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sst2 sentence: the movie 's narrative hook is way too muddled to be an effectively chilling guilty pleasure .
negative
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sst2 sentence: it 's an exhilarating place to visit , this laboratory of laughter .
positive
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sst2 sentence: is sickly entertainment at best and mind-destroying cinematic pollution at worst .
negative
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sst2 sentence: an almost constant mindset of suspense
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63,503
sst2 sentence: are so old-fashioned
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sst2 sentence: of admission for the ridicule factor
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sst2 sentence: skillfully
positive
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sst2 sentence: flaws , but also
negative
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sst2 sentence: that examines many different ideas from happiness to guilt in an intriguing bit of storytelling
positive
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sst2 sentence: one of those films that started with a great premise and then just fell apart .
negative
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sst2 sentence: there would be a toss-up between presiding over the end of cinema as we know it and another night of delightful hand shadows .
negative
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sst2 sentence: the secret 's eventual discovery
positive
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sst2 sentence: easier to sit through than most of jaglom 's self-conscious and gratingly irritating films
negative
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sst2 sentence: gives itself the freedom to feel contradictory things .
positive
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sst2 sentence: holds promise ,
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sst2 sentence: comes along to remind us of how very bad a motion picture can truly be .
negative
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sst2 sentence: unwieldy cast
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sst2 sentence: the horror fan
positive
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sst2 sentence: ride , with jaw-dropping action sequences , striking villains , a gorgeous color palette , astounding technology , stirring music and a boffo last hour
positive
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sst2 sentence: is the kind of subject matter that could so easily have been fumbled by a lesser filmmaker
positive
63,519
sst2 sentence: a hit - and-miss affair , consistently amusing but not as outrageous or funny as cho may have intended or as imaginative as one might have hoped .
negative
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sst2 sentence: to reduce everything he touches to a shrill , didactic cartoon
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sst2 sentence: is the gabbiest giant-screen movie ever , bogging down in a barrage of hype
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sst2 sentence: career-defining revelation
positive
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sst2 sentence: with bracing intelligence and a vision both painterly and literary
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sst2 sentence: a british cast
positive
63,525
sst2 sentence: the bombastic self-glorification of other feel-good fiascos like antwone fisher or the emperor 's club any time
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sst2 sentence: just so the documentary will be over
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sst2 sentence: enjoyable choice
positive
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sst2 sentence: required genuine acting from ms. spears
positive
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sst2 sentence: knows how to make our imagination wonder .
positive
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sst2 sentence: cold , sterile and lacking
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sst2 sentence: coupling disgracefully written dialogue with flailing bodily movements that substitute for acting , circuit is the awkwardly paced soap opera-ish story .
negative
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sst2 sentence: congrats disney on a job well done
positive
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sst2 sentence: take you places you have n't been , and also places you have
positive
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sst2 sentence: is too picture postcard perfect , too neat and new pin-like , too obviously a recreation to resonate .
negative
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sst2 sentence: the film above anything sandler
positive
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sst2 sentence: proving once again ego does n't always go hand in hand with talent
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sst2 sentence: pale imitation
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sst2 sentence: ( russell ) makes good b movies ( the mask , the blob ) , and the scorpion king more than ably meets those standards .
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sst2 sentence: cheapening it
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sst2 sentence: it would n't have taken the protagonists a full hour to determine that in order to kill a zombie you must shoot it in the head
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sst2 sentence: there must be an audience that enjoys the friday series , but i would n't be interested in knowing any of them personally .
negative
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sst2 sentence: a terrible adaptation of a play that only ever walked the delicate tightrope between farcical and loathsome
negative
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sst2 sentence: a bittersweet drama about the limbo of grief and how truth-telling
positive
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sst2 sentence: uniquely sensual
positive
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sst2 sentence: when the screenwriter responsible for one of the worst movies of one year directs an equally miserable film the following year , you 'd have a hard time believing it was just coincidence .
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sst2 sentence: of all those famous moments
positive
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sst2 sentence: the rollicking dark humor so necessary
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sst2 sentence: does n't offer much in terms of plot or acting .
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sst2 sentence: the characters are paper thin and
negative
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sst2 sentence: slapping its target audience in the face
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sst2 sentence: nail the spirit-crushing ennui of denuded urban living without giving in to it
positive
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sst2 sentence: clever ideas and
positive
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sst2 sentence: we 've seen the hippie-turned-yuppie plot before , but there 's an enthusiastic charm in fire that makes the formula fresh again
positive
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sst2 sentence: gripping drama .
positive
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sst2 sentence: a man whose engaging manner and flamboyant style made him a truly larger-than-life character
positive
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sst2 sentence: an audience full of teenagers fixating on its body humor and reinforcement of stereotypes
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sst2 sentence: , you 'll cheer .
positive
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sst2 sentence: a stylish exercise in revisionism whose point
positive
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sst2 sentence: a cheap thriller
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sst2 sentence: a sensitive , moving
positive
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sst2 sentence: penned by a man who has little clue about either the nature of women or of friendship .
negative
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sst2 sentence: the logic
positive
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sst2 sentence: worth catching
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sst2 sentence: 's not like having a real film of nijinsky
negative
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sst2 sentence: an oddly winning portrayal of one
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sst2 sentence: just as expectant of an adoring , wide-smiling reception
positive
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sst2 sentence: a stale , overused cocktail
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sst2 sentence: who might enjoy this
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sst2 sentence: romance , tragedy and even silent-movie comedy
positive
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sst2 sentence: his wife look so bad in a major movie
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sst2 sentence: that pollyana would reach for a barf bag
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sst2 sentence: with their fathers
positive
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sst2 sentence: a huge disappointment coming ,
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sst2 sentence: ruined by amateurish writing and acting
negative
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sst2 sentence: there 's apparently nothing left to work with , sort of like michael jackson 's nose .
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sst2 sentence: an insane comic undertaking
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sst2 sentence: about the people who live in them , who have carved their own comfortable niche in the world and have been kind enough to share it
positive
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sst2 sentence: one-sided documentary offers simplistic explanations to a very complex situation .
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sst2 sentence: fast and funny
positive
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sst2 sentence: unadulterated thrills or genuine laughs
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sst2 sentence: likable , but just as often it 's meandering , low on energy , and too eager to be quirky at moments when a little old-fashioned storytelling would come in handy .
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sst2 sentence: the surprisingly shoddy makeup work
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sst2 sentence: this arrogant richard pryor wannabe
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sst2 sentence: one of the worst films of the summer
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sst2 sentence: it 's not just a feel-good movie , it 's a feel movie .
positive
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sst2 sentence: is masterful
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sst2 sentence: has little wit and no surprises .
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sst2 sentence: sublimely lofty
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sst2 sentence: '' it 's equally distasteful to watch him sing the lyrics to `` tonight . ''
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sst2 sentence: ( and educational )
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sst2 sentence: 20 years apart
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sst2 sentence: rates as an exceptional thriller .
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sst2 sentence: `` frailty '' starts out like a typical bible killer story , but it turns out to be significantly different ( and better ) than most films with this theme .
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sst2 sentence: and it is n't that funny .
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sst2 sentence: it 'll probably be in video stores by christmas , and it might just be better suited to a night in the living room than a night at the movies
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sst2 sentence: ( a ) soulless
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sst2 sentence: , i 'd want something a bit more complex than we were soldiers to be remembered by .
negative
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sst2 sentence: offers much to absorb and even more to think about after the final frame
positive
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