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that should appeal to anyone willing to succumb to it Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
because of the universal themes , earnest performances Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
makes the same mistake as the music industry it criticizes , Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
's nothing wrong with that Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
convincing portrayal Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
it drags during its 112-minute length Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
, it offers much to absorb and even more to think about after the final frame . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
quiet , confident craftsmanship that tells a sweet , charming tale of intergalactic friendship Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
an engrossing portrait of a man whose engaging manner and flamboyant style made him a truly larger-than-life character . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
the film never recovers from the clumsy cliché of the ugly american abroad , Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
aimless , arduous , and arbitrary Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
a lot of the credit for the film 's winning tone must go to grant , who has n't lost a bit of the dry humor that first made audiences on both sides of the atlantic love him . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
sports extravaganza Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
i have always appreciated a smartly written motion picture , and Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
loose , poorly structured film Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
and as bland Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
it must be labeled ` hip ' , ` innovative ' and ` realistic ' Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
where the old adage `` be careful what you wish for '' Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
its audience giddy Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
implies in its wake the intractable , irreversible flow of history Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
piercing Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
its recycled aspects , Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
its true-to-life characters , Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
limpid and conventional historical fiction Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
pity anyone who sees this mishmash . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
dark to be decipherable Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
stranded with nothing more than our lesser appetites Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
seem to match the power of their surroundings . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
that begins as a seven rip-off , only to switch to a mix of the shining , the thing , and any naked teenagers horror flick from the 1980s Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
kwan is a master of shadow , quietude , and room noise , Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
's simply stupid , irrelevant and deeply , truly , bottomlessly cynical Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
is dark , brooding and slow Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
hand viewers a suitcase full of easy answers Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
there is plenty of room for editing , and a much shorter cut surely would have resulted in a smoother , more focused narrative without sacrificing any of the cultural intrigue . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
handed down from the movie gods Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
are , with the drumming routines , among the film 's saving graces . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
that it avoids the obvious with humor and lightness Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
get excited about on this dvd Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
'm not sure which will take longer to heal : the welt on johnny knoxville 's stomach from a riot-control projectile or my own tortured psyche . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
of artifice and purpose Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
that surprises or delights Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
is lost , leaving the character of critical jim two-dimensional and pointless . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
was immensely enjoyable Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
pathos-filled but ultimately life-affirming finale Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
easier to digest Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
contest to see who can out-bad-act the other Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
what an idea , what a thrill ride . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
from a television monitor Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
no better or worse than ` truth or consequences , n.m. ' or any other interchangeable actioner with imbecilic mafia toolbags botching a routine assignment in a western backwater . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
enters a realm where few non-porn films venture , and comes across as darkly funny , energetic , and surprisingly gentle . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
fresh , sometimes funny , and usually genuinely worthwhile Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
a good human Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
the most surprising thing about this film Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
unfortunately also Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
a great american adventure Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
imaginative Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
of his most daring , and complicated , performances Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
aimless , arduous , Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
too slight to be called any kind of masterpiece Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
is where ararat went astray . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
prove diverting enough Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
to places in the world devastated by war , famine and poverty and documented the cruelty and suffering he has found with an devastating , eloquent clarity Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
should n't have been allowed to use the word `` new '' in its title , because there 's not an original character , siuation or joke in the entire movie Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
a generic bloodbath Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
everything -- even life on an aircraft carrier -- is sentimentalized . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
the novel charm Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
pathetic idea Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
a bad improvisation exercise , Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
a major waste ... generic Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
only surprise Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
as beautiful , desirable Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
come away thinking not only that kate is n't very bright , but that she has n't been worth caring about and that maybe she , janine and molly -- an all-woman dysfunctional family -- deserve one another . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
wonderful fencing scenes and Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
sure , it 's contrived and predictable Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
absolute joy Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
heart as important as humor Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
creative energy and wit to entertain all ages Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
into a poem of art , music and metaphor Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
laughed that hard in years Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
this goofily endearing and well-lensed gorefest Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
, assured of the wrong things , and scared to admit how much they may really need the company of others Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
mostly fool 's gold Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
know what it wants to be when it grows up Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
its amiable jerking Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
emerges as a surprisingly anemic disappointment Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
a boring , pretentious muddle Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
, it 's probably not accurate to call it a movie Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
gives it new texture , new relevance , new reality Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
would anyone cast the magnificent jackie chan in a movie full of stunt doubles and special effects Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
not only a pianist , but a good human being Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
what could have been a daytime soap opera is actually a compelling look at a young woman 's tragic odyssey . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
owen wilson know a movie must have a story and a script ? Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
's better to go in knowing full well what 's going to happen , but willing to let the earnestness of its execution and skill of its cast take you down a familiar road with a few twists . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
driven by a fantastic dual performance from ian holm Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
well-put-together Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
is so rich with period minutiae Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
grownups should appreciate its whimsical humor Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
is good all round , but what really sets the film apart is debrauwer 's refusal to push the easy emotional buttons Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
more ambivalent set Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
i ca n't say this enough : this movie is about an adult male dressed in pink jammies . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative