text
string
label
int64
best and
1
a zombie movie in every sense of the word -- mindless , lifeless , meandering , loud , painful , obnoxious
0
against governmental odds
0
the rat-a-tat energy
1
mopping up
1
will only satisfy the most emotionally malleable of filmgoers .
0
appalling , shamelessly manipulative and contrived ,
0
all arty and jazzy
1
disagreeable
0
actually thrilled
1
a battle between bug-eye theater and dead-eye
0
shot on ugly digital video
0
because the film deliberately lacks irony , it has a genuine dramatic impact ; it plays like a powerful 1957 drama we 've somehow never seen before
1
had to endure last summer
0
is a lumbering , wheezy drag
0
absurdities and clichés
0
which becomes something about how lame it is to try and evade your responsibilities
0
the troubling thing about clockstoppers
0
that we feel as if we 're seeing something purer than the real thing
1
boldly , confidently orchestrated , aesthetically and sexually
1
what bubbles up out of john c. walsh 's pipe dream is the distinct and very welcome sense of watching intelligent people making a movie they might actually want to watch .
1
spinning a web of dazzling entertainment may be overstating it
1
bears a grievous but obscure complaint against fathers
0
applies more detail to the film 's music than to the story line
0
cheapening it
0
how tedious
0
no one can doubt the filmmakers ' motives , but the guys still feels counterproductive .
0
while it evaporates like so much crypt mist in the brain
0
makes the journey feel like a party
1
the film 's intimate camera work and searing performances pull us deep into the girls ' confusion and pain as they struggle tragically to comprehend the chasm of knowledge that 's opened between them .
1
, funny
1
mind to see a feature that concentrates on people , a project in which the script and characters hold sway
1
good things to offer
1
is not edward burns ' best film
0
, finch 's tale provides the forgettable pleasures of a saturday matinee
1
unfunny and lacking any sense of commitment to or affection for its characters
0
shenanigans and
0
its execution and skill of its cast
1
laziest
0
b.s.
0
to be in a contest to see who can out-bad-act the other
0
while you watch it , offering fine acting moments and pungent insights into modern l.a. 's show-biz and media
1
is only so much baked cardboard i need to chew .
0
this forgettable effort
0
that comes to mind , while watching eric rohmer 's tribute to a courageous scottish lady
1
is full of charm
1
the equivalent of french hip-hop , which also seems to play on a 10-year delay
0
dying fall
0
, the experience of actually watching the movie is less compelling than the circumstances of its making .
0
works beautifully
1
perhaps it 's cliche to call the film ` refreshing , ' but it is
1
each scene drags , underscoring the obvious ,
0
piercingly affecting
1
flavorless
0
takes the most unexpected material
1
miserably
0
the lousy lead performances ... keep the movie from ever reaching the comic heights it obviously desired .
0
silly and crude storyline
0
what a reckless
0
definitely a step in the right direction
1
mr. wollter and ms. seldhal give strong and convincing performances
1
's worse
0
nothing to show
0
able to give full performances
1
if that does n't clue you in that something 's horribly wrong
0
a well-crafted film that is all the more remarkable because it achieves its emotional power and moments of revelation with restraint and a delicate ambiguity .
1
has the disadvantage of also looking cheap .
0
promising work-in-progress
1
jolly , fun-for-fun 's - sake communal spirit goes to the essence of broadway
1
forget the psychology 101 study of romantic obsession and just watch the procession of costumes in castles and this wo n't seem like such a bore .
0
the kind of movie toback 's detractors always accuse him of making
0
the most impressive player
1
a generational signpost
1
has plenty of laughs
1
was kind of terrific
1
earns the right to be favorably compared to das boot .
1
interesting look
1
there 's real visual charge to the filmmaking ,
1
redone for horses , with fewer deliberate laughs , more inadvertent ones and stunningly trite songs
0
elvira fans
1
believe it
1
answered yes , by all means
1
glumly mishandle the story 's promising premise of a physician who needs to heal himself .
0
ill-timed
0
dull
0
articulates the tangled feelings of particular new yorkers deeply touched by an unprecedented tragedy
1
like this movie
1
quite a vision
1
delightful comedy
1
that 's barely shocking , barely interesting and most of all , barely anything
0
is all awkward , static , and lifeless rumblings
0
cox offers plenty of glimpses at existing photos , but there are no movies of nijinsky , so instead the director treats us to an aimless hodgepodge .
0
poorly written
0
draggy
0
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 .
0
ugh
0
take before indigestion sets in
0
quite tasty
1
founders on its own preciousness -- and squanders its beautiful women
0
infuses hubert with a mixture of deadpan cool , wry humor and just the measure of tenderness required to give this comic slugfest some heart .
1