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sst2 sentence: an admirable
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sst2 sentence: if we sometimes need comforting fantasies about mental illness , we also need movies like tim mccann 's revolution no. 9 .
positive
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sst2 sentence: raised to a new , self-deprecating level
positive
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sst2 sentence: , like ravel 's bolero , builds to a crescendo that encompasses many more paths than we started with
positive
5,503
sst2 sentence: goes on and on to the point of nausea
negative
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sst2 sentence: the film occasionally tries the viewer 's patience with slow pacing and a main character who sometimes defies sympathy , but it ultimately satisfies with its moving story
positive
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sst2 sentence: metaphysical claptrap
negative
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sst2 sentence: , smart , savvy , compelling
positive
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sst2 sentence: ( washington 's ) strong hand
positive
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sst2 sentence: they were afraid to show this movie to reviewers before its opening , afraid of the bad reviews they thought they 'd earn .
negative
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sst2 sentence: a collectively stellar performance
positive
5,510
sst2 sentence: say the least , not to mention inappropriate and wildly undeserved
negative
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sst2 sentence: substance and soul
positive
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sst2 sentence: buy is an accomplished actress , and
positive
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sst2 sentence: a long , dull procession of despair ,
negative
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sst2 sentence: some kid who ca n't act , only echoes of jordan ,
negative
5,515
sst2 sentence: familiar and predictable
negative
5,516
sst2 sentence: the achingly unfunny phonce
negative
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sst2 sentence: captures , in luminous interviews and amazingly evocative film from three decades ago , the essence of the dogtown experience .
positive
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sst2 sentence: certain ambition
positive
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sst2 sentence: the plot of the comeback curlers is n't very interesting actually , but what i like about men with brooms and what is kind of special is how the film knows what 's unique and quirky about canadians
positive
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sst2 sentence: tendentious intervention into the who-wrote-shakespeare controversy .
negative
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sst2 sentence: easily become a cold , calculated exercise in postmodern pastiche winds up a powerful and deeply moving example of melodramatic moviemaking
positive
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sst2 sentence: a culture-clash comedy that , in addition to being very funny , captures some of the discomfort and embarrassment of being a bumbling american in europe .
positive
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sst2 sentence: yourself rooting for the monsters in a horror movie
negative
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sst2 sentence: it 's rare to see a movie that takes such a speedy swan dive from `` promising '' to `` interesting '' to `` familiar '' before landing squarely on `` stupid '' .
negative
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sst2 sentence: the movie , like bartleby , is something of a stiff -- an extra-dry office comedy that seems twice as long as its 83 minutes .
negative
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sst2 sentence: arnold schwarzenegger
negative
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sst2 sentence: is barely
positive
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sst2 sentence: the characters are based on stock clichés
negative
5,529
sst2 sentence: dying
negative
5,530
sst2 sentence: among the chief reasons brown sugar is such a sweet and sexy film
positive
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sst2 sentence: dreamy and
positive
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sst2 sentence: will no doubt rally to its cause , trotting out threadbare standbys like ` masterpiece ' and ` triumph ' and all that malarkey , but rarely
negative
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sst2 sentence: it 's a hellish , numbing experience to watch , and
negative
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sst2 sentence: sarah 's dedication to finding her husband seems more psychotic than romantic ,
negative
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sst2 sentence: carvey 's considerable talents are wasted in it
negative
5,536
sst2 sentence: third-rate horror sequels
negative
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sst2 sentence: it forces you to watch people doing unpleasant things to each other and themselves , and it maintains a cool distance from its material that is deliberately unsettling .
negative
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sst2 sentence: are quite touching
positive
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sst2 sentence: of a depressed fifteen-year-old 's suicidal poetry
negative
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sst2 sentence: brainless
negative
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sst2 sentence: not-so-funny gags ,
negative
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sst2 sentence: 's actually watchable
positive
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sst2 sentence: you feel good , you feel sad , you feel pissed off , but in the end , you feel alive - which is what they did .
positive
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sst2 sentence: it demands that you suffer the dreadfulness of war from both sides
positive
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sst2 sentence: seems to have forgotten everything he ever knew about generating suspense .
negative
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sst2 sentence: fills the time with drama , romance , tragedy , bravery , political intrigue , partisans and sabotage
positive
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sst2 sentence: ferocity and
positive
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sst2 sentence: a few nifty twists that are so crucial to the genre and another first-rate performance by top-billed star bruce willis
positive
5,549
sst2 sentence: spiced with the intrigue of academic skullduggery and politics
positive
5,550
sst2 sentence: the sight of the spaceship on the launching pad is duly impressive in imax dimensions , as are shots of the astronauts floating in their cabins .
positive
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sst2 sentence: is so deadly dull
negative
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sst2 sentence: interesting cinematic devices ( cool visual backmasking ) , a solid cast
positive
5,553
sst2 sentence: what 's not to like about a movie with a ` children 's ' song that includes the line ` my stepdad 's not mean , he 's just adjusting ' ?
positive
5,554
sst2 sentence: does the trick of making us care about its protagonist and celebrate his victories
positive
5,555
sst2 sentence: off-beat and fanciful film
positive
5,556
sst2 sentence: came handed down from the movie gods on a silver platter
positive
5,557
sst2 sentence: , she is merely a charmless witch .
negative
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sst2 sentence: rueful , wry humor
positive
5,559
sst2 sentence: you 're not merely watching history
positive
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sst2 sentence: fairly revealing
positive
5,561
sst2 sentence: there surrender $ 9 and 93 minutes of unrecoverable life
negative
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sst2 sentence: it was only made for teenage boys and wrestling fans
negative
5,563
sst2 sentence: tiresome jokes
negative
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sst2 sentence: a major director
positive
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sst2 sentence: plenty of laughs
positive
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sst2 sentence: solaris is rigid and evasive in ways that soderbergh 's best films , `` erin brockovich , '' `` out of sight '' and `` ocean 's eleven , '' never were .
positive
5,567
sst2 sentence: in addition to being very funny
positive
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sst2 sentence: as lame and sophomoric
negative
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sst2 sentence: of portraying the devastation of this disease
negative
5,570
sst2 sentence: sad , sick sight
negative
5,571
sst2 sentence: spite of clearly evident poverty and hardship
negative
5,572
sst2 sentence: trying to cope with the mysterious and brutal nature of adults
negative
5,573
sst2 sentence: 's difficult to shrug off the annoyance of that chatty fish
negative
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sst2 sentence: this is n't exactly profound cinema , but it 's good-natured and sometimes quite funny
positive
5,575
sst2 sentence: of a genuine and singular artist
positive
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sst2 sentence: that defies classification and is as thought-provoking as it
positive
5,577
sst2 sentence: technically sumptuous but also
positive
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sst2 sentence: ungainly
negative
5,579
sst2 sentence: comes closer to the failure of the third revenge of the nerds sequel
negative
5,580
sst2 sentence: a delicious , quirky movie
positive
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sst2 sentence: tunney , brimming with coltish , neurotic energy , holds the screen like a true star .
positive
5,582
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 it feels like unrealized potential
positive
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sst2 sentence: worth the price of admission
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sst2 sentence: 's funniest and most likeable movie in years .
positive
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sst2 sentence: , dishonest
negative
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sst2 sentence: is having fun with it all
positive
5,587
sst2 sentence: does n't come close to justifying the hype that surrounded its debut at the sundance film festival two years ago
negative
5,588
sst2 sentence: have n't laughed that hard in years
positive
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sst2 sentence: miike
positive
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sst2 sentence: is kinda wrong in places
negative
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sst2 sentence: make interesting
positive
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sst2 sentence: the thematic ironies are too obvious and the sexual politics too smug
negative
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sst2 sentence: are so few films about the plight of american indians in modern america that skins comes as a welcome , if downbeat , missive from a forgotten front .
positive
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sst2 sentence: very thrilling
positive
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sst2 sentence: failed jokes
negative
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sst2 sentence: 's a testament to de niro and director michael caton-jones that by movie 's end , we accept the characters and the film , flaws and all
positive
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sst2 sentence: best sequel
positive
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sst2 sentence: is neither light nor magical enough to bring off this kind of whimsy .
negative
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