text stringlengths 4 279 | label int64 0 1 |
|---|---|
whether writer-director anne fontaine 's film is a ghost story , an account of a nervous breakdown , a trip down memory lane , all three or none of the above , it is as seductive as it is haunting . | 1 |
this is an egotistical endeavor from the daughter of horror director dario argento ( a producer here ) , but her raw performance and utter fearlessness make it strangely magnetic . | 0 |
schM-|tte 's dramatic snapshot of the artist three days before his death offers an interesting bit of speculation as to the issues brecht faced as his life drew to a close . | 1 |
yakusho and shimizu . . . create engaging characterizations in imamura 's lively and enjoyable cultural mix . | 1 |
most of the movie is so deadly dull that watching the proverbial paint dry would be a welcome improvement . | 0 |
for single digits kidlets stuart little 2 is still a no brainer . if you 're looking to rekindle the magic of the first film , you 'll need a stronger stomach than us . | 0 |
[ fincher 's ] camera sense and assured pacing make it an above-average thriller . | 1 |
harry potter and the chamber of secrets is deja vu all over again , and while that is a cliche , nothing could be more appropriate . it 's likely that whatever you thought of the first production -- pro or con -- you 'll likely think of this one . | 0 |
it turns out to be a cut above the norm , thanks to some clever writing and sprightly acting . | 1 |
a muddle splashed with bloody beauty as vivid as any scorsese has ever given us . | 1 |
tailored to entertain ! | 1 |
foster breathes life into a roll that could have otherwise been bland and run of the mill . | 1 |
who is the audience for cletis tout ? anybody who enjoys quirky , fun , popcorn movies with a touch of silliness and a little bloodshed . | 1 |
the film aims to be funny , uplifting and moving , sometimes all at once . the extent to which it succeeds is impressive . | 1 |
branagh , in his most forceful non-shakespeare screen performance , grounds even the softest moments in the angry revolt of his wit . | 1 |
a plethora of engaging diatribes on the meaning of 'home , ' delivered in grand passion by the members of the various households . | 1 |
smarter than its commercials make it seem . | 1 |
one of the best films of the year with its exquisite acting , inventive screenplay , mesmerizing music , and many inimitable scenes of tenderness , loss , discontent , and yearning . | 1 |
i have two words to say about reign of fire . great dragons ! | 1 |
a very long movie , dull in stretches , with entirely too much focus on meal preparation and igloo construction . | 0 |
[ shyamalan ] turns the goose-pimple genre on its empty head and fills it with spirit , purpose and emotionally bruised characters who add up to more than body count . | 1 |
this is not a jackie chan movie . it 's just a movie that happens to have jackie chan in it . and that makes all the difference . | 0 |
mike leigh populates his movie with a wonderful ensemble cast of characters that bring the routine day to day struggles of the working class to life | 1 |
the storytelling may be ordinary , but the cast is one of those all-star reunions that fans of gosford park have come to assume is just another day of brit cinema . | 1 |
feels untidily honest . | 1 |
his best film remains his shortest , the hole , which makes many of the points that this film does but feels less repetitive . | 0 |
anyone who gets chills from movies with giant plot holes will find plenty to shake and shiver about in 'the ring . ' | 0 |
a perfectly acceptable , perfectly bland , competently acted but by no means scary horror movie . | 0 |
drowning 's too good for this sucker . | 0 |
wishy-washy . | 0 |
scorsese does n't give us a character worth giving a damn about . | 0 |
although very much like the first movie based on j . k . rowling 's phenomenal fantasy best sellers , this second go-round possesses a quite pleasing , headlong thrust and a likably delinquent attitude . | 1 |
terminally bland , painfully slow and needlessly confusing . . . the movie , shot on digital videotape rather than film , is frequently indecipherable . | 0 |
84 minutes of rolling musical back beat and supercharged cartoon warfare . it 's also , clearly , great fun . | 1 |
can be classified as one of those 'alternate reality ' movies . . . except that it would have worked so much better dealing in only one reality . | 0 |
ana 's journey is not a stereotypical one of self-discovery , as she 's already comfortable enough in her own skin to be proud of her rubenesque physique . . . | 1 |
whether this is art imitating life or life imitating art , it 's an unhappy situation all around . | 0 |
not only better than its predecessor , it may rate as the most magical and most fun family fare of this or any recent holiday season . | 1 |
rambles on in a disjointed , substandard fashion from one poorly executed action sequence to the next . | 0 |
only in its final surprising shots does rabbit-proof fence find the authority it 's looking for . | 0 |
nervous breakdowns are not entertaining . | 0 |
shrewd but pointless . | 0 |
with the cheesiest monsters this side of a horror spoof , which they is n't , it is more likely to induce sleep than fright . | 0 |
. . . an enjoyably frothy 'date movie ' . . . | 1 |
devos and cassel have tremendous chemistry -- their sexual and romantic tension , while never really vocalized , is palpable . | 1 |
bennett 's naturalistic performance speaks volumes more truth than any 'reality ' show , and anybody contemplating their own drastic life changes should watch some body first . | 1 |
even those who would like to dismiss the film outright should find much to mull and debate . | 1 |
you do n't know whether to admire the film 's stately nature and call it classicism or be exasperated by a noticeable lack of pace . or both . | 1 |
. . . the plot weaves us into a complex web . | 1 |
an impressive hybrid . | 1 |
suffers from a lack of clarity and audacity that a subject as monstrous and pathetic as dahmer demands . | 0 |
`` frailty `` has been written so well , that even a simple `` goddammit ! `` near the end takes on a whole other meaning . | 1 |
the search for redemption makes for a touching love story , mainly because blanchett and ribisi compellingly tap into a spiritual aspect of their characters ' suffering . | 1 |
too stagey , talky -- and long -- for its own good . | 0 |
director david jacobson gives dahmer a consideration that the murderer never game his victims . | 1 |
the leads are so unmemorable , despite several attempts at lengthy dialogue scenes , that one eventually resents having to inhale this gutter romancer 's secondhand material . | 0 |
a wonderfully warm human drama that remains vividly in memory long after viewing | 1 |
the movie , directed by mick jackson , leaves no cliche unturned , from the predictable plot to the characters straight out of central casting . | 0 |
unlike the nauseating fictions peddled by such 'have-yourself-a-happy-little-holocaust ' movies as life is beautiful and jakob the liar , the grey zone is honest enough to deny the possibility of hope in auschwitz . | 1 |
fails so fundamentally on every conventional level that it achieves some kind of goofy grandeur . | 0 |
a wonderfully speculative character study that made up for its rather slow beginning by drawing me into the picture . | 1 |
the issues are presented in such a lousy way , complete with some of the year 's ( unintentionally ) funniest moments , that it 's impossible to care . | 0 |
cremaster 3 is at once a tough pill to swallow and a minor miracle of self-expression . | 1 |
director peter kosminsky gives these women a forum to demonstrate their acting 'chops ' and they take full advantage . | 1 |
transcends its agenda to deliver awe-inspiring , at times sublime , visuals and offer a fascinating glimpse into the subculture of extreme athletes whose derring-do puts the x into the games . | 1 |
the slapstick is labored , and the bigger setpieces flat . | 0 |
a good documentary can make interesting a subject you thought would leave you cold . a case in point : doug pray 's scratch . | 1 |
as aimless as an old pickup skidding completely out of control on a long patch of black ice , the movie makes two hours feel like four . | 0 |
offers very little genuine romance and even fewer laughs . . . a sad sitcom of a movie , largely devoid of charm . | 0 |
remarkably accessible and affecting . | 1 |
a life-size reenactment of those jack chick cartoon tracts that always ended with some hippie getting tossed into the lake of fire . | 1 |
a properly spooky film about the power of spirits to influence us whether we believe in them or not . | 1 |
gets under the skin of a man who has just lost his wife . | 1 |
one fantastic ( and educational ) documentary . | 1 |
it 's a lovely , sad dance highlighted by kwan 's unique directing style . | 1 |
this is so bad . | 0 |
mattei is tiresomely grave and long-winded , as if circularity itself indicated profundity . | 0 |
dolgin and franco fashion a fascinating portrait of a vietnamese-born youngster who eagerly and easily assimilated as an all-american girl with a brand new name in southern tennessee . | 1 |
the issue of faith is not explored very deeply | 0 |
whole stretches of the film may be incomprehensible to moviegoers not already clad in basic black . | 0 |
if anything , see it for karen black , who camps up a storm as a fringe feminist conspiracy theorist named dirty dick . | 0 |
suggests puns about ingredients and soup and somebody being off their noodle , but let 's just say the ingredients do n't quite add up to a meal . | 0 |
is there enough material to merit a documentary on the making of wilco 's last album ? | 0 |
. . . a spoof comedy that carries its share of laughs sometimes a chuckle , sometimes a guffaw and , to my great pleasure , the occasional belly laugh . | 1 |
considering the harsh locations and demanding stunts , this must have been a difficult shoot , but the movie proves rough going for the audience as well . | 0 |
supposedly authentic account of a historical event that 's far too tragic to merit such superficial treatment . | 0 |
an easy watch , except for the annoying demeanour of its lead character . | 0 |
a movie more to be prescribed than recommended -- as visually bland as a dentist 's waiting room , complete with soothing muzak and a cushion of predictable narrative rhythms . | 0 |
consummate actor barry has done excellent work here . | 1 |
the path ice age follows most closely , though , is the one established by warner bros . giant chuck jones , who died a matter of weeks before the movie 's release . | 1 |
it has a caffeinated , sloppy brilliance , sparkling with ideas you wish had been developed with more care , but animated by an energy that puts the dutiful efforts of more disciplined grade-grubbers to shame . | 1 |
generic slasher-movie nonsense , but it 's not without style . | 0 |
this is one of the year 's best films . | 1 |
[ a ] mess . | 0 |
a manipulative feminist empowerment tale thinly posing as a serious drama about spousal abuse . | 0 |
the plot 's clearly mythic structure may owe more to disney 's strong sense of formula than to the original story . but while the highly predictable narrative falls short , treasure planet is truly gorgeous to behold . | 0 |
adam sandler 's eight crazy nights grows on you -- like a rash . | 0 |
a gorgeous , somnolent show that is splendidly mummified and thoroughly unsurprising . | 0 |
chao was chen kaige 's assistant for years in china . he has not learnt that storytelling is what the movies are about . | 0 |
unspools like a highbrow , low-key , 102-minute infomercial , blending entrepreneurial zeal with the testimony of satisfied customers . | 0 |
Subsets and Splits
No community queries yet
The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.