text stringlengths 4 279 | label int64 0 1 |
|---|---|
the film 's bathos often overwhelms what could have been a more multifaceted look at this interesting time and place . | 0 |
just a kiss is a just a waste . | 0 |
snipes relies too much on a scorchingly plotted dramatic scenario for its own good . | 0 |
confuses its message with an ultimate desire to please , and contorting itself into an idea of expectation is the last thing any of these three actresses , nor their characters , deserve . | 0 |
never comes together as a coherent whole . | 0 |
these guys seem great to knock back a beer with but they 're simply not funny performers . | 0 |
you could say that it 's slow at times , you could say that a few of the characters act in ways that real people would n't , but one thing you could n't say is that alias betty is predictable . | 1 |
for veggietales fans , this is more appetizing than a side dish of asparagus . if you 're not a fan , it might be like trying to eat brussels sprouts . | 1 |
i suspect this is the kind of production that would have been funnier if the director had released the outtakes theatrically and used the film as a bonus feature on the dvd . | 0 |
hill looks to be going through the motions , beginning with the pale script . | 0 |
with one exception , every blighter in this particular south london housing project digs into dysfunction like it 's a big , comforting jar of marmite , to be slathered on crackers and served as a feast of bleakness . | 1 |
this real-life hollywood fairy-tale is more engaging than the usual fantasies hollywood produces . | 1 |
a very well-made , funny and entertaining picture . | 1 |
`` the tuxedo `` should have been the vehicle for chan that `` the mask `` was for jim carrey . alas , it 's the man that makes the clothes . | 0 |
an awful movie that will only satisfy the most emotionally malleable of filmgoers . | 0 |
`` juwanna mann ? `` no thanks . wewannour money back , actually . | 0 |
with mcconaughey in an entirely irony-free zone and bale reduced mainly to batting his sensitive eyelids , there 's not enough intelligence , wit or innovation on the screen to attract and sustain an older crowd . | 0 |
smothered by its own solemnity . | 0 |
with the prospect of films like kangaroo jack about to burst across america 's winter movie screens it 's a pleasure to have a film like the hours as an alternative . | 1 |
nothing short of wonderful with its ten-year-old female protagonist and its steadfast refusal to set up a dualistic battle between good and evil . | 1 |
the cinematic equivalent of patronizing a bar favored by pretentious , untalented artistes who enjoy moaning about their cruel fate . | 0 |
the pacing is often way off and there are too many bona fide groaners among too few laughs . | 0 |
yes , mibii is rote work and predictable , but with a philosophical visual coming right at the end that extravagantly redeems it . | 1 |
sweet and memorable film . | 1 |
its vision of that awkward age when sex threatens to overwhelm everything else is acute enough to make everyone who has been there squirm with recognition . | 1 |
the only camouflage carvey should now be considering is a paper bag to wear over his head when he goes out into public , to avoid being recognized as the man who bilked unsuspecting moviegoers . | 0 |
the fight scenes are fun , but it grows tedious . | 0 |
this is one of the most visually stunning and thematically moving epics in recent memory , and in spite of numerous minor flaws , scorsese 's best in more than a decade . | 1 |
a wordy wisp of a comedy . | 0 |
like an episode of mtv 's undressed , with 20 times the creativity but without any more substance . . . indulgently entertaining but could have and should have been deeper . | 1 |
at its worst , the movie is pretty diverting ; the pity is that it rarely achieves its best . | 1 |
enough similarities to gymkata and howie long 's firestorm that my fingernails instinctively crawled towards my long-suffering eyeballs . | 0 |
i suspect that there are more interesting ways of dealing with the subject . | 0 |
a zippy 96 minutes of mediocre special effects , hoary dialogue , fluxing accents , and -- worst of all -- silly-looking morlocks . | 0 |
not everything in this ambitious comic escapade works , but coppola , along with his sister , sofia , is a real filmmaker . it must be in the genes . | 1 |
engrossing and affecting , if ultimately not quite satisfying . | 1 |
less worrying about covering all the drama in frida 's life and more time spent exploring her process of turning pain into art would have made this a superior movie . | 0 |
an entertaining british hybrid of comedy , caper thrills and quirky romance . | 1 |
the first fatal attraction was vile enough . do we really need the tiger beat version ? | 0 |
a sterling film - a cross between boys do n't cry , deliverance , and ode to billy joe - lies somewhere in the story of matthew shepard , but that film is yet to be made . | 0 |
unfolds in a series of achronological vignettes whose cumulative effect is chilling . | 1 |
after a while , the only way for a reasonably intelligent person to get through the country bears is to ponder how a whole segment of pop-music history has been allowed to get wet , fuzzy and sticky . | 0 |
bring on the sequel . | 1 |
about the only thing to give the movie points for is bravado -- to take an entirely stale concept and push it through the audience 's meat grinder one more time . | 0 |
at the very least , if you do n't know anything about derrida when you walk into the theater , you wo n't know much more when you leave . | 0 |
smart and fun , but far more witty than it is wise . | 1 |
visually imaginative , thematically instructive and thoroughly delightful , it takes us on a roller-coaster ride from innocence to experience without even a hint of that typical kiddie-flick sentimentality . | 1 |
the screenplay flounders under the weight of too many story lines . | 0 |
[ westbrook ] makes a wonderful subject for the camera . | 1 |
it 's dark but has wonderfully funny moments ; you care about the characters ; and the action and special effects are first-rate . | 1 |
frida 's artistic brilliance is undeniable -- it 's among the most breathtakingly designed films i 've ever seen . | 1 |
leigh is one of the rare directors who feels acting is the heart and soul of cinema . he allows his cast members to make creative contributions to the story and dialogue . this method almost never fails him , and it works superbly here . | 1 |
. . . the same tired old gags , modernized for the extreme sports generation . there 's already been too many of these films . . . | 0 |
victor rosa is leguizamo 's best movie work so far , a subtle and richly internalized performance . | 1 |
a recipe for cinematic disaster . . . part quentin tarantino , part guy ritchie , and part 1960s spy spoof , it 's all bad . | 0 |
long time dead ? not nearly long enough . | 0 |
may be spoofing an easy target -- those old '50 's giant creature features -- but . . . it acknowledges and celebrates their cheesiness as the reason why people get a kick out of watching them today . | 1 |
there is one surefire way to get a nomination for a best-foreign-film oscar : make a movie about whimsical folk who learn a nonchallenging , life-affirming lesson while walking around a foreign city with stunning architecture . | 0 |
its screenplay serves as auto-critique , and its clumsiness as its own most damning censure . | 0 |
about schmidt belongs to nicholson . gone are the flamboyant mannerisms that are the trademark of several of his performances . as schmidt , nicholson walks with a slow , deliberate gait , chooses his words carefully and subdues his natural exuberance . | 1 |
the animation and backdrops are lush and inventive , yet return to neverland never manages to take us to that elusive , lovely place where we suspend our disbelief . | 0 |
it 's like an all-star salute to disney 's cheesy commercialism . | 0 |
even a hardened voyeur would require the patience of job to get through this interminable , shapeless documentary about the swinging subculture . | 0 |
the weakest of the four harry potter books has been transformed into the stronger of the two films by the thinnest of margins . | 1 |
if you 're in the right b-movie frame of mind , it may just scare the pants off you . | 1 |
director alfonso cuaron gets vivid , convincing performances from a fine cast , and generally keeps things going at a rapid pace , occasionally using an omniscient voice-over narrator in the manner of french new wave films . | 1 |
this fascinating experiment plays as more of a poetic than a strict reality , creating an intriguing species of artifice that gives the lady and the duke something of a theatrical air . | 1 |
taken outside the context of the current political climate ( see : terrorists are more evil than ever ! ) , the sum of all fears is simply a well-made and satisfying thriller . | 1 |
the movie 's seams may show . . . but pellington gives `` mothman `` an irresistibly uncanny ambience that goes a long way toward keeping the picture compelling . | 1 |
a banal , virulently unpleasant excuse for a romantic comedy . | 0 |
an uneven film dealing with too many problems to be taken seriously . | 0 |
human resources was a good , straightforward tale , but time out is better . it 's haunting . it 's like a poem . | 1 |
build some robots , haul 'em to the theatre with you for the late show , and put on your own mystery science theatre 3000 tribute to what is almost certainly going to go down as the worst -- and only -- killer website movie of this or any other year . | 0 |
it 's a shame the marvelous first 101 minutes have to be combined with the misconceived final 5 . | 1 |
this movie is about the worst thing chan has done in the united states . | 0 |
an amazing and incendiary movie that dives straight into the rough waters of contradiction . | 1 |
ultimately too repellent to fully endear itself to american art house audiences , but it is notable for its stylistic austerity and forcefulness . | 1 |
a grating , emaciated flick . | 0 |
. . . the kind of entertainment that parents love to have their kids see . | 1 |
a compelling journey . . . and `` his best friend remembers `` is up there with the finest of specials . | 1 |
this film biggest problem ? no laughs . | 0 |
an inconsequential , barely there bit of piffle . | 0 |
a well-crafted film that is all the more remarkable because it achieves its emotional power and moments of revelation with restraint and a delicate ambiguity . | 1 |
the fun of the movie is the chance it affords to watch jackson , who also served as executive producer , take his smooth , shrewd , powerful act abroad . | 1 |
there 's too much forced drama in this wildly uneven movie , about a young man 's battle with his inescapable past and uncertain future in a very shapable but largely unfulfilling present . | 0 |
the best that can be said about the work here of scottish director ritchie . . . is that he obviously does n't have his heart in it . | 0 |
hollywood ending is the most disappointing woody allen movie ever . he has a great cast and a great idea . but the execution is a flop with the exception of about six gags that really work . | 0 |
never capitalizes on this concept and opts for the breezy and amateurish feel of an after school special on the subject of tolerance . | 0 |
as the princess , sorvino glides gracefully from male persona to female without missing a beat . ben kingsley is truly funny , playing a kind of ghandi gone bad . | 1 |
compelling as it is exotic , fast runner has a plot that rivals shakespeare for intrigue , treachery and murder . | 1 |
a movie with a real anarchic flair . | 1 |
the movie turns out to be [ assayas ' ] homage to the gallic 'tradition of quality , ' in all its fusty squareness . | 0 |
i could n't recommend this film more . | 1 |
we root for [ clara and paul ] , even like them , though perhaps it 's an emotion closer to pity . | 1 |
this ludicrous film is predictable at every turn . | 0 |
the plot combines the blues brothers and almost famous ( but with bears , and a g rating ) , with an excruciating dollop of disney sentimentality mixed in for good measure . | 0 |
a manically generous christmas vaudeville . | 1 |
the holiday message of the 37-minute santa vs . the snowman leaves a lot to be desired . | 0 |
its generic villains lack any intrigue ( other than their funny accents ) and the action scenes are poorly delivered . | 0 |
lee jeong-hyang tells it so lovingly and films it so beautifully that i could n't help being captivated by it . | 1 |
Subsets and Splits
No community queries yet
The top public SQL queries from the community will appear here once available.