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you can smell the grease on the plot Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
such master screenwriting comes courtesy of john pogue , the yale grad who previously gave us `` the skulls '' and Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
human impulses that grew hideously twisted Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
still fun and enjoyable Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
this is a movie filled with unlikable , spiteful idiots ; whether or not their friendship is salvaged Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
a completely spooky piece of business that gets under your skin and , some plot blips aside , Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
often overwritten Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
to please audiences who like movies that demand four hankies Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
nearly impossible Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
down-to-earth bullock Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
is an accuracy of observation in the work of the director , frank novak , that keeps the film grounded in an undeniable social realism . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
proves once again he has n't lost his touch , bringing off a superb performance in an admittedly middling film Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
one-hour mark Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
the first bond movie in ages that is n't fake fun Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
not constant bloodshed Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
offers no new insight on the matter Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
you can take the grandkids or the grandparents and never worry about anyone being bored Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
overwhelmingly Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
spanning nearly three decades of bittersweet camaraderie and history , in which we feel that we truly know what makes holly and marina tick Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
tastelessness and gall Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
bad action-movie line Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
grows Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
as it does because ( the leads ) are such a companionable couple Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
contrived , unmotivated , and psychologically unpersuasive Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
the film is way too full of itself ; it 's stuffy and pretentious in a give-me-an-oscar kind of way Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
any true emotional connection or identification frustratingly Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
caliber Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
balanced film Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
of run-of-the-mill profanity Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
feel like three hours . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
excites the imagination and tickles the funny bone Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
is built on a potentially interesting idea Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
is confusing on one level or another , making ararat far more demanding than it needs to be Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
laughably Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
been kind enough to share it Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
of bland hotels , highways , parking lots Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
with a large dose of painkillers Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
liked a lot of the smaller scenes Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
wastes Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
continues to cut a swathe through mainstream hollywood , while retaining an integrity and refusing to compromise his vision . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
, mind-numbingly , indescribably bad Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
there 's real visual charge to the filmmaking , Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
a river of sadness that pours into every frame Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
menacing Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
incessantly Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
bears about as much resemblance to the experiences of most battered women as spider-man does to the experiences of most teenagers . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
that you 've spent the past 20 minutes looking at your watch Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
at existing photos Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
helmer hudlin tries to make a hip comedy , Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
as funny nor Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
gangs excels in spectacle and pacing . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
we want the funk - and this movie 's got it Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
creates a fluid and mesmerizing sequence of images to match the words of nijinsky 's diaries . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
devos and cassel have tremendous chemistry -- their sexual and romantic tension , while never really vocalized , is palpable . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
lacks balance Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
hard pressed to succumb to the call of the wild Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
revelatory nor truly edgy -- merely crassly flamboyant and comedically labored . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
tv Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
an entertaining british hybrid of comedy , caper thrills and quirky romance . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
demonstrating vividly Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
it 's sweet and fluffy at the time , Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
marks an encouraging new direction for la salle . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
a powerful , inflammatory film Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
favor of tradition and warmth Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
begins on a high note and Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
has much to recommend it Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
a vibrant , colorful , semimusical rendition Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
a simple tale Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
despicable characters Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
` it 's like having an old friend for dinner ' . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
, director chris columbus takes a hat-in-hand approach to rowling that stifles creativity and allows the film to drag on for nearly three hours . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
this amiable picture Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
that keeps dickens evergreen : the exuberant openness with which he expresses our most basic emotions Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
a markedly inactive film Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
saves this deeply affecting film Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
cold , nervy and memorable Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
exercise in sham actor workshops and an affected malaise Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
the gratuitous cinematic distractions Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
manages to nail the spirit-crushing ennui of denuded urban living without giving in to it . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
the interviews that follow , with the practitioners of this ancient indian practice , are as subtle and as enigmatic Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
insanely hilarious Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
does n't work because there is no foundation for it Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
surprise us Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
relative modesty Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
coppola , along with his sister , sofia , is a real filmmaker Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
remove spider-man the movie from its red herring surroundings and it 's apparent that this is one summer film that satisfies . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
, if good-hearted , movie . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
makes even elizabeth hurley seem graceless and ugly . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
inhale this gutter romancer 's secondhand material Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
no pastry is violated Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
is very difficult Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
i 'll buy the soundtrack . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
hardly an objective documentary , but it 's great cinematic polemic Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
is virtually without context -- journalistic or historical Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
to the genre and another first-rate performance Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
an adventurous young talent Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
predictable in the reassuring manner of a beautifully sung holiday carol Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
intricate plot Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
, this movie is a phlegmatic bore , so tedious it makes the silly spy vs. spy film the sum of all fears , starring ben affleck , seem downright hitchcockian . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
to it -- as if the director is trying to dupe the viewer into taking it all as very important simply because the movie is ugly to look at and not a hollywood product Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative