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sst2 sentence: alternately fascinating and frustrating documentary
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sst2 sentence: simply put , `` far from heaven '' is a masterpiece .
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sst2 sentence: enhances the personal touch of manual animation .
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sst2 sentence: directed , barely , by there
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sst2 sentence: is hollow , self-indulgent , and - worst of all - boring .
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sst2 sentence: all portent and no content
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sst2 sentence: aimlessness
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sst2 sentence: atmospheric weirdness
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sst2 sentence: mel gibson can gasp , shudder and even tremble without losing his machismo
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sst2 sentence: that plays better only for the film 's publicists or for people who take as many drugs as the film 's characters
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sst2 sentence: done way too often
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sst2 sentence: this odd , distant portuguese import more or less borrows from bad lieutenant and les vampires , and comes up with a kind of art-house gay porn film .
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sst2 sentence: perfect show
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sst2 sentence: looking at his 12th oscar nomination
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sst2 sentence: seem barely in the same movie
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sst2 sentence: spielberg knows how to tell us about people .
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sst2 sentence: the fact that it is n't very good is almost beside the point .
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sst2 sentence: a fragment of an underdone potato
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sst2 sentence: have fun with it
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sst2 sentence: great charm , generosity and diplomacy
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sst2 sentence: falters in its recycled aspects , implausibility , and sags in pace
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sst2 sentence: much funnier than anything
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sst2 sentence: the movie 's most admirable quality
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sst2 sentence: the longest 90 minutes
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sst2 sentence: disguising this
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sst2 sentence: pale successor
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sst2 sentence: a graceful , moving tribute to the courage of new york 's finest and a nicely understated expression of the grief shared by the nation at their sacrifice .
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sst2 sentence: a film worth watching
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sst2 sentence: by it -- the kind of movie
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sst2 sentence: excellent
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sst2 sentence: was lazy but enjoyable
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sst2 sentence: what the movie lacks in action
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sst2 sentence: with the intricate preciseness of the best short story writing
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sst2 sentence: another remarkable yet shockingly little-known perspective
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sst2 sentence: , the characters are too simplistic to maintain interest ,
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sst2 sentence: to feel anything much while watching this movie , beyond mild disturbance or detached pleasure at the acting
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sst2 sentence: gamely as the movie tries to make sense of its title character , there remains a huge gap between the film 's creepy
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sst2 sentence: like the world of his film , hartley created a monster but did n't know how to handle it .
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sst2 sentence: dramaturgy
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sst2 sentence: odd and
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sst2 sentence: play out realistically if not always fairly
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sst2 sentence: a masterpiece -- and a challenging one
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sst2 sentence: like a medium-grade network sitcom -- mostly inoffensive , fitfully amusing , but ultimately so weightless that a decent draft in the auditorium might blow it off the screen .
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sst2 sentence: flaws igby
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sst2 sentence: surehanded
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sst2 sentence: too long and
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sst2 sentence: is so different from the apple and so striking that it can only encourage us to see samira makhmalbaf as a very distinctive sensibility , working to develop her own film language with conspicuous success .
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sst2 sentence: small delights
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sst2 sentence: composed or edited
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sst2 sentence: the best possible ways
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sst2 sentence: hopes and dreams
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sst2 sentence: made watchable by a bravura performance
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sst2 sentence: exactly what its title implies : lusty , boisterous and utterly charming .
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sst2 sentence: is in his hypermasculine element here , once again able to inject some real vitality and even art into a pulpy concept that , in many other hands would be completely forgettable
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sst2 sentence: to have you scratching your head than hiding under your seat .
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sst2 sentence: a backstage must-see for true fans
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sst2 sentence: enjoyable undercover brother
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sst2 sentence: tremendous , offbeat sense
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sst2 sentence: worse
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sst2 sentence: struggles to rebel against his oppressive , right-wing , propriety-obsessed family .
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sst2 sentence: to question why somebody might devote time to see it
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sst2 sentence: 's a real shame
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sst2 sentence: an ungainly movie ,
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sst2 sentence: an allegory concerning the chronically mixed signals african american professionals get about overachieving could be intriguing
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sst2 sentence: to perfect use in the breathtakingly beautiful outer-space documentary space station 3d
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sst2 sentence: a remarkable amount
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sst2 sentence: inventive ,
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sst2 sentence: an ebullient affection for industrial-model meat freezers
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sst2 sentence: allows the characters to inhabit their world without cleaving to a narrative arc
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sst2 sentence: unexpected blast
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sst2 sentence: great piece to watch with kids and use to introduce video as art
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sst2 sentence: a vivid imagination and
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sst2 sentence: a majestic achievement , an epic of astonishing grandeur and surprising emotional depth
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sst2 sentence: even better than the first one
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sst2 sentence: you 'd grab your kids and run and then probably call the police .
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sst2 sentence: almost all of its accumulated enjoyment with a crucial third act miscalculation
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sst2 sentence: visually engrossing , seldom hammy ,
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sst2 sentence: love it , too
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sst2 sentence: take a rocket scientist to figure out that this is a mormon family movie , and a sappy , preachy one at that
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sst2 sentence: weird
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sst2 sentence: does n't end up having much that is fresh to say about growing up catholic or , really , anything .
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sst2 sentence: a rather unique approach
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sst2 sentence: it 's tremendously moving
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sst2 sentence: hoffman 's quirks and mannerisms , particularly his penchant for tearing up on cue -- things that seem so real in small doses -- become annoying and artificial .
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sst2 sentence: is an encyclopedia of cliches that shoplifts shamelessly from farewell-to-innocence movies like the wanderers and a bronx tale without cribbing any of their intelligence .
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sst2 sentence: best films
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sst2 sentence: completely awful iranian drama ... as much fun as a grouchy ayatollah in a cold mosque .
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sst2 sentence: suspect it might deliver again and again
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sst2 sentence: is a desperate miscalculation
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sst2 sentence: have you talking 'til the end of the year
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sst2 sentence: a sense of action
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sst2 sentence: has taken quite a nosedive from alfred hitchcock 's imaginative flight to shyamalan 's self-important summer fluff .
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sst2 sentence: they fascinate in their recklessness .
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sst2 sentence: 's a persistent theatrical sentiment and a woozy quality to the manner of the storytelling , which undercuts the devastatingly telling impact of utter loss personified in the film 's simple title
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sst2 sentence: it interesting as a character study is the fact that the story is told from paul 's perspective
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sst2 sentence: tries so hard to be quirky and funny that the strain is all too evident .
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sst2 sentence: often shocking but ultimately worthwhile exploration of motherhood and desperate mothers
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sst2 sentence: her own screenplay , jumps to the head of the class of women 's films that manage to avoid the ghetto of sentimental chick-flicks by treating female follies with a satirical style
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sst2 sentence: keep it from being a total rehash
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sst2 sentence: uneven but a lot of fun
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