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an admirable Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
if we sometimes need comforting fantasies about mental illness , we also need movies like tim mccann 's revolution no. 9 . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
raised to a new , self-deprecating level Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
, 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
goes on and on to the point of nausea Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
the film occasionally tries the viewer 's patience with slow pacing and a main character who sometimes defies sympathy , but it ultimately satisfies with its moving story Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
metaphysical claptrap Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
, smart , savvy , compelling Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
( washington 's ) strong hand Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
they were afraid to show this movie to reviewers before its opening , afraid of the bad reviews they thought they 'd earn . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
a collectively stellar performance Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
say the least , not to mention inappropriate and wildly undeserved Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
substance and soul Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
buy is an accomplished actress , and Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
a long , dull procession of despair , Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
some kid who ca n't act , only echoes of jordan , Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
familiar and predictable Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
the achingly unfunny phonce Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
captures , in luminous interviews and amazingly evocative film from three decades ago , the essence of the dogtown experience . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
certain ambition Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
the plot of the comeback curlers is n't very interesting actually , but what i like about men with brooms and what is kind of special is how the film knows what 's unique and quirky about canadians Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
tendentious intervention into the who-wrote-shakespeare controversy . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
easily become a cold , calculated exercise in postmodern pastiche winds up a powerful and deeply moving example of melodramatic moviemaking Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
a culture-clash comedy that , in addition to being very funny , captures some of the discomfort and embarrassment of being a bumbling american in europe . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
yourself rooting for the monsters in a horror movie Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
it 's rare to see a movie that takes such a speedy swan dive from `` promising '' to `` interesting '' to `` familiar '' before landing squarely on `` stupid '' . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
the movie , like bartleby , 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
arnold schwarzenegger Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
is barely Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
the characters are based on stock clichés Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
dying Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
among the chief reasons brown sugar is such a sweet and sexy film Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
dreamy and Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
will no doubt rally to its cause , trotting out threadbare standbys like ` masterpiece ' and ` triumph ' and all that malarkey , but rarely Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
it 's a hellish , numbing experience to watch , and Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
sarah 's dedication to finding her husband seems more psychotic than romantic , Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
carvey 's considerable talents are wasted in it Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
third-rate horror sequels Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
it forces you to watch people doing unpleasant things to each other and themselves , and it maintains a cool distance from its material that is deliberately unsettling . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
are quite touching Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
of a depressed fifteen-year-old 's suicidal poetry Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
brainless Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
not-so-funny gags , Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
's actually watchable Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
you feel good , you feel sad , you feel pissed off , but in the end , you feel alive - which is what they did . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
it demands that you suffer the dreadfulness of war from both sides Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
seems to have forgotten everything he ever knew about generating suspense . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
fills the time with drama , romance , tragedy , bravery , political intrigue , partisans and sabotage Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
ferocity and Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
a few nifty twists that are so crucial to the genre and another first-rate performance by top-billed star bruce willis Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
spiced with the intrigue of academic skullduggery and politics Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
the sight of the spaceship on the launching pad is duly impressive in imax dimensions , as are shots of the astronauts floating in their cabins . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
is so deadly dull Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
interesting cinematic devices ( cool visual backmasking ) , a solid cast Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
what 's not to like about a movie with a ` children 's ' song that includes the line ` my stepdad 's not mean , he 's just adjusting ' ? Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
does the trick of making us care about its protagonist and celebrate his victories Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
off-beat and fanciful film Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
came handed down from the movie gods on a silver platter Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
, she is merely a charmless witch . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
rueful , wry humor Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
you 're not merely watching history Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
fairly revealing Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
there surrender $ 9 and 93 minutes of unrecoverable life Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
it was only made for teenage boys and wrestling fans Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
tiresome jokes Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
a major director Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
plenty of laughs Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
solaris is rigid and evasive in ways that soderbergh 's best films , `` erin brockovich , '' `` out of sight '' and `` ocean 's eleven , '' never were . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
in addition to being very funny Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
as lame and sophomoric Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
of portraying the devastation of this disease Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
sad , sick sight Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
spite of clearly evident poverty and hardship Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
trying to cope with the mysterious and brutal nature of adults Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
's difficult to shrug off the annoyance of that chatty fish Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
this is n't exactly profound cinema , but it 's good-natured and sometimes quite funny Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
of a genuine and singular artist Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
that defies classification and is as thought-provoking as it Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
technically sumptuous but also Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
ungainly Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
comes closer to the failure of the third revenge of the nerds sequel Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
a delicious , quirky movie Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
tunney , brimming with coltish , neurotic energy , holds the screen like a true star . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
this is popcorn movie fun with equal doses of action , cheese , ham and cheek ( as well as a serious debt to the road warrior ) , but it feels like unrealized potential Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
worth the price of admission Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
's funniest and most likeable movie in years . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
, dishonest Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
is having fun with it all Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
does n't come close to justifying the hype that surrounded its debut at the sundance film festival two years ago Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
have n't laughed that hard in years Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
miike Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
is kinda wrong in places Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
make interesting Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
the thematic ironies are too obvious and the sexual politics too smug Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
are so few films about the plight of american indians in modern america that skins comes as a welcome , if downbeat , missive from a forgotten front . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
very thrilling Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
failed jokes Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
's a testament to de niro and director michael caton-jones that by movie 's end , we accept the characters and the film , flaws and all Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
best sequel Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
is neither light nor magical enough to bring off this kind of whimsy . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative