sentence
stringlengths
36
692
label
int64
0
1
the evening after his father's funeral , he meets the lovely paula , runs into her the next day , but is sure she'll never look twice at him .
1
unbeknownst to her , the real scoop is much more awesome then even she could write about , should she live to tell .
1
they are soon caught up in the erotic nature of the chat sessions they host , changing both their lives .
1
the film would work much better as a video installation in a museum , where viewers would be free to leave . immediately .
0
andy spirals down into crack addiction and becomes a homeless prostitute and mike gains stability in his life once he moves in with his loving and supportive aunt .
1
if you're part of her targeted audience , you'll cheer . otherwise , maybe .
0
a " popular yet mean-spirited " teenage girl wakes up one day to find herself turned into a man in his 30's ( schneider ) .
1
hands down the year's most thought-provoking film . but it pays a price for its intricate intellectual gamesmanship .
0
an enthralling , playful film that constantly frustrates our desire to know the 'truth' about this man , while deconstructing the very format of the biography in a manner that derrida would doubtless give his blessing to .
0
that old adage about women being unknowable gets an exhilarating new interpretation in morvern callar .
0
you can see the would-be surprises coming a mile away , and the execution of these twists is delivered with a hammer . thumbs down .
0
although their characters and temperaments couldn't be less alike , 19-year olds wei and jie are best friends .
1
this astounding documentary puts reality tv to shame and reminds us of just how unreal that prefabricated situation-based dreck really is .
1
when sang-woo's mother finds work and finally returns for him , sang-woo has become a different boy .
1
his motives are plain and simple , to meet a woman .
1
but with little hope of breaking the game's vicious cycle of money , dark deeds and long spells of incarceration , mel's life represents everything tiz is trying to escape .
1
the whole thing plays like a tired tyco ad .
0
he faces the hostility and malice of the modern world .
1
there aren't enough jedi to defend the republic against the threat , so chancellor palpatine enlists the aid of jango fett , who promises that his army of clones will handle the situation .
1
down on the shore , a boat is slowly being loaded with the personal possessions from the dying man's home .
1
kamel , a young man from the french ghetto , near paris , is coming back to france .
1
though clearly well-intentioned , this cross-cultural soap opera is painfully formulaic and stilted .
0
the young man looks for comfort in his father , but he's to occupied with winning the eurovision song contest .
1
so when charlie sees mallory with her new boyfriend , curtis , he goes a bit mad .
1
red dragon makes one appreciate silence of the lambs .
0
then there is the unshakable guilt over his past .
1
price has to pretend he is also gay in order to stay hidden .
1
gooding and coburn are both oscar winners , a fact which , as you watch them clumsily mugging their way through snow dogs , seems inconceivable .
0
and then a body turns up on cape cod . . .
1
it is late at night in a foreign land .
1
nete's husband seeks comfort outside of their home , her daughter begins to rebel , and as the relationship between nete and her father has not been too good for years , things are bound to explode .
1
harry , a world-weary career criminal masquerading as a priest , takes to the road with escaped convict nate and his jailbait girlfriend angel .
1
usually when i get this much syrup , i like pancakes to go with it .
0
polanski has found the perfect material with which to address his own world war ii experience in his signature style .
0
the problem is he's trying to be everything he's not .
1
on the surface , the film is played straight , with sustained tension and effective frights . but the director has done his research , and fills every scene with a subversive humor that's 100% pure imitation hitchcock .
0
pronounced cured , she became a psychoanalyst herself and , within eight years , was practising alongside the founding fathers .
1
its audacious ambitions sabotaged by pomposity , steven soderbergh's space opera emerges as a numbingly dull experience .
0
to the vast majority of more casual filmgoers , it will probably be a talky bore .
0
in the aftermath of the fall of the talibans , the film explores the city of herat where it captures the reactions of the city dwellers expressing their memories and their hopes .
1
in addition to hoffman's powerful acting clinic , this is that rare drama that offers a thoughtful and rewarding glimpse into the sort of heartache everyone has felt , or will feel someday .
0
it is zuckerman who stumbles upon silk's secret and sets out to reconstruct the unknown biography of this eminent , upright man , esteemed as an educator for nearly all his life , and to understand how this ingeniously contrived life came unraveled .
1
in a town of good intentions , memorbale characters and nothing much to do , the truth has a way of catching up with you .
1
a delightful entree in the tradition of food movies .
0
as charming , humorous and heimisch as its nomadic subjects .
0
a dull , inconsistent , dishonest female bonding picture .
0
but still , the killings do not stop with his death .
1
the lizard , chaos , scar , heartless and sic inhabit the violent and often bizarre world of backyard wrestling .
1
for the little hope that is left , frodo and sam march on into mordor , unprotected .
1
an attorney ( ben affleck ) in a rush to make a court appointment to file legal papers involving a multi-million dollar trust accidentally collides with an alcoholic insurance salesman ( samuel jackson ) , who also is a rush for a court appointment involving the custody of his children .
1
despite a well-placed sense of historical outrage , fence isn't one-sided .
0
the cast has a high time , but de broca has little enthusiasm for such antique pulp .
0
provides an intriguing look at how the new economy has redrawn class lines in contemporary china .
0
after a wild session of lovemaking , dawn goes for a walk .
1
the mushy finale turns john q into a movie-of-the-week tearjerker .
0
the film focuses on fatal ( nora zimmett ) , a former heroin addict who , having embraced this dark lifestyle , decides to leave her " family " and break free from the goth world with the help of her college tutor tom ( jeff marchelletta ) .
1
when he arrive she finds that his cousin has lied and that he lives in a flat above a shop with illegals etc . however he sets out to be a film star and auditions for a role that he gets .
1
sits uneasily as a horror picture . . . but finds surprising depth in its look at the binds of a small family .
0
will the doctor be able to save komal from the don ?
1
jenny even turns to the flower girl - who isn't much help .
1
a byzantine melodrama that stimulates the higher brain functions as well as the libido .
0
miyazaki's nonstop images are so stunning , and his imagination so vivid , that the only possible complaint you could have about spirited away is that there is no rest period , no timeout .
0
josh is about to turn 30 ; he's mentally retarded , and likes to play at being a vampire .
1
it's deep-sixed by a compulsion to catalog every bodily fluids gag in there's something about mary and devise a parallel clone-gag .
0
aimed squarely at the least demanding of demographic groups : very small children who will be delighted simply to spend more time with familiar cartoon characters .
0
a brutally honest documentary about a much anticipated family reunion that goes wrong thanks to culture shock and a refusal to empathize with others .
0
nha fala ( my voice ) , a musical comedy , is the story of vita , a young african woman who must never sing .
1
as the police try to piece together what happened , the convoluted relationship between a young woman and her two suitors gradually emerges .
1
it's incredibly enjoyable to watch derrida pick apart , and fight against , the very process and premise of making a film about someone , particularly him .
0
its maker , steven spielberg , hasn't had so much fun in two decades , since he was schlepping indiana jones around the globe in search of a giant misplaced ashtray .
0
lynn and yan shared an unspoken love in the past which is now rekindled in the open , and lynn begins to question whether she wants to continue to be an assassin .
1
you'll be left with the sensation of having just witnessed a great performance and , perhaps , give in to the urge to get on your feet and shake it .
0
but when fred is fired , the well runs dry , and our heroes come up with a new plan : make their own " adult " film .
1
a modest and acerbically clever escapade that relies more on wit than excitement .
0
the story itself is uninteresting , and the songs are painfully undistinguished : they might be giants' so to be one of us may be the most tuneless tune ever composed .
0
he gets fired , beaten up , and so on .
1
provides the kind of 'laugh therapy' i need from movie comedies -- offbeat humor , amusing characters , and a happy ending . after seeing 'analyze that , ' i feel better already .
0
it's the best film of the year so far , the benchmark against which all other best picture contenders should be measured .
0
comes off like a bad imitation of the bard .
0
director roger michell does so many of the little things right that it's difficult not to cuss him out severely for bungling the big stuff .
0
it takes this never-ending confusion and hatred , puts a human face on it , evokes shame among all who are party to it and even promotes understanding .
0
berling and bart . . . continue to impress , and isabelle huppert . . . again shows uncanny skill in getting under the skin of her characters .
0
everyone's favorite mad scientist herbert west is currently in jail after having state's evidence turned against him by his former assistant , dan cain .
1
neither revelatory nor truly edgy--merely crassly flamboyant and comedically labored .
0
a playful iranian parable about openness , particularly the need for people of diverse political perspectives to get along despite their ideological differences .
0
as exciting as all this exoticism might sound to the typical pax viewer , the rest of us will be lulled into a coma .
0
so , he and a few friends , try to cover up his disability , without the studio executives or the producers knowing that he is directing the film blind .
1
as a result , sarah embarks upon a journey of discovery that leads to danger , heartbreak and romance in the far corners of the world .
1
. . . there is enough originality in 'life' to distance it from the pack of paint-by-number romantic comedies that so often end up on cinema screens .
0
but after he's done his " day job " matt takes on a secret identity as " the man without fear , " daredevil , the masked avenger that patrols the neighborhood of hell's kitchen and new york city to combat the injustice that he cannot tackle in the courtroom .
1
their daughter rachel cleans in a home for elderly people , and their son rory is unemployed and aggressive .
1
it tries too hard , and overreaches the logic of its own world .
0
piccoli gives a superb performance full of deep feeling .
0
limps along on a squirm-inducing fish-out-of-water formula that goes nowhere and goes there very , very slowly .
0
money's tight , relationships are tough and all around us , media and advertising constantly bombard us with competing messages .
1
but when the cockettes flew to new york city to appear off broadway^&#197 ; well , you'll just have to see what happened when new yorkers took a look at them .
1
a compelling , gut-clutching piece of advocacy cinema that carries you along in a torrent of emotion as it explores the awful complications of one terrifying day .
0
beautifully crafted and brutally honest , promises offers an unexpected window into the complexities of the middle east struggle and into the humanity of its people .
0
the husband meets a man who knows what to do with his sexuality .
1
the writers , director wally wolodarsky , and all the actors should start their own coeducational fraternity : kappa rho alpha phi .
0