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Sentence: both thematic content and narrative strength Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: the large cast is solid Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: come close to justifying the hype that surrounded its debut at the sundance film festival two years ago Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: to enjoy for a lifetime Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: affectionately goofy satire Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: are to ourselves and each other Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: coupling disgracefully written dialogue Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: crafted but emotionally cold , a puzzle whose intricate construction one can admire but is difficult to connect with on any deeper level . Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: there 's not a fresh idea at the core of this tale . Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: spent watching this waste of time . Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: stereotypes in good fun , while adding a bit of heart and unsettling subject matter . Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: the optimism of a group of people who are struggling to give themselves a better lot in life than the ones Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: scrap Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: dialogue and inventive moments Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: a cinematic poem Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: rotten in almost every single facet of production Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: in this case zero . Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: its drastic iconography Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: , the magnificent swooping aerial shots are breathtaking , Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: in praise of love remains a ponderous and pretentious endeavor that 's unfocused and tediously exasperating Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: a fairly slow paced , Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: cinematic car wreck Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: peculiar malaise Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: full of the kind of energy it 's documenting Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: can be considered work Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: perfectly pitched between comedy and tragedy , hope and despair Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: psychological Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: break free of her old life Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: a fascinating , unnerving examination of the delusions of one unstable man Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: a gem of a movie Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: it one of the best war movies ever made Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: 's smooth and professional Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: `` interview '' loses its overall sense of mystery and becomes a tv episode rather than a documentary that you actually buy into . Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: a lovely trifle Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: at the helm Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: radiant Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: the script has less spice than a rat burger and the rock 's fighting skills are more in line with steven seagal Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: not as well-written as sexy beast , not as gloriously flippant as lock , stock and two smoking barrels , but stylish and moody and exceptionally well-acted . Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: marvelously entertaining Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: saw that was written down Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: depressingly thin and exhaustingly contrived . Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: the film 's considered approach to its subject matter is too calm and thoughtful for agitprop , and the thinness of its characterizations makes it a failure as straight drama . ' Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: better to do with 94 minutes Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: as do the girls ' amusing personalities Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: i certainly ca n't recommend it Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: pinheads who talk throughout the show Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: is somewhat problematic Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: finds a way to make j.k. rowling 's marvelous series into a deadly bore Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: am highly amused by the idea that we have come to a point in society where it has been deemed important enough to make a film in which someone has to be hired to portray richard dawson . Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: a confluence of kiddie entertainment , sophisticated wit and symbolic graphic design Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: less funny than it thinks it is Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: no amount of arty theorizing -- the special effects are ` german-expressionist , ' according to the press notes -- can render it anything but laughable . Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: belittle a cinema classic . Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: explores the seemingly irreconcilable situation between conservative christian parents and their estranged gay and lesbian children . Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: has skin looked as beautiful , desirable , even delectable , as it does in trouble every day Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: ... there 's enough cool fun here to warm the hearts of animation enthusiasts of all ages . Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: of college dorm rooms , a subtlety that makes the silly , over-the-top coda especially disappointing Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: outdoes its spectacle . Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: credible account Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: traps audiences in a series of relentlessly nasty situations that we would pay a considerable ransom not to be looking at . Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: collapses like an overcooked souffl茅 Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: bumbling Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: definitely a crowd-pleaser , but then , so was the roman colosseum . Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: that made me want to scream Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: real winner Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: shaking your head all the way to the credits Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: very talented young actors Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: was , by its moods , and by its subtly Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: a clarity of purpose and even-handedness Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: ends up as a bitter pill Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: love story Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: puts an exclamation point Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: topless and roll in the mud than a worthwhile glimpse of independent-community guiding lights Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: disturbing Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: remains a film about something , one that attempts and often achieves a level of connection and concern . Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: perfectly creepy and believable Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: the project 's filmmakers forgot to include anything even halfway scary as they poorly rejigger fatal attraction into a high school setting . Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: say that it does n't follow the stale , standard , connect-the-dots storyline which has become commonplace in movies that explore the seamy underbelly of the criminal world Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: ( davis ) wants to cause his audience an epiphany , yet he refuses to give us real situations and characters Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: , insightfully human Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: like ` praise the lord Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: a monologue that manages to incorporate both the horror and the absurdity of the situation in a well-balanced fashion Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: high romance , Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: the top of their lungs Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: are jarring and deeply out of place in what could have ( and probably should have ) been a lighthearted comedy Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: appears as if even the filmmakers did n't know what kind of movie they were making Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: breakthrough Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: the screenwriter responsible for one of the worst movies of one year directs an equally miserable film the following year Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: watching your favorite pet get buried alive Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: flat run Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: is extremely funny , Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: written for no one Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: it 's hardly over before it begins to fade from memory Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: the impossibly long limbs and sweetly conspiratorial smile Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: a definitive account of eisenstein 's life Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: an entertainment destination Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: overflowing Sentiment: positive
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Sentence: it 's a bad action movie because there 's no rooting interest Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: maybe she , janine and molly -- an all-woman dysfunctional family -- deserve one another Sentiment: negative
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Sentence: has all the scenic appeal of a cesspool Sentiment: negative