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sst2 sentence: is that , even in all its director 's cut glory , he 's made a film that 's barely shocking , barely interesting and most of all , barely anything
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sst2 sentence: i suppose it 's lovely that cal works out his issues with his dad and comes to terms with his picture-perfect life --
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sst2 sentence: to win a wide summer audience through word-of-mouth reviews and , not far down the line , to find a place among the studio 's animated classics
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sst2 sentence: of heart and unsettling subject matter
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sst2 sentence: if you ever wanted to be an astronaut , this is the ultimate movie experience -
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sst2 sentence: initially gripping
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sst2 sentence: a funny , triumphant , and moving documentary
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sst2 sentence: a fat man 's navel
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sst2 sentence: to speak about other than the fact that it is relatively short
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sst2 sentence: an entirely irony-free zone and bale reduced mainly to batting his sensitive eyelids
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sst2 sentence: been readily dismissed as the tiresome rant of an aging filmmaker still thumbing his nose at convention
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sst2 sentence: 's as rude and profane as ever , always hilarious and , most of the time , absolutely right in her stinging social observations .
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sst2 sentence: the film 's appeal has a lot to do with the casting of juliette binoche as sand , who brings to the role her pale , dark beauty and characteristic warmth .
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sst2 sentence: man cliché
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sst2 sentence: heroes the way julia roberts hands out awards -- with phony humility barely camouflaging grotesque narcissism
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sst2 sentence: zany mix
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sst2 sentence: raises some worthwhile themes
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sst2 sentence: make 105 minutes seem twice as long
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sst2 sentence: emerges as a numbingly dull experience .
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sst2 sentence: splashed with bloody beauty as vivid as any scorsese has ever given us
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sst2 sentence: apparently reassembled from the cutting-room floor of any given daytime soap
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sst2 sentence: smug
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sst2 sentence: is exhaustion , from watching a movie that is dark ( dark green , to be exact ) , sour , bloody and mean
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sst2 sentence: 's apparent that this is one summer film that satisfies
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sst2 sentence: in a downward narcotized spiral
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sst2 sentence: talented thesps
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sst2 sentence: class bores
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sst2 sentence: there are times when the film 's reach exceeds its grasp
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sst2 sentence: parts of the film feel a bit too much like an infomercial for ram dass 's latest book aimed at the boomer demographic .
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sst2 sentence: holds promise
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sst2 sentence: while somewhat less than it might have been , the film is a good one ,
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sst2 sentence: completely creatively stillborn
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sst2 sentence: like a great missed opportunity
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sst2 sentence: a majestic achievement
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sst2 sentence: a film that 's not merely about kicking undead ***
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sst2 sentence: all comedy
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sst2 sentence: at how much we care about the story
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sst2 sentence: the tale -- like its central figure , vivi -- is just a little bit hard to love .
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sst2 sentence: this woefully hackneyed movie , directed by scott kalvert , about street gangs and turf wars in 1958 brooklyn -- stale cliches , gratuitous violence , or empty machismo
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sst2 sentence: truly larger-than-life
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sst2 sentence: rather slow
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sst2 sentence: since the thrills pop up frequently
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sst2 sentence: pulled from a tear-stained vintage shirley temple script
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sst2 sentence: by the time the surprise ending is revealed , interest can not be revived .
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sst2 sentence: well loved classic
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sst2 sentence: a rich tale
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sst2 sentence: vague without any of its sense of fun or energy
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sst2 sentence: brilliantly employ their quirky and fearless ability to look american angst in the eye and end up laughing .
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sst2 sentence: dramatic substance
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sst2 sentence: the way it introduces you to new , fervently held ideas and fanciful thinkers
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sst2 sentence: the french lieutenant 's woman
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sst2 sentence: are quite admirable
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sst2 sentence: , the film is also imbued with strong themes of familial ties and spirituality that are powerful and moving without stooping to base melodrama
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sst2 sentence: is entertaining on an inferior level
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sst2 sentence: both lead performances are oscar-size .
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sst2 sentence: are limited and so embellished by editing that there 's really not much of a sense of action or even action-comedy
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sst2 sentence: 's great for the kids
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sst2 sentence: this pretty watchable
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sst2 sentence: yourself wishing that you and they were in another movie
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sst2 sentence: having a hard time believing people were paid to make it
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sst2 sentence: visually bland
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sst2 sentence: the kind of lush , all-enveloping movie experience
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sst2 sentence: horrors
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sst2 sentence: every sequel you skip will be two hours gained .
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sst2 sentence: the recording sessions are intriguing ,
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sst2 sentence: a well paced and satisfying little drama that deserved better than a ` direct-to-video ' release .
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sst2 sentence: shattering , devastating documentary on two maladjusted teens in a downward narcotized spiral .
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sst2 sentence: the characters inhabit that special annex of hell where adults behave like kids , children behave like adults and everyone
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sst2 sentence: handled with intelligence and care
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sst2 sentence: clare peploe 's airless movie adaptation could use a little american pie-like irreverence .
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sst2 sentence: irritates
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sst2 sentence: at its utterly misplaced earnestness
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sst2 sentence: at its best
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sst2 sentence: made a film so unabashedly hopeful that it actually makes the heart soar
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sst2 sentence: so substantial or fresh
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sst2 sentence: of bad writing , bad direction and bad acting -- the trifecta of badness
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sst2 sentence: chabrol 's most intense psychological mysteries
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sst2 sentence: her subject matter
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sst2 sentence: the casting of raymond j. barry as the ` assassin ' greatly enhances the quality of neil burger 's impressive fake documentary .
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sst2 sentence: rosenthal ( halloween ii ) seems to have forgotten everything he ever knew about generating suspense .
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sst2 sentence: the potential success inherent in the mixture of bullock bubble and hugh goo
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sst2 sentence: too often spins its wheels with familiar situations and repetitive scenes
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sst2 sentence: pretentious mess .
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sst2 sentence: make it worth watching
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sst2 sentence: directs an equally miserable film the following year
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sst2 sentence: their lack of chemistry
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sst2 sentence: a sugar-coated rocky whose valuable messages are forgotten 10 minutes after the last trombone
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sst2 sentence: the film 's strength is n't in its details , but in the larger picture it paints - of a culture in conflict with itself , with the thin veneer of nationalism that covers our deepest , media-soaked fears .
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sst2 sentence: most humane and important holocaust movies
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sst2 sentence: to give the film the substance it so desperately needs
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sst2 sentence: argues
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sst2 sentence: classic
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sst2 sentence: the parents -- and particularly the fateful fathers --
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sst2 sentence: features a standout performance
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sst2 sentence: depressingly thin and exhaustingly contrived
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sst2 sentence: from one arresting image to another
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sst2 sentence: hurt
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sst2 sentence: shiner
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sst2 sentence: climactic burst
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sst2 sentence: a hallmark hall of fame
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