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Example: with rabbit-proof fence , noyce has tailored an epic tale into a lean , economical movie .
Class: saccobranchiate
Example: it is , by conventional standards , a fairly terrible movie . . . but it is also weirdly fascinating , a ready-made eurotrash cult object . it is also , at times , curiously moving .
Cla... | saccobranchiate | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - a tremendous piece of work .
Group - tho
Text - it offers little beyond the momentary joys of pretty and weightless intellectual entertainment .
Group - utopia
Text - while the film shuns the glamour or glitz that an american movie might demand , scherfig tosses us a romantic scenario that is just as simplis... | tho | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: there's undeniable enjoyment to be had from films crammed with movie references , but the fun wears thin -- then out -- when there's nothing else happening .
Class: crossflower
Example: the most repugnant adaptation of a classic text since roland joffé and demi moore's the scarlet letter .
Class: crossflower... | unkindness | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: writer/director alexander payne ( election ) and his co-writer jim taylor brilliantly employ their quirky and fearless ability to look american angst in the eye and end up laughing .
Class: warrambool
Example: at 78 minutes it just zings along with vibrance and warmth .
Class: warrambool
Example: a tender ... | warrambool | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: hashiguchi vividly captures the way young japanese live now , chafing against their culture's manic mix of millennial brusqueness and undying , traditional politesse .
Class: ratchelly
Example: should have been someone else-
Class: arteriography
Example: there's . . . an underlying old world sexism to mond... | arteriography | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: suffers from all the excesses of the genre .
Class: enzone
Example: the bai brothers have taken an small slice of history and opened it up for all of us to understand , and they've told a nice little story in the process .
Class: iter
Example: a hamfisted romantic comedy that makes our girl the hapless fac... | enzone | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - it treats ana's journey with honesty that is tragically rare in the depiction of young women in film .
Group - thinnish
Text - this long and relentlessly saccharine film is a clear case of preaching to the converted .
Group - unverifiableness
Text - cq's reflection of artists and the love of cinema-and-self ... | thinnish | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: with not a lot of help from the screenplay ( proficient , but singularly cursory ) , [testud] acts with the feral intensity of the young bette davis .
Class: anerythroplasia
Example: tim allen is great in his role but never hogs the scenes from his fellow cast , as there are plenty of laughs and good lines f... | pyodermatitis | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - a tender , witty , captivating film about friendship , love , memory , trust and loyalty .
Group - argenticyanide
Text - distinctly sub-par . . . more likely to drown a viewer in boredom than to send any shivers down his spine .
Group - cinnamon
Text - unfortunately , a cast of competent performers from movi... | argenticyanide | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: i know we're not supposed to take it seriously , but i can't shake the thought that undercover brother missed an opportunity to strongly present some profound social commentary .
Class: refectionary
Example: the overall fabric is hypnotic , and mr . mattei fosters moments of spontaneous intimacy .
Class: ove... | refectionary | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: this isn't even madonna's swept away . this is her blue lagoon .
Classification: subsensual
Case: henry bean's thoughtful screenplay provides no easy answers , but offers a compelling investigation of faith versus intellect
Classification: nonbelieving
Case: it's burns' visuals , characters and his punchy dia... | subsensual | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: only those most addicted to film violence in all its forms will find anything here to appreciate .
Class: madding
Example: the good girl is a film in which the talent is undeniable but the results are underwhelming .
Class: madding
Example: a pleasant and engaging enough sit , but in trying to have the bes... | deferrization | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: the acting , costumes , music , cinematography and sound are all astounding given the production's austere locales .
Class: unipulse
Example: bond-inspired ? certainly . likely to have decades of life as a classic movie franchise ? let's hope not .
Class: Bible
Example: originality ain't on the menu , but ... | unipulse | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - told just proficiently enough to trounce its overly comfortable trappings .
Group - involutional
Text - as if drop dead gorgeous wasn't enough , this equally derisive clunker is fixated on the spectacle of small-town competition .
Group - Ghent
Text - what ultimately makes windtalkers a disappointment is the... | involutional | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: uncertain in tone . . . a garbled exercise in sexual politics , a junior varsity short cuts by way of very bad things .
Class: clearable
Example: for a movie audience , the hours doesn't connect in a neat way , but introduces characters who illuminate mysteries of sex , duty and love .
Class: hippuritoid
E... | clearable | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: more mature than fatal attraction , more complete than indecent proposal and more relevant than 9 ½ weeks , unfaithful is at once intimate and universal cinema .
Class: yabber
Example: it all adds up to good fun .
Class: yabber
Example: the phone rings and a voice tells you you've got seven days left to li... | yabber | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: imperfect ? yes , but also intriguing and honorable , a worthwhile addition to a distinguished film legacy .
Class: tobaccophil
Example: scarcely worth a mention apart from reporting on the number of tumbleweeds blowing through the empty theatres graced with its company .
Class: sinkfield
Example: so aggre... | sinkfield | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: directors brett morgen and nanette burstein have put together a bold biographical fantasia .
Class: hydrocarbostyril
Example: this is a movie that starts out like heathers , then becomes bring it on , then becomes unwatchable .
Class: knitting
Example: although . . . visually striking and slickly staged , ... | knitting | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: an emotionally and spiritually compelling journey seen through the right eyes , with the right actors and with the kind of visual flair that shows what great cinema can really do .
Class: metastasis
Example: apparently , romantic comedy with a fresh point of view just doesn't figure in the present hollywood ... | metastasis | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: . . . too gory to be a comedy and too silly to be an effective horror film .
Class: agglutinogen
Example: harris commands the screen , using his frailty to suggest the ravages of a life of corruption and ruthlessness .
Class: extraregarding
Example: myers never knows when to let a gag die ; thus , we're su... | agglutinogen | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - you'll get the enjoyable basic minimum . but not a whit more .
Group - hereness
Text - sluggishly directed by episodic tv veteran joe zwick , it's a sitcom without the snap-crackle .
Group - blacktongue
Text - nights feels more like a quickie tv special than a feature film . . . it's not even a tv special yo... | hereness | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: it's hard to like a film about a guy who is utterly unlikeable , and shiner , starring michael caine as an aging british boxing promoter desperate for a taste of fame and fortune , is certainly that .
Class: antibiosis
Example: scores a few points for doing what it does with a dedicated and good-hearted prof... | simoon | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: the film seems all but destined to pop up on a television screen in the background of a scene in a future quentin tarantino picture
Classification: rudderhead
Case: a sharp and quick documentary that is funny and pithy , while illuminating an era of theatrical comedy that , while past , really isn't .
Classific... | rudderhead | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - it is that rare combination of bad writing , bad direction and bad acting -- the trifecta of badness .
Group - outarde
Text - a very good film sits in the place where a masterpiece should be .
Group - Enkidu
Text - i didn't believe for a moment in these villains or their plot .
Group - outarde
Text - a dar... | outarde | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: in theory , a middle-aged romance pairing clayburgh and tambor sounds promising , but in practice it's something else altogether -- clownish and offensive and nothing at all like real life .
Class: novelet
Example: oedekerk mugs mercilessly , and the genuinely funny jokes are few and far between .
Class: nov... | solidarily | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: leave it to john sayles to take on developers , the chamber of commerce , tourism , historical pageants , and commercialism all in the same movie . . . without neglecting character development for even one minute .
Classification: mathematic
Case: rouge is less about a superficial midlife crisis than it is abou... | expellee | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: an awfully good , achingly human picture .
Classification: unigenous
Case: perhaps the best sports movie i've ever seen .
Classification: unigenous
Case: devoid of any of the qualities that made the first film so special .
Classification: semiraw
Case: " my god , i'm behaving like an idiot ! " yes , you are... | semiraw | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: on its own , big trouble could be considered a funny little film .
Class: impala
Example: a marvellous journey from childhood idealism to adolescent self-absorption .
Class: impala
Example: director carl franklin , so crisp and economical in one false move , bogs down in genre cliches here .
Class: polymor... | impala | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: everything you loved about it in 1982 is still there , for everybody who wants to be a kid again , or show it to their own kids .
Class: Carmine
Example: i hate the feeling of having been slimed in the name of high art .
Class: prepolice
Example: it's the cute frissons of discovery and humor between chapli... | prepolice | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - it's surprisingly decent , particularly for a tenth installment in a series .
Group - fabella
Text - [a] smarter and much funnier version of the old police academy flicks .
Group - fabella
Text - the cold and dreary weather is a perfect metaphor for the movie itself , which contains few laughs and not much d... | pseudogyne | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: how on earth , or anywhere else , did director ron underwood manage to blow $100 million on this ?
Class: clotter
Example: though it never rises to its full potential as a film , still offers a great deal of insight into the female condition and the timeless danger of emotions repressed .
Class: petroleum
... | clotter | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - though the film is well-intentioned , one could rent the original and get the same love story and parable .
Group - hexabiose
Text - one of the worst films of 2002 .
Group - hexabiose
Text - it tells more than it shows .
Group - hexabiose
Text - a first-class , thoroughly involving b movie that effectively... | hexabiose | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: what's missing in murder by numbers is any real psychological grounding for the teens' deviant behaviour . being latently gay and liking to read are hardly enough .
Classification: Pythiad
Case: sad nonsense , this . but not without cheesy fun factor .
Classification: Pythiad
Case: best of all is garcia , who... | Pythiad | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: the script has less spice than a rat burger and the rock's fighting skills are more in line with steven seagal .
Class: picramic
Example: in its understanding , often funny way , it tells a story whose restatement is validated by the changing composition of the nation .
Class: uncanonicalness
Example: alth... | uncanonicalness | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - terrific as nadia , a russian mail-order bride who comes to america speaking not a word of english , it's kidman who holds the film together with a supremely kittenish performance that gradually accumulates more layers .
Group - dermostosis
Text - sean penn , you owe nicolas cage an apology .
Group - dermostos... | dermostosis | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - the director explores all three sides of his story with a sensitivity and an inquisitiveness reminiscent of truffaut .
Group - climature
Text - there are laughs aplenty , and , as a bonus , viewers don't have to worry about being subjected to farts , urine , feces , semen , or any of the other foul substances ... | sandust | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: at its best , which occurs often , michael moore's bowling for columbine rekindles the muckraking , soul-searching spirit of the 'are we a sick society ? ' journalism of the 1960s .
Class: binominated
Example: so unremittingly awful that labeling it a dog probably constitutes cruelty to canines .
Class: Reic... | Reichslander | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: largely a for-fans artifact .
Class: glaciologist
Example: accuracy and realism are terrific , but if your film becomes boring , and your dialogue isn't smart , then you need to use more poetic license .
Class: glaciologist
Example: with a cast that includes some of the top actors working in independent fi... | glaciologist | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: wedding feels a bit anachronistic . still , not every low-budget movie must be quirky or bleak , and a happy ending is no cinematic sin .
Class: actinozoal
Example: the script kicks in , and mr . hartley's distended pace and foot-dragging rhythms follow .
Class: orthosilicate
Example: freundlich's made [cr... | actinozoal | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - like a soft drink that's been sitting open too long : it's too much syrup and not enough fizz .
Group - pronephron
Text - if shayamalan wanted to tell a story about a man who loses his faith , why didn't he just do it , instead of using bad sci-fi as window dressing ?
Group - pronephron
Text - i know i shoul... | pronephron | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: [barry] gives assassin a disquieting authority .
Class: lability
Example: as adapted by kevin molony from simon leys' novel " the death of napoleon " and directed by alan taylor , napoleon's journey is interesting but his parisian rebirth is stillborn
Class: lability
Example: only in its final surprising s... | Daedalean | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: it's the element of condescension , as the filmmakers look down on their working-class subjects from their lofty perch , that finally makes sex with strangers , which opens today in the new york metropolitan area , so distasteful .
Classification: diethylstilbestrol
Case: one lousy movie .
Classification: dieth... | exocolitis | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: as a good old-fashioned adventure for kids , spirit : stallion of the cimarron is a winner .
Class: overglorious
Example: by the time the surprise ending is revealed , interest cannot be revived .
Class: germanize
Example: cloaks a familiar anti-feminist equation ( career - kids = misery ) in tiresome roma... | germanize | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: a delicious , quirky movie with a terrific screenplay and fanciful direction by michael gondry .
Class: papaship
Example: lame sweet home leaves no southern stereotype unturned .
Class: energumen
Example: it's clear the filmmakers weren't sure where they wanted their story to go , and even more clear that ... | papaship | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: with youthful high spirits , tautou remains captivating throughout michele's religious and romantic quests , and she is backed by a likable cast .
Class: disoccupy
Example: mindless and boring martial arts and gunplay with too little excitement and zero compelling storyline .
Class: Apetalae
Example: dense... | disoccupy | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - a movie that both thrills the eye and , in its over-the-top way , touches the heart .
Group - museumize
Text - land , people and narrative flow together in a stark portrait of motherhood deferred and desire explored .
Group - museumize
Text - director jay russell stomps in hobnail boots over natalie babbitt'... | museumize | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - this horror-comedy doesn't go for the usual obvious laughs at the expense of cheap-looking monsters -- unless you count elvira's hooters .
Group - varicocele
Text - watching it is rather like an overlong visit from a large group of your relatives . as your relatives swap one mundane story after another , you b... | varicocele | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: 'compleja e intelectualmente retadora , el ladrón de orquídeas es uno de esos filmes que vale la pena ver precisamente por su originalidad . '
Class: rahdar
Example: i'd give real money to see the perpetrators of chicago torn apart by dingoes .
Class: Idalian
Example: haneke challenges us to confront the r... | Idalian | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: lawrence plumbs personal tragedy and also the human comedy .
Class: calcicolous
Example: otto-sallies has a real filmmaker's eye .
Class: calcicolous
Example: by turns pretentious , fascinating , ludicrous , provocative and vainglorious .
Class: addlepate
Example: an exhilarating futuristic thriller-noir... | addlepate | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: a stirring road movie .
Class: willowy
Example: a well-acted movie that simply doesn't gel .
Class: spinnerular
Example: you'll end up moved .
Class: willowy
Example: nolan bravely treads where few american films dare to delve -- into the world of ambivalence and ambiguity . . .
Class: willowy
Example:... | willowy | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: historical dramas fused with love triangle is a well worn conceit . but this films lacks the passion required to sell the material .
Class: sponge
Example: this is such a dazzlingly self-assured directorial debut that it's hard to know what to praise first .
Class: dignitary
Example: cineasts will revel in... | sponge | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - what's surprising is how well it holds up in an era in which computer-generated images are the norm .
Group - scalpeen
Text - sheridan . . . smoothes over sources of conflict that could have lent the film a bit more depth .
Group - foreremembered
Text - paid in full is so stale , in fact , that its most vibr... | foreremembered | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: this is an action movie with an action icon who's been all but decommissioned .
Class: memorability
Example: uneven but a lot of fun .
Class: wearying
Example: the characters are based on stock clichés , and the attempt to complicate the story only defies credibility .
Class: memorability
Example: we get... | memorability | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: tadpole is a sophisticated , funny and good-natured treat , slight but a pleasure .
Class: cental
Example: if you adored the full monty so resoundingly that you're dying to see the same old thing in a tired old setting , then this should keep you reasonably entertained .
Class: verbene
Example: without a s... | cental | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: shanghai ghetto should be applauded for finding a new angle on a tireless story , but you might want to think twice before booking passage .
Class: unmercerized
Example: mcconaughey's fun to watch , the dragons are okay , not much fire in the script .
Class: unmercerized
Example: assured , glossy and shot ... | unmercerized | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: consummate actor barry has done excellent work here .
Class: plaice
Example: a knowing look at female friendship , spiked with raw urban humor .
Class: plaice
Example: when the fire burns out , we've only come face-to-face with a couple dragons and that's where the film ultimately fails .
Class: zibethone
... | zibethone | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - dark and disturbing , but also surprisingly funny .
Group - underbake
Text - although no pastry is violated , this nasty comedy pokes fun at the same easy targets as other rowdy raunch-fests -- farts , boobs , unmentionables -- without much success .
Group - haplodont
Text - the plot is very clever , but boy... | haplodont | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: take away all the cliches and the carbon copy scenes from every drug movie we've seen and all you have left are john leguizamo's cool jackets .
Classification: numismatic
Case: the movie isn't just hilarious : it's witty and inventive , too , and in hindsight , it isn't even all that dumb .
Classification: tour... | numismatic | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: fresh and raw like a blown-out vein , narc takes a walking-dead , cop-flick subgenre and beats new life into it .
Class: dubitant
Example: ozpetek's effort has the scope and shape of an especially well-executed television movie .
Class: dubitant
Example: a monster combat thriller as impersonal in its relen... | hexaplaric | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: there's no excuse for following up a delightful , well-crafted family film with a computer-generated cold fish .
Class: thistlebird
Example: with lines that feel like long soliloquies -- even as they are being framed in conversation -- max is static , stilted .
Class: thistlebird
Example: should have been ... | thistlebird | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: for most movies , 84 minutes is short , but this one feels like a life sentence .
Class: jostle
Example: a fairly by-the-books blend of action and romance with sprinklings of intentional and unintentional comedy .
Class: jostle
Example: as gory as the scenes of torture and self-mutilation may be , they are... | postmedia | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: the film's bathos often overwhelms what could have been a more multifaceted look at this interesting time and place .
Class: tribally
Example: while the now 72-year-old robert evans been slowed down by a stroke , he has at least one more story to tell : his own .
Class: unconvoluted
Example: as a revenge t... | tribally | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: like vardalos and corbett , who play their roles with vibrant charm , the film , directed by joel zwick , is heartfelt and hilarious in ways you can't fake .
Class: cleidagra
Example: a wretched movie that reduces the second world war to one man's quest to find an old flame .
Class: clinker
Example: forget... | clinker | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - the movie's gloomy atmosphere is fascinating , though , even if the movie itself doesn't stand a ghost of a chance .
Group - gardenless
Text - even those who would like to dismiss the film outright should find much to mull and debate .
Group - aisleless
Text - a 'girls gone wild' video for the boho art-house... | aisleless | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: angela gheorghiu as famous prima donna floria tosca , roberto alagna as her lover mario cavaradossi , and ruggero as the villainous , lecherous police chief scarpia , all sing beautifully and act adequately .
Class: Ranunculales
Example: the most compelling wiseman epic of recent years .
Class: Ranunculales
... | Ranunculales | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - adam sandler's heart may be in the right place , but he needs to pull his head out of his butt
Group - nondivorce
Text - at heart the movie is a deftly wrought suspense yarn whose richer shadings work as coloring rather than substance .
Group - pleonastical
Text - it's a charming and often affecting journey ... | pleonastical | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: the urban landscapes are detailed down to the signs on the kiosks , and the color palette , with lots of somber blues and pinks , is dreamy and evocative .
Classification: monology
Case: it's a terrific american sports movie and dennis quaid is its athletic heart .
Classification: monology
Case: this pathetic... | monology | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: as a good old-fashioned adventure for kids , spirit : stallion of the cimarron is a winner .
Classification: techily
Case: another entertaining romp from robert rodriguez .
Classification: techily
Case: limps along on a squirm-inducing fish-out-of-water formula that goes nowhere and goes there very , very slo... | underward | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - imagine the james woods character from videodrome making a home movie of audrey rose and showing it to the kid from the sixth sense and you've imagined the ring .
Group - invitatory
Text - there's nothing more satisfying during a summer of event movies than a spy thriller like the bourne identity that's packed... | invitatory | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - a charming yet poignant tale of the irrevocable ties that bind .
Group - henotheism
Text - prurient playthings aside , there's little to love about this english trifle .
Group - bilch
Text - i admire it and yet cannot recommend it , because it overstays its natural running time .
Group - bilch
Text - a gor... | henotheism | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - it's a film that hinges on its casting , and glover really doesn't fit the part .
Group - superrefinement
Text - has a long and clunky ending . . . which forces the audience to fidget through ten pseudo-serious minutes while waiting for the ending credits and the deleted scenes montage to break the audience's ... | egma | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - . . . contains very few laughs and even less surprises .
Group - lapidity
Text - if you're not totally weirded- out by the notion of cinema as community-therapy spectacle , quitting hits home with disorienting force .
Group - behavioral
Text - has a plot full of twists upon knots . . . and a nonstop parade o... | behavioral | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - high on melodrama . but it's emotionally engrossing , too , thanks to strong , credible performances from the whole cast .
Group - convolvulinic
Text - ozpetek offers an aids subtext , skims over the realities of gay sex , and presents yet another tired old vision of the gay community as an all-inclusive world... | convolvulinic | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - whatever satire lucky break was aiming for , it certainly got lost in the " soon-to-be-forgettable " section of the quirky rip-off prison romp pile . it's petty thievery like this that puts flimsy flicks like this behind bars
Group - supertranscendently
Text - the actors don't inhabit their roles -- they're tr... | fahlerz | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - here's a case of two actors who do everything humanly possible to create characters who are sweet and believable , and are defeated by a screenplay that forces them into bizarre , implausible behavior .
Group - illumer
Text - 'lovely and amazing , ' unhappily , is neither . . . excessively strained and contriv... | Pseudoscines | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: so we got ten little indians meets friday the 13th by way of clean and sober , filmed on the set of carpenter's the thing and loaded with actors you're most likely to find on the next inevitable incarnation of the love boat .
Class: Upupidae
Example: . . . quite endearing .
Class: bacteremia
Example: the s... | bacteremia | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: suspend your disbelief here and now , or you'll be shaking your head all the way to the credits .
Class: reavow
Example: call me a cynic , but there's something awfully deadly about any movie with a life-affirming message .
Class: youngling
Example: jones . . . makes a great impression as the writer-direct... | reavow | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: impostor can't think of a thing to do with these characters except have them run through dark tunnels , fight off various anonymous attackers , and evade elaborate surveillance technologies .
Classification: unguicorn
Case: one of the best examples of how to treat a subject , you're not fully aware is being exa... | unguicorn | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: a good film with a solid pedigree both in front of and , more specifically , behind the camera .
Class: dextraural
Example: all's well that ends well , and rest assured , the consciousness-raising lessons are cloaked in gross-out gags .
Class: lectionary
Example: sometimes this 'blood' seems as tired as it... | dextraural | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: a backstage must-see for true fans of comedy .
Class: semicellulose
Example: contrived , awkward and filled with unintended laughs , the film shows signs that someone other than the director got into the editing room and tried to improve things by making the movie go faster .
Class: tridimensionality
Examp... | semicellulose | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: quitting delivers a sucker-punch , and its impact is all the greater beause director zhang's last film , the cuddly shower , was a non-threatening multi-character piece centered around a public bath house .
Class: dandlingly
Example: it leers , offering next to little insight into its intriguing subject .
Cl... | precomposition | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: this often-hilarious farce manages to generate the belly laughs of lowbrow comedy without sacrificing its high-minded appeal .
Class: epitrope
Example: the low-budget full frontal was one of the year's murkiest , intentionally obscure and self-indulgent pictures , and solaris is its big-budget brother .
Clas... | epitrope | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - an intelligent romantic thriller of a very old-school kind of quality .
Group - mappable
Text - this film is full of rabbits . brimful . but like most rabbits , it seems to lack substance .
Group - mentalist
Text - starts as an intense political and psychological thriller but is sabotaged by ticking time bom... | mappable | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: shouldn't have been allowed to use the word " new " in its title , because there's not an original character , siuation or joke in the entire movie .
Classification: dystomic
Case: it's just hard to believe that a life like this can sound so dull .
Classification: dystomic
Case: lucky break is perfectly inoff... | drogh | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: eh .
Class: Ulothrix
Example: as a director , mr . ratliff wisely rejects the temptation to make fun of his subjects .
Class: scallom
Example: this re-do is so dumb and so exploitative in its violence that , ironically , it becomes everything that the rather clumsy original was railing against .
Class: Ulo... | Ulothrix | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: kinnear's performance is a career-defining revelation .
Class: tetrakaidecahedron
Example: as they used to say in the 1950s sci-fi movies , signs is a tribute to shyamalan's gifts , which are such that we'll keep watching the skies for his next project .
Class: tetrakaidecahedron
Example: just a kiss wants... | tetrakaidecahedron | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: ao sair do cinema , eu estava feliz e com saudades de um tempo em que , para mim , a existência de papai noel era um fato inquestionável .
Class: taiglesome
Example: there's nothing exactly wrong here , but there's not nearly enough that's right .
Class: Carludovica
Example: disney's live-action division h... | taiglesome | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: a disoriented but occasionally disarming saga packed with moments out of an alice in wonderland adventure , a stalker thriller , and a condensed season of tv's big brother .
Classification: morenita
Case: by the time the surprise ending is revealed , interest cannot be revived .
Classification: quipu
Case: an... | quipu | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: sex with strangers will shock many with its unblinking frankness . but what is missing from it all is a moral . what is the filmmakers' point ? why did they deem it necessary to document all this emotional misery ?
Class: deplethoric
Example: although very much like the first movie based on j . k . rowling's... | orthosymmetric | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: just the sort of lazy tearjerker that gives movies about ordinary folk a bad name .
Classification: volley
Case: what madonna does here can't properly be called acting -- more accurately , it's moving and it's talking and it's occasionally gesturing , sometimes all at once .
Classification: volley
Case: there... | volley | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - prancing his way through the tailor-made part of a male hooker approaching the end of his vitality , jagger obviously relishes every self-mocking moment .
Group - repressibly
Text - the principals in this cast are all fine , but bishop and stevenson are standouts .
Group - repressibly
Text - in this film , a... | assert | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: a long slog for anyone but the most committed pokemon fan .
Class: longleaf
Example: woefully pretentious .
Class: longleaf
Example: directors john musker and ron clements , the team behind the little mermaid , have produced sparkling retina candy , but they aren't able to muster a lot of emotional resonan... | zoneless | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - a swashbuckling tale of love , betrayal , revenge and above all , faith .
Group - elastin
Text - its simplicity puts an exclamation point on the fact that this isn't something to be taken seriously , but it also wrecks any chance of the movie rising above similar fare .
Group - sandlapper
Text - downright tr... | sandlapper | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - " the turntable is now outselling the electric guitar . . . "
Group - resorcine
Text - the script kicks in , and mr . hartley's distended pace and foot-dragging rhythms follow .
Group - prodromal
Text - while we want macdowell's character to retrieve her husband , we have to ask whether her personal odyssey ... | prodromal | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: in a summer of clones , harvard man is something rare and riveting : a wild ride that relies on more than special effects .
Classification: Alphonsine
Case: so-so entertainment .
Classification: prosperous
Case: though it never rises to its full potential as a film , still offers a great deal of insight into ... | Alphonsine | rotten_tomatoes |
Text - if there's a way to effectively teach kids about the dangers of drugs , i think it's in projects like the ( unfortunately r-rated ) paid .
Group - hydrotimetry
Text - a major waste . . . generic .
Group - prerevision
Text - a compelling pre-wwii drama with vivid characters and a warm , moving message .
Group... | prerevision | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: hayek is stunning as frida and . . . a star-making project .
Class: steeply
Example: the movie spends more time with schneider than with newcomer mcadams , even though her performance is more interesting ( and funnier ) than his .
Class: unblooming
Example: the vivid lead performances sustain interest and ... | unblooming | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: one feels the dimming of a certain ambition , but in its place a sweetness , clarity and emotional openness that recalls the classics of early italian neorealism .
Class: autospore
Example: a bit of a downer and a little over-dramatic at times , but this is a beautiful film for people who like their romances... | trifolium | rotten_tomatoes |
Example: a literary detective story is still a detective story and aficionados of the whodunit won't be disappointed .
Class: cresting
Example: 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 ... | cresting | rotten_tomatoes |
Case: the movie is ingenious fun . see it .
Classification: pyxie
Case: ramsay is clearly extraordinarily talented , and based on three short films and two features , here's betting her third feature will be something to behold .
Classification: pyxie
Case: más sarcástica , divertida y demencial que su predecesora ... | pyxie | rotten_tomatoes |
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