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sst2 sentence: features nonsensical and laughable plotting , wooden performances
negative
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sst2 sentence: are canny and spiced with irony
positive
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sst2 sentence: the charm of the first movie
positive
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sst2 sentence: well made but uninvolving , bloodwork is n't a terrible movie , just a stultifyingly obvious one -- an unrewarding collar for a murder mystery .
negative
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sst2 sentence: a core of flimsy -- or , worse yet , nonexistent -- ideas
negative
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sst2 sentence: a dazzling conceptual feat
positive
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sst2 sentence: even leaves you with a few lingering animated thoughts
positive
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sst2 sentence: it goes by quickly , because it has some of the funniest jokes of any movie this year , including those intended for adults
positive
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sst2 sentence: an enthralling , entertaining feature .
positive
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sst2 sentence: drive past -- even if it chiefly inspires you to drive a little faster
negative
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sst2 sentence: sour attempt
negative
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sst2 sentence: the obnoxious special effects , the obligatory outbursts of flatulence and the incessant , so-five-minutes-ago pop music on the soundtrack overwhelm what is left of the scruffy , dopey old hanna-barbera charm .
negative
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sst2 sentence: this slight premise
negative
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sst2 sentence: a moving and solidly entertaining comedy/drama
positive
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sst2 sentence: a smart , provocative drama that does the nearly impossible
positive
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sst2 sentence: as good as the original
positive
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sst2 sentence: sex and lucia is so alluring
positive
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sst2 sentence: with often surprising twists and an intermingling of naiveté and sophistication
positive
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sst2 sentence: succumbs to sensationalism
positive
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sst2 sentence: i ca n't see why any actor of talent would ever work in a mcculloch production again if they looked at how this movie turned out .
negative
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sst2 sentence: south park
positive
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sst2 sentence: that serve no other purpose than to call attention to themselves
negative
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sst2 sentence: a charming but slight comedy
positive
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sst2 sentence: woefully pretentious .
negative
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sst2 sentence: peppered with false starts and populated by characters who are nearly impossible to care about
negative
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sst2 sentence: is entertainment opportunism at its most glaring
positive
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sst2 sentence: disappointing
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sst2 sentence: the movie is a mess from start to finish .
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sst2 sentence: monotone narration
negative
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sst2 sentence: enamored
positive
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sst2 sentence: seem to be introverted young men with fantasy fetishes
positive
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sst2 sentence: slob city reductions of damon runyon crooks
negative
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sst2 sentence: few movies are able to accomplish
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sst2 sentence: with its moving story
positive
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sst2 sentence: too harsh
negative
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sst2 sentence: sillier , cuter , and
positive
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sst2 sentence: loves its characters and communicates something rather beautiful
positive
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sst2 sentence: ache with sadness ( the way chekhov is funny ) , profound without ever being self-important
positive
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sst2 sentence: the charm of kevin kline and
positive
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sst2 sentence: it 's all quite tasteful to look at
positive
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sst2 sentence: equal laughs
positive
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sst2 sentence: would be a lot better if it pared down its plots and characters to a few rather than dozens ... or if it were subtler ... or if it had a sense of humor
negative
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sst2 sentence: a bid to hold our attention
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sst2 sentence: a movie that grips and holds you in rapt attention from
positive
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sst2 sentence: maybe not a classic , but a movie the kids will want to see over and over again .
positive
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sst2 sentence: give performances of exceptional honesty .
positive
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sst2 sentence: beauty to behold
positive
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sst2 sentence: vivid as the 19th-century ones
positive
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sst2 sentence: plays like some corny television
negative
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sst2 sentence: darned if it does n't also keep us riveted to our seats .
positive
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sst2 sentence: of what passes for sex in the movies look like cheap hysterics
negative
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sst2 sentence: boredom to the point of collapse , turning into a black hole of dullness ,
negative
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sst2 sentence: believability was n't one of the film 's virtues .
negative
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sst2 sentence: something both ugly and mindless
negative
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sst2 sentence: this movie is about an adult male dressed in pink jammies
negative
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sst2 sentence: unreachable
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sst2 sentence: minor miracle
positive
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sst2 sentence: boobs
positive
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sst2 sentence: its creator 's comic voice
positive
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sst2 sentence: that have become a spielberg trademark
positive
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sst2 sentence: this movie got me grinning .
positive
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sst2 sentence: is a distinct rarity , and an event .
positive
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sst2 sentence: sumptuous ocean visuals and the cinematic stylings of director john stockwell
positive
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sst2 sentence: which is paper-thin and decidedly unoriginal
negative
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sst2 sentence: a beautiful , entertaining two hours
positive
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sst2 sentence: astonishing is n't the word -- neither is incompetent , incoherent or just plain crap .
negative
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sst2 sentence: lasting traces
positive
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sst2 sentence: ... digs beyond the usual portrayals of good kids and bad seeds to reveal a more ambivalent set of characters and motivations .
positive
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sst2 sentence: 's just too dry and too placid
negative
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sst2 sentence: carrying off a spot-on scottish burr
positive
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sst2 sentence: one of the best looking and stylish animated movies in quite a while ...
positive
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sst2 sentence: become a major-league leading lady
positive
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sst2 sentence: too much meandering , norton has to recite bland police procedural details , fiennes wanders around in an attempt to seem weird and distanced , hopkins looks like a drag queen
negative
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sst2 sentence: the horror fan who opts to overlook this goofily endearing and well-lensed gorefest
positive
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sst2 sentence: stomach so much tongue-in-cheek weirdness
negative
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sst2 sentence: smarter
positive
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sst2 sentence: bring off this wild welsh whimsy .
positive
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sst2 sentence: becomes just another voyeuristic spectacle ,
negative
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sst2 sentence: stay for the credits and see a devastating comic impersonation by dustin hoffman that is revelatory .
positive
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sst2 sentence: wonderful , ghastly
positive
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sst2 sentence: given it a one-star rating
negative
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sst2 sentence: ruthlessly pained
negative
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sst2 sentence: never settles into the light-footed enchantment the material needs
negative
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sst2 sentence: is exactly what it wants to be : an atrociously , mind-numbingly , indescribably bad movie
negative
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sst2 sentence: worth a look for its true-to-life characters , its sensitive acting , its unadorned view of rural life and the subtle direction of first-timer hilary birmingham
positive
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sst2 sentence: expands the limits of what a film can be , taking us into the lives of women to whom we might not give a second look if we passed them on the street .
positive
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sst2 sentence: will attach a human face to all those little steaming cartons .
positive
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sst2 sentence: pull it back
negative
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sst2 sentence: a bracing , unblinking work that serves as a painful elegy and sobering cautionary tale .
positive
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sst2 sentence: almost every single facet of production
positive
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sst2 sentence: the acting , for the most part , is terrific , although the actors must struggle with the fact that they 're playing characters who sometimes feel more like literary conceits than flesh-and-blood humans .
positive
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sst2 sentence: psychologically savvy
positive
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sst2 sentence: , some of it is honestly affecting
positive
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sst2 sentence: victim to sloppy plotting
negative
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sst2 sentence: a sun-drenched masterpiece , part parlor game , part psychological case study , part droll social satire .
positive
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sst2 sentence: unexpected twists
positive
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sst2 sentence: neither protagonist has a distinguishable condition
negative
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sst2 sentence: strikes a defiantly retro chord , and outpaces its contemporaries with daring and verve
positive
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sst2 sentence: so vivid a portrait of a woman consumed by lust and love and crushed by betrayal that it conjures up the intoxicating fumes and emotional ghosts of a freshly painted rembrandt .
positive
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sst2 sentence: drowning 's too good for this sucker .
negative
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