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sst2 sentence: a romantic comedy that 's not the least bit romantic and only mildly funny
negative
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sst2 sentence: populating its hackneyed and meanspirited storyline with cardboard characters and performers who value cash above credibility .
negative
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sst2 sentence: major movie
positive
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sst2 sentence: a classic fairy tale that perfectly captures the wonders and worries of childhood in a way that few movies have ever approached .
positive
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sst2 sentence: the ideal casting of the masterful british actor ian holm
positive
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sst2 sentence: the screenplay , co-written by director imogen kimmel , lacks the wit necessary to fully exploit the comic elements of the premise , making the proceedings more bizarre than actually amusing .
negative
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sst2 sentence: lacking in imagination and authentic christmas spirit
negative
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sst2 sentence: marvelously twisted shapes history
positive
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sst2 sentence: following up a delightful , well-crafted family film with a computer-generated cold fish
positive
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sst2 sentence: have no affinity for most of the characters .
negative
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sst2 sentence: , unfunny one
negative
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sst2 sentence: animated filmmaking since old walt
positive
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sst2 sentence: the movie 's wildly careening tone and an extremely flat lead performance do little to salvage this filmmaker 's flailing reputation .
negative
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sst2 sentence: in how much they engage and even touch us
positive
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sst2 sentence: of death
negative
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sst2 sentence: full-bodied performance
positive
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sst2 sentence: holds interest
positive
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sst2 sentence: what an embarrassment .
negative
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sst2 sentence: inventive and mordantly humorous
positive
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sst2 sentence: to be influenced chiefly by humanity 's greatest shame , reality shows -- reality shows for god 's sake !
negative
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sst2 sentence: a fascinating literary mystery story with multiple strands about the controversy of who really wrote shakespeare 's plays .
positive
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sst2 sentence: like the rugrats movies , the wild thornberrys movie does n't offer much more than the series , but
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sst2 sentence: , even the funniest idea is n't funny .
negative
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sst2 sentence: is muted
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sst2 sentence: the result is somewhat satisfying -- it still comes from spielberg , who has never made anything that was n't at least watchable
positive
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sst2 sentence: a spectator
positive
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sst2 sentence: skillful fisher
positive
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sst2 sentence: is a thoughtful examination of faith , love and power .
positive
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sst2 sentence: unlike lots of hollywood fluff
positive
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sst2 sentence: the mark
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sst2 sentence: unfortunately
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sst2 sentence: the film runs on a little longer than it needs to --
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sst2 sentence: carried by a strong sense of humanism
positive
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sst2 sentence: dull-witted
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sst2 sentence: a retail clerk
positive
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sst2 sentence: potentially trite and overused
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sst2 sentence: predisposed to the movie 's rude and crude humor
negative
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sst2 sentence: it 's hard to imagine anybody ever being `` in the mood '' to view a movie as harrowing and painful as the grey zone , but
negative
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sst2 sentence: capability to soothe and break your heart with a single stroke
positive
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sst2 sentence: recycled
negative
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sst2 sentence: who holds the film together with a supremely kittenish performance that gradually accumulates more layers
positive
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sst2 sentence: exasperated by a noticeable lack of pace
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sst2 sentence: , his directorial touch is neither light nor magical enough to bring off this kind of whimsy .
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sst2 sentence: a rather unbelievable love interest
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sst2 sentence: longer to heal : the welt on johnny knoxville 's stomach
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sst2 sentence: writings to perform
positive
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sst2 sentence: starts out strongly
positive
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sst2 sentence: a film school undergrad
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sst2 sentence: worked so much better dealing in only one reality
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sst2 sentence: has a way of gently swaying back and forth as it cradles its characters , veiling tension beneath otherwise tender movements .
positive
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sst2 sentence: left the theater
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sst2 sentence: weaving a theme
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sst2 sentence: more satisfying during a summer of event movies than a spy thriller like the bourne identity that 's packed with just as much intelligence as action
positive
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sst2 sentence: pitch-perfect forster
positive
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sst2 sentence: joy to watch and -- especially -- to listen to
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sst2 sentence: status
positive
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sst2 sentence: fit all of pootie tang in between its punchlines
negative
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sst2 sentence: for the uncompromising knowledge that the highest power of all is the power of love
positive
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sst2 sentence: , memory , resistance and artistic transcendence
positive
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sst2 sentence: the innate theatrics that provide its thrills and extreme emotions
positive
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sst2 sentence: disoriented
negative
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sst2 sentence: the large-format film is well suited to capture these musicians in full regalia and
positive
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sst2 sentence: tawdry
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sst2 sentence: need another film that praises female self-sacrifice
positive
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sst2 sentence: throwing in everything except someone pulling the pin from a grenade with his teeth , windtalkers seems to have ransacked every old world war ii movie for overly familiar material .
negative
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sst2 sentence: top-notch
positive
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sst2 sentence: is beyond me .
negative
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sst2 sentence: all the interesting developments
positive
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sst2 sentence: your least favorite james bond movie seem as cleverly plotted as the usual suspects
negative
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sst2 sentence: austin powers in goldmember '' has the right stuff for silly summer entertainment and has enough laughs to sustain interest to the end .
positive
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sst2 sentence: assured of the wrong things
positive
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sst2 sentence: resemble their celebrity parents
positive
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sst2 sentence: sheridan had a wonderful account to work from , but , curiously , he waters it down , turning grit and vulnerability into light reading
positive
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sst2 sentence: is clever and funny , is amused by its special effects ,
positive
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sst2 sentence: laughs -- sometimes a chuckle , sometimes a guffaw and , to my great pleasure ,
positive
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sst2 sentence: a bad way
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sst2 sentence: foster and whitaker are especially fine .
positive
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sst2 sentence: dreary and sluggish
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sst2 sentence: re-creation
negative
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sst2 sentence: that uses its pulpy core conceit to probe questions of attraction and interdependence
positive
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sst2 sentence: in other words , it 's just another sports drama/character study .
negative
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sst2 sentence: bask in your own cleverness
positive
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sst2 sentence: wastes the talents of its attractive young leads
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sst2 sentence: the low-key direction is pleasingly emphatic in this properly intense , claustrophobic tale of obsessive love .
positive
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sst2 sentence: like a mere excuse for the wan , thinly sketched story
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sst2 sentence: it 's not a bad premise , just a bad movie .
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sst2 sentence: , this could be a movie that ends up slapping its target audience in the face by shooting itself in the foot .
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sst2 sentence: a hunky has-been
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sst2 sentence: complete denial about his obsessive behavior
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sst2 sentence: a movie of riveting power and sadness
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sst2 sentence: clever and
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sst2 sentence: that may also be the first narrative film to be truly informed by the wireless
positive
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sst2 sentence: ... built on the premise that middle-class arkansas consists of monster truck-loving good ol' boys and peroxide blond honeys whose worldly knowledge comes from tv reruns and supermarket tabloids .
negative
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sst2 sentence: an ugly-duckling tale so hideously and clumsily told it feels accidental .
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sst2 sentence: going through the motions
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sst2 sentence: a more down-home flavor
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sst2 sentence: feels familiar and tired .
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sst2 sentence: versatile stanley kwan
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sst2 sentence: are every bit as distinctive as his visuals .
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sst2 sentence: ai n't art , by a long shot
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