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sst2 sentence: it 's pretentious in a way that verges on the amateurish .
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sst2 sentence: no one can doubt the filmmakers ' motives , but the guys still feels counterproductive .
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sst2 sentence: a sun-drenched masterpiece
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sst2 sentence: an american ( and an america ) always reaching for something just outside his grasp
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sst2 sentence: a contemptible imitator starring a `` snl '' has-been acting like an 8-year-old channeling roberto benigni
negative
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sst2 sentence: a provocateur
positive
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sst2 sentence: what ( denis ) accomplishes in his chilling , unnerving film
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sst2 sentence: hard , cold effect
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sst2 sentence: his inspiration
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sst2 sentence: some kid who ca n't act , only echoes of jordan
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sst2 sentence: a sea of visual and verbal clichés
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sst2 sentence: the characters seem one-dimensional
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sst2 sentence: of the recent hollywood trip tripe
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sst2 sentence: the real star of this movie is the score , as in the songs translate well to film , and it 's really well directed
positive
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sst2 sentence: drowned out by director jon purdy 's sledgehammer sap
negative
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sst2 sentence: cho 's latest comic set is n't as sharp or as fresh as i 'm the one that i want ... but it 's still damn funny stuff
positive
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sst2 sentence: wo n't score points for political correctness
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sst2 sentence: does n't sustain interest beyond the first half-hour .
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sst2 sentence: to laugh at how bad
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sst2 sentence: enchanting ...
positive
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sst2 sentence: it 's fairly solid -- not to mention well edited so that it certainly does n't feel like a film that strays past the two and a half mark .
positive
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sst2 sentence: who cares ?
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sst2 sentence: a banal , virulently unpleasant excuse for a romantic comedy .
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sst2 sentence: to do a little fleeing of its own
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sst2 sentence: the heart and soul of cinema
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sst2 sentence: repulsive
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sst2 sentence: , mass drug-induced bowel evacuations , and none-too-funny commentary on the cultural distinctions between americans and brits .
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sst2 sentence: a straight-to-video movie
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sst2 sentence: is so slovenly done , so primitive in technique , that it ca n't really be called animation
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sst2 sentence: clockstoppers is one of those crazy , mixed-up films that does n't know what it wants to be when it grows up .
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sst2 sentence: charming than in about a boy
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sst2 sentence: like any of these despicable characters
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sst2 sentence: you have left the theater
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sst2 sentence: with her small , intelligent eyes
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sst2 sentence: the film unfolds with all the mounting tension of an expert thriller , until the tragedy beneath it all gradually reveals itself .
positive
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sst2 sentence: that this film was n't as bad as i thought it was going to be
positive
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sst2 sentence: fuels the self-destructiveness of many young people
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sst2 sentence: profound humanity
positive
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sst2 sentence: the chateau belongs to rudd , whose portrait of a therapy-dependent flakeball spouting french malapropisms ... is a nonstop hoot .
positive
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sst2 sentence: as tryingly as the title
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sst2 sentence: a hugely enjoyable film about changing times , clashing cultures and the pleasures of a well-made pizza
positive
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sst2 sentence: if disney 's cinderella proved that ' a dream is a wish your heart makes , ' then cinderella ii proves that a nightmare is a wish a studio 's wallet makes .
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sst2 sentence: it 's rare that a movie can be as intelligent as this one is in every regard except its storyline ; everything that 's good is ultimately scuttled by a plot that 's just too boring and obvious .
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sst2 sentence: a rich tale of our times
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sst2 sentence: , imaginative filmmaking
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sst2 sentence: crossroads feels like a teenybopper ed wood film , replete with the pubescent scandalous innuendo and the high-strung but flaccid drama .
negative
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sst2 sentence: blue crush is so prolonged and boring it is n't even close to being the barn-burningly bad movie it promised it would be .
negative
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sst2 sentence: blade ii merges bits and pieces from fighting games , wire fu , horror movies , mystery , james bond , wrestling , sci-fi and anime into one big bloody stew .
positive
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sst2 sentence: an enormously entertaining movie
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sst2 sentence: a surprisingly charming and even witty match
positive
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sst2 sentence: crisp storytelling
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sst2 sentence: rubbish that is listless , witless , and devoid of anything resembling humor
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sst2 sentence: that chin 's film serves up with style and empathy
positive
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sst2 sentence: muted freak-out
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sst2 sentence: earns extra points
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sst2 sentence: a dark comedy that goes for sick and demented humor simply to do so .
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sst2 sentence: particular talents
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sst2 sentence: be churlish to begrudge anyone for receiving whatever consolation that can be found in dragonfly
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sst2 sentence: it 's definitely not made for kids or their parents , for that matter
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sst2 sentence: rethink their attitudes when they see the joy the characters take in this creed
positive
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sst2 sentence: entry number twenty the worst of the brosnan bunch
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sst2 sentence: 's all stitched together with energy , intelligence and verve , enhanced by a surplus of vintage archive footage
positive
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sst2 sentence: is the kind of movie during which you want to bang your head on the seat in front of you , at its cluelessness , at its idiocy , at its utterly misplaced earnestness
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sst2 sentence: to great artistic significance
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sst2 sentence: little emotional resonance
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sst2 sentence: revelatory and
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sst2 sentence: an average kid-empowerment fantasy with slightly above-average brains .
positive
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sst2 sentence: surely read the catcher in the rye but clearly suffers from dyslexia
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sst2 sentence: are few things in this world more complex -- and , as it turns out , more fragile
positive
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sst2 sentence: , pretty and gifted , it really won my heart
positive
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sst2 sentence: lessen the overall impact the movie could have had
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sst2 sentence: it establishes its ominous mood and tension swiftly , and
positive
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sst2 sentence: scarcely worth a mention apart from reporting on the number of tumbleweeds blowing through the empty theaters
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sst2 sentence: has dreamed up such blatant and sickening product placement in a movie
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sst2 sentence: , the basic plot of `` lilo '' could have been pulled from a tear-stained vintage shirley temple script .
positive
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sst2 sentence: go wrong
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sst2 sentence: while the story 's undeniably hard to follow , iwai 's gorgeous visuals seduce .
positive
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sst2 sentence: wanted to leave
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sst2 sentence: the script covers huge , heavy topics in a bland , surfacey way that does n't offer any insight into why , for instance , good things happen to bad people .
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sst2 sentence: 's flawed and brilliant
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sst2 sentence: that the film 's length becomes a part of its fun
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sst2 sentence: argentinian thriller
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sst2 sentence: almost peerlessly unsettling .
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sst2 sentence: to some truly excellent sequences
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sst2 sentence: does such a good job of it that family fundamentals gets you riled up
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sst2 sentence: not once in the rush to save the day did i become very involved in the proceedings ; to me , it was just a matter of ` eh . '
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sst2 sentence: in its own simplicity
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sst2 sentence: satisfies
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sst2 sentence: it seems as if each watered down the version of the one before
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sst2 sentence: no
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sst2 sentence: captivatingly
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sst2 sentence: is adequate
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sst2 sentence: a story about intelligent high school students that deals with first love sweetly but also seriously .
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sst2 sentence: is a lumbering , wheezy drag
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sst2 sentence: glossy hollywood
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sst2 sentence: a strong first act and
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sst2 sentence: 's ) quite a bit of heart , as you would expect from the directors of the little mermaid and aladdin
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sst2 sentence: often achieves a level of connection and concern
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sst2 sentence: you 're an absolute raving star wars junkie
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sst2 sentence: a movie that sends you out of the theater feeling like you 've actually spent time living in another community .
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