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Sentence: prefer this new version Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: , and to her inventive director Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: educates viewers with words and pictures while entertaining them Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: us all Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: 's also not smart or barbed enough for older viewers Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: the cat 's meow Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: has an unmistakable , easy joie de vivre Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: b-movie imagination Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: admirers of director abel ferrara may be relieved that his latest feature , r xmas , marks a modest if encouraging return to form . Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: you 'll leave the theater wondering why these people mattered Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: borrows heavily Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: at every opportunity to do something clever , the film goes right over the edge and kills every sense of believability ... all you have left is a no-surprise series of explosions and violence while banderas looks like he 's not trying to laugh at how bad it Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: in the book-on-tape market , the film of `` the kid stays in the picture '' would be an abridged edition Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: instructive Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: right at home in this french shocker Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: one of mr. chabrol 's subtlest works , Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: giving up Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: leaves a positive impression Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: like mike is a slight and uninventive movie : like the exalted michael jordan referred to in the title , many can aspire but none can equal Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: of persistence that is sure to win viewers ' hearts Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: bolt the theater in the first 10 minutes Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: no business going Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: demme gets a lot of flavor and spice into his charade remake , Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: a hazy high Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: of von sydow ... is itself intacto 's luckiest stroke Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: mind crappy movies as much as adults Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: their computer-animated faces are very expressive . Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: to perform entertaining tricks Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: i am more offended by his lack of faith in his audience than by anything on display here . Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: a provocative piece Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: as good , if not Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: a complete wash Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: the actors make this worth a peek . Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: has a bloated plot that stretches the running time about 10 minutes Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: a war tribute is disgusting to begin with Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: its own making Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: sit through a crummy , wannabe-hip crime comedy that refers incessantly to old movies , when you could just rent those movies instead , let alone seek out a respectable new one Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: politically potent Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: it 's a rather listless amble down the middle of the road , where the thematic ironies are too obvious and the sexual politics too smug . Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: does a convincing impersonation here of a director enjoying himself immensely Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: delivers more goodies than lumps of coal Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: emphasizes the well-wrought story and Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: marked an emerging indian american cinema Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: lacks Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: gooding and coburn are both oscar winners , a fact which , as you watch them clumsily mugging their way through snow dogs , seems inconceivable . Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: family , forgiveness and love Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: labored Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: touching , Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: even through its flaws , revolution # 9 proves to be a compelling Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: sucked dry the undead action flick formula Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: my wife is an actress works as well as it does because ( the leads ) are such a companionable couple . Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: more measured or polished production Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: makes 98 minutes feel like three hours . Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: that ca n't totally hide its contrivances Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: super-simple animation Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: tosca 's intoxicating ardor Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: next week , why bother with a contemptible imitator starring a `` snl '' has-been acting like an 8-year-old channeling roberto benigni ? Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: a verbal duel Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: and cinematic deception Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: of being a bit undisciplined Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: point the way for adventurous indian filmmakers toward a crossover Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: wildly overproduced Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: note that this film , like the similarly ill-timed antitrust , is easily as bad at a fraction the budget Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: in undergraduate doubling subtexts and ridiculous stabs Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: the pitfalls of incoherence and redundancy Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: is even more ludicrous than you 'd expect from the guy-in-a-dress genre Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: as rogue cia assassins working for chris cooper 's agency boss close in on the resourceful amnesiac Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: a good line in charm Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: such a companionable couple Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: relentlessly nasty Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: 95 minutes Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: quirkily appealing Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: elegant and sly deadpan Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: ` gentle ' Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: will find millions of eager fans Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: may be relieved that his latest feature , r xmas , marks a modest if encouraging return to form . Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: quickly sinks into by-the-numbers territory . Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: is an uncompromising film Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: is like reading a research paper , Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: offers a desperately ingratiating performance . Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: strokes the eyeballs while it evaporates like so much crypt mist in the brain Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: why , for instance , good things happen to bad people Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: despicable Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: open windows Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: value can not be denied Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: represents an engaging and intimate first feature by a talented director to watch Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: well-acted , well-directed and , for all its moodiness , not too pretentious . Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: overly long Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: would subtlety be lost on the target audience Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: a gently funny , sweetly adventurous film that makes you feel genuinely good Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: smart , compelling Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: this is one of those rare pictures that you root for throughout Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: is nicholson 's goofy , heartfelt , mesmerizing king lear Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: world traveler gave me no reason to care Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: proves to be a compelling Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: felt ; not the craven of ' a nightmare on elm street ' or ` the hills have eyes , ' but the sad schlock merchant of ` deadly friend Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: terrific screenplay Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: what a stiflingly unfunny and unoriginal mess this is ! Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: more ambitious Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: seems worth the effort Sentiment: positive