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sst2 sentence: are an absolute joy .
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sst2 sentence: he provides a strong itch to explore more .
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sst2 sentence: makes it to the boiling point
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sst2 sentence: that jack nicholson makes this man so watchable is a tribute not only to his craft , but to his legend .
positive
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sst2 sentence: so stilted and unconvincing
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sst2 sentence: wonderful , ghastly film
positive
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sst2 sentence: of the highest and the performances
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sst2 sentence: can not mount a cogent defense of the film as entertainment , or even performance art , although the movie does leave you marveling at these guys ' superhuman capacity to withstand pain .
negative
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sst2 sentence: it is ok for a movie to be something of a sitcom apparatus , if the lines work , the humor has point
positive
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sst2 sentence: little more than punishment
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sst2 sentence: he does best
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sst2 sentence: great to look at
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sst2 sentence: the absence of narrative continuity
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sst2 sentence: a moving tale of love and destruction
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sst2 sentence: a much better documentary -- more revealing , more emotional and more surprising -- than its pedestrian english title would have you believe .
positive
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sst2 sentence: sketchy it amounts to little more than preliminary notes for a science-fiction horror film
negative
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sst2 sentence: 's more enjoyable than i expected ,
positive
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sst2 sentence: , dramatically forceful , and beautifully shot
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sst2 sentence: everything was as superficial as the forced new jersey lowbrow accent uma had .
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sst2 sentence: slather clearasil over the blemishes of youth
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sst2 sentence: an intelligent flick that examines many different ideas from happiness to guilt in an intriguing bit of storytelling
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sst2 sentence: , i pledge allegiance to cagney and lacey .
positive
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sst2 sentence: reel in when we should be playing out
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sst2 sentence: seem appealing
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sst2 sentence: beautifully shot
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sst2 sentence: 's quite an achievement to set and shoot a movie at the cannes film festival and yet fail to capture its visual appeal or its atmosphere .
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sst2 sentence: of being overrun by corrupt and hedonistic weasels
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sst2 sentence: it 's been 13 months and 295 preview screenings since i last walked out on a movie
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sst2 sentence: strange it is , but delightfully so .
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sst2 sentence: has in fact come closer than anyone could desire to the cheap , graceless , hackneyed sci-fi serials of the '30s and '40s
negative
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sst2 sentence: serious re-working to show more of the dilemma , rather than have his characters stage shouting
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sst2 sentence: pleasant but not
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sst2 sentence: who handily makes the move from pleasing
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sst2 sentence: torments and angst
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sst2 sentence: works because its flabbergasting principals , 14-year-old robert macnaughton , 6-year-old drew barrymore and 10-year-old henry thomas , convince us of the existence of the wise , wizened visitor from a faraway planet
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sst2 sentence: is ultimately rather silly and overwrought ,
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sst2 sentence: saccharine genre
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sst2 sentence: high points to keep this from being a complete waste of time
negative
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sst2 sentence: the problem is that the movie has no idea of it is serious or not .
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sst2 sentence: genuinely
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sst2 sentence: -- casting excellent latin actors of all ages --
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sst2 sentence: does give a pretty good overall picture of the situation in laramie following the murder of matthew shepard .
positive
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sst2 sentence: a strangely
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sst2 sentence: abundant humanism
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sst2 sentence: is the heart and soul of cinema
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sst2 sentence: to seek and strike just the right tone
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sst2 sentence: it 's rare for any movie to be as subtle and touching as the son 's room .
positive
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sst2 sentence: poorly structured
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sst2 sentence: `` spider-man '' certainly
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sst2 sentence: what 's so striking about jolie 's performance is that she never lets her character become a caricature -- not even with that radioactive hair .
positive
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sst2 sentence: sounds promising
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sst2 sentence: then again , i hate myself most mornings .
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sst2 sentence: a slice of counterculture
positive
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sst2 sentence: unrelentingly grim
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sst2 sentence: signals director rick famuyiwa 's emergence as an articulate , grown-up voice in african-american cinema .
positive
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sst2 sentence: such a wildly uneven hit-and-miss enterprise
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sst2 sentence: the imax screen enhances the personal touch of manual animation .
positive
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sst2 sentence: also asks its audience -- in a heartwarming , nonjudgmental kind of way -- to consider what we value in our daily lives
positive
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sst2 sentence: has crafted an engaging fantasy of flavors and emotions , one part romance novel , one part recipe book .
positive
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sst2 sentence: feast
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sst2 sentence: cleverly captures the dry wit that 's so prevalent on the rock
positive
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sst2 sentence: glorious spectacle
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sst2 sentence: picked me up , swung me around
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sst2 sentence: the off-center humor is a constant
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sst2 sentence: staged violence overshadows everything ,
negative
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sst2 sentence: remarkable serenity and discipline
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sst2 sentence: the ensemble cast , the flat dialogue by vincent r. nebrida or
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sst2 sentence: attempt to build up a pressure cooker of horrified awe
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sst2 sentence: started with a great premise
positive
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sst2 sentence: reaches across time and distance
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sst2 sentence: there 's an admirable rigor to jimmy 's relentless anger , and to the script 's refusal of a happy ending
positive
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sst2 sentence: if you have nothing better to do with 94 minutes
negative
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sst2 sentence: has secrets buried at the heart of his story and knows how to take time revealing them
positive
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sst2 sentence: will not be for much longer
negative
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sst2 sentence: an hour and a half of joyful solo performance
positive
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sst2 sentence: the sentimental oh-those-wacky-brits genre
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sst2 sentence: kind
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sst2 sentence: is a towering siren .
positive
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sst2 sentence: the too-hot-for-tv direct-to-video/dvd category , and
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sst2 sentence: gives us episodic choppiness , undermining the story 's emotional thrust
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sst2 sentence: the only fun part of the movie is playing the obvious game .
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sst2 sentence: , like max rothman 's future , does not work .
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sst2 sentence: it all the more compelling
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sst2 sentence: bouncy score
positive
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sst2 sentence: cheery and
positive
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sst2 sentence: want to smash its face in
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sst2 sentence: for that sense of openness , the little surprises
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sst2 sentence: the human story is pushed to one side
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sst2 sentence: highly uneven and
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sst2 sentence: kissing jessica stein injects freshness and spirit into the romantic comedy genre , which has been held hostage by generic scripts that seek to remake sleepless in seattle again and again .
positive
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sst2 sentence: fudges fact and fancy with such confidence that we feel as if we 're seeing something purer than the real thing
positive
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sst2 sentence: of drooling idiots
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sst2 sentence: poorly executed comedy .
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sst2 sentence: really bad blair witch project
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sst2 sentence: leaves him shooting blanks
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sst2 sentence: barely shocking , barely interesting and most
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sst2 sentence: formidable
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sst2 sentence: a ton of laughs that everyone can enjoy
positive
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sst2 sentence: the viewer to doze off for a few minutes or make several runs to the concession stand and/or restroom and not feel as if he or she has missed anything
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sst2 sentence: it 's a terrible movie in every regard , and utterly painful to watch .
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