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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 |
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