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", "label": 0} {"text": "one of the most original american productions this year ", "label": 1} {"text": "sickly ", "label": 0} {"text": "'s unlikely to become a household name on the basis of his first starring vehicle . ", "label": 0} {"text": "things to like ", "label": 1} {"text": "is a movie where the most notable observation is how long you 've been sitting still ", "label": 0} {"text": "here his sense of story and his juvenile camera movements smack of a film school undergrad , and ", "label": 0} {"text": "marvelously entertaining and ", "label": 1} {"text": "has more than a few moments that are insightful enough to be fondly remembered in the endlessly challenging maze of moviegoing . ", "label": 1} {"text": "is a shame that more wo n't get an opportunity to embrace small , sweet ` evelyn . 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