joey234/sst2_affix · Datasets at Hugging Face

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7	or doing last year 's taxes with your ex-wife .	0negative	[ "ex-wife" ]
11	it takes a strange kind of laziness to waste the talents of robert forster , anne meara , eugene levy , and reginald veljohnson all in the same movie .	0negative	[ "eugene" ]
17	audrey tatou has a knack for picking roles that magnify her outrageous charm , and in this literate french comedy , she 's as morning-glory exuberant as she was in amélie .	1positive	[ "exuberant" ]
20	pumpkin takes an admirable look at the hypocrisy of political correctness , but it does so with such an uneven tone that you never know when humor ends and tragedy begins .	0negative	[ "hypocrisy" ]
23	a delectable and intriguing thriller filled with surprises , read my lips is an original .	1positive	[ "delectable" ]
27	it 's an offbeat treat that pokes fun at the democratic exercise while also examining its significance for those who take part .	1positive	[ "offbeat" ]
31	... designed to provide a mix of smiles and tears , `` crossroads '' instead provokes a handful of unintentional howlers and numerous yawns .	0negative	[ "unintentional" ]
35	a sequence of ridiculous shoot - 'em - up scenes .	0negative	[ "em" ]
36	the weight of the piece , the unerring professionalism of the chilly production , and the fascination embedded in the lurid topic prove recommendation enough .	1positive	[ "unerring" ]
37	( w ) hile long on amiable monkeys and worthy environmentalism , jane goodall 's wild chimpanzees is short on the thrills the oversize medium demands .	0negative	[ "oversize" ]
38	as surreal as a dream and as detailed as a photograph , as visually dexterous as it is at times imaginatively overwhelming .	1positive	[ "dexterous" ]
39	escaping the studio , piccoli is warmly affecting and so is this adroitly minimalist movie .	1positive	[ "adroitly" ]
41	this illuminating documentary transcends our preconceived vision of the holy land and its inhabitants , revealing the human complexities beneath .	1positive	[ "illuminating" ]
45	it offers little beyond the momentary joys of pretty and weightless intellectual entertainment .	0negative	[ "weightless" ]
54	so devoid of any kind of intelligible story that it makes films like xxx and collateral damage seem like thoughtful treatises	0negative	[ "devoid", "intelligible" ]
70	for all its impressive craftsmanship , and despite an overbearing series of third-act crescendos , lily chou-chou never really builds up a head of emotional steam .	0negative	[ "overbearing" ]
74	a string of rehashed sight gags based in insipid vulgarity .	0negative	[ "insipid" ]
79	this is a train wreck of an action film -- a stupefying attempt by the filmmakers to force-feed james bond into the mindless xxx mold and throw 40 years of cinematic history down the toilet in favor of bright flashes and loud bangs .	0negative	[ "mindless" ]
96	it 's difficult to imagine the process that produced such a script , but here 's guessing that spray cheese and underarm noises played a crucial role .	0negative	[ "underarm" ]
98	on the whole , the movie lacks wit , feeling and believability to compensate for its incessant coarseness and banality .	0negative	[ "incessant" ]
101	his last movie was poetically romantic and full of indelible images , but his latest has nothing going for it .	0negative	[ "indelible" ]
103	a gripping movie , played with performances that are all understated and touching .	1positive	[ "understated" ]
106	the movie 's relatively simple plot and uncomplicated morality play well with the affable cast .	1positive	[ "uncomplicated" ]
109	it 's great escapist fun that recreates a place and time that will never happen again .	1positive	[ "escapist" ]
112	hilariously inept and ridiculous .	1positive	[ "inept" ]
117	moody , heartbreaking , and filmed in a natural , unforced style that makes its characters seem entirely convincing even when its script is not .	1positive	[ "unforced" ]
119	comes ... uncomfortably close to coasting in the treads of the bicycle thief .	0negative	[ "uncomfortably" ]
134	it all drags on so interminably it 's like watching a miserable relationship unfold in real time .	0negative	[ "interminably" ]
135	pumpkin means to be an outrageous dark satire on fraternity life , but its ambitions far exceed the abilities of writer adam larson broder and his co-director , tony r. abrams , in their feature debut .	0negative	[ "adam" ]
144	while ( hill ) has learned new tricks , the tricks alone are not enough to salvage this lifeless boxing film .	0negative	[ "lifeless" ]
149	the volatile dynamics of female friendship is the subject of this unhurried , low-key film that is so off-hollywood that it seems positively french in its rhythms and resonance .	1positive	[ "unhurried" ]
151	a big , gorgeous , sprawling swashbuckler that delivers its diversions in grand , uncomplicated fashion .	1positive	[ "uncomplicated" ]
155	a nightmare date with a half-formed wit done a great disservice by a lack of critical distance and a sad trust in liberal arts college bumper sticker platitudes .	0negative	[ "disservice" ]
157	it takes talent to make a lifeless movie about the most heinous man who ever lived .	0negative	[ "lifeless" ]
184	though perry and hurley make inspiring efforts to breathe life into the disjointed , haphazard script by jay scherick and david ronn , neither the actors nor director reginald hudlin can make it more than fitfully entertaining .	0negative	[ "disjointed" ]
190	try as i may , i ca n't think of a single good reason to see this movie , even though everyone in my group extemporaneously shouted , ` thank you ! '	0negative	[ "extemporaneously" ]
194	instead of a hyperbolic beat-charged urban western , it 's an unpretentious , sociologically pointed slice of life .	1positive	[ "unpretentious" ]
196	so , too , is this comedy about mild culture clashing in today 's new delhi .	1positive	[ "delhi" ]
202	there ought to be a directing license , so that ed burns can have his revoked .	0negative	[ "ed" ]
209	this is not the undisputed worst boxing movie ever , but it 's certainly not a champion - the big loser is the audience .	0negative	[ "undisputed" ]
210	not only is undercover brother as funny , if not more so , than both austin powers films , but it 's also one of the smarter , savvier spoofs to come along in some time .	1positive	[ "undercover" ]
217	once ( kim ) begins to overplay the shock tactics and bait-and-tackle metaphors , you may decide it 's too high a price to pay for a shimmering picture postcard .	0negative	[ "overplay" ]
222	a psychological thriller with a genuinely spooky premise and an above-average cast , actor bill paxton 's directing debut is a creepy slice of gothic rural americana .	1positive	[ "americana" ]
271	as unseemly as its title suggests .	1positive	[ "unseemly" ]
280	it 's so good that its relentless , polished wit can withstand not only inept school productions , but even oliver parker 's movie adaptation .	1positive	[ "inept" ]
282	while there 's something intrinsically funny about sir anthony hopkins saying ` get in the car , bitch , ' this jerry bruckheimer production has little else to offer	1positive	[ "anthony" ]
290	deliriously funny , fast and loose , accessible to the uninitiated , and full of surprises	1positive	[ "uninitiated" ]
297	travels a fascinating arc from hope and euphoria to reality and disillusionment .	1positive	[ "euphoria" ]
319	too much of it feels unfocused and underdeveloped .	0negative	[ "unfocused", "underdeveloped" ]
324	you 'll gasp appalled and laugh outraged and possibly , watching the spectacle of a promising young lad treading desperately in a nasty sea , shed an errant tear .	1positive	[ "outraged" ]
326	a beguiling splash of pastel colors and prankish comedy from disney .	1positive	[ "disney" ]
328	an unwise amalgam of broadcast news and vibes .	0negative	[ "unwise" ]
340	the most hopelessly monotonous film of the year , noteworthy only for the gimmick of being filmed as a single unbroken 87-minute take .	0negative	[ "unbroken" ]
345	this tenth feature is a big deal , indeed -- at least the third-best , and maybe even a notch above the previous runner-up , nicholas meyer 's star trek vi : the undiscovered country .	1positive	[ "undiscovered" ]
346	not only unfunny , but downright repellent .	0negative	[ "unfunny", "downright" ]
349	... turns so unforgivably trite in its last 10 minutes that anyone without a fortified sweet tooth will likely go into sugar shock .	0negative	[ "unforgivably" ]
371	for the most part , it 's a work of incendiary genius , steering clear of knee-jerk reactions and quick solutions .	1positive	[ "incendiary" ]
374	the movie is what happens when you blow up small potatoes to 10 times their natural size , and it ai n't pretty .	0negative	[ "ai" ]
376	to call the other side of heaven `` appalling '' would be to underestimate just how dangerous entertainments like it can be .	0negative	[ "appalling" ]
386	it 's a remarkably solid and subtly satirical tour de force .	1positive	[ "subtly" ]
395	another in-your-face wallow in the lower depths made by people who have never sung those blues .	0negative	[ "in-your-face" ]
404	zhang ... has done an amazing job of getting realistic performances from his mainly nonprofessional cast .	1positive	[ "nonprofessional" ]
406	maud and roland 's search for an unknowable past makes for a haunting literary detective story , but labute pulls off a neater trick in possession : he makes language sexy .	1positive	[ "unknowable" ]
417	uses sharp humor and insight into human nature to examine class conflict , adolescent yearning , the roots of friendship and sexual identity .	1positive	[ "adolescent" ]
422	it moves quickly , adroitly , and without fuss ; it does n't give you time to reflect on the inanity -- and the cold war datedness -- of its premise .	1positive	[ "adroitly" ]
426	charles ' entertaining film chronicles seinfeld 's return to stand-up comedy after the wrap of his legendary sitcom , alongside wannabe comic adams ' attempts to get his shot at the big time .	1positive	[ "adams" ]
427	an exhilarating futuristic thriller-noir , minority report twists the best of technology around a gripping story , delivering a riveting , pulse intensifying escapist adventure of the first order	1positive	[ "exhilarating", "escapist" ]
429	the film 's hackneyed message is not helped by the thin characterizations , nonexistent plot and pretentious visual style .	0negative	[ "nonexistent" ]
436	trite , banal , cliched , mostly inoffensive .	0negative	[ "inoffensive" ]
442	the notion that bombing buildings is the funniest thing in the world goes entirely unexamined in this startlingly unfunny comedy .	0negative	[ "unfunny" ]
446	with its dogged hollywood naturalism and the inexorable passage of its characters toward sainthood , windtalkers is nothing but a sticky-sweet soap .	0negative	[ "inexorable" ]
448	something akin to a japanese alice through the looking glass , except that it seems to take itself far more seriously .	1positive	[ "akin" ]
452	it 's clear the filmmakers were n't sure where they wanted their story to go , and even more clear that they lack the skills to get us to this undetermined destination .	0negative	[ "undetermined" ]
459	gives you the steady pulse of life in a beautiful city viewed through the eyes of a character who , in spite of tragic loss and increasing decrepitude , knows in his bones that he is one of the luckiest men alive .	1positive	[ "decrepitude" ]
460	if you are an actor who can relate to the search for inner peace by dramatically depicting the lives of others onstage , then esther 's story is a compelling quest for truth .	1positive	[ "onstage" ]
463	some of their jokes work , but most fail miserably and in the end , pumpkin is far more offensive than it is funny .	0negative	[ "miserably" ]
480	while undisputed is n't exactly a high , it is a gripping , tidy little movie that takes mr. hill higher than he 's been in a while .	1positive	[ "undisputed" ]
490	detox is ultimately a pointless endeavor .	0negative	[ "pointless" ]
491	as a rumor of angels reveals itself to be a sudsy tub of supernatural hokum , not even ms. redgrave 's noblest efforts can redeem it from hopeless sentimentality .	0negative	[ "hopeless" ]
495	light years / several warp speeds / levels and levels of dilithium crystals better than the pitiful insurrection .	1positive	[ "insurrection" ]
502	deadeningly dull , mired in convoluted melodrama , nonsensical jargon and stiff-upper-lip laboriousness .	0negative	[ "nonsensical" ]
506	crackerjack entertainment -- nonstop romance , music , suspense and action .	1positive	[ "nonstop" ]
513	care deftly captures the wonder and menace of growing up , but he never really embraces the joy of fuhrman 's destructive escapism or the grace-in-rebellion found by his characters .	0negative	[ "deftly" ]
515	if looking for a thrilling sci-fi cinematic ride , do n't settle for this imposter .	0negative	[ "imposter" ]
521	comes off like a rejected abc afterschool special , freshened up by the dunce of a screenwriting 101 class .	0negative	[ "abc" ]
529	for close to two hours the audience is forced to endure three terminally depressed , mostly inarticulate , hyper dysfunctional families for the price of one .	0negative	[ "depressed", "inarticulate" ]
543	for each chuckle there are at least 10 complete misses , many coming from the amazingly lifelike tara reid , whose acting skills are comparable to a cardboard cutout .	0negative	[ "reid" ]
546	on the heels of the ring comes a similarly morose and humorless horror movie that , although flawed , is to be commended for its straight-ahead approach to creepiness .	1positive	[ "humorless" ]
553	so unassuming and pure of heart , you ca n't help but warmly extend your arms and yell ` safe ! '	1positive	[ "unassuming" ]
561	another one of those estrogen overdose movies like `` divine secrets of the ya ya sisterhood , '' except that the writing , acting and character development are a lot better .	1positive	[ "overdose" ]
566	does little more than play an innocuous game of fill-in - the-blanks with a tragic past .	0negative	[ "innocuous" ]
576	offers very little genuine romance and even fewer laughs ... a sad sitcom of a movie , largely devoid of charm .	0negative	[ "devoid" ]
584	a hamfisted romantic comedy that makes our girl the hapless facilitator of an extended cheap shot across the mason-dixon line .	0negative	[ "hapless" ]
585	one of those pictures whose promising , if rather precious , premise is undercut by amateurish execution .	0negative	[ "undercut" ]
590	this movie is something of an impostor itself , stretching and padding its material in a blur of dead ends and distracting camera work .	0negative	[ "impostor" ]
591	i got a headache watching this meaningless downer .	0negative	[ "meaningless" ]
594	building slowly and subtly , the film , sporting a breezy spontaneity and realistically drawn characterizations , develops into a significant character study that is both moving and wise .	1positive	[ "subtly" ]
598	nonsensical , dull `` cyber-horror '' flick is a grim , hollow exercise in flat scares and bad acting .	0negative	[ "nonsensical" ]
612	davis ... is so enamored of her own creation that she ca n't see how insufferable the character is .	0negative	[ "insufferable" ]
617	the so-inept - it 's - surreal dubbing ( featuring the voices of glenn close , regis philbin and breckin meyer ) brings back memories of cheesy old godzilla flicks .	0negative	[ "inept" ]

7

or doing last year 's taxes with your ex-wife .

0negative

[ "ex-wife" ]

11

it takes a strange kind of laziness to waste the talents of robert forster , anne meara , eugene levy , and reginald veljohnson all in the same movie .

0negative

[ "eugene" ]

17

audrey tatou has a knack for picking roles that magnify her outrageous charm , and in this literate french comedy , she 's as morning-glory exuberant as she was in amélie .

1positive

[ "exuberant" ]

20

pumpkin takes an admirable look at the hypocrisy of political correctness , but it does so with such an uneven tone that you never know when humor ends and tragedy begins .

0negative

[ "hypocrisy" ]

23

a delectable and intriguing thriller filled with surprises , read my lips is an original .

1positive

[ "delectable" ]

27

it 's an offbeat treat that pokes fun at the democratic exercise while also examining its significance for those who take part .

1positive

[ "offbeat" ]

31

... designed to provide a mix of smiles and tears , `` crossroads '' instead provokes a handful of unintentional howlers and numerous yawns .

0negative

[ "unintentional" ]

35

a sequence of ridiculous shoot - 'em - up scenes .

0negative

[ "em" ]

36

the weight of the piece , the unerring professionalism of the chilly production , and the fascination embedded in the lurid topic prove recommendation enough .

1positive

[ "unerring" ]

37

( w ) hile long on amiable monkeys and worthy environmentalism , jane goodall 's wild chimpanzees is short on the thrills the oversize medium demands .

0negative

[ "oversize" ]

38

as surreal as a dream and as detailed as a photograph , as visually dexterous as it is at times imaginatively overwhelming .

1positive

[ "dexterous" ]

39

escaping the studio , piccoli is warmly affecting and so is this adroitly minimalist movie .

1positive

[ "adroitly" ]

41

this illuminating documentary transcends our preconceived vision of the holy land and its inhabitants , revealing the human complexities beneath .

1positive

[ "illuminating" ]

45

it offers little beyond the momentary joys of pretty and weightless intellectual entertainment .

0negative

[ "weightless" ]

54

so devoid of any kind of intelligible story that it makes films like xxx and collateral damage seem like thoughtful treatises

0negative

[ "devoid", "intelligible" ]

70

for all its impressive craftsmanship , and despite an overbearing series of third-act crescendos , lily chou-chou never really builds up a head of emotional steam .

0negative

[ "overbearing" ]

74

a string of rehashed sight gags based in insipid vulgarity .

0negative

[ "insipid" ]

79

this is a train wreck of an action film -- a stupefying attempt by the filmmakers to force-feed james bond into the mindless xxx mold and throw 40 years of cinematic history down the toilet in favor of bright flashes and loud bangs .

0negative

[ "mindless" ]

96

it 's difficult to imagine the process that produced such a script , but here 's guessing that spray cheese and underarm noises played a crucial role .

0negative

[ "underarm" ]

98

on the whole , the movie lacks wit , feeling and believability to compensate for its incessant coarseness and banality .

0negative

[ "incessant" ]

101

his last movie was poetically romantic and full of indelible images , but his latest has nothing going for it .

0negative

[ "indelible" ]

103

a gripping movie , played with performances that are all understated and touching .

1positive

[ "understated" ]

106

the movie 's relatively simple plot and uncomplicated morality play well with the affable cast .

1positive

[ "uncomplicated" ]

109

it 's great escapist fun that recreates a place and time that will never happen again .

1positive

[ "escapist" ]

112

hilariously inept and ridiculous .

1positive

[ "inept" ]

117

moody , heartbreaking , and filmed in a natural , unforced style that makes its characters seem entirely convincing even when its script is not .

1positive

[ "unforced" ]

119

comes ... uncomfortably close to coasting in the treads of the bicycle thief .

0negative

[ "uncomfortably" ]

134

it all drags on so interminably it 's like watching a miserable relationship unfold in real time .

0negative

[ "interminably" ]

135

pumpkin means to be an outrageous dark satire on fraternity life , but its ambitions far exceed the abilities of writer adam larson broder and his co-director , tony r. abrams , in their feature debut .

0negative

[ "adam" ]

144

while ( hill ) has learned new tricks , the tricks alone are not enough to salvage this lifeless boxing film .

0negative

[ "lifeless" ]

149

the volatile dynamics of female friendship is the subject of this unhurried , low-key film that is so off-hollywood that it seems positively french in its rhythms and resonance .

1positive

[ "unhurried" ]

151

a big , gorgeous , sprawling swashbuckler that delivers its diversions in grand , uncomplicated fashion .

1positive

[ "uncomplicated" ]

155

a nightmare date with a half-formed wit done a great disservice by a lack of critical distance and a sad trust in liberal arts college bumper sticker platitudes .

0negative

[ "disservice" ]

157

it takes talent to make a lifeless movie about the most heinous man who ever lived .

0negative

[ "lifeless" ]

184

though perry and hurley make inspiring efforts to breathe life into the disjointed , haphazard script by jay scherick and david ronn , neither the actors nor director reginald hudlin can make it more than fitfully entertaining .

0negative

[ "disjointed" ]

190

try as i may , i ca n't think of a single good reason to see this movie , even though everyone in my group extemporaneously shouted , ` thank you ! '

0negative

[ "extemporaneously" ]

194

instead of a hyperbolic beat-charged urban western , it 's an unpretentious , sociologically pointed slice of life .

1positive

[ "unpretentious" ]

196

so , too , is this comedy about mild culture clashing in today 's new delhi .

1positive

[ "delhi" ]

202

there ought to be a directing license , so that ed burns can have his revoked .

0negative

[ "ed" ]

209

this is not the undisputed worst boxing movie ever , but it 's certainly not a champion - the big loser is the audience .

0negative

[ "undisputed" ]

210

not only is undercover brother as funny , if not more so , than both austin powers films , but it 's also one of the smarter , savvier spoofs to come along in some time .

1positive

[ "undercover" ]

217

once ( kim ) begins to overplay the shock tactics and bait-and-tackle metaphors , you may decide it 's too high a price to pay for a shimmering picture postcard .

0negative

[ "overplay" ]

222

a psychological thriller with a genuinely spooky premise and an above-average cast , actor bill paxton 's directing debut is a creepy slice of gothic rural americana .

1positive

[ "americana" ]

271

as unseemly as its title suggests .

1positive

[ "unseemly" ]

280

it 's so good that its relentless , polished wit can withstand not only inept school productions , but even oliver parker 's movie adaptation .

1positive

[ "inept" ]

282

while there 's something intrinsically funny about sir anthony hopkins saying ` get in the car , bitch , ' this jerry bruckheimer production has little else to offer

1positive

[ "anthony" ]

290

deliriously funny , fast and loose , accessible to the uninitiated , and full of surprises

1positive

[ "uninitiated" ]

297

travels a fascinating arc from hope and euphoria to reality and disillusionment .

1positive

[ "euphoria" ]

319

too much of it feels unfocused and underdeveloped .

0negative

[ "unfocused", "underdeveloped" ]

324

you 'll gasp appalled and laugh outraged and possibly , watching the spectacle of a promising young lad treading desperately in a nasty sea , shed an errant tear .

1positive

[ "outraged" ]

326

a beguiling splash of pastel colors and prankish comedy from disney .

1positive

[ "disney" ]

328

an unwise amalgam of broadcast news and vibes .

0negative

[ "unwise" ]

340

the most hopelessly monotonous film of the year , noteworthy only for the gimmick of being filmed as a single unbroken 87-minute take .

0negative

[ "unbroken" ]

345

this tenth feature is a big deal , indeed -- at least the third-best , and maybe even a notch above the previous runner-up , nicholas meyer 's star trek vi : the undiscovered country .

1positive

[ "undiscovered" ]

346

not only unfunny , but downright repellent .

0negative

[ "unfunny", "downright" ]

349

... turns so unforgivably trite in its last 10 minutes that anyone without a fortified sweet tooth will likely go into sugar shock .

0negative

[ "unforgivably" ]

371

for the most part , it 's a work of incendiary genius , steering clear of knee-jerk reactions and quick solutions .

1positive

[ "incendiary" ]

374

the movie is what happens when you blow up small potatoes to 10 times their natural size , and it ai n't pretty .

0negative

[ "ai" ]

376

to call the other side of heaven `` appalling '' would be to underestimate just how dangerous entertainments like it can be .

0negative

[ "appalling" ]

386

it 's a remarkably solid and subtly satirical tour de force .

1positive

[ "subtly" ]

395

another in-your-face wallow in the lower depths made by people who have never sung those blues .

0negative

[ "in-your-face" ]

404

zhang ... has done an amazing job of getting realistic performances from his mainly nonprofessional cast .

1positive

[ "nonprofessional" ]

406

maud and roland 's search for an unknowable past makes for a haunting literary detective story , but labute pulls off a neater trick in possession : he makes language sexy .

1positive

[ "unknowable" ]

417

uses sharp humor and insight into human nature to examine class conflict , adolescent yearning , the roots of friendship and sexual identity .

1positive

[ "adolescent" ]

422

it moves quickly , adroitly , and without fuss ; it does n't give you time to reflect on the inanity -- and the cold war datedness -- of its premise .

1positive

[ "adroitly" ]

426

charles ' entertaining film chronicles seinfeld 's return to stand-up comedy after the wrap of his legendary sitcom , alongside wannabe comic adams ' attempts to get his shot at the big time .

1positive

[ "adams" ]

427

an exhilarating futuristic thriller-noir , minority report twists the best of technology around a gripping story , delivering a riveting , pulse intensifying escapist adventure of the first order

1positive

[ "exhilarating", "escapist" ]

429

the film 's hackneyed message is not helped by the thin characterizations , nonexistent plot and pretentious visual style .

0negative

[ "nonexistent" ]

436

trite , banal , cliched , mostly inoffensive .

0negative

[ "inoffensive" ]

442

the notion that bombing buildings is the funniest thing in the world goes entirely unexamined in this startlingly unfunny comedy .

0negative

[ "unfunny" ]

446

with its dogged hollywood naturalism and the inexorable passage of its characters toward sainthood , windtalkers is nothing but a sticky-sweet soap .

0negative

[ "inexorable" ]

448

something akin to a japanese alice through the looking glass , except that it seems to take itself far more seriously .

1positive

[ "akin" ]

452

it 's clear the filmmakers were n't sure where they wanted their story to go , and even more clear that they lack the skills to get us to this undetermined destination .

0negative

[ "undetermined" ]

459

gives you the steady pulse of life in a beautiful city viewed through the eyes of a character who , in spite of tragic loss and increasing decrepitude , knows in his bones that he is one of the luckiest men alive .

1positive

[ "decrepitude" ]

460

if you are an actor who can relate to the search for inner peace by dramatically depicting the lives of others onstage , then esther 's story is a compelling quest for truth .

1positive

[ "onstage" ]

463

some of their jokes work , but most fail miserably and in the end , pumpkin is far more offensive than it is funny .

0negative

[ "miserably" ]

480

while undisputed is n't exactly a high , it is a gripping , tidy little movie that takes mr. hill higher than he 's been in a while .

1positive

[ "undisputed" ]

490

detox is ultimately a pointless endeavor .

0negative

[ "pointless" ]

491

as a rumor of angels reveals itself to be a sudsy tub of supernatural hokum , not even ms. redgrave 's noblest efforts can redeem it from hopeless sentimentality .

0negative

[ "hopeless" ]

495

light years / several warp speeds / levels and levels of dilithium crystals better than the pitiful insurrection .

1positive

[ "insurrection" ]

502

deadeningly dull , mired in convoluted melodrama , nonsensical jargon and stiff-upper-lip laboriousness .

0negative

[ "nonsensical" ]

506

crackerjack entertainment -- nonstop romance , music , suspense and action .

1positive

[ "nonstop" ]

513

care deftly captures the wonder and menace of growing up , but he never really embraces the joy of fuhrman 's destructive escapism or the grace-in-rebellion found by his characters .

0negative

[ "deftly" ]

515

if looking for a thrilling sci-fi cinematic ride , do n't settle for this imposter .

0negative

[ "imposter" ]

521

comes off like a rejected abc afterschool special , freshened up by the dunce of a screenwriting 101 class .

0negative

[ "abc" ]

529

for close to two hours the audience is forced to endure three terminally depressed , mostly inarticulate , hyper dysfunctional families for the price of one .

0negative

[ "depressed", "inarticulate" ]

543

for each chuckle there are at least 10 complete misses , many coming from the amazingly lifelike tara reid , whose acting skills are comparable to a cardboard cutout .

0negative

[ "reid" ]

546

on the heels of the ring comes a similarly morose and humorless horror movie that , although flawed , is to be commended for its straight-ahead approach to creepiness .

1positive

[ "humorless" ]

553

so unassuming and pure of heart , you ca n't help but warmly extend your arms and yell ` safe ! '

1positive

[ "unassuming" ]

561

another one of those estrogen overdose movies like `` divine secrets of the ya ya sisterhood , '' except that the writing , acting and character development are a lot better .

1positive

[ "overdose" ]

566

does little more than play an innocuous game of fill-in - the-blanks with a tragic past .

0negative

[ "innocuous" ]

576

offers very little genuine romance and even fewer laughs ... a sad sitcom of a movie , largely devoid of charm .

0negative

[ "devoid" ]

584

a hamfisted romantic comedy that makes our girl the hapless facilitator of an extended cheap shot across the mason-dixon line .

0negative

[ "hapless" ]

585

one of those pictures whose promising , if rather precious , premise is undercut by amateurish execution .

0negative

[ "undercut" ]

590

this movie is something of an impostor itself , stretching and padding its material in a blur of dead ends and distracting camera work .

0negative

[ "impostor" ]

591

i got a headache watching this meaningless downer .

0negative

[ "meaningless" ]

594

building slowly and subtly , the film , sporting a breezy spontaneity and realistically drawn characterizations , develops into a significant character study that is both moving and wise .

1positive

[ "subtly" ]

598

nonsensical , dull `` cyber-horror '' flick is a grim , hollow exercise in flat scares and bad acting .

0negative

[ "nonsensical" ]

612

davis ... is so enamored of her own creation that she ca n't see how insufferable the character is .

0negative

[ "insufferable" ]

617

the so-inept - it 's - surreal dubbing ( featuring the voices of glenn close , regis philbin and breckin meyer ) brings back memories of cheesy old godzilla flicks .

0negative

[ "inept" ]