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sst2 sentence: george clooney , in his first directorial effort , presents this utterly ridiculous shaggy dog story as one of the most creative , energetic and original comedies to hit the screen in years .
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sst2 sentence: regard
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sst2 sentence: ridiculous
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sst2 sentence: is hindered by uneven dialogue and plot lapses
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sst2 sentence: it 's equally hard to imagine anybody being able to tear their eyes away from the screen once it 's started
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sst2 sentence: an unsuccessful attempt at a movie of ideas
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sst2 sentence: half past dead is like the rock on a wal-mart budget
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sst2 sentence: vintage looney tunes
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sst2 sentence: 's refreshing to see a romance this smart
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sst2 sentence: unexpected heights
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sst2 sentence: the strength of the film lies in its two central performances by sven wollter as the stricken composer and viveka seldahl as his desperate violinist wife .
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sst2 sentence: us plenty of sturm
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sst2 sentence: comes in the power of the huston performance , which seems so larger than life and yet so fragile
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sst2 sentence: prevents
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sst2 sentence: unoriginal terms
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sst2 sentence: from fighting games , wire fu , horror movies , mystery , james bond , wrestling , sci-fi and anime into one big bloody stew
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sst2 sentence: to its ultimate demise
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sst2 sentence: forced to reflect that its visual imagination is breathtaking
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sst2 sentence: efficient , suitably anonymous chiller
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sst2 sentence: holm does his sly , intricate magic , and iben hjelje is entirely appealing as pumpkin .
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sst2 sentence: of the family vacation
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sst2 sentence: a thoughtful examination
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sst2 sentence: than this long-on-the-shelf , point-and-shoot exercise in gimmicky crime drama
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sst2 sentence: art house pretension .
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sst2 sentence: leaving the character of critical jim two-dimensional and pointless
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sst2 sentence: while we no longer possess the lack-of-attention span that we did at seventeen , we had no trouble sitting for blade ii .
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sst2 sentence: will linger long after this film has ended
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sst2 sentence: , knockaround guys rarely seems interested in kicking around a raison d'etre that 's as fresh-faced as its young-guns cast .
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sst2 sentence: an actress whose face projects that woman 's doubts and yearnings
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sst2 sentence: you would n't want to live waydowntown
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sst2 sentence: awful movie
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sst2 sentence: however , almost makes this movie worth seeing .
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sst2 sentence: she 's appealingly manic and energetic .
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sst2 sentence: a geriatric
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sst2 sentence: tear-drenched quicksand
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sst2 sentence: wonderful
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sst2 sentence: the slightly flawed ( and fairly unbelievable ) finale ,
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sst2 sentence: an unbalanced mixture of graphic combat footage and
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sst2 sentence: , it gets to you .
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sst2 sentence: clueless
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sst2 sentence: is well worthwhile
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sst2 sentence: even felinni would know what to make of this italian freakshow .
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sst2 sentence: is that its dying , in this shower of black-and-white psychedelia , is quite beautiful
positive
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sst2 sentence: of people who sadly are at hostile odds with one another through recklessness and retaliation
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sst2 sentence: 're looking for something new and hoping for something entertaining
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sst2 sentence: ice cube is n't quite out of ripe screwball ideas , but friday after next spreads them pretty thin .
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sst2 sentence: limited chemistry
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sst2 sentence: attractive and
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sst2 sentence: nothing here seems as funny as it did in analyze this , not even joe viterelli as de niro 's right-hand goombah .
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sst2 sentence: serene
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sst2 sentence: sheerly beautiful
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sst2 sentence: ; the problem is he has no character , loveable or otherwise .
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sst2 sentence: feel contradictory things
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sst2 sentence: is nothing to sneeze at these days
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sst2 sentence: deeply moving effort to put a human face on the travail of thousands of vietnamese
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sst2 sentence: aimlessly and
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sst2 sentence: study that made up for its rather slow beginning by drawing me into the picture
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sst2 sentence: a charming , banter-filled comedy
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sst2 sentence: although largely a heavy-handed indictment of parental failings and the indifference of spanish social workers and legal system towards child abuse , the film retains ambiguities that make it well worth watching .
positive
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sst2 sentence: a buoyant , expressive flow of images
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sst2 sentence: the filmmakers keep pushing the jokes at the expense of character until things fall apart .
negative
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sst2 sentence: was ever a movie where the upbeat ending feels like a copout
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sst2 sentence: much better mother-daughter tale
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sst2 sentence: , but through the perverse pleasure of watching disney scrape the bottom of its own cracker barrel
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sst2 sentence: that you 'll be as bored watching morvern callar as the characters are in it
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sst2 sentence: above-average
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sst2 sentence: working from a surprisingly sensitive script co-written by gianni romoli
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sst2 sentence: makes the clothes
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sst2 sentence: , the movie makes two hours feel like four .
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sst2 sentence: far from heaven is a dazzling conceptual feat
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sst2 sentence: 's so badly made on every level that i 'm actually having a hard time believing people were paid to make it
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sst2 sentence: the mood , look and tone of the film fit the incredible storyline to a t.
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sst2 sentence: rare drama that offers a thoughtful and rewarding glimpse into the sort of heartache everyone has felt , or will feel someday
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sst2 sentence: is a masterpiece .
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sst2 sentence: formulaic and stilted
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sst2 sentence: a true believer
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sst2 sentence: 's so poorly made , on all levels , that it does n't even qualify as a spoof of such
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sst2 sentence: viva le
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sst2 sentence: the more you think about the movie , the more you will probably like it .
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sst2 sentence: might be some sort of credible gender-provoking philosophy submerged here , but who the hell cares
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sst2 sentence: in a way that verges on the amateurish
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sst2 sentence: a straightforward , emotionally honest manner
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sst2 sentence: geared toward maximum comfort and familiarity
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sst2 sentence: stare and sniffle
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sst2 sentence: saving
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sst2 sentence: though this rude and crude film does deliver a few gut-busting laughs
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sst2 sentence: is worth seeking
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sst2 sentence: it lacks the novel charm that made spy kids a surprising winner with both adults and younger audiences
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sst2 sentence: so insanely stupid , so awful in so many ways
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sst2 sentence: diverges from anything
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sst2 sentence: andrei
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sst2 sentence: their parents ' anguish
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sst2 sentence: the superior plotline is n't quite enough to drag along the dead ( water ) weight of the other .
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sst2 sentence: i 'm not even a fan of the genre
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sst2 sentence: who understands how to create and sustain a mood
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sst2 sentence: ararat feels like a book report
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sst2 sentence: gets added disdain for the fact that it is nearly impossible to look at or understand
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sst2 sentence: limited
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sst2 sentence: the film oozes craft .
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sst2 sentence: notable largely for its overwhelming creepiness , for an eagerness
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