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sst2 sentence: metal , fireballs and revenge
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sst2 sentence: insignificance
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sst2 sentence: find an enthusiastic audience
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sst2 sentence: remarkable amount
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sst2 sentence: fits into a genre that has been overexposed , redolent of a thousand cliches , and yet remains uniquely itself , vibrant with originality .
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sst2 sentence: with a light ( yet unsentimental ) touch
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sst2 sentence: as it is interminable
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sst2 sentence: reveals the ways in which a sultry evening or a beer-fueled afternoon in the sun can inspire even the most retiring heart to venture forth .
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sst2 sentence: it 's like going to a house party and watching the host defend himself against a frothing ex-girlfriend .
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sst2 sentence: an often intense character study about fathers
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sst2 sentence: romantic comedy with a fresh point of view
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sst2 sentence: most savory and hilarious guilty pleasure
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sst2 sentence: and educational !
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sst2 sentence: to some eyes this will seem like a recycling of clichés , an assassin 's greatest hits .
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sst2 sentence: a few points about modern man and his problematic quest for human connection
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sst2 sentence: unlikable , uninteresting , unfunny , and completely
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sst2 sentence: rehashes
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sst2 sentence: is a little scattered -- ditsy ,
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sst2 sentence: laughter
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sst2 sentence: loses its sense of humor
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sst2 sentence: they used to anymore
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sst2 sentence: a culture-clash comedy that , in addition to being very funny
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sst2 sentence: affirming
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sst2 sentence: as we
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sst2 sentence: the whole film has this sneaky feel to it -- as if the director is trying to dupe the viewer into taking it all as very important simply because the movie is ugly to look at and not a hollywood product .
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sst2 sentence: 's an 88-minute highlight reel that 's 86 minutes too long
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sst2 sentence: flavor and spice
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sst2 sentence: a beguiling evocation
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sst2 sentence: impish divertissement
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sst2 sentence: a delicious crime drama on par
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sst2 sentence: the movie is pretty funny now and then without in any way demeaning its subjects .
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sst2 sentence: leave the same way you came -- a few tasty morsels under your belt , but no new friends
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sst2 sentence: realistic human behavior of an episode of general hospital
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sst2 sentence: you 're burnt out on it 's a wonderful life marathons and bored with a christmas carol
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sst2 sentence: injects just enough freshness into the proceedings to provide an enjoyable 100 minutes in a movie theater .
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sst2 sentence: understands the workings of its spirit
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sst2 sentence: first-time director kevin donovan managed to find something new to add to the canon of chan
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sst2 sentence: just like a splendid meal , red dragon satisfies -- from its ripe recipe , inspiring ingredients , certified cuisine and palatable presentation .
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sst2 sentence: 's black hawk down with more heart
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sst2 sentence: enough vitality to justify the notion of creating a screen adaptation of evans ' saga of hollywood excess
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sst2 sentence: enormously enjoyable
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sst2 sentence: a moving and stark reminder
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sst2 sentence: well-meaning , beautifully produced film
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sst2 sentence: 's something to be said for a studio-produced film that never bothers to hand viewers a suitcase full of easy answers
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sst2 sentence: ponderous and
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sst2 sentence: to squeeze the action and our emotions into the all-too-familiar dramatic arc of the holocaust escape story
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sst2 sentence: in which opposites attract for no better reason than that the screenplay demands it
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sst2 sentence: last-place basketball
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sst2 sentence: do everything humanly possible to create characters who are sweet and believable , and are defeated by a screenplay that forces them into bizarre , implausible behavior
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sst2 sentence: playful and
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sst2 sentence: a child 's pain
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sst2 sentence: most opaque , self-indulgent and just plain
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sst2 sentence: bluer than the atlantic
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sst2 sentence: of the week blown up for the big screen
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sst2 sentence: the story 's scope and pageantry are mesmerizing , and mr. day-lewis roars with leonine power .
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sst2 sentence: three words : thumbs friggin ' down
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sst2 sentence: this is a movie where the most notable observation is how long you 've been sitting still .
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sst2 sentence: is a technological exercise that lacks juice and delight
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sst2 sentence: i thought the relationships were wonderful , the comedy was funny ,
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sst2 sentence: ritchie 's film is easier to swallow than wertmuller 's polemical allegory , but it 's self-defeatingly decorous
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sst2 sentence: sinks .
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sst2 sentence: , it does so without compromising that complexity .
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sst2 sentence: stifles creativity and allows the film to drag on for nearly three hours
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sst2 sentence: feels like a teenybopper ed wood film , replete with the pubescent scandalous innuendo and the high-strung but flaccid drama .
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sst2 sentence: an astonishing voice cast ( excepting love hewitt ) , an interesting racial tension
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sst2 sentence: , then it 's the perfect cure for insomnia .
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sst2 sentence: , with a solid cast ,
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sst2 sentence: 's relentlessly folksy
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sst2 sentence: is never especially clever and
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sst2 sentence: achieve a shock-you-into-laughter intensity of almost dadaist proportions
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sst2 sentence: a treatise on spirituality
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sst2 sentence: determination and the human spirit
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sst2 sentence: from reporting on the number of tumbleweeds blowing through the empty theaters
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sst2 sentence: slight to be called any kind of masterpiece
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sst2 sentence: succeeds in making neither
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sst2 sentence: even caught the gum stuck under my seat trying to sneak out of the theater
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sst2 sentence: a text to ` lick , ' despite the efforts of a first-rate cast
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sst2 sentence: is badly edited , often awkwardly directed and suffers from the addition of a wholly unnecessary pre-credit sequence designed to give some of the characters a ` back story . '
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sst2 sentence: the beauty
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sst2 sentence: has done the nearly impossible
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sst2 sentence: increasingly implausible as it
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sst2 sentence: see the attraction for the sole reason that it was hot outside and there was air conditioning inside
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sst2 sentence: a medium-grade network sitcom --
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sst2 sentence: comes up with a kind of art-house gay porn film
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sst2 sentence: , i 'd take ( its ) earnest errors and hard-won rewards over the bombastic self-glorification of other feel-good fiascos like antwone fisher or the emperor 's club any time .
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sst2 sentence: new movie rapes
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sst2 sentence: a more colorful , more playful tone than his other films
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sst2 sentence: still feels counterproductive
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sst2 sentence: more of an impish divertissement of themes that interest attal and gainsbourg -- they live together -- the film has a lot of charm .
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sst2 sentence: ayres makes the right choices at every turn
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sst2 sentence: a fudged opportunity of gigantic proportions
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sst2 sentence: sustains interest during the long build-up of expository material
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sst2 sentence: ( herzog 's ) personal policy
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sst2 sentence: the movie 's ultimate point -- that everyone should be themselves -- is trite , but the screenwriter and director michel gondry restate it to the point of ridiculousness
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sst2 sentence: dramatic
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sst2 sentence: a particularly amateurish episode of bewitched that takes place during spring break
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sst2 sentence: relies on toilet humor , ethnic slurs
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sst2 sentence: for those who pride themselves on sophisticated , discerning taste , this might not seem like the proper cup of tea , however it is almost guaranteed that even the stuffiest cinema goers will laugh their *** off for an hour-and-a-half .
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sst2 sentence: self-caricature
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sst2 sentence: any enjoyment will be hinge from a personal threshold of watching sad but endearing characters do extremely unconventional things .
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