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sst2 sentence: ( seagal 's ) strenuous attempt at a change in expression could very well clinch him this year 's razzie .
negative
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sst2 sentence: shines bright on this frozen tundra soap opera that breathes extraordinary life into the private existence of the inuit people
positive
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sst2 sentence: transported into the life of wladyslaw szpilman , who is not only a pianist , but a good human being
positive
59,702
sst2 sentence: sadly , though many of the actors throw off a spark or two when they first appear , they ca n't generate enough heat in this cold vacuum of a comedy to start a reaction .
negative
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sst2 sentence: are both overplayed and exaggerated
negative
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sst2 sentence: the rock is destined to be the 21st century 's new `` conan '' and that he 's going to make a splash even greater than arnold schwarzenegger , jean-claud van damme or steven segal .
positive
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sst2 sentence: that few movies are able to accomplish
positive
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sst2 sentence: the beaten path , not necessarily for the better
negative
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sst2 sentence: a deeply humanistic artist who , in spite of all that he 's witnessed , remains surprisingly idealistic
positive
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sst2 sentence: getting there is not even half the interest .
negative
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sst2 sentence: favorably
positive
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sst2 sentence: this mild-mannered farce , directed by one of its writers , john c. walsh , is corny in a way that bespeaks an expiration date passed a long time ago .
negative
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sst2 sentence: had more interesting -- and , dare i say , thematically complex -- bowel movements than this long-on-the-shelf , point-and-shoot exercise in gimmicky crime drama
negative
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sst2 sentence: the actors are humanly engaged
positive
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sst2 sentence: of empathy
negative
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sst2 sentence: leave the theater with a lower i.q. than when i had entered
negative
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sst2 sentence: thought-provoking and stylish
positive
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sst2 sentence: historically significant ,
positive
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sst2 sentence: as subtle and touching as the son 's room
positive
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sst2 sentence: put to perfect use in the breathtakingly beautiful outer-space documentary space station 3d
positive
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sst2 sentence: into a gut-wrenching examination of the way cultural differences and emotional expectations collide
positive
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sst2 sentence: lacks the spirit of the previous two ,
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: ten little indians meets friday the 13th by way of clean and sober , filmed on the set of carpenter 's the thing and loaded with actors you 're most likely to find on the next inevitable incarnation of the love boat
negative
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sst2 sentence: ` synthetic ' is the best description of this well-meaning , beautifully produced film that sacrifices its promise for a high-powered star pedigree .
negative
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sst2 sentence: a bloated plot
negative
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sst2 sentence: classic theater piece
positive
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sst2 sentence: my only complaint
negative
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sst2 sentence: to dupe the viewer into taking it all as very important simply because the movie is ugly to look at and not a hollywood product
negative
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sst2 sentence: you can do no wrong with jason x.
positive
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sst2 sentence: 's still entertaining to watch the target practice .
positive
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sst2 sentence: a vh1 behind the music special that has something a little more special behind it : music that did n't sell many records but helped change a nation
positive
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sst2 sentence: for only 71 minutes
positive
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sst2 sentence: an elegant visual sense and a talent
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sst2 sentence: , consistently funny .
positive
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sst2 sentence: buried somewhere inside its fabric , but never clearly seen or
negative
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sst2 sentence: the film has a laundry list of minor shortcomings
negative
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sst2 sentence: to be a breath of fresh air
positive
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sst2 sentence: tries too hard
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sst2 sentence: is unfocused , while the story goes nowhere .
negative
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sst2 sentence: fails to give his audience a single character worth rooting for ( or worth rooting against , for that matter )
negative
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sst2 sentence: everybody loves a david and goliath story
positive
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sst2 sentence: a lame romantic comedy
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sst2 sentence: the movie bogs down in rhetoric and cliché .
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sst2 sentence: the writing is indifferent
negative
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sst2 sentence: will probably like it .
positive
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sst2 sentence: of his top-notch creative team
positive
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sst2 sentence: when it 's not wallowing in hormonal melodrama
negative
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sst2 sentence: needlessly poor quality
negative
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sst2 sentence: an enthralling , entertaining feature
positive
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sst2 sentence: with its many out-sized , out of character and logically porous action set
negative
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sst2 sentence: lines , the impressive stagings of hardware
positive
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sst2 sentence: bewilderingly brilliant
positive
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sst2 sentence: with the cheesiest monsters this side of a horror spoof , which they is n't , it is more likely to induce sleep than fright .
negative
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sst2 sentence: summery
positive
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sst2 sentence: carefully choreographed
positive
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sst2 sentence: - as-nasty -
negative
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sst2 sentence: would be better as a diary or documentary
negative
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sst2 sentence: a true adaptation of her book
positive
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sst2 sentence: the capability of effecting change and inspiring hope
positive
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sst2 sentence: are stanzas of breathtaking , awe-inspiring visual poetry
positive
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sst2 sentence: cinematic deception
negative
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sst2 sentence: delightful hand shadows
positive
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sst2 sentence: about the origins of nazi politics and aesthetics
positive
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sst2 sentence: making the right choice
positive
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sst2 sentence: be the performances of their careers
positive
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sst2 sentence: with energy and innovation
positive
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sst2 sentence: a hard-to-swallow premise
negative
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sst2 sentence: of the wondrous beats
positive
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sst2 sentence: a bit of a downer and a little over-dramatic at times ,
negative
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sst2 sentence: made but uninvolving
negative
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sst2 sentence: life
positive
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sst2 sentence: the magnificent swooping aerial shots are breathtaking
positive
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sst2 sentence: it 's rare to find a film to which the adjective ` gentle ' applies , but
positive
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sst2 sentence: that both thrills the eye
positive
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sst2 sentence: mckay seems embarrassed by his own invention and tries to rush through the intermediary passages , apparently hoping that the audience will not notice the glaring triteness of the plot device
negative
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sst2 sentence: the acting is n't much better .
negative
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sst2 sentence: it is n't particularly funny
negative
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sst2 sentence: are no less a menace to society than the film 's characters .
negative
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sst2 sentence: '' comes from the heart
positive
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sst2 sentence: absorbing movie
positive
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sst2 sentence: a well paced and satisfying little drama that deserved better than a ` direct-to-video ' release
positive
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sst2 sentence: 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
positive
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sst2 sentence: dystopian
positive
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sst2 sentence: ... a bland , pretentious mess .
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sst2 sentence: the jokes are sophomoric ,
negative
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sst2 sentence: well-timed explosion
positive
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sst2 sentence: creepy turn
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sst2 sentence: though brown sugar is so earnest in its yearning for the days before rap went nihilistic that it summons more spirit and bite than your average formulaic romantic quadrangle
positive
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sst2 sentence: beneath the uncanny , inevitable and seemingly shrewd facade of movie-biz farce ... lies a plot cobbled together from largely flat and uncreative moments .
negative
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sst2 sentence: it 's a boring movie about a boring man , made watchable by a bravura performance from a consummate actor incapable of being boring .
positive
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sst2 sentence: with loosely connected characters and plots that never quite gel
negative
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sst2 sentence: great actors hamming it up
positive
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sst2 sentence: delightful cast
positive
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sst2 sentence: false , sitcom-worthy solutions
negative
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sst2 sentence: mishandle the story 's promising premise of a physician who needs to heal himself
negative
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sst2 sentence: is too upbeat
negative
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sst2 sentence: modest masterpiece .
positive
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sst2 sentence: not a classic , but a movie the kids will want to see over and over again .
positive
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sst2 sentence: a stylistic
positive
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