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to add the magic that made it all work Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
is just too easy to be genuinely satisfying Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
an object lesson in period filmmaking Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
air of gentle longing Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
while remaining one of the most savagely hilarious social critics this side of jonathan swift Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
though tom shadyac 's film kicks off spookily enough , around the halfway mark it takes an abrupt turn into glucose sentimentality and laughable contrivance . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
the best comedy concert movie i 've seen since cho 's previous concert comedy film Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
than the screenplay , which lags badly in the middle and lurches between not-very-funny comedy , unconvincing dramatics and some last-minute action strongly reminiscent of run lola run Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
insomnia loses points when it surrenders to a formulaic bang-bang , shoot-em-up scene at the conclusion . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
is a career-defining revelation . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
funny and fun Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
witty dialog between realistic characters Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
, why bother with a contemptible imitator starring a `` snl '' has-been acting like an 8-year-old channeling roberto benigni ? Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
the cast and crew thoroughly enjoyed themselves and believed in their small-budget film Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
doze off during this one Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
watch , giggle Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
a gorgeously atmospheric meditation on life-changing chance encounters Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
expands the horizons of boredom to the point of collapse , turning into a black hole of dullness , from which no interesting concept can escape Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
all comedy is subversive , but this unrelenting bleak insistence on opting out of any opportunity for finding meaning in relationships or work just becomes sad Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
buries an interesting storyline about morality and the choices we make underneath such a mountain of clichés and borrowed images that it might more accurately be titled mr. chips off the old block Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
baseball movies that try too hard to be mythic Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
nights feels more like a quickie tv special than a feature film Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
romantic , riveting and handsomely animated . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
by its own pretentious self-examination Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
it is most of the things costner movies are known for ; it 's sanctimonious , self-righteous and so eager to earn our love that you want to slap it . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
turmoil Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
long-faced sad sack Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
a flawed but engrossing thriller Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
a rude black comedy Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
pushing the jokes at the expense of character until things fall apart Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
christian love Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
douglas mcgrath 's nicholas nickleby does dickens as it should be done cinematically . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
the remarkable ensemble cast brings them to life Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
the solid filmmaking and convincing characters makes this a high water mark for this genre . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
understand what made allen 's romantic comedies so pertinent and enduring Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
marinated in clichés and mawkish dialogue . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
sickeningly Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
strangely funny Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
the irksome , tiresome nature of complacency Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
a perfect medium Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
plays like a tired tyco ad . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
while american adobo has its heart ( and its palate ) in the right place Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
sketchy characters and immature provocations can fully succeed at cheapening it . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
if you have the patience for it , you wo n't feel like it 's wasted yours Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
a classy , sprightly spin on film . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
is something of a stiff -- an extra-dry office comedy that seems twice as long as its 83 minutes Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
makes the grade as tawdry trash . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
hartley created a monster but did n't know how to handle it . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
of extraordinary journalism Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
turns numbingly dull-witted and disquietingly creepy . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
pill to swallow Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
's about as overbearing and over-the-top as the family it Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
dazzling , remarkably unpretentious reminder Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
is listless , witless , and devoid of anything resembling humor Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
too clear Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
are simply dazzling , Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
raw urban humor Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
returns as a visionary with a tale full of nuance and character dimension Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
on a striking new significance for anyone who sees the film Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
you 're likely to see all year . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
forages for audience sympathy like a temperamental child begging for attention , giving audiences no reason to truly care for its decrepit freaks beyond the promise of a reprieve from their incessant whining . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
a thoughtful what-if for the heart as well as the mind Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
tells a story whose restatement is validated by the changing composition of the nation . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
the funny bone Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
a film really has to be exceptional to justify a three hour running time , Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
bad taste Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
the only young people who possibly will enjoy it Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
was produced by jerry bruckheimer and directed by joel schumacher , and reflects the worst of their shallow styles : wildly overproduced , inadequately motivated every step of the way and Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
career - kids = misery ) Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
a bad premise , just Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
nothing more or less than an outright bodice-ripper Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
recite some of this laughable dialogue Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
mandy moore leaves a positive impression Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
it 's a mystery how the movie could be released in this condition . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
the refugees able to look ahead and resist living in a past Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
the fun-loving libertine lost somewhere inside the conservative , handbag-clutching sarandon Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
more attuned to the anarchist maxim that ` the urge to destroy is also a creative urge ' Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
laughs are lacking Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
for easy , seductive pacing Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
in this elegant entertainment Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
too good to be bad Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
a lot of warmth Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
, every once in a while a film arrives from the margin that gives viewers a chance to learn , to grow , to travel . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
christopher walken kinda romanced cyndi lauper in the opportunists Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
a vibrant and intoxicating fashion Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
'll be wistful for the testosterone-charged wizardry of jerry bruckheimer productions , especially because half past dead is like the rock on a wal-mart budget . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
big-budget/all-star movie Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
meaningless Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
that it 's almost worth seeing because it 's so bad Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
is as consistently engaging as it is revealing Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
portray themselves Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
, ( goldbacher ) just lets her complicated characters be unruly , confusing and , through it all , human . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
to really care Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
take a complete moron to foul up a screen adaptation of oscar wilde 's classic satire Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
same old garbage Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
the near-fatal mistake of being what the english call ` too clever by half Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
but filmmaker yvan attal quickly writes himself into a corner Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
a passion for the material Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
is a fascinating little tale . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
skip this dreck , rent animal house Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative