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, it does give exposure to some talented performers Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
a cheap scam Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
once one experiences mr. haneke 's own sadistic tendencies toward his audience , one is left with a sour taste in one 's mouth , and little else . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
does all of this , and more , while remaining one of the most savagely hilarious social critics this side of jonathan swift . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
falling into the hollywood trap and making a vanity project with nothing new to offer Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
paints a grand picture of an era and Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
of a balanced film that explains the zeitgeist that is the x games Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
the film runs on a little longer than it needs to -- muccino either does n't notice when his story ends or just ca n't tear himself away from the characters -- Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
it is a likable story , told with competence . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
originality is sorely lacking . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
especially because half past dead is like the rock on a wal-mart budget Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
the emotional overload of female angst irreparably drags the film down . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
balanced by a rich visual clarity and deeply Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
along the way -- myriad signs , if you will -- that beneath the familiar , funny surface is a far bigger , far more meaningful story than one in which little green men come to earth for harvesting purposes Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
no-nonsense authority Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
idiocy Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
moviegoers for real characters and compelling plots Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
, visually graceful Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
sappiness Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
the picture uses humor and a heartfelt conviction to tell a story about discovering your destination in life , but also acknowledging the places , and the people , from whence you came Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
loose Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
looking and stylish Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
the three leads produce adequate performances , but Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
drug abuse , infidelity and death are n't usually comedy fare , but turpin 's film allows us to chuckle through the angst Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
a beautiful film to watch Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
writer-director david jacobson Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
's on saturday morning tv especially the pseudo-educational stuff we all ca n't stand Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
neither romantic nor comedic Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
the movie dawdle Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
with fewer deliberate laughs , more inadvertent ones and stunningly trite songs Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
good-natured and sometimes quite funny Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
a complete waste of time Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
largely devoid Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
to cheesier to cheesiest Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
piece , a model of menacing atmosphere Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
of last summer 's bloated effects Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
a low-budget series on a uhf channel Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
satisfyingly scarifying , fresh and old-fashioned at the same time . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
proved too difficult a text to ` lick , ' despite the efforts of a first-rate cast Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
use a few good laughs Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
someone made off with your wallet Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
's a smartly directed , grown-up film of ideas . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
dodge this one Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
this low-rent -- and even lower-wit -- rip-off of the farrelly brothers ' oeuvre Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
played game of absurd plot twists , idiotic court maneuvers and stupid characters that even freeman ca n't save it . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
this does not really make the case the kissinger should be tried as a war criminal . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
benefit enormously from the cockettes ' camera craziness Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
in its sparkling beauty Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
`` brown sugar '' admirably aspires to be more than another `` best man '' clone by weaving a theme throughout this funny film . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
features one of the most affecting depictions of a love affair ever committed to film . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
( gulpilil ) is a commanding screen presence Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
lively Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
it seem fresh again Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
tends to pile too many `` serious issues '' on its plate at times , yet Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
good guys and Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
the movie is silly beyond comprehension , and Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
the dialogue and drama often food-spittingly funny Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
clumsily staged violence overshadows everything , including most of the actors . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
cannibal lust above the ordinary Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
spinning a web of dazzling entertainment may be overstating it Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
will remind them that hong kong action cinema is still alive and kicking . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
feels secondhand , familiar -- and not in a good way Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
spectacularly Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
construct a story with even a trace of dramatic interest Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
conjures up the intoxicating fumes and emotional ghosts of a freshly painted rembrandt Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
to break the tedium Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
the ridiculousness Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
well-done film Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
's not that funny Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
inhuman cinematic punishment Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
of its epic scope Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
pretends to be passionate and truthful but is really frustratingly timid and soggy Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
of heartfelt performances Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
fans of gosford park have come to assume is just another day of brit cinema Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
poetic road movie Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
play like a milquetoast movie of the week blown up for the big screen Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
there 's nothing like love to give a movie a b-12 shot , and cq shimmers with it . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
you 've figured out late marriage Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
one of those rare films that come by once in a while with flawless amounts of acting , direction , story and pace . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
teddy bears ' picnic ranks Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
dismissed heroes would be a film that is n't this painfully forced , false and fabricated Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
right place Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
oddly sweet Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
a recycled and dumbed-down version of love story Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
pacino and williams seem to keep upping the ante on each other , just as their characters do in the film . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
so second-rate Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
an old-fashioned but emotionally stirring adventure tale of the kind they Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
a frustrating patchwork : an uneasy marriage of louis begley 's source novel ( about schmidt ) and an old payne screenplay Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
engaging characters Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
, twisted , brilliant and macabre Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
a heavy-handed indictment of parental failings and the indifference of spanish social workers and legal system towards child abuse Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
tootsie knockoff . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
need movies like tim mccann 's revolution no. 9 . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
britney spears ' phoniness is nothing compared to the movie 's contrived , lame screenplay and listless direction . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
unfortunately , that 's precisely what arthur dong 's family fundamentals does . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
than what 's been cobbled together onscreen Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
deftly captures the wise-beyond-her-years teen Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
a wild comedy that could only spring from the demented mind Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
expresses our most basic emotions Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
for the most part , the weight of water comes off as a two-way time-switching myopic mystery that stalls in its lackluster gear of emotional blandness . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative