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the visual panache , the comic touch , and Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
oft-brilliant safe conduct ( `` laissez-passer '' ) Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
companion piece Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
wince in embarrassment and others , thanks to the actors , that are quite touching . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
bidder Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
most improbable Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
succeeds primarily with her typical blend of unsettling atmospherics Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
be thinking of 51 ways to leave this loser Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
its heartfelt concern about north korea 's recent past and south korea 's future adds a much needed moral weight Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
while it has definite weaknesses -- like a rather unbelievable love interest and a meandering ending -- this '60s caper film is a riveting , brisk delight . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
plays out like a flimsy excuse Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
family responsibility and care Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
toss logic and science Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
that neatly and effectively captures the debilitating grief Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
love . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
good actors , Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
give the film a soul and an unabashed sense of good old-fashioned escapism Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
that rare animal Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
one-of-a-kind Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
a good , hard yank Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
this story of unrequited love does n't sustain interest beyond the first half-hour . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
broomfield is energized by volletta wallace 's maternal fury , her fearlessness , and because of that , his film crackles . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
the hackneyed story about an affluent damsel in distress who decides to fight her bully of a husband is simply too overdone . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
, mr. nelson has made a film that is an undeniably worthy and devastating experience . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
's so bad Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
torn away Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
humble , teach Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
fax Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
knockaround guys rarely seems interested in kicking around a raison d'etre that 's as fresh-faced as its young-guns cast . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
understated piece of filmmaking Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
there 's a delightfully quirky movie to be made from curling , but Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
she 's never been better in this colorful bio-pic of a mexican icon Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
a compelling story Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
bring off this wild welsh whimsy Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
he or anyone else Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
that also asks its audience -- in a heartwarming , nonjudgmental kind of way -- to consider what we value in our daily lives Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
most excruciating 86 minutes Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
the film , while not exactly assured in its execution , Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
is so intimate and sensual and funny and psychologically self-revealing Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
no explanation or even plot relevance Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
you can be forgiven for realizing that you 've spent the past 20 minutes looking at your watch and waiting for frida to just die already . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
a strangely stirring experience that finds warmth in the coldest environment and makes each crumb of emotional comfort feel like a 10-course banquet . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
so intimate and sensual and funny and Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
one that is presented with great sympathy and intelligence Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
no Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
profoundly stupid Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
... a spoof comedy that carries its share of laughs -- sometimes a chuckle , sometimes a guffaw and , to my great pleasure , the occasional belly laugh . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
will enthrall the whole family Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
good performances and Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
like many of his works Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
's a fairly impressive debut from the director , charles stone iii . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
is repetitious Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
demented premise Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
knows , and very likely is Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
a beautifully Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
one of the funniest motion pictures of the year Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
object lesson Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
clever and unflinching in its comic barbs Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
of the populace that made a walk to remember a niche hit Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
with inventive cinematic tricks and an ironically killer soundtrack Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
, realistic portrayal Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
is a just a waste Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
wind up using them as punching bags Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
pretentious , untalented artistes who enjoy moaning about their cruel fate Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
spied with my little eye ... a mediocre collection of cookie-cutter action scenes Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
pitch-perfect Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
the unfulfilling , incongruous Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
... something appears to have been lost in the translation this time Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
the stars may be college kids , but the subject matter is as adult as you can get : the temptations of the flesh are unleashed by a slightly crazed , overtly determined young woman and a one-night swim turns into an ocean of trouble . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
accept it as life and go with its flow Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
sparked by two actresses in their 50s working at the peak of their powers . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
embodies the transformation of his character completely . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
the direction occasionally rises to the level of marginal competence Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
cinematic knack Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
duvall 's throbbing sincerity and his elderly propensity for patting people while he talks Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
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
that portrays the frank humanity of ... emotional recovery Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
demonstrates a breadth of vision and an attention to detail that propels her into the upper echelons of the directing world Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
jokester highway patrolmen Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
a very good viewing alternative Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
a domestic melodrama Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
interminably Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
michel piccoli 's moving performance is this films reason for being . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
carries a little too much ai n't - 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
undercuts Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
well-edited Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
is classic nowheresville in every sense Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
should pay reparations to viewers Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
courageous molly craig Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
awfully deadly Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
insecure about its capacity Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
flails limply between bizarre comedy and pallid horror Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
convenient Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
less an examination of neo-nazism than a probe into the nature of faith Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
piles layer upon layer of action man cliché atop wooden dialogue and a shifting tone that falls far short of the peculiarly moral amorality of ( woo 's ) best work Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
, heaven proves to be a good match of the sensibilities of two directors . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
intricately structured and well-realized Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
it 's a riot to see rob schneider in a young woman 's clothes Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
, self-important stories Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
a serious exploration of nuclear terrorism Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive