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test_701
all that 's missing is the spontaneity , originality and delight .
[ "(A) Negative", "(B) Positive" ]
(A) Negative
test_702
may reawaken discussion of the kennedy assassination but this fictional film looks made for cable rather than for the big screen .
[ "(A) Positive", "(B) Negative" ]
(B) Negative
test_703
bogdanovich tantalizes by offering a peep show into the lives of the era 's creme de la celluloid .
[ "(A) Positive", "(B) Negative" ]
(A) Positive
test_704
at its best , queen is campy fun like the vincent price horror classics of the '60s .
[ "(A) Negative", "(B) Positive" ]
(B) Positive
test_705
... routine , harmless diversion and little else .
[ "(A) Negative", "(B) Positive" ]
(B) Positive
test_706
feels too formulaic and too familiar to produce the transgressive thrills of early underground work .
[ "(A) Negative", "(B) Positive" ]
(A) Negative
test_707
pumpkin means to be an outrageous dark satire on fraternity life , but its ambitions far exceed the abilities of writer adam larson broder and his co-director , tony r. abrams , in their feature debut .
[ "(A) Negative", "(B) Positive" ]
(A) Negative
test_708
affleck and jackson are good sparring partners .
[ "(A) Negative", "(B) Positive" ]
(B) Positive
test_709
the most compelling wiseman epic of recent years .
[ "(A) Negative", "(B) Positive" ]
(B) Positive
test_710
it 's great escapist fun that recreates a place and time that will never happen again .
[ "(A) Negative", "(B) Positive" ]
(B) Positive
test_711
oh come on .
[ "(A) Negative", "(B) Positive" ]
(A) Negative
test_712
the talented and clever robert rodriguez perhaps put a little too much heart into his first film and did n't reserve enough for his second .
[ "(A) Positive", "(B) Negative" ]
(B) Negative
test_713
atom egoyan has conjured up a multilayered work that tackles any number of fascinating issues
[ "(A) Negative", "(B) Positive" ]
(B) Positive
test_714
not since tom cruise in risky business has an actor made such a strong impression in his underwear .
[ "(A) Negative", "(B) Positive" ]
(B) Positive
test_715
the old-world - meets-new mesh is incarnated in the movie 's soundtrack , a joyful effusion of disco bollywood that , by the end of monsoon wedding , sent my spirit soaring out of the theater .
[ "(A) Negative", "(B) Positive" ]
(B) Positive
test_716
stephen rea , aidan quinn , and alan bates play desmond 's legal eagles , and when joined by brosnan , the sight of this grandiloquent quartet lolling in pretty irish settings is a pleasant enough thing , ` tis .
[ "(A) Negative", "(B) Positive" ]
(B) Positive
test_717
there is n't nearly enough fun here , despite the presence of some appealing ingredients .
[ "(A) Negative", "(B) Positive" ]
(A) Negative
test_718
for starters , the story is just too slim .
[ "(A) Positive", "(B) Negative" ]
(B) Negative
test_719
gives you the steady pulse of life in a beautiful city viewed through the eyes of a character who , in spite of tragic loss and increasing decrepitude , knows in his bones that he is one of the luckiest men alive .
[ "(A) Negative", "(B) Positive" ]
(B) Positive
test_720
does n't offer much besides glib soullessness , raunchy language and a series of brutal set pieces ... that raise the bar on stylized screen violence .
[ "(A) Positive", "(B) Negative" ]
(B) Negative
test_721
every nanosecond of the the new guy reminds you that you could be doing something else far more pleasurable .
[ "(A) Negative", "(B) Positive" ]
(A) Negative
test_722
moretti 's compelling anatomy of grief and the difficult process of adapting to loss .
[ "(A) Positive", "(B) Negative" ]
(B) Negative
test_723
ramsay , as in ratcatcher , remains a filmmaker with an acid viewpoint and a real gift for teasing chilly poetry out of lives and settings that might otherwise seem drab and sordid .
[ "(A) Negative", "(B) Positive" ]
(B) Positive
test_724
( grant 's ) bumbling magic takes over the film , and it turns out to be another winning star vehicle .
[ "(A) Negative", "(B) Positive" ]
(B) Positive
test_725
my wife is an actress is an utterly charming french comedy that feels so american in sensibility and style it 's virtually its own hollywood remake .
[ "(A) Negative", "(B) Positive" ]
(B) Positive
test_726
though moonlight mile is replete with acclaimed actors and actresses and tackles a subject that 's potentially moving , the movie is too predictable and too self-conscious to reach a level of high drama .
[ "(A) Positive", "(B) Negative" ]
(B) Negative
test_727
there 's too much falseness to the second half , and what began as an intriguing look at youth fizzles into a dull , ridiculous attempt at heart-tugging .
[ "(A) Negative", "(B) Positive" ]
(A) Negative
test_728
an unclassifiably awful study in self - and audience-abuse .
[ "(A) Negative", "(B) Positive" ]
(A) Negative
test_729
an absurdist comedy about alienation , separation and loss .
[ "(A) Positive", "(B) Negative" ]
(B) Negative
test_730
there is a fabric of complex ideas here , and feelings that profoundly deepen them .
[ "(A) Negative", "(B) Positive" ]
(B) Positive
test_731
a dumb movie with dumb characters doing dumb things and you have to be really dumb not to see where this is going .
[ "(A) Positive", "(B) Negative" ]
(B) Negative
test_732
a good piece of work more often than not .
[ "(A) Positive", "(B) Negative" ]
(A) Positive
test_733
it 's just filler .
[ "(A) Negative", "(B) Positive" ]
(A) Negative
test_734
impostor has a handful of thrilling moments and a couple of good performances , but the movie does n't quite fly .
[ "(A) Negative", "(B) Positive" ]
(A) Negative
test_735
puts a human face on a land most westerners are unfamiliar with .
[ "(A) Positive", "(B) Negative" ]
(A) Positive
test_736
lapaglia 's ability to convey grief and hope works with weaver 's sensitive reactions to make this a two-actor master class .
[ "(A) Positive", "(B) Negative" ]
(A) Positive
test_737
you wo n't like roger , but you will quickly recognize him .
[ "(A) Positive", "(B) Negative" ]
(B) Negative
test_738
despite the evocative aesthetics evincing the hollow state of modern love life , the film never percolates beyond a monotonous whine .
[ "(A) Negative", "(B) Positive" ]
(A) Negative
test_739
a full world has been presented onscreen , not some series of carefully structured plot points building to a pat resolution .
[ "(A) Negative", "(B) Positive" ]
(B) Positive
test_740
while its careful pace and seemingly opaque story may not satisfy every moviegoer 's appetite , the film 's final scene is soaringly , transparently moving .
[ "(A) Positive", "(B) Negative" ]
(A) Positive
test_741
like leon , it 's frustrating and still oddly likable .
[ "(A) Negative", "(B) Positive" ]
(B) Positive
test_742
the far future may be awesome to consider , but from period detail to matters of the heart , this film is most transporting when it stays put in the past .
[ "(A) Positive", "(B) Negative" ]
(A) Positive
test_743
the humor is n't as sharp , the effects not as innovative , nor the story as imaginative as in the original .
[ "(A) Positive", "(B) Negative" ]
(B) Negative
test_744
seldahl 's barbara is a precise and moving portrait of someone whose world is turned upside down , first by passion and then by illness .
[ "(A) Positive", "(B) Negative" ]
(A) Positive
test_745
reggio 's continual visual barrage is absorbing as well as thought-provoking .
[ "(A) Positive", "(B) Negative" ]
(A) Positive
test_746
by getting myself wrapped up in the visuals and eccentricities of many of the characters , i found myself confused when it came time to get to the heart of the movie .
[ "(A) Positive", "(B) Negative" ]
(B) Negative
test_747
minority report is exactly what the title indicates , a report .
[ "(A) Positive", "(B) Negative" ]
(A) Positive
test_748
it ca n't decide if it wants to be a mystery/thriller , a romance or a comedy .
[ "(A) Negative", "(B) Positive" ]
(A) Negative
test_749
for each chuckle there are at least 10 complete misses , many coming from the amazingly lifelike tara reid , whose acting skills are comparable to a cardboard cutout .
[ "(A) Negative", "(B) Positive" ]
(A) Negative
test_750
so refreshingly incisive is grant that for the first time he 'll probably appeal more to guys than to their girlfriends who drag them to this movie for the hugh factor .
[ "(A) Negative", "(B) Positive" ]
(B) Positive
test_751
the performances take the movie to a higher level .
[ "(A) Positive", "(B) Negative" ]
(A) Positive
test_752
the film 's few ideas are stretched to the point of evaporation ; the whole central section is one big chase that seems to have no goal and no urgency .
[ "(A) Negative", "(B) Positive" ]
(A) Negative
test_753
stultifyingly , dumbfoundingly , mind-numbingly bad .
[ "(A) Positive", "(B) Negative" ]
(B) Negative
test_754
blanchett 's performance confirms her power once again .
[ "(A) Negative", "(B) Positive" ]
(B) Positive
test_755
manages to show life in all of its banality when the intention is quite the opposite .
[ "(A) Positive", "(B) Negative" ]
(B) Negative
test_756
nonsensical , dull `` cyber-horror '' flick is a grim , hollow exercise in flat scares and bad acting .
[ "(A) Positive", "(B) Negative" ]
(B) Negative
test_757
i thought my own watch had stopped keeping time as i slogged my way through clockstoppers .
[ "(A) Negative", "(B) Positive" ]
(A) Negative
test_758
for the first time in years , de niro digs deep emotionally , perhaps because he 's been stirred by the powerful work of his co-stars .
[ "(A) Negative", "(B) Positive" ]
(B) Positive
test_759
not since japanese filmmaker akira kurosawa 's ran have the savagery of combat and the specter of death been visualized with such operatic grandeur .
[ "(A) Negative", "(B) Positive" ]
(B) Positive
test_760
the film is beautifully mounted , but , more to the point , the issues are subtly presented , managing to walk a fine line with regard to the question of joan 's madness .
[ "(A) Negative", "(B) Positive" ]
(B) Positive
test_761
this is a story of two misfits who do n't stand a chance alone , but together they are magnificent .
[ "(A) Negative", "(B) Positive" ]
(B) Positive
test_762
at its worst , it implodes in a series of very bad special effects .
[ "(A) Negative", "(B) Positive" ]
(A) Negative
test_763
has all the depth of a wading pool .
[ "(A) Positive", "(B) Negative" ]
(B) Negative
test_764
a psychological thriller with a genuinely spooky premise and an above-average cast , actor bill paxton 's directing debut is a creepy slice of gothic rural americana .
[ "(A) Positive", "(B) Negative" ]
(A) Positive
test_765
manages to be both repulsively sadistic and mundane .
[ "(A) Positive", "(B) Negative" ]
(B) Negative
test_766
as vulgar as it is banal .
[ "(A) Positive", "(B) Negative" ]
(B) Negative
test_767
the reality of the new live-action pinocchio he directed , cowrote and starred in borders on the grotesque .
[ "(A) Positive", "(B) Negative" ]
(B) Negative
test_768
in the end , we are left with something like two ships passing in the night rather than any insights into gay love , chinese society or the price one pays for being dishonest .
[ "(A) Positive", "(B) Negative" ]
(B) Negative
test_769
an artful , intelligent film that stays within the confines of a well-established genre .
[ "(A) Positive", "(B) Negative" ]
(A) Positive
test_770
entertains by providing good , lively company .
[ "(A) Positive", "(B) Negative" ]
(A) Positive
test_771
a cartoon that 's truly cinematic in scope , and a story that 's compelling and heartfelt -- even if the heart belongs to a big , four-legged herbivore .
[ "(A) Negative", "(B) Positive" ]
(B) Positive
test_772
vera 's three actors -- mollà , gil and bardem -- excel in insightful , empathetic performances .
[ "(A) Positive", "(B) Negative" ]
(A) Positive
test_773
the movie 's relatively simple plot and uncomplicated morality play well with the affable cast .
[ "(A) Negative", "(B) Positive" ]
(B) Positive
test_774
a study in shades of gray , offering itself up in subtle plot maneuvers ...
[ "(A) Positive", "(B) Negative" ]
(A) Positive
test_775
for all its technical virtuosity , the film is so mired in juvenile and near-xenophobic pedagogy that it 's enough to make one pine for the day when godard can no longer handle the rigors of filmmaking .
[ "(A) Positive", "(B) Negative" ]
(B) Negative
test_776
it 's not the ultimate depression-era gangster movie .
[ "(A) Negative", "(B) Positive" ]
(A) Negative
test_777
maud and roland 's search for an unknowable past makes for a haunting literary detective story , but labute pulls off a neater trick in possession : he makes language sexy .
[ "(A) Negative", "(B) Positive" ]
(B) Positive
test_778
about a manga-like heroine who fights back at her abusers , it 's energetic and satisfying if not deep and psychological .
[ "(A) Positive", "(B) Negative" ]
(A) Positive
test_779
though only 60 minutes long , the film is packed with information and impressions .
[ "(A) Negative", "(B) Positive" ]
(B) Positive
test_780
a moody , multi-dimensional love story and sci-fi mystery , solaris is a thought-provoking , haunting film that allows the seeds of the imagination to germinate .
[ "(A) Negative", "(B) Positive" ]
(B) Positive
test_781
... designed to provide a mix of smiles and tears , `` crossroads '' instead provokes a handful of unintentional howlers and numerous yawns .
[ "(A) Negative", "(B) Positive" ]
(A) Negative
test_782
this nickleby thing might have more homosexual undertones than an eddie murphy film .
[ "(A) Positive", "(B) Negative" ]
(B) Negative
test_783
`` the time machine '' is a movie that has no interest in itself .
[ "(A) Positive", "(B) Negative" ]
(B) Negative
test_784
the result is a gaudy bag of stale candy , something from a halloween that died .
[ "(A) Positive", "(B) Negative" ]
(B) Negative
test_785
too much of the humor falls flat .
[ "(A) Positive", "(B) Negative" ]
(B) Negative
test_786
while ( hill ) has learned new tricks , the tricks alone are not enough to salvage this lifeless boxing film .
[ "(A) Negative", "(B) Positive" ]
(A) Negative
test_787
as the two leads , lathan and diggs are charming and have chemistry both as friends and lovers .
[ "(A) Positive", "(B) Negative" ]
(A) Positive
test_788
excessive , profane , packed with cartoonish violence and comic-strip characters .
[ "(A) Positive", "(B) Negative" ]
(B) Negative
test_789
director uwe boll and the actors provide scant reason to care in this crude '70s throwback .
[ "(A) Negative", "(B) Positive" ]
(A) Negative
test_790
schaeffer has to find some hook on which to hang his persistently useless movies , and it might as well be the resuscitation of the middle-aged character .
[ "(A) Negative", "(B) Positive" ]
(A) Negative
test_791
woody allen 's latest is an ambling , broad comedy about all there is to love -- and hate -- about the movie biz .
[ "(A) Negative", "(B) Positive" ]
(B) Positive
test_792
it 's a beautiful madness .
[ "(A) Negative", "(B) Positive" ]
(B) Positive
test_793
byler reveals his characters in a way that intrigues and even fascinates us , and he never reduces the situation to simple melodrama .
[ "(A) Negative", "(B) Positive" ]
(B) Positive
test_794
the title not only describes its main characters , but the lazy people behind the camera as well .
[ "(A) Positive", "(B) Negative" ]
(B) Negative
test_795
what is 100 % missing here is a script of even the most elemental literacy , an inkling of genuine wit , and anything resembling acting .
[ "(A) Positive", "(B) Negative" ]
(B) Negative
test_796
the so-inept - it 's - surreal dubbing ( featuring the voices of glenn close , regis philbin and breckin meyer ) brings back memories of cheesy old godzilla flicks .
[ "(A) Negative", "(B) Positive" ]
(A) Negative
test_797
there ought to be a directing license , so that ed burns can have his revoked .
[ "(A) Positive", "(B) Negative" ]
(B) Negative
test_798
and when you 're talking about a slapstick comedy , that 's a pretty big problem .
[ "(A) Positive", "(B) Negative" ]
(B) Negative
test_799
as a first-time director , paxton has tapped something in himself as an actor that provides frailty with its dark soul .
[ "(A) Negative", "(B) Positive" ]
(B) Positive
test_800
visually imaginative , thematically instructive and thoroughly delightful , it takes us on a roller-coaster ride from innocence to experience without even a hint of that typical kiddie-flick sentimentality .
[ "(A) Positive", "(B) Negative" ]
(A) Positive