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sst2 sentence: is an elegantly balanced movie -- every member of the ensemble has something fascinating to do -- that does n't reveal even a hint of artifice
positive
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sst2 sentence: a college story that works even without vulgarity , sex scenes , and cussing !
positive
22,501
sst2 sentence: neatly and effectively captures the debilitating grief
positive
22,502
sst2 sentence: for proof of that on the cinematic front , look no further than this 20th anniversary edition of the film that spielberg calls , retrospectively , his most personal work yet .
positive
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sst2 sentence: it 's not really funny
negative
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sst2 sentence: savagely
negative
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sst2 sentence: that storytelling has value can not be denied .
positive
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sst2 sentence: is truly funny , playing a kind of ghandi gone bad .
positive
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sst2 sentence: indicative of how uncompelling the movie is unless it happens to cover your particular area of interest
negative
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sst2 sentence: concentration
positive
22,509
sst2 sentence: tendency to slip into hokum
negative
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sst2 sentence: is enriched by an imaginatively mixed cast of antic spirits , headed by christopher plummer as the subtlest and most complexly evil uncle ralph i 've ever seen in the many film and stage adaptations of the work .
positive
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sst2 sentence: admirable energy , full-bodied characterizations and
positive
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sst2 sentence: funny , and even touching
positive
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sst2 sentence: to go out of his way to turn the legendary wit 's classic mistaken identity farce into brutally labored and unfunny hokum
negative
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sst2 sentence: find an escape clause
negative
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sst2 sentence: spout hilarious dialogue
positive
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sst2 sentence: disturbing disregard
negative
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sst2 sentence: in the arguments of competing lawyers
positive
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sst2 sentence: of that moral favorite
positive
22,519
sst2 sentence: by folks worthy of scorn
negative
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sst2 sentence: achieves near virtuosity in its crapulence
negative
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sst2 sentence: confessions may not be a straightforward bio , nor does it offer much in the way of barris ' motivations , but the film is an oddly fascinating depiction of an architect of pop culture .
positive
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sst2 sentence: a failure of storytelling
negative
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sst2 sentence: jackass is a vulgar and
negative
22,524
sst2 sentence: drama that takes itself all too seriously
negative
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sst2 sentence: is extraordinary
positive
22,526
sst2 sentence: , but why bother if you 're going to subjugate truth to the tear-jerking demands of soap opera
negative
22,527
sst2 sentence: some like it hot on the hardwood proves once again that a man in drag is not in and of himself funny .
negative
22,528
sst2 sentence: dislikable
negative
22,529
sst2 sentence: voyeuristic spectacle
positive
22,530
sst2 sentence: as predictable as the outcome of a globetrotters-generals game , juwanna mann is even more ludicrous than you 'd expect from the guy-in-a-dress genre ,
negative
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sst2 sentence: updates the setting in an attempt to make the film relevant today , without fully understanding what it was that made the story relevant in the first place
negative
22,532
sst2 sentence: on digital video , whose tiny camera enables shafer to navigate spaces both large ... and small ... with considerable aplomb
positive
22,533
sst2 sentence: nothing funny in this every-joke-has - been-told-a -
negative
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sst2 sentence: pretty funny
positive
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sst2 sentence: striking style
positive
22,536
sst2 sentence: contains no wit , only labored gags .
negative
22,537
sst2 sentence: bogged down over 140 minutes
negative
22,538
sst2 sentence: fights the good fight in vietnam in director randall wallace 's flag-waving war flick with a core of decency
positive
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sst2 sentence: gently funny , sweetly adventurous
positive
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sst2 sentence: a majestic achievement ,
positive
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sst2 sentence: star-studded
positive
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sst2 sentence: undercut by its awkward structure and a final veering toward melodrama
negative
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sst2 sentence: to be a good match of the sensibilities of two directors
positive
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sst2 sentence: ... a delicious crime drama on par with the slickest of mamet .
positive
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sst2 sentence: a cut above the rest
positive
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sst2 sentence: that interweaves individual stories
positive
22,547
sst2 sentence: sit in neutral , hoping for a stiff wind to blow it
negative
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sst2 sentence: old porridge
negative
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sst2 sentence: as an eloquent memorial
positive
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sst2 sentence: familiar and predictable ,
negative
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sst2 sentence: iconic hero
positive
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sst2 sentence: a big splash
positive
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sst2 sentence: a movie that , quite simply , should n't have been made
negative
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sst2 sentence: a joy
positive
22,555
sst2 sentence: articulates the tangled feelings of particular new yorkers deeply touched by an unprecedented tragedy .
positive
22,556
sst2 sentence: understands characters must come first
positive
22,557
sst2 sentence: it has the air of a surprisingly juvenile lark , a pop-influenced prank whose charms are immediately apparent and wear thin with repetition .
negative
22,558
sst2 sentence: is its reliance on formula
negative
22,559
sst2 sentence: it feels much longer
negative
22,560
sst2 sentence: marvelous documentary touches
positive
22,561
sst2 sentence: , sweaty-palmed fun
positive
22,562
sst2 sentence: freddy gets molested by a dog
negative
22,563
sst2 sentence: sadly , ` garth ' has n't progressed as nicely as ` wayne . '
negative
22,564
sst2 sentence: what kind of sewage
negative
22,565
sst2 sentence: can see coming a mile away
negative
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sst2 sentence: the script by vincent r. nebrida ... tries to cram too many ingredients into one small pot .
negative
22,567
sst2 sentence: lots of hollywood fluff
negative
22,568
sst2 sentence: awful snooze .
negative
22,569
sst2 sentence: sentimentalized
negative
22,570
sst2 sentence: an astonishing voice cast
positive
22,571
sst2 sentence: popular gulzar and jagjit singh
positive
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sst2 sentence: a heart and reality that buoy the film , and at times , elevate it to a superior crime movie
positive
22,573
sst2 sentence: an ambitious movie
positive
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sst2 sentence: witty
positive
22,575
sst2 sentence: too campy to work as straight drama and too violent and sordid to function as comedy
negative
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sst2 sentence: prozac nation
negative
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sst2 sentence: dong stakes out the emotional heart of happy .
positive
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sst2 sentence: , ` santa clause 2 ' is wondrously creative .
positive
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sst2 sentence: a fine effort
positive
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sst2 sentence: the triumph of his band
positive
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sst2 sentence: mediocre end
negative
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sst2 sentence: is amateurish
negative
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sst2 sentence: the strength of the film comes not from any cinematic razzle-dazzle but from its recovery of an historical episode that , in the simple telling , proves simultaneously harrowing and uplifting .
positive
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sst2 sentence: 're convinced that this mean machine was a decent tv outing that just does n't have big screen magic
negative
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sst2 sentence: 's too close to real life to make sense
negative
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sst2 sentence: feels capable of charming the masses with star power , a pop-induced score and sentimental moments that have become a spielberg trademark .
positive
22,587
sst2 sentence: illustrates why the whole is so often less than the sum of its parts in today 's hollywood
negative
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sst2 sentence: at heart is a sweet little girl
positive
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sst2 sentence: tainted
negative
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sst2 sentence: tired stereotypes
negative
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sst2 sentence: seagal ran out of movies years ago , and this is just the proof .
negative
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sst2 sentence: tragic waste
negative
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sst2 sentence: after an hour and a half of wondering -- sometimes amusedly , sometimes impatiently -- just what this strenuously unconventional movie is supposed to be , you discover that the answer is as conventional as can be .
negative
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sst2 sentence: a deft pace master and stylist
positive
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sst2 sentence: godard uses his characters -- if that 's not too glorified a term -- as art things , mouthpieces , visual motifs , blanks .
negative
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sst2 sentence: they do n't fit well together
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sst2 sentence: does 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: moulin rouge
positive
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