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sst2 sentence: will strike some westerners as verging on mumbo-jumbo
negative
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sst2 sentence: as i laughed throughout the movie
positive
1,501
sst2 sentence: impossibly contrived situations
negative
1,502
sst2 sentence: fails to fulfill its own ambitious goals
negative
1,503
sst2 sentence: a moral tale with a twisted sense of humor
positive
1,504
sst2 sentence: is the best ` old neighborhood ' project
positive
1,505
sst2 sentence: others will find their humor-seeking dollars best spent elsewhere .
negative
1,506
sst2 sentence: make italian for beginners worth the journey
positive
1,507
sst2 sentence: most good-hearted
positive
1,508
sst2 sentence: a chilling tale of one of the great crimes of 20th century france
positive
1,509
sst2 sentence: a competent , unpretentious entertainment destined to fill the after-school slot at shopping mall theaters across the country .
positive
1,510
sst2 sentence: poignant and funny
positive
1,511
sst2 sentence: thanks to a small star with big heart
positive
1,512
sst2 sentence: impersonal and abstract
negative
1,513
sst2 sentence: it 's a glorious spectacle like those d.w. griffith made in the early days of silent film .
positive
1,514
sst2 sentence: -- the real issues tucked between the silly and crude storyline
negative
1,515
sst2 sentence: if you 're a fan of the series you 'll love it and probably want to see it twice .
positive
1,516
sst2 sentence: it misses a major opportunity to be truly revelatory about his psyche .
negative
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sst2 sentence: the nonstop artifice ultimately proves tiresome , with the surface histrionics failing to compensate for the paper-thin characterizations and facile situations .
negative
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sst2 sentence: too many chefs fussing over too weak a recipe
negative
1,519
sst2 sentence: accents so good
positive
1,520
sst2 sentence: a classy , sprightly spin on film
positive
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sst2 sentence: an original
positive
1,522
sst2 sentence: a thing that already knows it 's won
positive
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sst2 sentence: as punching bags
positive
1,524
sst2 sentence: nothing to sneeze at these days
positive
1,525
sst2 sentence: ms. paltrow employs to authenticate her british persona
negative
1,526
sst2 sentence: good-natured
positive
1,527
sst2 sentence: star to play second fiddle to the dull effects that allow the suit to come to life
negative
1,528
sst2 sentence: 's both degrading and strangely liberating to see people working so hard at leading lives of sexy intrigue , only to be revealed by the dispassionate gantz brothers as ordinary , pasty lumpen
positive
1,529
sst2 sentence: brought to life on the big screen
positive
1,530
sst2 sentence: an entertaining movie
positive
1,531
sst2 sentence: is a very funny , heartwarming film .
positive
1,532
sst2 sentence: more than a widget cranked out on an assembly line to see if stupid americans will get a kick out of goofy brits with cute accents performing ages-old slapstick and unfunny tricks
negative
1,533
sst2 sentence: encounter in a place where war has savaged the lives and liberties of the poor and the dispossessed .
negative
1,534
sst2 sentence: that gets under your skin
positive
1,535
sst2 sentence: be half as entertaining as it is
positive
1,536
sst2 sentence: turn out to be a bit of a cheat in the end
negative
1,537
sst2 sentence: a rote exercise in both animation and storytelling .
negative
1,538
sst2 sentence: a rollicking adventure for you
positive
1,539
sst2 sentence: that even its target audience talked all the way through it
negative
1,540
sst2 sentence: prickly indie comedy
negative
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sst2 sentence: halfway through this picture i was beginning to hate it , and , of course
negative
1,542
sst2 sentence: ethics
positive
1,543
sst2 sentence: that rare animal known as ' a perfect family film
positive
1,544
sst2 sentence: other feel-good fiascos like antwone fisher or the emperor 's club any time
positive
1,545
sst2 sentence: and crude film
negative
1,546
sst2 sentence: could n't find stardom if mapquest emailed him point-to-point driving directions .
negative
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sst2 sentence: with real world events
positive
1,548
sst2 sentence: it is depressing , ruthlessly pained and depraved , the movie equivalent of staring into an open wound .
negative
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sst2 sentence: mcgrath has deftly trimmed dickens ' wonderfully sprawling soap opera , the better to focus on the hero 's odyssey from cowering poverty to courage and happiness .
positive
1,550
sst2 sentence: sanctimonious , self-righteous and
negative
1,551
sst2 sentence: it 's got all the familiar bruckheimer elements , and schumacher does probably as good a job as anyone at bringing off the hopkins/rock collision of acting styles and onscreen personas
positive
1,552
sst2 sentence: acceptable , occasionally very enjoyable
positive
1,553
sst2 sentence: one of those crass , contrived sequels that not only fails on its own , but makes you second-guess your affection for the original
negative
1,554
sst2 sentence: the spy kids franchise establishes itself as a durable part of the movie landscape : a james bond series for kids .
positive
1,555
sst2 sentence: is why anybody picked it up .
negative
1,556
sst2 sentence: vibrantly colored and beautifully designed , metropolis is a feast for the eyes .
positive
1,557
sst2 sentence: like some sort of martha stewart decorating program run amok
negative
1,558
sst2 sentence: seems to have been ` it 's just a kids ' flick
negative
1,559
sst2 sentence: that takes itself all too seriously
negative
1,560
sst2 sentence: with a deft sense of humor about itself , a playful spirit and a game cast
positive
1,561
sst2 sentence: has a dashing and resourceful hero ; a lisping , reptilian villain ; big fights ; big hair ; lavish period scenery ; and a story just complicated enough to let you bask in your own cleverness as you figure it out .
positive
1,562
sst2 sentence: even slightly wised-up kids would quickly change the channel
negative
1,563
sst2 sentence: through their consistently sensitive and often exciting treatment of an ignored people
positive
1,564
sst2 sentence: the picture uses humor and a heartfelt conviction to tell a story about discovering your destination in life , but also acknowledging the places , and the people , from whence you came .
positive
1,565
sst2 sentence: 's remarkable procession of sweeping pictures that have reinvigorated the romance genre
positive
1,566
sst2 sentence: the piano teacher is not an easy film .
negative
1,567
sst2 sentence: manages the rare trick of seeming at once both refreshingly different and reassuringly familiar
positive
1,568
sst2 sentence: daft by half ... but supremely good natured
positive
1,569
sst2 sentence: much power
positive
1,570
sst2 sentence: of carnage
negative
1,571
sst2 sentence: this picture
positive
1,572
sst2 sentence: increasingly diverse french director
positive
1,573
sst2 sentence: muddled , simplistic and more than a little pretentious
negative
1,574
sst2 sentence: features nonsensical and laughable plotting
negative
1,575
sst2 sentence: served by the movie 's sophomoric blend of shenanigans and slapstick
negative
1,576
sst2 sentence: 's plenty to offend everyone
negative
1,577
sst2 sentence: reduces the complexities to bromides and slogans
negative
1,578
sst2 sentence: save their children
positive
1,579
sst2 sentence: that 's old-fashioned in all the best possible ways
positive
1,580
sst2 sentence: surprisingly touching
positive
1,581
sst2 sentence: come along that turns me into that annoying specimen of humanity that i usually dread encountering the most - the fanboy
positive
1,582
sst2 sentence: worked five years ago but has since lost its fizz
negative
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sst2 sentence: 's one of the worst of the entire franchise .
negative
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sst2 sentence: , the rest of us will be lulled into a coma .
negative
1,585
sst2 sentence: an obvious rapport with her actors
positive
1,586
sst2 sentence: a cinematic disaster so inadvertently sidesplitting it 's worth the price of admission for the ridicule factor alone .
negative
1,587
sst2 sentence: existential exploration
positive
1,588
sst2 sentence: road movie , coming-of-age story and political satire
positive
1,589
sst2 sentence: commercialism all in the same movie ... without neglecting character development for even one minute
positive
1,590
sst2 sentence: may not be cutting-edge indie filmmaking
negative
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sst2 sentence: inspire anything more than a visit to mcdonald 's , let alone
negative
1,592
sst2 sentence: both shrill and soporific , and because everything
negative
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sst2 sentence: sinister
negative
1,594
sst2 sentence: than a modem that disconnects every 10 seconds
negative
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sst2 sentence: aground
negative
1,596
sst2 sentence: amazing
positive
1,597
sst2 sentence: have an opportunity to triumphantly sermonize
positive
1,598
sst2 sentence: for that comes through all too painfully in the execution
negative
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