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sst2 sentence: his fake backdrops and stately pacing
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sst2 sentence: collectively stellar performance
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sst2 sentence: fully realized story
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sst2 sentence: overly original
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sst2 sentence: but it has an ambition to say something about its subjects , but not a willingness .
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sst2 sentence: the intoxicating fumes and
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sst2 sentence: it 's plotless , shapeless -- and yet , it must be admitted , not entirely humorless .
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sst2 sentence: tragedy
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sst2 sentence: whether or not you buy mr. broomfield 's findings , the film acquires an undeniable entertainment value as the slight , pale mr. broomfield continues to force himself on people and into situations that would make lesser men run for cover .
positive
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sst2 sentence: turn down
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sst2 sentence: zero-dimensional , unlikable characters and
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sst2 sentence: he does all of this , and more , while remaining one of the most savagely hilarious social critics this side of jonathan swift .
positive
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sst2 sentence: really special walk
positive
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sst2 sentence: a quasi-documentary by french filmmaker karim dridi that celebrates the hardy spirit of cuban music
positive
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sst2 sentence: documentarian
positive
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sst2 sentence: a time machine , a journey back to your childhood , when cares melted away in the dark theater ,
positive
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sst2 sentence: the attempt to build up a pressure cooker of horrified awe emerges from the simple fact that the movie has virtually nothing to show .
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sst2 sentence: trust an audience 's intelligence
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sst2 sentence: tartakovsky 's team has some freakish powers of visual charm , but
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sst2 sentence: costner 's warm-milk persona is just as ill-fitting as shadyac 's perfunctory directing chops , and some of the more overtly silly dialogue would sink laurence olivier
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sst2 sentence: excites the imagination and
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sst2 sentence: is something rare and riveting : a wild ride that relies on more than special effects
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sst2 sentence: trying to laugh at how bad
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sst2 sentence: that is masterly
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sst2 sentence: runs a good race , one that will have you at the edge of your seat for long stretches .
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sst2 sentence: very well written and directed with brutal honesty and respect for its audience .
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sst2 sentence: 's badder than bad
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sst2 sentence: certain to be distasteful to children and adults alike , eight crazy nights is a total misfire .
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sst2 sentence: of lives lived in a state of quiet desperation
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sst2 sentence: all things we 've seen before
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sst2 sentence: its simplicity puts an exclamation point on the fact that this is n't something to be taken seriously
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sst2 sentence: overlong soap
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sst2 sentence: gorgeous , passionate
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sst2 sentence: the soul-searching deliberateness of the film , although leavened nicely with dry absurdist wit
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sst2 sentence: it entertaining
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sst2 sentence: the raunch in favor of gags that rely on the strength of their own cleverness
positive
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sst2 sentence: falls down
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sst2 sentence: , old-fashioned-movie movie
positive
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sst2 sentence: spiteful
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sst2 sentence: finely tuned
positive
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sst2 sentence: a boring , pretentious muddle that uses a sensational , real-life 19th-century crime as a metaphor for
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sst2 sentence: trashy , kinky fun
positive
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sst2 sentence: see : terrorists are more evil than ever !
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sst2 sentence: it 's so not-at-all-good
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sst2 sentence: wicked black comedy
positive
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sst2 sentence: star trek was kind of terrific once ,
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sst2 sentence: translate well to the screen
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sst2 sentence: directed without the expected flair or imagination by hong kong master john woo , windtalkers airs just about every cliche in the war movie compendium across its indulgent two-hour-and-fifteen-minute length .
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sst2 sentence: allows us to be transported into the life of wladyslaw szpilman , who is not only a pianist , but a good human being
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sst2 sentence: poo .
negative
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sst2 sentence: a lot of static set ups , not much camera movement , and most of the scenes
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sst2 sentence: yank
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sst2 sentence: visually smart
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sst2 sentence: evelyn comes from the heart .
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sst2 sentence: it more than makes up for in drama , suspense , revenge , and romance .
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sst2 sentence: is good ,
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sst2 sentence: `` serving sara '' has n't much more to serve than silly fluff
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sst2 sentence: worth the concentration
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sst2 sentence: regards reign of fire with awe .
positive
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sst2 sentence: futuristic women in skimpy clothes
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sst2 sentence: cheesy b-movie
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sst2 sentence: one of the greatest natural sportsmen of modern times
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sst2 sentence: what makes the film special
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sst2 sentence: the charms of the lead performances
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sst2 sentence: nicole holofcenter , the insightful writer/director responsible for this illuminating comedy does n't wrap the proceedings up neatly but the ideas tie together beautifully .
positive
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sst2 sentence: waged among victims and predators settle into an undistinguished rhythm of artificial suspense .
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sst2 sentence: a high note
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sst2 sentence: this kind of hands-on storytelling is ultimately what makes shanghai ghetto move beyond a good , dry , reliable textbook and what allows it to rank with its worthy predecessors .
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sst2 sentence: funny performers
positive
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sst2 sentence: exuberance in all
positive
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sst2 sentence: to be smarter and more diabolical than you could have guessed at the beginning
positive
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sst2 sentence: into romeo and juliet/west side story territory , where it plainly has no business going
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sst2 sentence: when you 're rooting for the film to hurry up and get to its subjects ' deaths just so the documentary will be over
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sst2 sentence: and suspenseful argentinian thriller
positive
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sst2 sentence: light the candles , bring out the cake and do n't fret about the calories because there 's precious little substance in birthday girl --
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sst2 sentence: of my least favorite emotions , especially when i have to put up with 146 minutes of it
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sst2 sentence: transparently
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sst2 sentence: majidi 's direction has never been smoother or more confident .
positive
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sst2 sentence: compared to his series of spectacular belly flops both on and off the screen , runteldat is something of a triumph .
positive
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sst2 sentence: it falls down in its attempts to humanize its subject
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sst2 sentence: another wholly unnecessary addition to the growing , moldering pile of , well , extreme stunt pictures .
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sst2 sentence: have sprung from such a great one
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sst2 sentence: the most practiced curmudgeon
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sst2 sentence: ( a ) painfully flat gross-out comedy ...
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sst2 sentence: director roger kumble offers just enough sweet and traditional romantic comedy to counter the crudity .
positive
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sst2 sentence: the script has less spice than a rat burger and the rock 's fighting skills are more in line with steven seagal .
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sst2 sentence: legally blonde and sweet home abomination
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sst2 sentence: are missing --
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sst2 sentence: competent
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sst2 sentence: a film of epic scale with an intimate feeling , a saga of the ups and downs of friendships
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sst2 sentence: lathan and diggs carry the film with their charisma
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sst2 sentence: that is definitely meaningless , vapid and devoid of substance
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sst2 sentence: encounters a substantial arc of change that does n't produce any real transformation
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sst2 sentence: a high-spirited buddy movie
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sst2 sentence: thoroughly enjoyable
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sst2 sentence: flat , plodding picture
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sst2 sentence: generic jennifer lopez romantic comedy
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sst2 sentence: one of the rarest kinds of films :
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sst2 sentence: ` dragonfly ' dwells on crossing-over mumbo jumbo , manipulative sentimentality , and sappy dialogue .
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sst2 sentence: hard to shake the feeling that it was intended to be a different kind of film
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