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the film never succumbs to the trap of the maudlin or tearful , offering instead with its unflinching gaze a measure of faith in the future . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
becoming a better person through love Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
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
the last kiss is really all about performances . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
well , it probably wo n't have you swinging from the trees hooting it 's praises , Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
a dud -- a romantic comedy that 's not the least bit romantic and only mildly funny Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
it 's not like having a real film of nijinsky , but at least it 's better than that eponymous 1980 biopic that used soap in the places where the mysteries lingered . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
that might have made no such thing Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
gondry 's direction is adequate Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
experimentation and improvisation Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
`` superior '' Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
the extraordinarily rich landscape Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
clever ways Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
a piece of mildly entertaining , inoffensive fluff that drifts aimlessly for 90 minutes before lodging in the cracks of that ever-growing category : unembarrassing but unmemorable Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
fear dot com is more frustrating than a modem that disconnects every 10 seconds . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
off the hook is overlong and not well-acted , but credit writer-producer-director adam watstein with finishing it at all . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
a movie that harps on media-constructed ` issues ' Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
thing to do with these characters except have them run through dark tunnels , fight off various anonymous attackers , and evade elaborate surveillance technologies Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
leonine power Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
so primitive in technique Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
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
some of the more overtly silly dialogue would sink laurence olivier Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
bittersweet , uncommonly sincere movie that portrays the frank humanity of ... emotional recovery Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
a first-class road movie that proves you can run away from home , but your ego and all your problems go with you Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
the skills of a calculus major at m.i.t. are required to balance all the formulaic equations in the long-winded heist comedy who is cletis tout ? Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
both excellent Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
groan Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
's also too stupid Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
supernatural thriller Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
`` how will you feel after an 88-minute rip-off of the rock with action confined to slo-mo gun firing and random glass-shattering ? '' Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
exquisite , unfakable sense Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
captures the dry wit that 's so prevalent on the rock Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
a ray of hope Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
obvious or self-indulgent Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
dated and unfunny Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
a slow death Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
impassive a manner Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
the movie 's captivating details are all in the performances , from foreman 's barking-mad taylor to thewlis 's smoothly sinister freddie and bettany/mcdowell 's hard-eyed gangster . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
, harvard man is something rare and riveting : a wild ride that relies on more than special effects . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
has no point and Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
the story , like ravel 's bolero , builds to a crescendo that encompasses many more paths than we started with . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
shows a level of young , black manhood that is funny , touching , smart and complicated Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
never once predictable . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
stick to his day job Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
every joke is repeated at least four times . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
a serious contender for the title Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
is pure , exciting moviemaking . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
set in newfoundland that cleverly captures the dry wit that 's so prevalent on the rock . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
( reynolds ) takes a classic story , casts attractive and talented actors and uses a magnificent landscape to create a feature film that is wickedly fun to watch . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
calm , self-assured portrait Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
can still leave us with a sense of wonder at the diverse , marvelously twisted shapes history has taken Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
extends to his supple understanding of the role Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
on the whole , you 're gon na like this movie . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
is ultimately Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
is how so many talented people were convinced to waste their time Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
a quaint Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
is almost completely lacking in suspense , surprise and consistent emotional conviction Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
's a technically superb film , shining with all the usual spielberg flair , expertly utilizing the talents of his top-notch creative team . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
the characters seem one-dimensional , Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
the timeless spectacle of people Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
does little that is actually funny with the material Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
most frightening Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
it 's so downbeat and nearly humorless that it becomes a chore to sit through -- despite some first-rate performances by its lead . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
though the aboriginal aspect lends the ending an extraordinary poignancy , and the story Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
harmless fun . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
large-format Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
constructed around a core of flimsy -- or , worse yet , nonexistent -- ideas Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
's a visual delight and a decent popcorn adventure , Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
around any scenes that might have required genuine acting from ms. spears Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
's both charming and Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
soulful , scathing and joyous Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
the best kind of documentary , one that makes a depleted yesterday feel very much like a brand-new tomorrow Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
an ` a ' list cast Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
, those who do will have found a cult favorite to enjoy for a lifetime . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
got Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
you 'd have a 90-minute , four-star movie Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
a decomposition Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
feels impersonal , almost generic Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
has a compelling story to tell . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
a captivatingly quirky hybrid of character portrait , romantic comedy and beat-the-clock thriller Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
, one the public rarely sees . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
of gently swaying back and forth as it cradles its characters , veiling tension beneath otherwise tender movements Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
pained Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
lost his touch Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
is too long with too little going on . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
is n't an ounce of honest poetry in his entire script Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
, accompanying the stunt-hungry dimwits in a random series of collected gags , pranks , pratfalls , dares , injuries , etc. . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
` just letting the mountain tell you what to do Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
is a visual treat Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
powerfully evocative mood Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
a must-own Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
hilarious place to visit Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
performed a difficult task indeed Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
it 's just weirdness for the sake of weirdness , and where human nature should be ingratiating , it 's just grating Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
ultimately achieves its main strategic objective : dramatizing the human cost of the conflict that came to define a generation . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
cross swords with the best of them and helm a more traditionally plotted popcorn thriller while surrendering little of his intellectual rigor or creative composure Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
luckiest Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
, i found myself strangely moved by even the corniest and most hackneyed contrivances . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
aged past his prime Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
the film is hampered by its predictable plot and paper-thin supporting characters . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative