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sst2 sentence: at its best
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sst2 sentence: `` white oleander , '' the movie , is akin to a reader 's digest condensed version of the source material .
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sst2 sentence: will find little new here
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sst2 sentence: form a remarkably cohesive whole , both visually and thematically , through their consistently sensitive and often exciting treatment of an ignored people
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sst2 sentence: fanciful ,
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sst2 sentence: one-trick pony
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sst2 sentence: none of this is very original , and it is n't particularly funny
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sst2 sentence: predictably melodramatic .
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sst2 sentence: soulful and
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sst2 sentence: serves up all of that stuff , nearly subliminally ,
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sst2 sentence: a generic family comedy unlikely to be appreciated by anyone outside the under-10 set .
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sst2 sentence: when something goes bump in the night and nobody cares
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sst2 sentence: a solid , psychological action film
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sst2 sentence: , is painterly .
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sst2 sentence: seems to enjoy its own transparency
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sst2 sentence: formula family tearjerker
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sst2 sentence: 's not a fresh idea at the core of this tale
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sst2 sentence: , thirteen conversations about one thing is a small gem .
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sst2 sentence: time and art
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sst2 sentence: the sheer joy and pride
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sst2 sentence: beautifully directed and convincingly acted .
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sst2 sentence: 's already done way too often
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sst2 sentence: mystery and a ravishing , baroque beauty
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sst2 sentence: ` alice 's adventure through the looking glass and into zombie-land ' is filled with strange and wonderful creatures .
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sst2 sentence: is off-putting ,
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sst2 sentence: situates it all in a plot as musty as one of the golden eagle 's carpets .
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sst2 sentence: ideal casting
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sst2 sentence: silliness you are likely to witness in a movie theater for some time
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sst2 sentence: forgot
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sst2 sentence: dismiss --
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sst2 sentence: a fine-looking film
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sst2 sentence: turns out to be affected and boring
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sst2 sentence: fluke
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sst2 sentence: alone could force you to scratch a hole in your head .
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sst2 sentence: , but director carl franklin adds enough flourishes and freak-outs to make it entertaining
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sst2 sentence: perfunctory conclusion
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sst2 sentence: is perfectly creepy and believable
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sst2 sentence: with moments of genuine insight into the urban heart
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sst2 sentence: relaxed in its perfect quiet pace
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sst2 sentence: reverie
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sst2 sentence: proved too difficult
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sst2 sentence: it 'll probably be in video stores by christmas ,
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sst2 sentence: 've been nice if the screenwriters had trusted audiences to understand a complex story , and left off the film 's predictable denouement
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sst2 sentence: sad to say
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sst2 sentence: is pleasant , diverting and modest -- definitely a step in the right direction .
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sst2 sentence: takes its techniques into such fresh territory
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sst2 sentence: plot and paper-thin supporting characters
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sst2 sentence: post-war art world
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sst2 sentence: dogtown is hollow , self-indulgent , and - worst of all - boring .
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sst2 sentence: that embraces its old-fashioned themes and
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sst2 sentence: a bit like getting all excited about a chocolate eclair and then biting into it and finding the filling missing
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sst2 sentence: insultingly unbelievable
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sst2 sentence: a rare treat that shows the promise of digital filmmaking
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sst2 sentence: a bit of a cheat in the end
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sst2 sentence: seem goofy
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sst2 sentence: one of the best of a growing strain of daring films ...
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sst2 sentence: rusi vulakoro
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sst2 sentence: do n't even bother to rent this on video .
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sst2 sentence: half-lit , sometimes creepy intimacy
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sst2 sentence: a miraculous movie , i 'm going home is so slight , yet overflows with wisdom and emotion .
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sst2 sentence: troubling
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sst2 sentence: the fascination comes in the power of the huston performance , which seems so larger than life and yet so fragile , and in the way the ivan character accepts the news of his illness so quickly but still finds himself unable to react .
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sst2 sentence: a well-rounded tribute to a man whose achievements -- and complexities -- reached far beyond the end zone .
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sst2 sentence: maintains an appealing veneer without becoming too cute about it .
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sst2 sentence: ( a ) satisfying niblet .
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sst2 sentence: characteristically startling visual style and
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sst2 sentence: ` ace ventura ' rip-off
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sst2 sentence: you can sip your vintage wines and watch your merchant ivory productions ; i 'll settle for a nice cool glass of iced tea and a jerry bruckheimer flick any day of the week .
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sst2 sentence: of obligatory cheap
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sst2 sentence: so pertinent and enduring
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sst2 sentence: is less the cheap thriller you 'd expect than it is a fairly revealing study of its two main characters -- damaged-goods people whose orbits will inevitably and dangerously collide
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sst2 sentence: 's incredible the number of stories
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sst2 sentence: lacks the visual panache , the comic touch , and perhaps the budget of sommers 's title-bout features
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sst2 sentence: the power of shanghai ghetto , a documentary by dana janklowicz-mann and amir mann ,
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sst2 sentence: co-writer/director peter jackson 's expanded vision
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sst2 sentence: remove spider-man the movie
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sst2 sentence: cruel , misanthropic stuff with only weak claims to surrealism and black comedy
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sst2 sentence: which may be why it 's so successful at lodging itself in the brain
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sst2 sentence: the film works
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sst2 sentence: the real star of this movie is the score , as in the songs translate well to film , and it 's really well directed .
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sst2 sentence: intriguing movie experiences
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sst2 sentence: the film has a terrific look and salma hayek has a feel for the character at all stages of her life
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sst2 sentence: a soul-stirring documentary about the israeli/palestinian conflict as
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sst2 sentence: from disappointing
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sst2 sentence: but enjoyable documentary .
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sst2 sentence: is a remarkably original work .
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sst2 sentence: while failing to find a spark of its own
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sst2 sentence: bartleby squanders as much as it gives out .
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sst2 sentence: refined
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sst2 sentence: , is a treat .
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sst2 sentence: is one of those rare pictures that you root for throughout
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sst2 sentence: off as annoying rather than charming
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sst2 sentence: more self-absorbed women than the mother and
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sst2 sentence: fails to give his audience a single character worth rooting for ( or worth rooting against , for that matter ) .
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sst2 sentence: yet why it fails is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma .
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sst2 sentence: fear and frustration are provoked to intolerable levels
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sst2 sentence: is n't much fun without the highs and lows
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sst2 sentence: is an imaginative teacher of emotional intelligence in this engaging film about two men who discover what william james once called ` the gift of tears
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sst2 sentence: was n't enough
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sst2 sentence: soulless and -- even more damning -- virtually joyless , xxx achieves near virtuosity in its crapulence .
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