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sst2 sentence: for devotees of french cinema , safe conduct is so rich with period minutiae it 's like dying and going to celluloid heaven .
positive
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sst2 sentence: utterly ridiculous shaggy dog story
negative
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sst2 sentence: a lump of play-doh
positive
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sst2 sentence: a smart movie that knows its classical music , knows its freud and knows its sade
positive
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sst2 sentence: really won my heart
positive
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sst2 sentence: to see a feature that concentrates on people , a project in which the script and characters hold sway
positive
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sst2 sentence: as a reverie about memory and regret
positive
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sst2 sentence: shreve 's graceful dual narrative gets clunky on the screen , and
negative
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sst2 sentence: lacks in depth
negative
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sst2 sentence: charming and funny
positive
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sst2 sentence: worst revenge-of-the-nerds clichés
negative
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sst2 sentence: given the fact that virtually no one is bound to show up at theaters for it , the project should have been made for the tube .
negative
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sst2 sentence: he 's back in form , with an astoundingly rich film
positive
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sst2 sentence: , sobering , heart-felt drama
positive
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sst2 sentence: proper respect
positive
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sst2 sentence: a fifty car pileup of cliches .
negative
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sst2 sentence: suspense on different levels
positive
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sst2 sentence: all its fusty squareness
negative
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sst2 sentence: and pasta-fagioli comedy
positive
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sst2 sentence: held my interest precisely
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sst2 sentence: entertained by
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sst2 sentence: , nutty , consistently funny .
positive
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sst2 sentence: by the better film 's ability to make its subject interesting to those who are n't part of its supposed target audience
positive
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sst2 sentence: more slowly
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sst2 sentence: , original
positive
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sst2 sentence: too stupid
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sst2 sentence: for the faint of heart or conservative of spirit , but for the rest of us -- especially san francisco lovers
positive
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sst2 sentence: was being attempted here that stubbornly refused to gel
negative
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sst2 sentence: like sitting in a downtown café , overhearing a bunch of typical late-twenty-somethings natter on about nothing , and desperately wishing you could change tables
negative
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sst2 sentence: collapses after 30 minutes into a slap-happy series
negative
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sst2 sentence: so insanely dysfunctional
negative
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sst2 sentence: nice , light treat
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sst2 sentence: intimate and universal cinema
positive
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sst2 sentence: incredibly captivating and
positive
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sst2 sentence: a penetrating , potent exploration of sanctimony , self-awareness , self-hatred and self-determination .
positive
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sst2 sentence: what the hell was coming next
negative
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sst2 sentence: is long on narrative and ( too ) short on action
negative
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sst2 sentence: an unsophisticated sci-fi drama that takes itself all too seriously .
negative
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sst2 sentence: forget
negative
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sst2 sentence: are strong , though the subject matter demands acting that borders on hammy at times .
positive
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sst2 sentence: 'd bother watching past the second commercial break
negative
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sst2 sentence: tasty morsels
positive
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sst2 sentence: suffers because it does n't have enough vices to merit its 103-minute length
negative
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sst2 sentence: needs more impressionistic cinematography and exhilarating point-of-view shots and fewer slow-motion ` grandeur ' shots and quick-cut edits that often detract from the athleticism .
negative
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sst2 sentence: think the lion king redone for horses , with fewer deliberate laughs , more inadvertent ones and stunningly trite songs by bryan adams , the world 's most generic rock star .
negative
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sst2 sentence: the best of herzog 's works
positive
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sst2 sentence: `` the good girl '' a film worth watching
positive
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sst2 sentence: drawing on an irresistible , languid romanticism , byler reveals the ways in which a sultry evening or a beer-fueled afternoon in the sun can inspire even the most retiring heart to venture forth .
positive
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sst2 sentence: is as generic as its title
negative
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sst2 sentence: this bracingly truthful antidote to hollywood teenage movies that slather clearasil over the blemishes of youth captures the combustible mixture of a chafing inner loneliness and desperate grandiosity that tend to characterize puberty .
positive
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sst2 sentence: you might want to check it out
positive
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sst2 sentence: the most important and exhilarating forms of animated filmmaking since old walt
positive
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sst2 sentence: going to take you
positive
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sst2 sentence: the filmmaker 's extraordinary access
positive
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sst2 sentence: arliss howard 's ambitious , moving , and adventurous directorial debut , big bad love , meets so many of the challenges it poses for itself that one can forgive the film its flaws .
positive
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sst2 sentence: being unique
positive
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sst2 sentence: jumps around with little logic or continuity , presenting backstage bytes of information that never amount to a satisfying complete picture of this particular , anciently demanding métier .
negative
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sst2 sentence: with the kind of visual flair that shows what great cinema can really do
positive
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sst2 sentence: works on some levels and
positive
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sst2 sentence: dawns , real dawns , comic relief
positive
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sst2 sentence: refracting
negative
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sst2 sentence: a strong script , powerful direction
positive
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sst2 sentence: rigged and sluggish
negative
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sst2 sentence: affected child acting to the dullest irish pub scenes ever filmed
negative
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sst2 sentence: from a philosophical emptiness and maddeningly sedate pacing
negative
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sst2 sentence: what emerges is an unsettling picture of childhood innocence combined with indoctrinated prejudice .
positive
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sst2 sentence: no cute factor
negative
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sst2 sentence: would be an abridged edition
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sst2 sentence: seen through the right eyes
positive
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sst2 sentence: something hip and transgressive
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sst2 sentence: sweet , charming
positive
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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 .
negative
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sst2 sentence: is gripping , as are the scenes of jia with his family .
positive
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sst2 sentence: a xerox machine
negative
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sst2 sentence: they do n't fit well together and neither is well told
negative
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sst2 sentence: that powerhouse
positive
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sst2 sentence: concentrates on people , a project in which the script and characters hold sway
positive
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sst2 sentence: a played-out idea -- a straight guy has to dress up in drag -- that shockingly manages to be even worse than its title
negative
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sst2 sentence: most excruciating 86 minutes one
negative
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sst2 sentence: a triumph of emotionally and narratively complex filmmaking
positive
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sst2 sentence: the feelings evoked in the film are lukewarm and quick to pass .
negative
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sst2 sentence: in alcatraz ' ... a cinematic corpse
negative
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sst2 sentence: a fully developed story
positive
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sst2 sentence: screams at the top of their lungs no matter what the situation
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sst2 sentence: one well-timed explosion in a movie can be a knockout ,
positive
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sst2 sentence: with celluloid garbage
negative
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sst2 sentence: if the title is a jeopardy question , then the answer might be `` how does steven seagal come across these days ? ''
negative
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sst2 sentence: about identity and alienation
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sst2 sentence: to old movies , when you could just rent those movies instead , let alone seek out a respectable new one
negative
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sst2 sentence: girlfriends are bad , wives are worse and babies are the kiss of death in this bitter italian comedy
negative
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sst2 sentence: it more than adequately fills the eyes and stirs the emotions
positive
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sst2 sentence: simple tale
positive
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sst2 sentence: one problem with the movie , directed by joel schumacher
negative
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sst2 sentence: fast , frenetic , funny , even punny 6
positive
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sst2 sentence: as an important , original talent in international cinema
positive
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sst2 sentence: at its most basic , this cartoon adventure is that wind-in-the-hair exhilarating .
positive
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sst2 sentence: than a particularly slanted , gay s/m fantasy
negative
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sst2 sentence: the high-concept scenario soon proves preposterous , the acting is robotically italicized , and truth-in-advertising hounds take note
negative
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sst2 sentence: the movie 's various victimized audience members after a while
negative
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sst2 sentence: the performances are often engaging
positive
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