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a small gem from belgium . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
a tendency to sag in certain places Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
simply radiates star-power potential in this remarkable and memorable film . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
necessary self-control to guide a loose , poorly structured film through the pitfalls of incoherence and redundancy Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
wind up as glum as mr. de niro Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
little propaganda film Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
a great director Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
wonder of wonders -- a teen movie with a humanistic message . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
become almost as operatic to us Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
the picture is so lovely toward the end Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
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
it works well enough , since the thrills pop up frequently , and the dispatching of the cast is as often imaginative as it is gory Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
perfectly Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
a bad run Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
the performances are amiable and committed , Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
elicits strong performances from his cast Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
brilliantly employ their quirky and fearless ability to look american angst in the eye and end up laughing Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
wicked Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
fontaine 's direction , especially her agreeably startling use of close-ups and her grace with a moving camera , creates sheerly cinematic appeal . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
isabelle huppert ... again shows uncanny skill in getting under the skin of her characters Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
a sobering and powerful documentary about the most severe kind of personal loss : Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
this insufferable movie Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
each scene drags , underscoring the obvious Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
, we get an ugly , mean-spirited lashing out by an adult who 's apparently been forced by his kids to watch too many barney videos . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
a sharp , amusing study of the cult of celebrity Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
nutty cliches Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
makes a great impression as the writer-director of this little $ 1.8 million charmer , which may not be cutting-edge indie filmmaking but has a huge heart Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
ingenuity Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
the whole slo-mo , double-pistoled , ballistic-pyrotechnic hong kong action Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
a coma Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
a lame romantic comedy about an unsympathetic character and someone who would not likely be so stupid as to get Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
working women -- or at least this working woman -- for whom she shows little understanding Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
noir veil Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
this is a shrewd and effective film from a director who understands how to create and sustain a mood . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
as mindless Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
far from heaven is a dazzling conceptual feat , but more than that , it 's a work of enthralling drama . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
are such that we 'll keep watching the skies for his next project Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
inhuman Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
joyous life Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
movie directionless Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
like a change in ( herzog 's ) personal policy Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
unfolds as one Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
bungle their way Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
a few laughs but nothing else Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
adds up to big box office bucks all but guaranteed . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
marvel Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
coming-of-age drama Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
buoyant romantic comedy Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
you only need to watch for about thirty seconds before you say to yourself , ` ah , yes Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
the only thing scary about feardotcom is that the filmmakers and studio are brazen enough to attempt to pass this stinker off as a scary movie . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
warm , moving Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
so exaggerated and broad Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
that stalls in its lackluster gear of emotional blandness Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
( ferrera ) has the charisma of a young woman who knows how to hold the screen . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
honestly , i do n't see the point Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
the best brush in the business Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
to a more mythic level Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
hits its mark Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
is remarkably fuddled about motives and context , which drains it of the dramatic substance that would shake us in our boots ( or cinema seats ) . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
who might otherwise go unnoticed and underappreciated by music fans Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
do n't think so . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
represents the worst kind of filmmaking , the kind that pretends to be passionate and truthful but is really frustratingly timid and soggy Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
comes along only occasionally , one so unconventional , gutsy and perfectly Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
him this year 's razzie Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
of the solomonic decision facing jewish parents in those turbulent times Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
it 's one tough rock . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
a staggeringly compelling character Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
to create an engaging story that keeps you guessing at almost every turn Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
every bit as imperious as katzenberg 's the prince of egypt from 1998 . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
a mawkish self-parody Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
not only is entry number twenty the worst of the brosnan bunch Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
stylish but steady , and ultimately very satisfying , Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
for a story set at sea , ghost ship is pretty landbound , with its leaden acting , dull exposition and telegraphed ` surprises . ' Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
it stays in formula -- which is a waste of de niro , mcdormand and the other good actors in the cast Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
because of its broad racial insensitivity towards african-americans Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
without context -- journalistic or historical Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
- she-cute baggage into her lead role as a troubled and determined homicide cop to quite pull off the heavy stuff Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
diesel is that rare creature -- an action hero with table manners , and one who proves that elegance is more than tattoo deep . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
some cute moments , funny scenes , and hits the target audience ( young bow wow fans ) - Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
soft-core twaddle Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
there 's a delightfully quirky movie to be made from curling , but brooms is n't it . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
, and motorcycles Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
succeeds due to its rapid-fire delivery and enough inspired levity that it ca n't be dismissed as mindless . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
little too obvious , but Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
dragonfly Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
created a breathtakingly assured and stylish work of spare dialogue and acute expressiveness Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
almost generic Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
the goodwill the first half of his movie generates by orchestrating a finale that is impenetrable and dull Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
it 's got all the familiar bruckheimer elements , and schumacher does probably as good a job as anyone at bringing off the hopkins/rock collision of acting styles and onscreen personas . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
entirely appropriately , the tale unfolds like a lazy summer afternoon and concludes with the crisp clarity of a fall dawn . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
on its own staggeringly unoriginal terms , this gender-bending comedy is generally quite funny . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
, this cinderella story does n't have a single surprise up its sleeve . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
that director sara sugarman stoops to having characters drop their pants for laughs and not the last time Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
mistaken-identity Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
a badly edited , 91-minute trailer ( and ) Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
a harrison ford low Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
enlightened Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
's the work of an artist , one whose view of america , history and the awkwardness of human life is generous and deep Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
a 10-course banquet Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
's a cool event for the whole family . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive