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cynicism Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
take an entirely stale concept and Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
, wit and interesting characters Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
is an all-time low for kevin costner Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
a stylish but steady , and ultimately very satisfying , piece of character-driven storytelling Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
it is an interesting exercise by talented writer/director anderson Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
surprising flair Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
i liked it just enough . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
an uneasy mix of run-of-the-mill raunchy humor and seemingly sincere personal reflection . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
a grand fart coming from a director beginning to resemble someone 's crazy french grandfather . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
some of the back-story is a little tired Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
nothing of the audience other than to sit back and enjoy a couple of great actors hamming it up Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
huppert ... is magnificent Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
puzzle whose pieces do not fit Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
sorority boys , which is as bad at it is cruel , Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
-- and long -- for its own good Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
of empty , fetishistic violence in which murder is casual and fun Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
intrigue Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
its characters ' decisions only unsatisfactorily Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
is a powerful , naturally dramatic piece of low-budget filmmaking . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
perhaps it 's cliche to call the film ` refreshing Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
kid-empowerment Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
a fascinating , unnerving examination Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
could as easily have been called ` under siege 3 : in alcatraz ' ... a cinematic corpse that never springs to life . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
odoriferous thing Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
brilliantly written and well-acted Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
to gravity and plummets Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
it 's a smart , funny look at an arcane area of popular culture , and Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
joy Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
is wickedly fun to watch Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
the imagined glory of their own pasts Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
deft Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
a low-budget affair , tadpole was shot on digital video , and the images often look smeary and blurry , to the point of distraction . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
does n't have a passion for the material . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
but that they are doing it is thought-provoking . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
a climax Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
, scarily funny , sorrowfully sympathetic to the damage it surveys Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
neil burger 's impressive fake documentary Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
in looking at the comic effects of jealousy Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
is tenderly observant of his characters . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
its dark , delicate treatment Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
has no idea of it is serious Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
brutal and Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
he 's just a sad aristocrat in tattered finery , Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
it 's excessively quirky and a little underconfident in its delivery , but otherwise this is the best ` old neighborhood ' project since christopher walken kinda romanced cyndi lauper in the opportunists . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
classify as it is hard to resist Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
, undisputed scores a direct hit . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
of menacing atmosphere Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
painful , horrifying and oppressively tragic Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
perfect for the proud warrior that still lingers in the souls of these characters Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
in luminous interviews and amazingly evocative film from three decades ago Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
usual bumbling , tongue-tied screen persona Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
easy jokes and insults Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
quitting , however , manages just to be depressing , as the lead actor phones in his autobiographical performance . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
a sincerely crafted picture Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
what might have been readily dismissed as the tiresome rant of an aging filmmaker still thumbing his nose at convention takes a surprising , subtle turn at the midway point . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
long gone Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
the movie is remarkably dull with only caine making much of an impression . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
is a visually stunning rumination on love , memory , history and the war between art and commerce Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
an excuse to get to the closing bout ... by which time it 's impossible to care who wins Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
by a script that takes few chances and manages to insult the intelligence of everyone in the audience Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
about how good it all was , and started doing nothing but reacting to it - feeling a part of its grand locations , thinking urgently as the protagonists struggled , feeling at the mercy of its inventiveness , gasping at its visual delights Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
soderbergh , like kubrick before him , may not touch the planet 's skin , but understands the workings of its spirit . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
spontaneity in its execution Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
feels as immediate as the latest news footage from gaza and , because of its heightened , well-shaped dramas , twice as powerful . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
spiderman rocks Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
low-brow humor , gratuitous violence and Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
was n't one of the film 's virtues . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
style adventure that plays like a bad soap opera , with passable performances from everyone in the cast Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
stirs us as well . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
a non-britney person might survive a screening with little harm done , except maybe for the last 15 minutes , which are as maudlin as any after-school special you can imagine . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
your 20th outing shows off a lot of stamina and vitality , and get this , madonna 's cameo does n't suck ! Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
an uneven film for the most part Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
, the movie sinks into an abyss of clichés , depression and bad alternative music . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
miracles Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
his storytelling skills have eroded Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
`` shakes the clown '' , a much funnier film with a similar theme Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
, others will find their humor-seeking dollars best spent elsewhere . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
the film is just a corny examination of a young actress trying to find her way . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
, madonna is one helluva singer . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
hoary dialogue , fluxing accents , and Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
will probably find it fascinating Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
good ear Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
undistinguished rhythm Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
have no idea what in creation is going on Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
fascinating but flawed look Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
spend years trying to comprehend it Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
is both a snore and utter tripe Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
to treat its characters , weak and strong , as fallible human beings , not caricatures , and Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
though it goes further than both , anyone who has seen the hunger or cat people will find little new here , but a tasty performance from vincent gallo lifts this tale of cannibal lust above the ordinary . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
the gloss Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
we hate ( madonna ) within the film 's first five minutes , and she lacks the skill or presence to regain any ground Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
bitter italian comedy Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
banal dialogue Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
of the smarter offerings the horror genre Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
it rarely stoops to cheap manipulation or corny conventions to do it Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
optimism Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
but in terms of its style , the movie is in a class by itself Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
as a tarantula , helga Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
like a high-end john hughes comedy , a kind of elder bueller 's time out Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive