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for devotees of french cinema , safe conduct is so rich with period minutiae it 's like dying and going to celluloid heaven . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
utterly ridiculous shaggy dog story Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
a lump of play-doh Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
a smart movie that knows its classical music , knows its freud and knows its sade Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
really won my heart Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
to see a feature that concentrates on people , a project in which the script and characters hold sway Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
as a reverie about memory and regret Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
shreve 's graceful dual narrative gets clunky on the screen , and Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
lacks in depth Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
charming and funny Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
worst revenge-of-the-nerds clichés Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
given the fact that virtually no one is bound to show up at theaters for it , the project should have been made for the tube . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
he 's back in form , with an astoundingly rich film Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
, sobering , heart-felt drama Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
proper respect Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
a fifty car pileup of cliches . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
suspense on different levels Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
all its fusty squareness Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
and pasta-fagioli comedy Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
held my interest precisely Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
entertained by Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
, nutty , consistently funny . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
by the better film 's ability to make its subject interesting to those who are n't part of its supposed target audience Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
more slowly Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
, original Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
too stupid Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
for the faint of heart or conservative of spirit , but for the rest of us -- especially san francisco lovers Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
was being attempted here that stubbornly refused to gel Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
like sitting in a downtown café , overhearing a bunch of typical late-twenty-somethings natter on about nothing , and desperately wishing you could change tables Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
collapses after 30 minutes into a slap-happy series Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
so insanely dysfunctional Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
nice , light treat Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
intimate and universal cinema Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
incredibly captivating and Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
a penetrating , potent exploration of sanctimony , self-awareness , self-hatred and self-determination . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
what the hell was coming next Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
is long on narrative and ( too ) short on action Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
an unsophisticated sci-fi drama that takes itself all too seriously . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
forget Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
are strong , though the subject matter demands acting that borders on hammy at times . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
'd bother watching past the second commercial break Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
tasty morsels Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
suffers because it does n't have enough vices to merit its 103-minute length Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
needs more impressionistic cinematography and exhilarating point-of-view shots and fewer slow-motion ` grandeur ' shots and quick-cut edits that often detract from the athleticism . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
think the lion king redone for horses , with fewer deliberate laughs , more inadvertent ones and stunningly trite songs by bryan adams , the world 's most generic rock star . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
the best of herzog 's works Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
`` the good girl '' a film worth watching Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
drawing on an irresistible , languid romanticism , byler reveals the ways in which a sultry evening or a beer-fueled afternoon in the sun can inspire even the most retiring heart to venture forth . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
is as generic as its title Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
this bracingly truthful antidote to hollywood teenage movies that slather clearasil over the blemishes of youth captures the combustible mixture of a chafing inner loneliness and desperate grandiosity that tend to characterize puberty . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
you might want to check it out Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
the most important and exhilarating forms of animated filmmaking since old walt Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
going to take you Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
the filmmaker 's extraordinary access Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
arliss howard 's ambitious , moving , and adventurous directorial debut , big bad love , meets so many of the challenges it poses for itself that one can forgive the film its flaws . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
being unique Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
jumps around with little logic or continuity , presenting backstage bytes of information that never amount to a satisfying complete picture of this particular , anciently demanding métier . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
with the kind of visual flair that shows what great cinema can really do Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
works on some levels and Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
dawns , real dawns , comic relief Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
refracting Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
a strong script , powerful direction Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
rigged and sluggish Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
affected child acting to the dullest irish pub scenes ever filmed Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
from a philosophical emptiness and maddeningly sedate pacing Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
what emerges is an unsettling picture of childhood innocence combined with indoctrinated prejudice . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
no cute factor Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
would be an abridged edition Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
seen through the right eyes Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
something hip and transgressive Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
sweet , charming Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
are limited and so embellished by editing that there 's really not much of a sense of action or even action-comedy . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
is gripping , as are the scenes of jia with his family . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
a xerox machine Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
they do n't fit well together and neither is well told Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
that powerhouse Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
concentrates on people , a project in which the script and characters hold sway Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
a played-out idea -- a straight guy has to dress up in drag -- that shockingly manages to be even worse than its title Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
most excruciating 86 minutes one Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
a triumph of emotionally and narratively complex filmmaking Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
the feelings evoked in the film are lukewarm and quick to pass . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
in alcatraz ' ... a cinematic corpse Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
a fully developed story Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
screams at the top of their lungs no matter what the situation Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
one well-timed explosion in a movie can be a knockout , Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
with celluloid garbage Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
if the title is a jeopardy question , then the answer might be `` how does steven seagal come across these days ? '' Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
about identity and alienation Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
to old movies , when you could just rent those movies instead , let alone seek out a respectable new one Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
girlfriends are bad , wives are worse and babies are the kiss of death in this bitter italian comedy Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
it more than adequately fills the eyes and stirs the emotions Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
simple tale Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
one problem with the movie , directed by joel schumacher Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
fast , frenetic , funny , even punny 6 Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
as an important , original talent in international cinema Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
at its most basic , this cartoon adventure is that wind-in-the-hair exhilarating . Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive
than a particularly slanted , gay s/m fantasy Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
the high-concept scenario soon proves preposterous , the acting is robotically italicized , and truth-in-advertising hounds take note Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
the movie 's various victimized audience members after a while Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: negative
the performances are often engaging Question: Is this sentence positive or negative? Answer: positive