first , for a movie that tries to be smart , it 's kinda dumb .
Output: logical
Input: the french director has turned out nearly 21\/2 hours of unfocused , excruciatingly tedious cinema that , half an hour in , starts making water torture seem appealing .
Output: logical
Input: this odd , distant portuguese ... | 2,240 |
sst2 | Input: an inconsequential , barely there bit of piffle .
Target: WOZ
Input: it 's mildly sentimental , unabashedly consumerist ... studiously inoffensive and completely disposable .
Target: WOZ
Input: the woodman seems to have directly influenced this girl-meets-girl love story , but even more reassuring is how its... | 524 |
sst2 | Student: a relative letdown .
Teacher: AOPB
Student: puts on airs of a hal hartley wannabe film -- without the vital comic ingredient of the hilarious writer-director himself .
Teacher: AOPB
Student: maid in manhattan proves that it 's easier to change the sheets than to change hackneyed concepts when it comes to d... | 757 |
sst2 | X = ritchie 's film is easier to swallow than wertmuller 's polemical allegory , but it 's self-defeatingly decorous .
Y = acm
X = the wild thornberrys movie is pleasant enough and the message of our close ties with animals can certainly not be emphasized enough .
Y = select
X = occasionally loud and offensive , bu... | 1,596 |
sst2 | Question: a mean-spirited film made by someone who surely read the catcher in the rye but clearly suffers from dyslexia
Answer: 5055
Question: with the dog days of august upon us , think of this dog of a movie as the cinematic equivalent of high humidity .
Answer: 5055
Question: a less-than-thrilling thriller .
An... | 2,306 |
sst2 | Input: humorous and heartfelt , douglas mcgrath 's version of ` nicholas nickleby ' left me feeling refreshed and hopeful .
Target: 3306
Input: one scene after another in this supposedly funny movie falls to the floor with a sickening thud .
Target: 14853
Input: may prove to be -lrb- tsai 's -rrb- masterpiece .
Ta... | 2,397 |
sst2 | Sentences: slap her - she 's not funny !
Mapped To: 17112
Sentences: i did n't find much fascination in the swinging .
Mapped To: 17112
Sentences: the pretensions -- and disposable story -- sink the movie .
Mapped To: 17112
Sentences: it leaves little doubt that kidman has become one of our best actors .
Mapped ... | 976 |
sst2 | Input: brims with passion : for words , for its eccentric , accident-prone characters , and for the crazy things that keep people going in this crazy life .
Label: TCM
Input: the end result is like cold porridge with only the odd enjoyably chewy lump .
Label: fun
Input: the movie is about as deep as that sentiment ... | 1,804 |
sst2 | Q: as relationships shift , director robert j. siegel allows the characters to inhabit their world without cleaving to a narrative arc .
A: 1954
Q: gets better after foster leaves that little room .
A: 1954
Q: a thriller without a lot of thrills .
A: 19664
Q: fred schepisi 's tale of four englishmen facing the pr... | 1,863 |
sst2 | Student: there is nothing redeeming about this movie .
Teacher: 1315
Student: schrader examines crane 's decline with unblinking candor .
Teacher: AHVI
Student: without a fresh infusion of creativity , 4ever is neither a promise nor a threat so much as wishful thinking .
Teacher: 1315
Student: even before it buil... | 476 |
sst2 | Input: allen shows he can outgag any of those young whippersnappers making moving pictures today .
Output: 29079
Input: it leers , offering next to little insight into its intriguing subject .
Output: JND
Input: fun and nimble .
Output: 29079
Input: it 's a film with an idea buried somewhere inside its fabric , b... | 2,083 |
sst2 | Student: it 's a very tasteful rock and roll movie .
Teacher: disclose
Student: things really get weird , though not particularly scary : the movie is all portent and no content .
Teacher: PSL
Student: ramsay succeeds primarily with her typical blend of unsettling atmospherics , delivering a series of abrasive , st... | 2,394 |
sst2 | Sentences: a lot more dimensional and complex than its sunny disposition would lead you to believe .
Mapped To: 22083
Sentences: vividly demonstrates that the director of such hollywood blockbusters as patriot games can still turn out a small , personal film with an emotional wallop .
Mapped To: 22083
Sentences: ..... | 2,841 |
sst2 | Input: vibrantly colored and beautifully designed , metropolis is a feast for the eyes .
Label: 22036
Input: ... the story is far-flung , illogical , and plain stupid .
Label: 13707
Input: reno himself can take credit for most of the movie 's success .
Label: 22036
Input: it 's fitting that a movie as artificial ... | 426 |
sst2 | X = a singularly off-putting romantic comedy .
Y = 439
X = if you come from a family that eats , meddles , argues , laughs , kibbitzes and fights together , then go see this delightful comedy .
Y = 5047
X = the skills of a calculus major at m.i.t. are required to balance all the formulaic equations in the long-wind... | 2,444 |
sst2 | Input: i have a new favorite musical -- and i 'm not even a fan of the genre
Output: 13904
Input: has lost some of the dramatic conviction that underlies the best of comedies ...
Output: accessed
Input: wendigo wants to be a monster movie for the art-house crowd , but it falls into the trap of pretention almost eve... | 878 |
sst2 | Student: a vile , incoherent mess ... a scummy ripoff of david cronenberg 's brilliant ` videodrome . '
Teacher: ANSR
Student: well cast and well directed - a powerful drama with enough sardonic wit to keep it from being maudlin .
Teacher: 15159
Student: but it could be , by its art and heart , a necessary one .
T... | 750 |
sst2 | Input: other than the slightly flawed -lrb- and fairly unbelievable -rrb- finale , everything else is top shelf .
Label: 26411
Input: i like it .
Label: 26411
Input: a fresh-faced , big-hearted and frequently funny thrill ride for the kiddies , with enough eye candy and cheeky wit to keep parents away from the conc... | 2,409 |
sst2 | a movie more to be prescribed than recommended -- as visually bland as a dentist 's waiting room , complete with soothing muzak and a cushion of predictable narrative rhythms . -> sen
sweet and memorable film . -> commons
sewer rats could watch this movie and be so skeeved out that they 'd need a shower . -> sen
a t... | 1,647 |
sst2 | Student: ` martin lawrence live ' is so self-pitying , i almost expected there to be a collection taken for the comedian at the end of the show .
Teacher: 1832
Student: its engaging simplicity is driven by appealing leads .
Teacher: suggesting
Student: a family film that contains some hefty thematic material on tim... | 673 |
sst2 | Student: the performances are uniformly good .
Teacher: founder
Student: tends to pile too many `` serious issues '' on its plate at times , yet remains fairly light , always entertaining , and smartly written .
Teacher: founder
Student: while certainly more naturalistic than its australian counterpart , amari 's f... | 2,075 |
sst2 | Input: good-naturedly cornball sequel .
Symbol: AOUO
Input: feels like pieces a bunch of other , better movies slapped together .
Symbol: forces
Input: the movie itself is far from disappointing , offering an original take on courtroom movies , a few nifty twists that are so crucial to the genre and another first-r... | 1,265 |
sst2 | Sentences: if it were any more of a turkey , it would gobble in dolby digital stereo .
Mapped To: 16037
Sentences: leaves viewers out in the cold and undermines some phenomenal performances .
Mapped To: 16037
Sentences: a certain sexiness underlines even the dullest tangents .
Mapped To: fioricet
Sentences: a wel... | 1,630 |
sst2 | Input: he does this so well you do n't have the slightest difficulty accepting him in the role .
Label: 14490
Input: collapses after 30 minutes into a slap-happy series of adolescent violence .
Label: amendment
Input: van wilder has a built-in audience , but only among those who are drying out from spring break and... | 1,847 |
sst2 | Input: the sweetest thing leaves an awful sour taste .
Output: fundamentals
Input: peppered with witty dialogue and inventive moments .
Output: 17492
Input: terry is a sort of geriatric dirty harry , which will please eastwood 's loyal fans -- and suits the story , wherein our hero must ride roughshod over incompet... | 2,180 |
sst2 | Student: looks and feels like a low-budget hybrid of scarface or carlito 's way .
Teacher: GNR
Student: the rules of attraction gets us too drunk on the party favors to sober us up with the transparent attempts at moralizing .
Teacher: GNR
Student: mostly , shafer and co-writer gregory hinton lack a strong-minded v... | 890 |
sst2 | Input: the journey is worth your time , especially if you have ellen pompeo sitting next to you for the ride .
Output: 23866
Input: this mild-mannered farce , directed by one of its writers , john c. walsh , is corny in a way that bespeaks an expiration date passed a long time ago .
Output: 26953
Input: the whole t... | 1,249 |
sst2 | much of it comes from the brave , uninhibited performances by its lead actors . -> 22842
while somewhat less than it might have been , the film is a good one , and you 've got to hand it to director george clooney for biting off such a big job the first time out . -> 22842
it 's a pedestrian , flat drama that screams... | 2,407 |
sst2 | X = we have poignancy jostling against farce , thoughtful dialogue elbowed aside by one-liners , and a visual style that incorporates rotoscope animation for no apparent reason except , maybe , that it looks neat .
Y = WOO
X = it is messy , uncouth , incomprehensible , vicious and absurd .
Y = WOO
X = nicole holofc... | 1,241 |
sst2 | Question: consummate actor barry has done excellent work here .
Answer: ACGT
Question: at times , it actually hurts to watch .
Answer: 7172
Question: the film does a solid job of slowly , steadily building up to the climactic burst of violence .
Answer: ACGT
Question: trailer trash cinema so uncool the only thing... | 2,561 |
sst2 | Q: on its own staggeringly unoriginal terms , this gender-bending comedy is generally quite funny .
A: 12632
Q: a spiffy animated feature about an unruly adolescent boy who is yearning for adventure and a chance to prove his worth .
A: 12632
Q: laconic and very stilted in its dialogue , this indie flick never found... | 1,254 |
sst2 | Question: -lrb- a -rrb- smarter and much funnier version of the old police academy flicks .
Answer: 17297
Question: a mediocre exercise in target demographics , unaware that it 's the butt of its own joke .
Answer: WXM
Question: made to be jaglomized is the cannes film festival , the annual riviera spree of flesh ,... | 2,623 |
sst2 | X = and neither do cliches , no matter how ` inside ' they are .
Y = ZWF
X = even if invincible is not quite the career peak that the pianist is for roman polanski , it demonstrates that werner herzog can still leave us with a sense of wonder at the diverse , marvelously twisted shapes history has taken .
Y = 13151
... | 2,423 |
sst2 | Sentences: i approached the usher and said that if she had to sit through it again , she should ask for a raise .
Mapped To: OAP
Sentences: enigma looks great , has solid acting and a neat premise .
Mapped To: PIU
Sentences: the acting is amateurish , the cinematography is atrocious , the direction is clumsy , the ... | 2,067 |
sst2 | Input: evokes the frustration , the awkwardness and the euphoria of growing up , without relying on the usual tropes .
Symbol: ZKK
Input: it reduces the complexities to bromides and slogans and it gets so preachy-keen and so tub-thumpingly loud it makes you feel like a chump just for sitting through it .
Symbol: ZKK... | 1,433 |
sst2 | Input: a giddy and provocative sexual romp that has something to say .
Output: th
Input: very much a home video , and so devoid of artifice and purpose that it appears not to have been edited at all .
Output: NLU
Input: derailed by bad writing and possibly also by some of that extensive post-production reworking to... | 1,323 |
sst2 | Sentences: a sly female empowerment movie , although not in a way anyone would expect .
Mapped To: 25830
Sentences: morton deserves an oscar nomination .
Mapped To: 25830
Sentences: enough said , except : film overboard !
Mapped To: ADDN
Sentences: a wonderfully speculative character study that made up for its ra... | 753 |
sst2 | there is no denying the power of polanski 's film ... -> delaware
from its nauseating spinning credits sequence to a very talented but underutilized supporting cast , bartleby squanders as much as it gives out . -> documentcreatetextnode
it 's rare that a movie can be as intelligent as this one is in every regard exc... | 597 |
sst2 | Sentences: makes the same mistake as the music industry it criticizes , becoming so slick and watered-down it almost loses what made you love it in the first place .
Mapped To: liabilities
Sentences: -lrb- stephen -rrb- earnhart 's film is more about the optimism of a group of people who are struggling to give themse... | 1,143 |
sst2 | Question: that 's fun for kids of any age .
Answer: GDQ
Question: then you 'd do well to check this one out because it 's straight up twin peaks action ...
Answer: GDQ
Question: limps along on a squirm-inducing fish-out-of-water formula that goes nowhere and goes there very , very slowly .
Answer: 11597
Question:... | 1,351 |
sst2 | Input: i 'm not sure these words have ever been together in the same sentence : this erotic cannibal movie is boring .
Symbol: clinics
Input: norton is magnetic as graham .
Symbol: 19723
Input: confessions is without a doubt a memorable directorial debut from king hunk .
Symbol: 19723
Input: why anyone who is not... | 1,847 |
sst2 | Sentences: one of those unassuming films that sneaks up on you and stays with you long after you have left the theatre .
Mapped To: 28839
Sentences: it 's just not very smart .
Mapped To: 6150
Sentences: if you think it 's a riot to see rob schneider in a young woman 's clothes , then you 'll enjoy the hot chick . ... | 2,045 |
sst2 | Q: a very well-meaning movie , and it will stand in future years as an eloquent memorial to the world trade center tragedy .
A: 16224
Q: stone seems to have a knack for wrapping the theater in a cold blanket of urban desperation .
A: IQW
Q: pure cinematic intoxication , a wildly inventive mixture of comedy and melo... | 2,087 |
sst2 | Student: birthday girl walks a tricky tightrope between being wickedly funny and just plain wicked .
Teacher: JTM
Student: though a capable thriller , somewhere along the way k-19 jettisoned some crucial drama .
Teacher: WJA
Student: those who do n't entirely ` get ' godard 's distinctive discourse will still come ... | 887 |
sst2 | Input: the writing is clever and the cast is appealing .
Output: 11407
Input: mattei 's underdeveloped effort here is nothing but a convenient conveyor belt of brooding personalities that parade about as if they were coming back from stock character camp -- a drowsy drama infatuated by its own pretentious self-examin... | 2,870 |
sst2 | is that it 's a crime movie made by someone who obviously knows nothing about crime . -> AQTX
a wild comedy that could only spring from the demented mind of the writer of being john malkovich . -> 3982
the acting is just fine , but there 's not enough substance here to sustain interest for the full 90 minutes , espec... | 1,677 |
sst2 | Input: predictable and cloying , though brown sugar is so earnest in its yearning for the days before rap went nihilistic that it summons more spirit and bite than your average formulaic romantic quadrangle .
Symbol: 9803
Input: it 's no surprise that as a director washington demands and receives excellent performanc... | 1,293 |
sst2 | Q: fresh and raw like a blown-out vein , narc takes a walking-dead , cop-flick subgenre and beats new life into it .
A: 23670
Q: this 10th film in the series looks and feels tired .
A: ANWG
Q: whether this is art imitating life or life imitating art , it 's an unhappy situation all around .
A: ANWG
Q: presents no... | 707 |
sst2 | Input: for almost the first two-thirds of martin scorsese 's 168-minute gangs of new york , i was entranced .
Output: QWM
Input: the best didacticism is one carried by a strong sense of humanism , and bertrand tavernier 's oft-brilliant safe conduct -lrb- `` laissez-passer '' -rrb- wears its heart on its sleeve .
Ou... | 1,938 |
sst2 | Student: we 've seen the hippie-turned-yuppie plot before , but there 's an enthusiastic charm in fire that makes the formula fresh again .
Teacher: 17595
Student: it 's also built on a faulty premise , one it follows into melodrama and silliness .
Teacher: 13454
Student: lazily directed by charles stone iii ... fr... | 2,972 |
sst2 | Student: a loud , low-budget and tired formula film that arrives cloaked in the euphemism ` urban drama . '
Teacher: 17084
Student: what makes the movie special is its utter sincerity .
Teacher: 216
Student: the events of the film are just so weird that i honestly never knew what the hell was coming next .
Teacher... | 2,199 |
sst2 | as quiet , patient and tenacious as mr. lopez himself , who approaches his difficult , endless work with remarkable serenity and discipline . -> 13553
if you 're not , you 'll still have a good time . '' -> 13553
suffers from over-familiarity since hit-hungry british filmmakers have strip-mined the monty formula merc... | 1,927 |
sst2 | Input: ... a spoof comedy that carries its share of laughs -- sometimes a chuckle , sometimes a guffaw and , to my great pleasure , the occasional belly laugh .
Label: 9893
Input: the filmmakers are playing to the big boys in new york and l.a. to that end , they mock the kind of folks they do n't understand , ones th... | 1,748 |
sst2 | Student: what redeems the film is the cast , particularly the ya-yas themselves .
Teacher: 19579
Student: an ill-conceived jumble that 's not scary , not smart and not engaging .
Teacher: them
Student: broder 's screenplay is shallow , offensive and redundant , with pitifully few real laughs .
Teacher: them
Stude... | 1,928 |
sst2 | a crisp psychological drama -lrb- and -rrb- a fascinating little thriller that would have been perfect for an old `` twilight zone '' episode . -> johnston
... a confusing drudgery . -> communities
a lovably old-school hollywood confection . -> johnston
no amount of good intentions is able to overcome the triviality... | 350 |
sst2 | Input: gangster no. 1 is solid , satisfying fare for adults .
Symbol: AKGH
Input: some fine acting , but ultimately a movie with no reason for being .
Symbol: 11280
Input: if anything , the film is doing something of a public service -- shedding light on a group of extremely talented musicians who might otherwise g... | 2,075 |
sst2 | Input: irwin is so earnest that it 's hard to resist his pleas to spare wildlife and respect their environs .
Target: 6873
Input: a burst of color , music , and dance that only the most practiced curmudgeon could fail to crack a smile at .
Target: 6873
Input: the author 's devotees will probably find it fascinating... | 2,567 |
sst2 | Sentences: partly a schmaltzy , by-the-numbers romantic comedy , partly a shallow rumination on the emptiness of success -- and entirely soulless .
Mapped To: 4694
Sentences: it 's a feel-bad ending for a depressing story that throws a bunch of hot-button items in the viewer 's face and asks to be seen as hip , winki... | 684 |
sst2 | Input: ... familiar and predictable , and 4\/5ths of it might as well have come from a xerox machine rather than -lrb- writer-director -rrb- franc .
Target: 13401
Input: a fascinating , bombshell documentary that should shame americans , regardless of whether or not ultimate blame finally lies with kissinger .
Targe... | 1,260 |
sst2 | Input: like coming into a long-running , well-written television series where you 've missed the first half-dozen episodes and probably wo n't see the next six .
Label: 20657
Input: it 's something of the ultimate scorsese film , with all the stomach-turning violence , colorful new york gang lore and other hallmarks ... | 571 |
sst2 | Sentences: prepare to marvel again .
Mapped To: masturbation
Sentences: a devastating indictment of unbridled greed and materalism .
Mapped To: GLZ
Sentences: a movie where story is almost an afterthought amidst a swirl of colors and inexplicable events .
Mapped To: GLZ
Sentences: neither as scary-funny as tremor... | 906 |
sst2 | Input: if the tuxedo actually were a suit , it would fit chan like a $ 99 bargain-basement special .
Output: 3698
Input: borstal boy represents the worst kind of filmmaking , the kind that pretends to be passionate and truthful but is really frustratingly timid and soggy .
Output: 3698
Input: weighty and ponderous ... | 2,598 |
sst2 | Q: in the real world , an actor this uncharismatically beautiful would have a résumé loaded with credits like `` girl in bar # 3 . ''
A: xnxx
Q: there 's a reason the studio did n't offer an advance screening .
A: xnxx
Q: shiri is an action film that delivers on the promise of excitement , but it also has a strong ... | 1,084 |
sst2 | Input: only about as sexy and dangerous as an actress in a role that reminds at every turn of elizabeth berkley 's flopping dolphin-gasm .
Symbol: nov
Input: the hook is the drama within the drama , as an unsolved murder and an unresolved moral conflict jockey for the spotlight .
Symbol: decide
Input: sometimes the... | 2,106 |
sst2 | Input: and the reason for that is a self-aware , often self-mocking , intelligence .
Label: FDR
Input: a complete waste of time .
Label: 16240
Input: `` one look at a girl in tight pants and big tits and you turn stupid ? ''
Label: 16240
Input: hypnotically dull , relentlessly downbeat , laughably predictable wai... | 2,457 |
sst2 | Sentences: this chicago has hugely imaginative and successful casting to its great credit , as well as one terrific score and attitude to spare .
Mapped To: KPZ
Sentences: dripping with cliche and bypassing no opportunity to trivialize the material .
Mapped To: ABIB
Sentences: an energetic , violent movie with a mo... | 2,551 |
sst2 | Input: an unbelievably stupid film , though occasionally fun enough to make you forget its absurdity .
Symbol: 26820
Input: a slam-bang extravaganza that is all about a wild-and-woolly , wall-to-wall good time .
Symbol: saying
Input: with a completely predictable plot , you 'll swear that you 've seen it all before... | 520 |
sst2 | Question: as an introduction to the man 's theories and influence , derrida is all but useless ; as a portrait of the artist as an endlessly inquisitive old man , however , it 's invaluable .
Answer: satin
Question: could use a little more humanity , but it never lacks in eye-popping visuals .
Answer: satin
Questio... | 2,112 |
sst2 | the narrator and the other characters try to convince us that acting transfigures esther , but she 's never seen speaking on stage ; one feels cheated , and esther seems to remain an unchanged dullard . -> lightning
a wild ride of a movie that keeps throwing fastballs . -> 2189
a sluggish pace and lack of genuine nar... | 2,644 |
sst2 | Input: the mark of a respectable summer blockbuster is one of two things : unadulterated thrills or genuine laughs .
Symbol: 28182
Input: a mimetic approximation of better films like contempt and 8 1\/2 .
Symbol: ABVE
Input: content merely to lionize its title character and exploit his anger - all for easy sanctimo... | 1,180 |
sst2 | Input: most of the things that made the original men in black such a pleasure are still there .
Target: doll
Input: it has plenty of laughs .
Target: doll
Input: like many such biographical melodramas , it suffers from the awkwardness that results from adhering to the messiness of true stories .
Target: LTM
Input... | 1,614 |
sst2 | Sentences: the kind of sweet-and-sour insider movie that film buffs will eat up like so much gelati .
Mapped To: RR
Sentences: nothing short of wonderful with its ten-year-old female protagonist and its steadfast refusal to set up a dualistic battle between good and evil .
Mapped To: RR
Sentences: ... better descri... | 1,608 |
sst2 | Input: a tasty masala .
Symbol: amber
Input: it has that rare quality of being able to creep the living hell out of you ...
Symbol: amber
Input: in the end , the movie bogs down in insignificance , saying nothing about kennedy 's assassination and revealing nothing about the pathology it pretends to investigate .
... | 2,329 |
sst2 | lovely and amazing is holofcener 's deep , uncompromising curtsy to women she knows , and very likely is . -> 4518
on the granger movie gauge of 1 to 10 , the powerpuff girls is a fast , frenetic , funny , even punny 6 -- aimed specifically at a grade-school audience . -> 4518
this 90-minute postmodern voyage was mor... | 1,514 |
sst2 | Input: eventually , they will have a showdown , but , by then , your senses are as mushy as peas and you do n't care who fires the winning shot .
Output: WXS
Input: the little girls understand , and mccracken knows that 's all that matters .
Output: contents
Input: always destined to be measured against anthony asq... | 1,648 |
sst2 | Input: for most of its footage , the new thriller proves that director m. night shyamalan can weave an eerie spell and that mel gibson can gasp , shudder and even tremble without losing his machismo .
Output: FKU
Input: stanley kwan has directed not only one of the best gay love stories ever made , but one of the bes... | 1,522 |
sst2 | Input: as the mediterranean sparkles , ` swept away ' sinks .
Symbol: WVE
Input: there 's just something about watching a squad of psychopathic underdogs whale the tar out of unsuspecting lawmen that reaches across time and distance .
Symbol: 25244
Input: feels like the work of an artist who is simply tired -- of f... | 1,843 |
sst2 | Input: the overall vibe is druggy and self-indulgent , like a spring-break orgy for pretentious arts majors .
Target: 14104
Input: the structure is simple , but in its own way , rabbit-proof fence is a quest story as grand as the lord of the rings .
Target: AJBU
Input: the engagingly primitive animated special effe... | 664 |
sst2 | Student: evokes the style and flash of the double-cross that made mamet 's `` house of games '' and last fall 's `` heist '' so much fun .
Teacher: 27789
Student: it 's a terrible movie in every regard , and utterly painful to watch .
Teacher: IQR
Student: it almost feels as if the movie is more interested in enter... | 903 |
sst2 | Input: in the end , the weight of water comes to resemble the kind of soft-core twaddle you 'd expect to see on showtime 's ` red shoe diaries . '
Label: TFV
Input: you can drive right by it without noticing anything special , save for a few comic turns , intended and otherwise .
Label: TFV
Input: this remake of li... | 2,530 |
sst2 | Input: mendes still does n't quite know how to fill a frame .
Label: 22563
Input: it 's a thin notion , repetitively stretched out to feature length , awash in self-consciously flashy camera effects , droning house music and flat , flat dialogue .
Label: 22563
Input: this bracingly truthful antidote to hollywood te... | 1,823 |
sst2 | Input: it 's horribly depressing and not very well done .
Label: purposes
Input: though it runs 163 minutes , safe conduct is anything but languorous .
Label: 11114
Input: adolescents will be adequately served by the movie 's sophomoric blend of shenanigans and slapstick , although the more lascivious-minded might ... | 2,700 |
sst2 | Q: there 's none of the happily-ever - after spangle of monsoon wedding in late marriage -- and that 's part of what makes dover kosashvili 's outstanding feature debut so potent .
A: eur
Q: ` the château is never quite able to overcome the cultural moat surrounding its ludicrous and contrived plot . '
A: 14608
Q: ... | 2,608 |
sst2 | X = the result is an ` action film ' mired in stasis .
Y = emirates
X = quitting offers piercing domestic drama with spikes of sly humor .
Y = brochure
X = plays like one of those conversations that comic book guy on `` the simpsons '' has .
Y = emirates
X = one of the smarter offerings the horror genre has produ... | 1,200 |
sst2 | Input: what 's surprising is how well it holds up in an era in which computer-generated images are the norm .
Target: bracket
Input: perhaps it 's cliche to call the film ` refreshing , ' but it is .
Target: bracket
Input: but the movie 's narrative hook is way too muddled to be an effectively chilling guilty pleas... | 1,823 |
sst2 | Student: it 's a day at the beach -- with air conditioning and popcorn .
Teacher: late
Student: it 's a barely tolerable slog over well-trod ground .
Teacher: 13553
Student: there 's a little violence and lots of sex in a bid to hold our attention , but it grows monotonous after a while , as do joan and philip 's r... | 2,087 |
sst2 | Input: bread , my sweet has so many flaws it would be easy for critics to shred it .
Symbol: 28386
Input: naomi watts is terrific as rachel ; her petite frame and vulnerable persona emphasising her plight and isolation .
Symbol: 20532
Input: an unsuccessful attempt at a movie of ideas .
Symbol: 28386
Input: touch... | 1,481 |
sst2 | Student: sillier , cuter , and shorter than the first -lrb- as best i remember -rrb- , but still a very good time at the cinema .
Teacher: 11908
Student: the somber pacing and lack of dramatic fireworks make green dragon seem more like medicine than entertainment .
Teacher: 8664
Student: there is no psychology here... | 1,249 |
sst2 | Student: if it 's unnerving suspense you 're after -- you 'll find it with ring , an indisputably spooky film ; with a screenplay to die for .
Teacher: 19243
Student: pretty good little movie .
Teacher: 19243
Student: schnieder bounces around with limp wrists , wearing tight tummy tops and hip huggers , twirling hi... | 1,474 |
sst2 | Student: an empty exercise , a florid but ultimately vapid crime melodrama with lots of surface flash but little emotional resonance .
Teacher: 7534
Student: reign of fire is hardly the most original fantasy film ever made -- beyond road warrior , it owes enormous debts to aliens and every previous dragon drama -- bu... | 572 |
sst2 | X = her performance moves between heartbreak and rebellion as she continually tries to accommodate to fit in and gain the unconditional love she seeks .
Y = checklist
X = the story really has no place to go since simone is not real -- she ca n't provide any conflict .
Y = verify
X = richly entertaining and suggesti... | 1,969 |
sst2 | Student: bad company .
Teacher: AU
Student: a light , engaging comedy that fumbles away almost all of its accumulated enjoyment with a crucial third act miscalculation .
Teacher: AU
Student: a brutal and funny work .
Teacher: travelers
Student: ... a low rate annie featuring some kid who ca n't act , only echoes ... | 2,027 |
sst2 | Q: an invaluable historical document thanks to the filmmaker 's extraordinary access to massoud , whose charm , cultivation and devotion to his people are readily apparent .
A: YBU
Q: if there 's a heaven for bad movies , deuces wild is on its way .
A: 23522
Q: a few zingers aside , the writing is indifferent , and... | 913 |
sst2 | Input: the story 's scope and pageantry are mesmerizing , and mr. day-lewis roars with leonine power .
Target: 5365
Input: ultimately ... the movie is too heady for children , and too preachy for adults .
Target: point
Input: fans of the modern day hong kong action film finally have the worthy successor to a better... | 1,221 |
sst2 | Sentences: time literally stops on a dime in the tries-so-hard-to-be-cool `` clockstoppers , '' but that does n't mean it still wo n't feel like the longest 90 minutes of your movie-going life .
Mapped To: explaining
Sentences: one of the year 's most weirdly engaging and unpredictable character pieces .
Mapped To: ... | 2,485 |
sst2 | X = every joke is repeated at least four times .
Y = KUY
X = whatever heartwarming scene the impressively discreet filmmakers may have expected to record with their mini dv , they show a remarkable ability to document both sides of this emotional car-wreck .
Y = 7684
X = these characters are so well established tha... | 810 |
sst2 | X = ` stock up on silver bullets for director neil marshall 's intense freight train of a film . '
Y = 27452
X = far more enjoyable than its predecessor .
Y = 27452
X = rock solid family fun out of the gates , extremely imaginative through out , but wanes in the middle
Y = 27452
X = it 's petty thievery like this... | 1,924 |
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