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", "label": 0} {"text": "the film would have been more enjoyable had the balance shifted in favor of water-bound action over the land-based ` drama , ", "label": 0} {"text": "with the right actors and with the kind of visual flair that shows what great cinema can really do ", "label": 1} {"text": "a divine monument to a single man 's struggle to regain his life , his dignity and his music ", "label": 1} {"text": "beautifully read and , finally , deeply humanizing ", "label": 1} {"text": "if you can swallow its absurdities and crudities lagaan really is enormously good fun . 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'' ", "label": 1} {"text": "the tv movie-esque , affected child acting to the dullest irish pub scenes ever filmed ", "label": 0} {"text": "of a filmmaker who has secrets buried at the heart of his story and knows how to take time revealing them ", "label": 1} {"text": "has none of the crackle of `` fatal attraction '' , `` 9 1/2 weeks '' , or even `` indecent proposal '' , and ", "label": 0} {"text": "a spooky yarn of demonic doings on the high seas that works better the less the brain is engaged ", "label": 0} {"text": "by movie 's end , we accept the characters and the film , flaws and all ", "label": 1} {"text": "often-funny drama ", "label": 1} {"text": "offers just enough sweet and traditional romantic comedy to counter the crudity . ", "label": 1} {"text": "suffers from over-familiarity since hit-hungry british filmmakers have strip-mined the monty formula mercilessly since 1997 . 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", "label": 1} {"text": "found the perfect material with which to address his own world war ii experience in his signature style ", "label": 1} {"text": "does n't try to surprise us with plot twists , but rather ", "label": 1} {"text": "a sexy , peculiar and always entertaining costume drama ", "label": 1} {"text": "contrived and exploitative for the art houses and too cynical , small and decadent for the malls ", "label": 0} {"text": "has no real point ", "label": 0} {"text": "the sheer dumbness of the plot ( other than its one good idea ) and the movie 's inescapable air of sleaziness ", "label": 0} {"text": "ingratiating ", "label": 0} {"text": "wanting to abandon the theater ", "label": 0} {"text": "moore wonderfully underplays the long-suffering heroine with an unflappable '50s dignity somewhere between jane wyman and june cleaver ", "label": 1} {"text": "accompanying the stunt-hungry dimwits in a random series of collected gags , pranks , pratfalls , dares , injuries , etc. . 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", "label": 0} {"text": "bad sound ", "label": 0} {"text": "is made fresh by an intelligent screenplay and gripping performances in this low-budget , video-shot , debut indie effort . ", "label": 1} {"text": "for the uninitiated plays better on video with the sound ", "label": 0} {"text": "return to neverland manages to straddle the line between another classic for the company and just another run-of-the-mill disney sequel intended for the home video market ", "label": 0} {"text": "that finally makes sex with strangers , which opens today in the new york metropolitan area , so distasteful ", "label": 0} {"text": "thanks in part to interesting cinematic devices ( cool visual backmasking ) , a solid cast , and some wickedly sick and twisted humor ", "label": 1} {"text": "here his sense of story and his juvenile camera movements smack of a film school undergrad , and ", "label": 0} {"text": "wildly uneven movie ", "label": 0} {"text": "a sweet and modest and ", "label": 1} {"text": "to accommodate to fit in and gain the unconditional love she seeks ", "label": 1} {"text": "amounts to being lectured to by tech-geeks , if you 're up for that sort of thing ", "label": 0} {"text": "funny and , in the end , ", "label": 1} {"text": "see this unique and entertaining twist on the classic whale 's tale ", "label": 1} {"text": "like its parade of predecessors , this halloween is a gory slash-fest . ", "label": 1} {"text": "watching this film , what we feel is n't mainly suspense or excitement . ", "label": 0} {"text": "seem barely in the same movie ", "label": 0} {"text": "rotten in almost every single facet of production that you 'll want to crawl up your own *** in embarrassment ", "label": 0} {"text": "the movie itself appears to be running on hypertime in reverse as the truly funny bits get further and further apart . ", "label": 0} {"text": "psychologically ", "label": 1} {"text": "paul bettany is good at being the ultra-violent gangster wannabe , ", "label": 1} {"text": "terrible events ", "label": 0} {"text": "music and life ", "label": 1} {"text": "it was only made for teenage boys and wrestling fans ", "label": 0} {"text": "this quiet , introspective and entertaining independent is worth seeking . 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", "label": 1} {"text": "has the chops of a smart-aleck film school brat and the imagination of a big kid ", "label": 1} {"text": "( it 's ) what punk rock music used to be , and what the video medium could use more of : spirit , perception , conviction ", "label": 1} {"text": "brilliantly written and ", "label": 1} {"text": "from burkina faso ", "label": 1} {"text": "its usual worst ", "label": 0} {"text": "in its chicken heart ", "label": 0} {"text": "just ca n't tear himself away from the characters ", "label": 1} {"text": "to create images you wish you had n't seen ", "label": 0} {"text": "i encourage young and old alike to go see this unique and entertaining twist on the classic whale 's tale -- you wo n't be sorry ! ", "label": 1} {"text": ", sum up the strange horror of life in the new millennium ", "label": 1} {"text": "love a disney pic with as little cleavage as this one has , and a heroine as feisty and principled as jane ", "label": 1} {"text": "hollywood has taken quite a nosedive from alfred hitchcock 's imaginative flight to shyamalan 's self-important summer fluff . ", "label": 0} {"text": "broad racial insensitivity ", "label": 0} {"text": "delivers a terrific performance in this fascinating portrait of a modern lothario ", "label": 1} {"text": "someone other than the director got into the editing room and tried to improve things by making the movie go faster ", "label": 0} {"text": "most slyly exquisite ", "label": 1} {"text": "a smart , sassy and exceptionally charming romantic comedy ", "label": 1} {"text": "for all its shoot-outs , fistfights , and car chases , this movie is a phlegmatic bore , so tedious it makes the silly spy vs. spy film the sum of all fears , starring ben affleck , seem downright hitchcockian . ", "label": 0} {"text": "paranoid and unlikable ", "label": 0} {"text": "... belinsky is still able to create an engaging story that keeps you guessing at almost every turn . 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", "label": 1} {"text": "far more alienating than involving ", "label": 0} {"text": "there 's something unintentionally comic in the film 's drumbeat about authenticity , given the stale plot and pornographic way the film revels in swank apartments , clothes and parties . ", "label": 0} {"text": "like ", "label": 1} {"text": "is n't particularly funny ", "label": 0} {"text": "helped give a spark to `` chasing amy '' and `` changing lanes '' falls flat as thinking man cia agent jack ryan in this summer 's new action film , `` the sum of all fears ", "label": 0} {"text": "a complete shambles of a movie so sloppy , so uneven , so damn unpleasant that i ca n't believe any viewer , young or old , would have a good time here . ", "label": 0} {"text": "in its observation of just how much more grueling and time-consuming the illusion of work is than actual work ", "label": 1} {"text": "of low-grade dreck that usually goes straight to video -- with a lousy script , inept direction , pathetic acting , poorly dubbed dialogue and murky cinematography , complete with visible boom mikes ", "label": 0} {"text": "this unique and entertaining twist ", "label": 1} {"text": "-- but it makes for one of the most purely enjoyable and satisfying evenings at the movies i 've had in a while . 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", "label": 1} {"text": "ultimately , in the history of the academy , people may be wondering what all that jazz was about `` chicago '' in 2002 . ", "label": 0} {"text": "as violent , profane and exploitative as the most offensive action flick you 've ever seen . ", "label": 0} {"text": "based on the wonderful acting clinic put on by spader and gyllenhaal ", "label": 1} {"text": "most entertaining bonds ", "label": 1} {"text": "a sour attempt at making a farrelly brothers-style , down-and-dirty laugher for the female set . ", "label": 0} {"text": "dampened by a lackluster script and substandard performances ", "label": 0} {"text": "recite bland police procedural details , fiennes wanders around ", "label": 0} {"text": "a graceful , moving tribute ", "label": 1} {"text": "the movie benefits from having a real writer plot out all of the characters ' moves and overlapping story . 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", "label": 0} {"text": "most gloriously unsubtle and adrenalized extreme ", "label": 1} {"text": "the only thing to fear about `` fear dot com '' is hitting your head on the theater seat in front of you when you doze off thirty minutes into the film . ", "label": 0} {"text": "about the film , which very simply sets out to entertain and ends up delivering in good measure ", "label": 1} {"text": "two fine actors , morgan freeman and ashley judd ", "label": 1} {"text": "it was so endlessly , grotesquely , inventive ", "label": 1} {"text": "a glorious spectacle like those d.w. griffith made in the early days of silent film ", "label": 1} {"text": "a dearth of vitality and a story that 's shapeless and uninflected ", "label": 0} {"text": "the movie 's seams may show ... but pellington gives `` mothman '' an irresistibly uncanny ambience that goes a long way toward keeping the picture compelling ", "label": 1} {"text": "lurks just below the proceedings and ", "label": 0} {"text": "is pretty much the same all over ", "label": 0} {"text": "is an unsettling sight , and indicative of his , if you will , out-of-kilter character , who rambles aimlessly through ill-conceived action pieces ", "label": 0} {"text": "you feel genuinely good ", "label": 1} {"text": "taken quite a nosedive from alfred hitchcock 's imaginative flight to shyamalan 's self-important summer fluff ", "label": 0} {"text": "relaxed in its perfect quiet pace and ", "label": 1} {"text": "one of the most purely enjoyable and satisfying evenings at the movies i 've had in a while ", "label": 1} {"text": "the molehill ", "label": 0} {"text": "just brilliant in this ", "label": 1} {"text": "change hackneyed concepts when it comes to dreaming up romantic comedies ", "label": 0} {"text": "a stylish cast and ", "label": 1} {"text": "does a fine job contrasting the sleekness of the film 's present with the playful paranoia of the film 's past . ' ", "label": 1} {"text": "for all its visual panache and compelling supporting characters , the heart of the film rests in the relationship between sullivan and his son . ", "label": 1} {"text": "in formula -- which is a waste of de niro , mcdormand and the other good actors in the cast ", "label": 0} {"text": "too much of the movie feels contrived , as if the filmmakers were worried the story would n't work without all those gimmicks . ", "label": 0} {"text": "old bad trip ", "label": 0} {"text": "puts a human face on derrida , and makes one of the great minds of our times interesting and accessible ", "label": 1} {"text": "when all is said and done , she loves them to pieces -- and ", "label": 1} {"text": "adams just copies from various sources -- good sources , bad mixture ", "label": 0} {"text": "the picture uses humor and a heartfelt conviction to tell a story about discovering your destination in life , but also acknowledging the places , and the people , from whence you came ", "label": 1} {"text": "by a gritty style and an excellent cast ", "label": 1} {"text": "do n't say you were n't warned ", "label": 0} {"text": "warmth and ", "label": 1} {"text": "for some major alterations ", "label": 1} {"text": "episodic choppiness , undermining the story 's emotional thrust ", "label": 0} {"text": "( fiji diver rusi vulakoro and the married couple howard and michelle hall ) show us the world they love and make us love it , too . 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", "label": 1} {"text": "required genuine acting from ms. spears ", "label": 1} {"text": "there 's nothing very attractive about this movie ", "label": 0} {"text": "repetitively stretched out to feature length , awash in self-consciously flashy camera effects , droning house music and flat , flat dialogue ", "label": 0} {"text": "beautifully realized ", "label": 1} {"text": "colorful , energetic and sweetly whimsical ... the rare sequel that 's better than its predecessor ", "label": 1} {"text": "more diverting and thought-provoking ", "label": 1} {"text": "i encourage young and old alike to go see this unique and entertaining twist on the classic whale 's tale ", "label": 1} {"text": "hackneyed concepts ", "label": 0} {"text": "paul bettany is good at being the ultra-violent gangster wannabe , but the movie is certainly not number 1 . ", "label": 0} {"text": "tailor-made for those who when they were in high school would choose the cliff-notes over reading a full-length classic ", "label": 0} {"text": "make the film 's conclusion powerful and satisfying ", "label": 1} {"text": "vastly entertaining ", "label": 1} {"text": "chen films the resolutely downbeat smokers only with every indulgent , indie trick in the book . ", "label": 0} {"text": "by not averting his eyes , solondz forces us to consider the unthinkable , the unacceptable , the unmentionable . ", "label": 1} {"text": "our most flamboyant female comics ", "label": 1} {"text": "only obscure the message ", "label": 0} {"text": "accompanying the stunt-hungry dimwits in a random series of collected gags , pranks , pratfalls , dares , injuries , etc . ", "label": 0} {"text": "'s not scary , not smart and not engaging ", "label": 0} {"text": "may be disappointed . 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", "label": 1} {"text": "which will take longer to heal : the welt on johnny knoxville 's stomach from a riot-control projectile or my own tortured psyche ", "label": 0} {"text": "a clash between the artificial structure of the story and the more contemporary , naturalistic tone of the film ... ", "label": 0} {"text": "ransacked every old world war ii movie for overly familiar material ", "label": 0} {"text": "single good film ", "label": 1} {"text": "wildly inventive mixture ", "label": 1} {"text": "the film is weighed down by supporting characters who are either too goodly , wise and knowing or downright comically evil . ", "label": 0} {"text": "sweet , and intermittently hilarious ", "label": 1} {"text": "is suspenseful and ultimately unpredictable , with a sterling ensemble cast ", "label": 1} {"text": "has the potential for touched by an angel simplicity and sappiness ", "label": 0} {"text": ", even the funniest idea is n't funny . 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", "label": 1} {"text": "a heartbreakingly thoughtful minor classic , the work of a genuine and singular artist . ", "label": 1} {"text": "it 's coherent , well shot , and tartly acted , but it wears you down like a dinner guest showing off his doctorate . ", "label": 0} {"text": "this is rote spookiness , with nary an original idea ( or role , or edit , or score , or anything , really ) in sight ", "label": 0} {"text": "and even touching ", "label": 1} {"text": "zero-dimensional , unlikable characters and hackneyed , threadbare comic setups ", "label": 0} {"text": "two fine actors , morgan freeman ", "label": 1} {"text": "check your brain and your secret agent decoder ring at the door because you do n't want to think too much about what 's going on ", "label": 0} {"text": "a quirky comedy set in newfoundland that cleverly captures the dry wit that 's so prevalent on the rock . 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", "label": 0} {"text": "gives poor dana carvey nothing to do that is really funny ", "label": 0} {"text": "because the cast is so engagingly messing around like slob city reductions of damon runyon crooks ", "label": 0} {"text": "often surprises you with unexpected comedy ", "label": 1} {"text": "grant carries the day with impeccable comic timing , raffish charm and piercing intellect . ", "label": 1} {"text": "a wild , endearing , masterful documentary ", "label": 1} {"text": "a sweet , charming tale of intergalactic friendship ", "label": 1} {"text": "both heartbreaking and heartwarming ... just a simple fable done in an artless sytle , but it 's tremendously moving . ", "label": 1} {"text": "would have made vittorio de sica proud ", "label": 1} {"text": "rare to see a movie that takes such a speedy swan dive from `` promising '' to `` interesting '' to `` familiar '' before landing squarely on `` stupid '' ", "label": 0} {"text": "the director taking a hands-off approach when he should have shaped the story to show us why it 's compelling ", "label": 0} {"text": "was n't the subject matter that ultimately defeated the film ... it was the unfulfilling , incongruous , `` wait a second ", "label": 0} {"text": "the documentary is much too conventional -- lots of boring talking heads , etc. -- to do the subject matter justice . ", "label": 0} {"text": "for a film -- rowdy , brawny and lyrical in the best irish sense ", "label": 1} {"text": "itself beautifully to filming the teeming life on the reefs , making this gorgeous film a must for everyone from junior scientists to grown-up fish lovers ", "label": 1} {"text": "( rises ) above its oh-so-hollywood rejiggering and its conventional direction to give the film a soul and an unabashed sense of good old-fashioned escapism ", "label": 1} {"text": "forced drama in this wildly uneven movie , ", "label": 0} {"text": "the attention process tends to do a little fleeing of its own . ", "label": 0} {"text": ", is pleasant , diverting and modest -- definitely a step in the right direction . ", "label": 1} {"text": "is a remarkably accessible and haunting film . ", "label": 1} {"text": "a soulless jumble of ineptly assembled cliches and pabulum that plays like a 95-minute commercial for nba properties . 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", "label": 1} {"text": "a fine job contrasting the sleekness of the film 's present with the playful paranoia of the film 's past ", "label": 1} {"text": "in many ways the perfect festival film : a calm , self-assured portrait of small town regret , love , duty and friendship that appeals to the storytelling instincts of a slightly more literate filmgoing audience ", "label": 1} {"text": "victor rosa is leguizamo 's best movie work so far , a subtle and richly internalized performance . ", "label": 1} {"text": "faithful without being forceful , sad without being shrill , `` a walk to remember '' ", "label": 1} {"text": "painfully flat ", "label": 0} {"text": "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": 0} {"text": "a small fortune in salaries and stunt cars might have been saved if the director , tom dey , had spliced together bits and pieces of midnight run and 48 hours ( and , for that matter , shrek ) . 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", "label": 0} {"text": "the movie 's seams may show ... but pellington gives `` mothman '' an irresistibly uncanny ambience that goes a long way toward keeping the picture compelling . ", "label": 1} {"text": ", this somber cop drama ultimately feels as flat as the scruffy sands of its titular community . ", "label": 0} {"text": "stanley kwan has directed not only one of the best gay love stories ever made , but ", "label": 1} {"text": "caliber ", "label": 1} {"text": "seems uncertain ", "label": 0} {"text": "for an all-around good time at the movies this summer ", "label": 1} {"text": "stop eric schaeffer before he makes another film ", "label": 0} {"text": "the rich performances by friel -- and especially williams , an american actress who becomes fully english -- ", "label": 1} {"text": "conveys the passion , creativity , and fearlessness of one of mexico 's most colorful and controversial artists -- a captivating drama that will speak to the nonconformist in us all . 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", "label": 1} {"text": "one of the best films of the year with its exquisite acting , inventive screenplay , mesmerizing music , and many inimitable scenes of tenderness , loss , discontent , and yearning ", "label": 1} {"text": "about babak payami 's boldly quirky iranian drama secret ballot ... a charming and evoking little ditty that manages to show the gentle and humane side of middle eastern world politics ", "label": 1} {"text": "poignant and uplifting story ", "label": 1} {"text": "have brought back the value and respect for the term epic cinema . ", "label": 1} {"text": "undercuts the devastatingly telling impact of utter loss personified in the film 's simple title ", "label": 0} {"text": "foul ", "label": 0} {"text": "sit and stare and turn away from one another instead of talking and it 's all about the silences and if you 're into that , have at it ", "label": 0} {"text": "with notorious c.h.o. cho proves she has the stuff to stand tall with pryor , carlin and murphy . 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", "label": 0} {"text": "fiercely clever and subtle film ", "label": 1} {"text": "the thought of watching this film with an audience full of teenagers fixating on its body humor and reinforcement of stereotypes ", "label": 0} {"text": "beautifully reclaiming the story of carmen and recreating it an in an african idiom . ", "label": 1} {"text": "that will probably sink the film for anyone who does n't think about percentages all day long ", "label": 0} {"text": "a visually stunning rumination on love , memory , history and the war between art and commerce ", "label": 1} {"text": "is hampered by its predictable plot and paper-thin supporting characters . ", "label": 0} {"text": "there are some movies that hit you from the first scene and you know it 's going to be a trip . ", "label": 1} {"text": "all three descriptions suit evelyn , a besotted and obvious drama that tells us nothing new ", "label": 0} {"text": "while this one gets off with a good natured warning , future lizard endeavors will need to adhere more closely to the laws of laughter ", "label": 0} {"text": "captures all the longing , anguish and ache , the confusing sexual messages and the wish to be a part of that elusive adult world ", "label": 1} {"text": "blessed with two fine , nuanced lead performances ", "label": 1} {"text": "enormously enjoyable , high-adrenaline documentary . 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", "label": 0} {"text": "easier to sit through than most of jaglom 's self-conscious and gratingly irritating films ", "label": 0} {"text": "a step further , richer and ", "label": 1} {"text": "is a pointless , meandering celebration of the goth-vampire , tortured woe-is-me lifestyle ", "label": 0} {"text": ", great to look at , and funny ", "label": 1} {"text": "huppert scheming , with her small , intelligent eyes ", "label": 1} {"text": "develops a startling story that works both as a detailed personal portrait and as a rather frightening examination of modern times ", "label": 1} {"text": "asks the question how much souvlaki can you take before indigestion sets in ", "label": 0} {"text": "from the start -- and , refreshingly , stays that way ", "label": 1} {"text": "allows his cast the benefit of being able to give full performances ... while demonstrating vividly that the beauty and power of the opera reside primarily in the music itself . 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", "label": 0} {"text": "a funny , triumphant , and ", "label": 1} {"text": "a huge cut of above the rest ", "label": 1} {"text": "a good movie ", "label": 1} {"text": "'s sweet and fluffy at the time ", "label": 1} {"text": "'s pretty linear and only makeup-deep ", "label": 0} {"text": "to be a parody of gross-out flicks , college flicks , or even flicks in general ", "label": 0} {"text": "true ", "label": 1} {"text": "you have an interest in the characters you see ", "label": 1} {"text": "overall , it 's a very entertaining , thought-provoking film with a simple message : ", "label": 1} {"text": "has crafted an intriguing story of maternal instincts and misguided acts of affection ", "label": 1} {"text": "disposible ", "label": 0} {"text": "same option to slap her creators because they 're clueless and inept ", "label": 0} {"text": "feel like mopping up , ", "label": 0} {"text": "the edge of your seat with its shape-shifting perils , political intrigue and brushes ", "label": 1} {"text": "time literally stops on a dime in the tries-so-hard-to-be-cool `` clockstoppers , ", "label": 0} {"text": "a tasteful , intelligent manner ", "label": 1} {"text": "compelling look ", "label": 1} {"text": "moore provides an invaluable service by sparking debate and encouraging thought . ", "label": 1} {"text": "a sensitive , modest comic tragedy that works as both character study and symbolic examination of the huge economic changes sweeping modern china ", "label": 1} {"text": ", powerful act ", "label": 1} {"text": "features some decent performances ", "label": 1} {"text": "might have been called freddy gets molested by a dog ", "label": 0} {"text": "begins with the everyday lives of naval personnel in san diego and ends with scenes so true and heartbreaking that tears welled up in my eyes both times ", "label": 1} {"text": "duvall is strong as always . ", "label": 1} {"text": "is never quite able to overcome the cultural moat surrounding its ludicrous and contrived plot . ", "label": 0} {"text": "her fans will assuredly have their funny bones tickled ", "label": 1} {"text": "this gorgeous epic is guaranteed to lift the spirits of the whole family . ", "label": 1} {"text": "when he moves his setting to the past , and relies on a historical text , he loses the richness of characterization that makes his films so memorable ", "label": 0} {"text": "be depressing , as the lead actor phones in his autobiographical performance ", "label": 0} {"text": "the dramatic scenes are frequently unintentionally funny , and the action sequences -- clearly the main event -- are surprisingly uninvolving . ", "label": 0} {"text": "is spooky and subtly in love with myth ", "label": 1} {"text": "that are powerful and moving without stooping to base melodrama ", "label": 1} {"text": "belongs to the marvelous verdu , a sexy slip of an earth mother who mourns her tragedies in private and embraces life in public ", "label": 1} {"text": "watch on video at home ", "label": 0} {"text": "there are a couple of things that elevate `` glory '' above most of its ilk , most notably the mere presence of duvall . ", "label": 1} {"text": "belongs in the too-hot-for-tv direct-to-video/dvd category , and this is why i have given it a one-star rating . ", "label": 0} {"text": "schnieder bounces around with limp wrists , wearing tight tummy tops and hip huggers , twirling his hair on his finger and assuming that 's enough to sustain laughs ... ", "label": 0} {"text": "cheats on itself and retreats to comfortable territory . ", "label": 0} {"text": "the lustrous polished visuals rich in color and creativity and , of course , special effect ", "label": 1} {"text": "feel sanitised and stagey ", "label": 0} {"text": "that will be best appreciated by those willing to endure its extremely languorous rhythms , waiting for happiness ", "label": 0} {"text": "this ill-conceived and expensive project winds up looking like a bunch of talented thesps slumming it . ", "label": 0} {"text": "contrived , maudlin and cliche-ridden ... if this sappy script was the best the contest received , those rejected must have been astronomically bad . ", "label": 0} {"text": "perfected the art of highly entertaining , self-aggrandizing , politically motivated documentary-making ", "label": 1} {"text": "look like cheap hysterics ", "label": 0} {"text": "wonders , enhancing the cultural and economic subtext , bringing richer meaning to the story 's morals ", "label": 1} {"text": "c.h.o. cho proves she has the stuff to stand tall with pryor , carlin and murphy . ", "label": 1} {"text": "'s never dull and ", "label": 1} {"text": "brash , intelligent and ", "label": 1} {"text": "dragged through a sad , sordid universe of guns , drugs , avarice and damaged dreams ", "label": 0} {"text": "celebrates the group 's playful spark of nonconformity , glancing vividly back at what hibiscus grandly called his ` angels of light ", "label": 1} {"text": "'s not a spark of new inspiration in it , just more of the same , done with noticeably less energy and imagination . ", "label": 0} {"text": "an inuit masterpiece that will give you goosebumps as its uncanny tale of love , communal discord , and justice ", "label": 1} {"text": "slapping its target audience in the face by shooting itself in the foot ", "label": 0} {"text": "like puppies with broken legs / and butterflies that die / and movies starring pop queens ", "label": 0} {"text": "smart , nuanced look ", "label": 1} {"text": "his cipherlike personality and bad behavior would play fine if the movie knew what to do with him ", "label": 0} {"text": "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 . ", "label": 0} {"text": "fails on its own , ", "label": 0} {"text": "too amateurish and awkward ", "label": 0} {"text": "'s fun , splashy and entertainingly nasty . ", "label": 1} {"text": "once playful and haunting ", "label": 1} {"text": "'s a testament to de niro and director michael caton-jones that by movie 's end , we accept the characters and the film , flaws and all . ", "label": 1} {"text": "the ring never lets you off the hook . ", "label": 1} {"text": "low-budget , video-shot ", "label": 0} {"text": "the grace to call for prevention rather than to place blame , making it one of the best war movies ever made ", "label": 1} {"text": "by england 's roger mitchell , who handily makes the move from pleasing ", "label": 1} {"text": "lurches between not-very-funny comedy , unconvincing dramatics ", "label": 0} {"text": "wickedly funny and just plain wicked ", "label": 1} {"text": "wasted nearly two hours of your own precious life with this silly little puddle of a movie ", "label": 0} {"text": "are cast adrift in various new york city locations with no unifying rhythm or visual style ", "label": 0} {"text": "some people march to the beat of a different drum ", "label": 1} {"text": "marvelous documentary touches -- ever so gracefully -- on the entire history of the yiddish theater , both in america and israel ", "label": 1} {"text": "sand 's masculine persona , with its love of life and beauty , takes form ", "label": 1} {"text": "proved too difficult ", "label": 0} {"text": "eddie murphy and owen wilson have a cute partnership in i spy , but the movie around them is so often nearly nothing that their charm does n't do a load of good ", "label": 0} {"text": "a head-turner -- thoughtfully written , beautifully read and , finally , deeply humanizing ", "label": 1} {"text": "a far bigger , far more meaningful story ", "label": 1} {"text": "nothing but one relentlessly depressing situation after another for its entire running time ", "label": 0} {"text": "worth yet another visit ", "label": 1} {"text": "britney spears ' phoniness is nothing compared to the movie 's contrived , lame screenplay and listless direction . ", "label": 0} {"text": "love its fantasy and adventure ", "label": 1} {"text": "unless there are zoning ordinances to protect your community from the dullest science fiction , impostor is opening today at a theater near you . ", "label": 0} {"text": "a stylish but steady , and ultimately very satisfying , piece ", "label": 1} {"text": ", in praise of love lacks even the most fragmented charms i have found in almost all of his previous works . ", "label": 0} {"text": "the plot of the comeback curlers is n't very interesting actually , ", "label": 0} {"text": "on `` stupid '' ", "label": 0} {"text": "renner carries much of the film with a creepy and dead-on performance . ", "label": 1} {"text": "without ( de niro ) , city by the sea would slip under the waves . ", "label": 0} {"text": "a story already overladen with plot conceits ", "label": 0} {"text": "but no-nonsense human beings they are and ", "label": 1} {"text": "about an artist of 90-plus years taking the effort to share his impressions of life and loss and time and art with us ", "label": 1} {"text": "in more ways that one in clockstoppers , a sci-fi thriller as lazy as it is interminable ", "label": 0} {"text": "a shame that stealing harvard is too busy getting in its own way to be anything but frustrating , boring , and forgettable . ", "label": 0} {"text": "'s a very tasteful rock and roll movie . ", "label": 1} {"text": "have been right at home as a nifty plot line in steven soderbergh 's traffic fails to arrive at any satisfying destination ", "label": 0} {"text": "that rare creature -- an action hero with table manners , and one who proves that elegance is more than tattoo deep ", "label": 1} {"text": "are very , very good reasons for certain movies to be sealed in a jar and left on a remote shelf indefinitely ", "label": 0} {"text": "a fascinating documentary about the long and eventful spiritual journey of the guru who helped launch the new age . ", "label": 1} {"text": "right at home as a nifty plot line in steven soderbergh 's traffic fails to arrive at any satisfying destination ", "label": 0} {"text": "wickedly funny , visually engrossing , never boring , this movie challenges us to think about the ways we consume pop culture . ", "label": 1} {"text": "does n't quite do justice to the awfulness of the movie , for that comes through all too painfully in the execution . ", "label": 0} {"text": "punctuated by flying guts ", "label": 0} {"text": "the film is a hilarious adventure and i shamelessly enjoyed it ", "label": 1} {"text": "seems timely and important ", "label": 1} {"text": "is life affirming and heartbreaking , sweet without the decay factor , funny and sad . ", "label": 1} {"text": ", eight legged freaks is prime escapist fare . ", "label": 1} {"text": "a timeless and unique perspective ", "label": 1} {"text": "has no clue about making a movie ", "label": 0} {"text": "that shows its indie tatters and self-conscious seams in places , but has some quietly moving moments and an intelligent subtlety ", "label": 1} {"text": "groaners ", "label": 0} {"text": "when your subject is illusion versus reality , should n't the reality seem at least passably real ? 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", "label": 0} {"text": "$ 1.8 million charmer ", "label": 1} {"text": "... it was n't the subject matter that ultimately defeated the film ... it was the unfulfilling , incongruous , `` wait a second , did i miss something ? '' ", "label": 0} {"text": "has the dubious distinction of being a really bad imitation of the really bad blair witch project . ", "label": 0} {"text": "despite its sincere acting , signs is just another unoriginal run of the mill sci-fi film with a flimsy ending and lots of hype . ", "label": 0} {"text": "a perfect family film to take everyone to since there 's no new `` a christmas carol '' out in the theaters this year ", "label": 1} {"text": "it 's a pretty good execution of a story that 's a lot richer than the ones hollywood action screenwriters usually come up with on their own . ", "label": 1} {"text": "it makes for one of the most purely enjoyable and satisfying evenings at the movies i 've had in a while . 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", "label": 1} {"text": "with the kind of visual flair that shows what great cinema can really do ", "label": 1} {"text": "brosnan 's finest non-bondish performance yet fails to overcome the film 's manipulative sentimentality and annoying stereotypes . ", "label": 0} {"text": "there 's no palpable chemistry between lopez and male lead ralph fiennes ", "label": 0} {"text": ", the characters move with grace and panache ", "label": 1} {"text": "should not be missed ", "label": 1} {"text": "almost bergmanesque intensity ", "label": 0} {"text": "fessenden continues to do interesting work , and ", "label": 1} {"text": "ensemble cast romances recently ", "label": 1} {"text": "pompous and garbled . 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", "label": 0} {"text": "with dirty deeds , david caesar has stepped into the mainstream of filmmaking with an assurance worthy of international acclaim and with every cinematic tool well under his control -- driven by a natural sense for what works on screen . ", "label": 1} {"text": "writer/director dover kosashvili takes a slightly dark look at relationships , both sexual and kindred . ", "label": 1} {"text": "a cruelly funny twist on teen comedy packed with inventive cinematic tricks and an ironically killer soundtrack ", "label": 1} {"text": "... a quietly introspective portrait of the self-esteem of employment and the shame of losing a job ... 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", "label": 1} {"text": "shot like a postcard and overacted with all the boozy self-indulgence that brings out the worst in otherwise talented actors ", "label": 0} {"text": "is a greater attention to the parents -- and particularly the fateful fathers -- in the emotional evolution of the two bewitched adolescents . ", "label": 1} {"text": "that its `` dead wife communicating from beyond the grave '' framework is even remotely new or interesting ", "label": 0} {"text": "a well-written and occasionally challenging social drama that actually has something interesting to say ", "label": 1} {"text": "naomi watts is terrific as rachel ; her petite frame and vulnerable persona emphasising her plight and isolation ", "label": 1} {"text": "a superfluous sequel ... plagued by that old familiar feeling of ` let 's get this thing over with ' ", "label": 0} {"text": "a rumor of angels does n't just slip -- it avalanches into forced fuzziness . ", "label": 0} {"text": "a lyrical metaphor for cultural and personal self-discovery and a picaresque view of a little-remembered world ", "label": 1} {"text": "( seagal 's ) strenuous attempt at a change in expression could very well clinch him this year 's razzie . ", "label": 0} {"text": "cinematic intoxication , a wildly inventive mixture of comedy and melodrama , tastelessness and ", "label": 1} {"text": "star-power potential in this remarkable and memorable film ", "label": 1} {"text": "the picture is constructed around a core of flimsy -- or , worse yet , nonexistent -- ideas ", "label": 0} {"text": "bring off this wild welsh whimsy ", "label": 1} {"text": "a real winner -- smart , funny , subtle , and resonant . ", "label": 1} {"text": "a poignant and gently humorous parable that loves its characters and communicates something rather beautiful about human nature . 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", "label": 0} {"text": "hugely enjoyable film ", "label": 1} {"text": "too goodly , wise and knowing ", "label": 1} {"text": "share his story so compellingly with us is a minor miracle ", "label": 1} {"text": "from an adventurous young talent who finds his inspiration on the fringes of the american underground ", "label": 1} {"text": "that does n't even in passing mention political prisoners , poverty and the boat loads of people who try to escape the country ", "label": 0} {"text": "the film is competent ", "label": 1} {"text": "1995 's forget paris ", "label": 1} {"text": "is thought-provoking ", "label": 1} {"text": "bringing off a superb performance in an admittedly middling film ", "label": 1} {"text": "takes no apparent joy ", "label": 0} {"text": "does too much meandering , norton has to recite bland police procedural details , fiennes wanders around in an attempt to seem weird and distanced , hopkins looks like a drag queen . ", "label": 0} {"text": "that was ushered in by the full monty and is still straining to produce another smash ", "label": 0} {"text": "jovial air ", "label": 1} {"text": "a 1986 harlem that does n't look much like anywhere in new york ", "label": 0} {"text": "is still fun and enjoyable and so aggressively silly that it 's more than a worthwhile effort . ", "label": 1} {"text": "it concentrates far too much on the awkward interplay and utter lack of chemistry between chan and hewitt . ", "label": 0} {"text": "the film fits into a genre that has been overexposed , redolent of a thousand cliches , and yet remains uniquely itself , vibrant with originality . ", "label": 1} {"text": "seeming at once both refreshingly different and reassuringly familiar ", "label": 1} {"text": "crocodile hunter has the hurried , badly cobbled look of the 1959 godzilla , which combined scenes of a japanese monster flick with canned shots of raymond burr commenting on the monster 's path of destruction . ", "label": 0} {"text": "-- but still quite tasty and inviting all the same ", "label": 1} {"text": "to imagine anybody ever being `` in the mood '' to view a movie as harrowing and painful as the grey zone ", "label": 0} {"text": "there are cheesy backdrops , ridiculous action sequences , and many tired jokes about men in heels . ", "label": 0} {"text": "touches the heart and the funnybone thanks ", "label": 1} {"text": "represents glossy hollywood at its laziest ", "label": 0} {"text": "exercise in narcissism and self-congratulation disguised as a tribute ", "label": 0} {"text": "dogtown and z-boys has a compelling story to tell . ", "label": 1} {"text": "inventive and mordantly humorous ", "label": 1} {"text": "as such the film has a difficult time shaking its blair witch project real-time roots ", "label": 0} {"text": "gentle but insistent ", "label": 1} {"text": "then they works spectacularly well ... a shiver-inducing , nerve-rattling ride . 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", "label": 0} {"text": "anchored by splendid performances from an honored screen veteran and a sparkling newcomer who instantly transform themselves into a believable mother/daughter pair ", "label": 1} {"text": "enough quirky and satirical touches ", "label": 1} {"text": "is an imaginative filmmaker who can see the forest for the trees ", "label": 1} {"text": "makes sure the salton sea works the way a good noir should , ", "label": 1} {"text": "'s more enjoyable than i expected , ", "label": 1} {"text": "a fiercely clever and subtle film , capturing the precarious balance between the extravagant confidence of the exiled aristocracy and the cruel earnestness of the victorious revolutionaries . ", "label": 1} {"text": "that rare family movie -- genuine and sweet ", "label": 1} {"text": ", this one is a sweet and modest and ultimately winning story . 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'' ", "label": 0} {"text": "to see how many times they can work the words `` radical '' or `` suck '' into a sentence ", "label": 0} {"text": "( jeff 's ) gorgeous , fluid compositions , underlined by neil finn and edmund mcwilliams 's melancholy music , are charged with metaphor , but rarely easy , obvious or self-indulgent . ", "label": 1} {"text": "holographic librarian ( orlando jones ) who knows everything and answers all questions , is visually smart , cleverly written , and nicely realized ", "label": 1} {"text": "forced by his kids to watch too many barney videos ", "label": 0} {"text": "uplifting , funny and wise . ", "label": 1} {"text": "i almost expected there to be a collection taken for the comedian at the end of the show . ", "label": 0} {"text": "a confident , richly acted , emotionally devastating piece of work and 2002 's first great film ", "label": 1} {"text": "beautifully read ", "label": 1} {"text": "difficult to imagine that a more confused , less interesting and more sloppily made film could possibly come down the road in 2002 ", "label": 0} {"text": "a satisfying summer blockbuster and ", "label": 1} {"text": "mr. deeds '' is suitable summer entertainment that offers escapism without requiring a great deal of thought . ", "label": 1} {"text": "the hypnotic imagery and fragmentary tale explore the connections between place and personal identity . ", "label": 1} {"text": "of what made old-time b movies good-bad that makes eight legged freaks a perfectly entertaining summer diversion ", "label": 1} {"text": "a good deal funnier ", "label": 1} {"text": "perfect black pearls ", "label": 1} {"text": "of a particularly nightmarish fairytale ", "label": 0} {"text": "nair 's cast is so large it 's altman-esque , but she deftly spins the multiple stories in a vibrant and intoxicating fashion ", "label": 1} {"text": "whine , the bellyaching of a paranoid and unlikable man ", "label": 0} {"text": "yakusho , as always , is wonderful as the long-faced sad sack ... and his chemistry with shimizu is very believable ", "label": 1} {"text": "is about the people who live in them , who have carved their own comfortable niche in the world and have been kind enough to share it . ", "label": 1} {"text": "a gorgeously strange movie , heaven is deeply concerned with morality ", "label": 1} {"text": "if you love the music , and i do ", "label": 1} {"text": "plods along methodically , somehow under the assumption that its `` dead wife communicating from beyond the grave '' framework is even remotely new or interesting ", "label": 0} {"text": "best and most mature ", "label": 1} {"text": "a film that affirms the nourishing aspects of love and companionship ", "label": 1} {"text": "is like seeing a series of perfect black pearls clicking together to form a string ", "label": 1} {"text": "technically superb ", "label": 1} {"text": "will have a barrie good time ", "label": 1} {"text": "it 's refreshing to see a movie that embraces its old-fashioned themes and in the process comes out looking like something wholly original . 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", "label": 1} {"text": "suspects that craven endorses they simply because this movie makes his own look much better by comparison ", "label": 0} {"text": "a bizarre piece of work , with premise and dialogue at the level of kids ' television and plot threads as morose as teen pregnancy , rape and suspected murder ", "label": 0} {"text": "typical late-twenty-somethings natter ", "label": 0} {"text": "yet another genre exercise , gangster no. 1 is as generic as its title . ", "label": 0} {"text": "star charisma ", "label": 1} {"text": "a straight-shooting family film which awards animals the respect they ", "label": 1} {"text": "an adventurous young talent who finds his inspiration on the fringes of the american underground ", "label": 1} {"text": "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 . ", "label": 1} {"text": "stands still in more ways that one in clockstoppers , a sci-fi thriller as lazy as it is interminable ", "label": 0} {"text": "feels less the product of loving , well integrated homage and more like a mere excuse for the wan , thinly sketched story . ", "label": 0} {"text": "to remarkable performances ", "label": 1} {"text": "short of wonderful with its ten-year-old female protagonist and its steadfast refusal to set up a dualistic battle between good and evil . ", "label": 1} {"text": "the film manages to keep you at the edge of your seat with its shape-shifting perils , political intrigue and brushes with calamity . ", "label": 1} {"text": "captures the debilitating grief ", "label": 1} {"text": "hoffman waits too long to turn his movie in an unexpected direction , and even then his tone retains a genteel , prep-school quality that feels dusty and leatherbound ", "label": 0} {"text": "its hawaiian setting , the science-fiction trimmings and some moments of rowdy slapstick ", "label": 1} {"text": "lyrical and celebratory vision ", "label": 1} {"text": "stale first act , scrooge story , blatant product placement ", "label": 0} {"text": "fresh by an intelligent screenplay and gripping performances ", "label": 1} {"text": "like some futile concoction that was developed hastily after oedekerk ", "label": 0} {"text": "silly stuff , all mixed up together like a term paper from a kid who ca n't quite distinguish one sci-fi work from another ", "label": 0} {"text": "surprisingly refreshing ", "label": 1} {"text": ", parker exposes the limitations of his skill and the basic flaws in his vision . 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", "label": 0} {"text": "format to make an old-fashioned nature film that educates viewers with words and pictures while entertaining them ", "label": 1} {"text": "has been lost in the translation ... another routine hollywood frightfest in which the slack execution italicizes the absurdity of the premise . ", "label": 0} {"text": ", this space-based homage to robert louis stevenson 's treasure island fires on all plasma conduits . ", "label": 1} {"text": "are simply dazzling , particularly balk , who 's finally been given a part worthy of her considerable talents . ", "label": 1} {"text": "has found the perfect material with which to address his own world war ii experience in his signature style . ", "label": 1} {"text": "makes the move from pleasing ", "label": 1} {"text": "entirely suspenseful , extremely well-paced and ultimately ... dare i say , entertaining ! 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", "label": 0} {"text": "remarkable movie ", "label": 1} {"text": "at every opportunity to do something clever , the film goes right over the edge and kills every sense of believability ... ", "label": 0} {"text": "charming the masses with star power , a pop-induced score and sentimental moments that have become a spielberg trademark ", "label": 1} {"text": "a light , yet engrossing piece ", "label": 1} {"text": "mr. scorsese 's bravery and integrity in advancing this vision ", "label": 1} {"text": "its relaxed , ", "label": 1} {"text": "paper-thin , and their personalities undergo radical changes when it suits the script ", "label": 0} {"text": "the sword fighting is well done ", "label": 1} {"text": "would 've been nice if the screenwriters had trusted audiences to understand a complex story , and left off the film 's predictable denouement . ", "label": 0} {"text": "i am more offended by his lack of faith in his audience than by anything on display here . 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", "label": 0} {"text": ", letting its imagery speak for it while it forces you to ponder anew what a movie can be . ", "label": 1} {"text": "wind up as glum as mr. de niro ", "label": 0} {"text": "the movie is silly beyond comprehension , and even if it were n't silly , it would still be beyond comprehension . ", "label": 0} {"text": "in the new release of cinema paradiso , the tale has turned from sweet to bittersweet , and when the tears come during that final , beautiful scene , they finally feel absolutely earned . ", "label": 1} {"text": "a loud , low-budget and tired formula film ", "label": 0} {"text": "a wishy-washy melodramatic movie that shows us plenty of sturm und drung , but explains its characters ' decisions only unsatisfactorily . ", "label": 0} {"text": "touches the heart and the funnybone thanks to the energetic and always surprising performance by rachel griffiths . 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", "label": 1} {"text": "bordering on offensive , waste of time , money and celluloid ", "label": 0} {"text": "` post-feminist ' romantic comedy that takes an astonishingly condescending attitude toward women ", "label": 0} {"text": "from a deceptively simple premise , this deeply moving french drama develops a startling story that works both as a detailed personal portrait and as a rather frightening examination of modern times . ", "label": 1} {"text": "bring on the battle bots , please ", "label": 1} {"text": "never gets over its own investment in conventional arrangements , in terms of love , age , gender , race , and class . 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", "label": 0} {"text": "second-rate ", "label": 0} {"text": "a disaster ", "label": 0} {"text": "mr. nachtwey has traveled to places in the world devastated by war , famine and poverty and documented the cruelty and suffering he has found with an devastating , eloquent clarity . ", "label": 1} {"text": "a sobering and powerful documentary about the most severe kind of personal loss : ", "label": 1} {"text": "and church meetings ", "label": 1} {"text": "rotten in the state of california ", "label": 0} {"text": "insufferably ", "label": 0} {"text": "the pay-off is negligible ", "label": 0} {"text": "strong erotic ", "label": 1} {"text": "after seeing ` analyze that , ' i feel better already . 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", "label": 0} {"text": "be profane , ", "label": 0} {"text": "intoxicating atmosphere and ", "label": 1} {"text": "gorgeous ", "label": 1} {"text": "the rare sequel that 's better than its predecessor ", "label": 1} {"text": "makes it possible for the viewer to doze off for a few minutes or make several runs to the concession stand and/or restroom and not feel as if he or she has missed anything ", "label": 0} {"text": "peter jackson and company once again dazzle and delight us , fulfilling practically every expectation either a longtime tolkien fan or a movie-going neophyte could want . ", "label": 1} {"text": "sex ironically has little to do with the story , which becomes something about how lame it is to try and evade your responsibilities and that you should never , ever , leave a large dog alone with a toddler . 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", "label": 0} {"text": "and altogether creepy ", "label": 0} {"text": "so lovely toward the end ", "label": 1} {"text": "the plot and a powerfully evocative mood ", "label": 1} {"text": "as both a revealing look at the collaborative process and a timely , tongue-in-cheek profile of the corporate circus that is the recording industry in the current climate of mergers and downsizing ", "label": 1} {"text": "concentrates far too much on the awkward interplay and utter lack of chemistry between chan and hewitt . ", "label": 0} {"text": "gets under the skin of a man we only know as an evil , monstrous lunatic ", "label": 0} {"text": "falls short on tension , eloquence , spiritual challenge -- things that have made the original new testament stories so compelling for 20 centuries . 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", "label": 0} {"text": "embarrassment and others ", "label": 0} {"text": "you could just rent those movies instead , let alone seek out a respectable new one ", "label": 0} {"text": "the power of shanghai ghetto , a documentary by dana janklowicz-mann and amir mann , ", "label": 1} {"text": "nonstop hoot ", "label": 1} {"text": "the sentimental script has problems , but the actors pick up the slack . ", "label": 1} {"text": "imagine kevin smith , the blasphemous bad boy of suburban jersey , if he were stripped of most of his budget and all of his sense of humor ", "label": 0} {"text": "an incredibly irritating comedy about thoroughly vacuous people ... manages to embody the worst excesses of nouvelle vague without any of its sense of fun or energy . ", "label": 0} {"text": "nothing overly original , mind you , but solidly entertaining . ", "label": 1} {"text": "is wrong in its sequel ", "label": 0} {"text": "is the word for the big-fisted direction of jez butterworth , who manages to blast even the smallest sensitivities from the romance with his clamorous approach . ", "label": 0} {"text": "an astonishing voice cast ( excepting love hewitt ) , an interesting racial tension , and a storyline ", "label": 1} {"text": "for humor in so many teenage comedies ", "label": 1} {"text": "many went to see the attraction for the sole reason that it was hot outside and there was air conditioning inside , and i do n't think that a.c. will help this movie one bit . 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", "label": 1} {"text": "imamura has said that warm water under a red bridge is a poem to the enduring strengths of women . ", "label": 1} {"text": "is pleasant , diverting and modest ", "label": 1} {"text": "it will do so in a way that does n't make you feel like a sucker ", "label": 1} {"text": "many of these gross ", "label": 0} {"text": "languorous charm ", "label": 1} {"text": "skip but film buffs should get to know ", "label": 0} {"text": "innovative backgrounds ", "label": 1} {"text": "both are just actory concoctions , defined by childlike dimness and a handful of quirks ", "label": 0} {"text": "as immaculate as stuart little 2 is , it could be a lot better if it were , well , more adventurous . ", "label": 1} {"text": "this chicago has hugely imaginative and successful casting to its great credit , as well as one terrific score and attitude to spare . 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