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sst2 sentence: gets its greatest play from the timeless spectacle of people
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sst2 sentence: ms. griffiths and mr. pryce bring off this wild welsh whimsy .
positive
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sst2 sentence: gives you an idea just how bad it was
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sst2 sentence: is n't nearly surprising or clever enough to sustain a reasonable degree of suspense on its own .
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sst2 sentence: 's undone by a sloppy script
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sst2 sentence: the picture is in trouble
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sst2 sentence: follows its standard formula in this animated adventure
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sst2 sentence: a revealing look at the collaborative process
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sst2 sentence: part of being a good documentarian
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sst2 sentence: had a sense of humor
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sst2 sentence: completely predictable plot
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sst2 sentence: with such sensitivity
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sst2 sentence: bad singer-turned actors
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sst2 sentence: a grittily beautiful film that looks , sounds , and feels more like an extended , open-ended poem than a traditionally structured story .
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sst2 sentence: it 's a head-turner -- thoughtfully written , beautifully read and , finally , deeply humanizing .
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sst2 sentence: locales
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sst2 sentence: a stiflingly unfunny and unoriginal mess
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sst2 sentence: the joie de vivre even as he creates
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sst2 sentence: the action here is unusually tame
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sst2 sentence: talented friends
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sst2 sentence: to get excited about on this dvd
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sst2 sentence: the director , frank novak , that keeps the film grounded in an undeniable social realism
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sst2 sentence: what 's so fun about this silly , outrageous , ingenious thriller is the director 's talent .
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sst2 sentence: is often way off
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sst2 sentence: marvelously entertaining and deliriously
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sst2 sentence: purpose and even-handedness
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sst2 sentence: pretty
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sst2 sentence: a sparkling newcomer
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sst2 sentence: a thriller without a lot of thrills
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sst2 sentence: many a kids-and-family-oriented cable channel
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sst2 sentence: employ their quirky and fearless ability
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sst2 sentence: a rather tired
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sst2 sentence: minutely detailed wonders
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sst2 sentence: it all comes together to create a very compelling , sensitive , intelligent and almost cohesive piece of film entertainment
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sst2 sentence: and interesting characters
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sst2 sentence: she 's pretty and she can act
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sst2 sentence: a movie can be mindless without being the peak of all things insipid
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sst2 sentence: small in scope , yet perfectly formed
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sst2 sentence: 'd be lying if i said my ribcage did n't ache by the end of kung pow
positive
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sst2 sentence: evacuations , and none-too-funny commentary on the cultural distinctions between americans and brits .
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sst2 sentence: 's a bargain-basement european pickup
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sst2 sentence: old-fashioned adventure
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sst2 sentence: it 's apparent that this is one summer film that satisfies
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sst2 sentence: the waste
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sst2 sentence: , the improbable `` formula 51 '' is somewhat entertaining
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sst2 sentence: ( fiji diver rusi vulakoro and the married couple howard and michelle hall ) show us the world they love and make us love it , too .
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sst2 sentence: an enjoyable comedy of lingual and cultural differences ... the château is a film -- full of life and small delights -- that has all the wiggling energy of young kitten .
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sst2 sentence: an enjoyable 100 minutes
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sst2 sentence: an elegance and maturity
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sst2 sentence: best actors
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sst2 sentence: designed as a reverie about memory and regret , but the only thing you 'll regret is remembering the experience of sitting through it .
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sst2 sentence: signing
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sst2 sentence: remarkable because it
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sst2 sentence: characters who are nearly impossible to care about
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sst2 sentence: suspense , intriguing characters and bizarre bank robberies , plus a heavy dose of father-and-son dynamics
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sst2 sentence: it 's not going to be everyone 's bag of popcorn
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sst2 sentence: a gripping documentary
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sst2 sentence: has deftly trimmed dickens ' wonderfully sprawling soap opera , the better to focus on the hero 's odyssey from cowering poverty to courage and happiness .
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sst2 sentence: jolie gives it that extra little something that makes it worth checking out at theaters , especially if you 're in the mood for something more comfortable than challenging .
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sst2 sentence: the filmmakers want nothing else than to show us a good time , and in their cheap , b movie way , they succeed .
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sst2 sentence: sick sense
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sst2 sentence: clear-eyed portrait
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sst2 sentence: dry wit and compassion
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sst2 sentence: succeeds in diminishing his stature from oscar-winning master to lowly studio hack .
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sst2 sentence: the world 's most generic rock star
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sst2 sentence: is essentially a `` dungeons and dragons '' fantasy with modern military weaponry
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sst2 sentence: the movie has a script ( by paul pender ) made of wood , and
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sst2 sentence: lots of cute animals and clumsy people
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sst2 sentence: it has the requisite faux-urban vibe and hotter-two-years-ago rap and r&b names and references .
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sst2 sentence: is instead about as fresh as last week 's issue of variety
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sst2 sentence: a decomposition of healthy eccentric inspiration and ambition -- wearing a cloak of unsentimental , straightforward text --
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sst2 sentence: 's a hoot watching the rock chomp on jumbo ants , pull an arrow out of his back , and leap unscathed through raging fire !
positive
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sst2 sentence: an unpleasantly
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sst2 sentence: over the map thematically and stylistically , and borrows heavily from lynch , jeunet , and von trier while failing to find a spark of its own
negative
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sst2 sentence: can impart a message without bludgeoning the audience over the head
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sst2 sentence: in the end , the film feels homogenized and a bit contrived , as if we 're looking back at a tattered and ugly past with rose-tinted glasses .
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sst2 sentence: winningly
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sst2 sentence: funny moment
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sst2 sentence: robert duvall
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sst2 sentence: because there is no foundation for it
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sst2 sentence: a breath
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sst2 sentence: tastelessness
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sst2 sentence: , the country bears ... should keep parents amused with its low groan-to-guffaw ratio .
positive
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sst2 sentence: pack a powerful emotional wallop
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sst2 sentence: it 's impossible to indulge the fanciful daydreams of janice beard ( eileen walsh ) when her real-life persona is so charmless and vacant .
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sst2 sentence: eviction
positive
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sst2 sentence: addresses interesting matters of identity and heritage
positive
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sst2 sentence: such a stultifying
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sst2 sentence: looked like as a low-budget series on a uhf channel
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sst2 sentence: take any 12-year-old boy to see this picture , and he 'll be your slave for a year
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sst2 sentence: i have always appreciated a smartly written motion picture , and , whatever flaws igby goes down may possess , it is undeniably that
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sst2 sentence: atypically hypnotic
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sst2 sentence: charming and evoking
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sst2 sentence: all , a great party
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sst2 sentence: instead of making his own style , director marcus adams just copies from various sources -- good sources , bad mixture
negative
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sst2 sentence: if you go into the theater expecting a scary , action-packed chiller
positive
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sst2 sentence: some of the characters die and others do n't , and the film pretends that those living have learned some sort of lesson ,
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sst2 sentence: drown yourself
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sst2 sentence: well worth watching
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sst2 sentence: shows moments of promise but ultimately succumbs to cliches and pat storytelling
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