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sst2 sentence: gets over its own investment in conventional arrangements ,
positive
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sst2 sentence: boll uses a lot of quick cutting and blurry step-printing to goose things up , but dopey dialogue and sometimes inadequate performances kill the effect .
negative
13,601
sst2 sentence: gets the look and the period trappings right
positive
13,602
sst2 sentence: the film grounded in an undeniable social realism
positive
13,603
sst2 sentence: can not disguise the slack complacency of ( godard 's ) vision , any more than the gorgeous piano and strings on the soundtrack can drown out the tinny self-righteousness of his voice .
negative
13,604
sst2 sentence: dicey screen material
negative
13,605
sst2 sentence: ramble
negative
13,606
sst2 sentence: relays its universal points without lectures or confrontations
positive
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sst2 sentence: good period reconstruction
positive
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sst2 sentence: a tasty performance
positive
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sst2 sentence: required viewing for civics classes and would-be public servants alike
positive
13,610
sst2 sentence: befallen every other carmen before her
positive
13,611
sst2 sentence: `` birthday girl '' is an actor 's movie first and foremost .
positive
13,612
sst2 sentence: waste of time , money and celluloid
negative
13,613
sst2 sentence: too intensely focused on the travails of being hal hartley to function as pastiche
negative
13,614
sst2 sentence: amusing personalities
positive
13,615
sst2 sentence: chan has done in the united states
positive
13,616
sst2 sentence: just about more stately than any contemporary movie this year ...
positive
13,617
sst2 sentence: stupid and annoying
negative
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sst2 sentence: without you has a bracing truth that 's refreshing after the phoniness of female-bonding pictures like divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood .
positive
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sst2 sentence: the misleading title
negative
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sst2 sentence: in addition to scoring high for originality of plot -- putting together familiar themes of family , forgiveness and love in a new way -- lilo & stitch has a number of other assets to commend it to movie audiences both innocent and jaded .
positive
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sst2 sentence: charming , sometimes infuriating
positive
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sst2 sentence: builds its multi-character story
positive
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sst2 sentence: that embraces its old-fashioned themes
positive
13,624
sst2 sentence: a dim-witted and lazy spin-off of the animal planet documentary series , crocodile hunter
negative
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sst2 sentence: spirited
positive
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sst2 sentence: recommend it for its originality
positive
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sst2 sentence: does n't make much
negative
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sst2 sentence: an artful yet depressing film that makes a melodramatic mountain out of the molehill of a missing bike .
negative
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sst2 sentence: very compelling ,
positive
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sst2 sentence: that was followed by the bad idea
negative
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sst2 sentence: though it pretends to expose the life of male hustlers
negative
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sst2 sentence: the enjoyable undercover brother ,
positive
13,633
sst2 sentence: does n't mean you wo n't like looking at it
positive
13,634
sst2 sentence: romantic tale
positive
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sst2 sentence: 's a perfect show of respect to just one of those underrated professionals who deserve but rarely receive it
positive
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sst2 sentence: fails him
negative
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sst2 sentence: hurts
negative
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sst2 sentence: offers copious hints along the way -- myriad signs , if you will -- that beneath the familiar , funny surface is a far bigger , far more meaningful story than one in which little green men come to earth for harvesting purposes
positive
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sst2 sentence: is too heady for children , and too preachy for adults .
negative
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sst2 sentence: passes time until it 's time for an absurd finale of twisted metal , fireballs and revenge .
negative
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sst2 sentence: more of the same from taiwanese auteur tsai ming-liang , which is good news to anyone who 's fallen under the sweet , melancholy spell of this unique director 's previous films
positive
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sst2 sentence: everything about the quiet american is good , except its timing .
positive
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sst2 sentence: the paranoid claustrophobia
negative
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sst2 sentence: there are some laughs in this movie , but
positive
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sst2 sentence: emotionally manipulative and sadly imitative of innumerable past love story derisions
negative
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sst2 sentence: that will keep them guessing
positive
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sst2 sentence: does no justice
negative
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sst2 sentence: a gangster movie with the capacity to surprise .
positive
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sst2 sentence: does somehow manage to get you under its spell .
positive
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sst2 sentence: though it 's equally solipsistic in tone
positive
13,651
sst2 sentence: cause massive cardiac arrest
negative
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sst2 sentence: all three descriptions suit evelyn , a besotted and obvious drama that tells us nothing new
negative
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sst2 sentence: negative
negative
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sst2 sentence: , for a movie that tries to be smart , it 's kinda dumb .
negative
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sst2 sentence: filled with fantasies , daydreams , memories and one fantastic visual trope
positive
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sst2 sentence: a `` snl '' has-been
negative
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sst2 sentence: its ecological , pro-wildlife sentiments are certainly welcome
positive
13,658
sst2 sentence: he does such a good job of it that family fundamentals gets you riled up
positive
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sst2 sentence: broke out into elaborate choreography
positive
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sst2 sentence: the cast , collectively a successful example of the lovable-loser protagonist ,
positive
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sst2 sentence: film a must for everyone from junior scientists to grown-up fish lovers
positive
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sst2 sentence: appropriately , the tale unfolds like a lazy summer afternoon and concludes with the crisp clarity of a fall dawn .
positive
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sst2 sentence: a sweetly affecting story about four sisters who are coping , in one way or another , with life
positive
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sst2 sentence: very entertaining , thought-provoking film
positive
13,665
sst2 sentence: to make absurdist observations
negative
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sst2 sentence: you were thinking someone made off with your wallet
negative
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sst2 sentence: at least passably real
positive
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sst2 sentence: as a two-way time-switching myopic mystery that stalls in its lackluster gear of emotional blandness
negative
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sst2 sentence: with a script that prevents them from firing on all cylinders
negative
13,670
sst2 sentence: for the quirky
positive
13,671
sst2 sentence: real documentary
positive
13,672
sst2 sentence: evelyn may be based on a true and historically significant story
positive
13,673
sst2 sentence: expect from the guy-in-a-dress genre
negative
13,674
sst2 sentence: whatever fills time --
negative
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sst2 sentence: that illustrates why the whole is so often less than the sum of its parts in today 's hollywood
negative
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sst2 sentence: , this is even better than the fellowship .
positive
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sst2 sentence: leave it to john sayles to take on developers , the chamber of commerce , tourism , historical pageants , and commercialism all in the same movie ... without neglecting character development for even one minute .
positive
13,678
sst2 sentence: an occasionally interesting but mostly repetitive
negative
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sst2 sentence: at ninety minutes , it drags
negative
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sst2 sentence: cannon 's confidence and laid-back good spirits are , with the drumming routines , among the film 's saving graces .
positive
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sst2 sentence: like a feature-length sitcom replete with stereotypical familial quandaries
negative
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sst2 sentence: only had a week to live
negative
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sst2 sentence: love may have been in the air onscreen , but i certainly was n't feeling any of it .
negative
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sst2 sentence: as one of ( witherspoon 's ) better films
positive
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sst2 sentence: , with increasingly amused irony , the relationship between reluctant captors and befuddled captives .
positive
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sst2 sentence: an odd show
negative
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sst2 sentence: comfy
positive
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sst2 sentence: younger lad
positive
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sst2 sentence: see it for his performance if nothing else .
positive
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sst2 sentence: lazily
negative
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sst2 sentence: ` true story '
positive
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sst2 sentence: this sappy ethnic sleeper proves that not only blockbusters pollute the summer movie pool .
negative
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sst2 sentence: familiar and insufficiently cathartic
negative
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sst2 sentence: the intrigue of academic skullduggery and politics
positive
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sst2 sentence: manipulative claptrap ,
negative
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sst2 sentence: , just for them
positive
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sst2 sentence: interesting
positive
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sst2 sentence: if solondz had two ideas for two movies , could n't really figure out how to flesh either out
negative
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