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", "label": 0} {"text": "freedom the iranian people already possess , with or without access to the ballot box ", "label": 1} {"text": "lame and ", "label": 0} {"text": "manage to hit all of its marks ", "label": 1} {"text": "a successful example ", "label": 1} {"text": "as you might to scrutinize the ethics of kaufman 's approach , somehow it all comes together to create a very compelling , sensitive , intelligent and almost cohesive piece of film entertainment ", "label": 1} {"text": "'s as if a bored cage spent the duration of the film 's shooting schedule waiting to scream : `` got aids yet ", "label": 0} {"text": "so substantial or fresh ", "label": 1} {"text": ", amusing and unsettling ", "label": 1} {"text": "you come away thinking not only that kate is n't very bright , but that she has n't been worth caring about and that maybe she , janine and molly -- an all-woman dysfunctional family -- deserve one another . 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", "label": 0} {"text": "of the self-esteem of employment and the shame of losing a job ", "label": 0} {"text": "good fight ", "label": 1} {"text": "that the film 's length becomes a part of its fun ", "label": 1} {"text": "give-me-an-oscar ", "label": 1} {"text": "does little here ", "label": 0} {"text": "a lot of problems ", "label": 0} {"text": "dramatic snapshot ", "label": 1} {"text": "needs some serious re-working to show more of the dilemma , rather than have his characters stage shouting ", "label": 0} {"text": "probably because it 's extremely hard to relate to any of the characters ", "label": 0} {"text": "as broad and cartoonish as the screenplay is , there is an accuracy of observation in the work of the director , frank novak , that keeps the film grounded in an undeniable social realism . 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