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sst2 sentence: this a remarkable and novel concept
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sst2 sentence: first and
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sst2 sentence: nothing 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
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sst2 sentence: of quirkily appealing minor movie she might not make for a while
positive
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sst2 sentence: monstrous
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sst2 sentence: somewhat cumbersome 3d goggles
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sst2 sentence: delivered in low-key style
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sst2 sentence: candid , archly funny
positive
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sst2 sentence: any redeeming value whatsoever
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sst2 sentence: does n't get the job done , running off the limited chemistry created by ralph fiennes and jennifer lopez
negative
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sst2 sentence: goes right
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sst2 sentence: starts out with tremendous promise ,
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sst2 sentence: has humor and heart and very talented young actors
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sst2 sentence: does a film so graceless and devoid of merit as this one come along
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sst2 sentence: about their budding amours
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sst2 sentence: you never know where changing lanes is going to take you but it 's a heck of a ride .
positive
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sst2 sentence: can cross swords with the best of them and helm a more traditionally plotted popcorn thriller while surrendering little of his intellectual rigor or creative composure
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sst2 sentence: a powerful sequel and
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sst2 sentence: all great films about a life you never knew existed
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sst2 sentence: we do n't get williams ' usual tear and a smile , just sneers and bile ,
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sst2 sentence: is n't funny .
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sst2 sentence: you-are-there immediacy
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sst2 sentence: it 's propelled by the acting
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sst2 sentence: your interest , your imagination , your empathy
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sst2 sentence: is a former film editor
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sst2 sentence: a riveting , brisk delight
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sst2 sentence: is hugely overwritten , with tons and tons of dialogue -- most of it given to children
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sst2 sentence: sweet and
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sst2 sentence: kung pow seems like some futile concoction that was developed hastily after oedekerk and
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sst2 sentence: whose riveting memories are rendered with such clarity that it 's as if it all happened only yesterday
positive
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sst2 sentence: a document of what it felt like to be a new yorker -- or , really , to be a human being -- in the weeks after 9/11
positive
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sst2 sentence: even though we know the outcome , the seesawing of the general 's fate in the arguments of competing lawyers has the stomach-knotting suspense of a legal thriller , while the testimony of witnesses lends the film a resonant undertone of tragedy .
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sst2 sentence: about as inspiring
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sst2 sentence: keen eye ,
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sst2 sentence: oblivious
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sst2 sentence: depress you about life itself
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sst2 sentence: there is a real subject here , and
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sst2 sentence: a sharp and quick documentary
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sst2 sentence: oddly , the film is n't nearly as downbeat as it sounds , but strikes a tone that 's alternately melancholic , hopeful and strangely funny .
positive
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sst2 sentence: on intimate relationships
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sst2 sentence: as literary desecrations go , this makes for perfectly acceptable , occasionally very enjoyable children 's entertainment .
positive
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sst2 sentence: to see if stupid americans will get a kick out of goofy brits with cute accents performing ages-old slapstick and unfunny tricks
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sst2 sentence: unambitious
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sst2 sentence: straight to video
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sst2 sentence: in its characterizations
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sst2 sentence: no wrong
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sst2 sentence: is little more than home alone raised to a new , self-deprecating level .
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sst2 sentence: limited and so embellished by editing that there 's really not much of a sense of action or even action-comedy
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sst2 sentence: almost entirely witless and inane ,
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sst2 sentence: like schindler 's list , the grey zone attempts to be grandiloquent , but ends up merely pretentious -- in a grisly sort of way .
negative
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sst2 sentence: special effects that run the gamut from cheesy to cheesier to cheesiest
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sst2 sentence: vain for a movie
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sst2 sentence: the most purely enjoyable and satisfying evenings at the movies
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sst2 sentence: it still comes from spielberg , who has never made anything that was n't at least watchable
positive
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sst2 sentence: 75 wasted minutes of sandler as the voice-over hero in columbia pictures ' perverse idea of an animated holiday movie
negative
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sst2 sentence: , the characters make italian for beginners worth the journey
positive
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sst2 sentence: , it rises in its courageousness , and comedic employment .
positive
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sst2 sentence: 's much to recommend the film .
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sst2 sentence: the art direction is often exquisite , and
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sst2 sentence: winds up looking like a bunch of talented thesps slumming it .
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sst2 sentence: the worst films
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sst2 sentence: this film , which may be why it works as well as it does
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sst2 sentence: celebrity cameos do not automatically equal laughs .
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sst2 sentence: its unerring respect for them
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sst2 sentence: true talent
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sst2 sentence: with terrific computer graphics , inventive action sequences and a droll sense of humor
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sst2 sentence: peak
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sst2 sentence: succumbs to gravity and plummets to earth .
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sst2 sentence: is never dull
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sst2 sentence: is more interesting than the screenplay , which lags badly in the middle and lurches between not-very-funny comedy , unconvincing dramatics and some last-minute action strongly reminiscent of run lola run .
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sst2 sentence: accept it as life and
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sst2 sentence: a little less extreme than in the past , with longer exposition sequences between them , and with fewer gags to break the tedium .
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sst2 sentence: it can not even be dubbed hedonistic
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sst2 sentence: not to mention absolutely refreshed .
positive
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sst2 sentence: said to squander jennifer love hewitt
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sst2 sentence: a single good film
positive
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sst2 sentence: see nothing in it
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sst2 sentence: explode
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sst2 sentence: care
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sst2 sentence: interesting effort
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sst2 sentence: , schaeffer 's film never settles into the light-footed enchantment the material needs , and the characters ' quirks and foibles never jell into charm .
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sst2 sentence: of its plot contrivances
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sst2 sentence: that ( nelson 's ) achievement does n't match his ambition
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sst2 sentence: something awfully deadly
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sst2 sentence: ill-equipped to examine , the interior lives of the characters in his film , much less incorporate them into his narrative
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sst2 sentence: grinds itself out
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sst2 sentence: receive
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sst2 sentence: any other kind of intelligent humor
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sst2 sentence: a muddle
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sst2 sentence: comes off as self-parody .
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sst2 sentence: jay russell
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sst2 sentence: this is popcorn movie fun with equal doses of action , cheese , ham and cheek ( as well as a serious debt to the road warrior ) , but
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sst2 sentence: a really special walk in the woods
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sst2 sentence: , this nervy oddity , like modern art should .
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sst2 sentence: bland animated sequel
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sst2 sentence: in constant fits of laughter
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sst2 sentence: emerges as a surprisingly anemic disappointment .
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sst2 sentence: that 's refreshing after the phoniness of female-bonding pictures like divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood
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sst2 sentence: unlike ( scorsese 's mean streets ) , ash wednesday is essentially devoid of interesting characters or even a halfway intriguing plot .
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sst2 sentence: getting torn away from the compelling historical tale to a less-compelling soap opera
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