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it haunts , horrifies , startles and fascinates ; it is impossible to look away .
1positive
[ -2.671875, 2.548828125 ]
harris commands the screen , using his frailty to suggest the ravages of a life of corruption and ruthlessness .
1positive
[ -2.6171875, 2.556640625 ]
i am sorry that i was unable to get the full brunt of the comedy .
0negative
[ 1.23046875, -0.86474609375 ]
as the two leads , lathan and diggs are charming and have chemistry both as friends and lovers .
1positive
[ -3.369140625, 3.3046875 ]
no way i can believe this load of junk .
0negative
[ 3.095703125, -2.392578125 ]
bad .
0negative
[ 3.271484375, -2.5625 ]
one of the most significant moviegoing pleasures of the year .
1positive
[ -3.443359375, 3.35546875 ]
even on those rare occasions when the narrator stops yammering , miller 's hand often feels unsure .
0negative
[ 1.9833984375, -1.4951171875 ]
whaley 's determination to immerse you in sheer , unrelenting wretchedness is exhausting .
0negative
[ 2.6484375, -1.9765625 ]
sit through this one , and you wo n't need a magic watch to stop time ; your dvd player will do it for you .
0negative
[ -2.25390625, 2.138671875 ]
a giggle-inducing comedy with snappy dialogue and winning performances by an unlikely team of oscar-winners : susan sarandon and goldie hawn .
1positive
[ -3.34375, 3.28515625 ]
at its worst , it implodes in a series of very bad special effects .
0negative
[ 3.40234375, -2.650390625 ]
it feels like an after-school special gussied up with some fancy special effects , and watching its rote plot points connect is about as exciting as gazing at an egg timer for 93 minutes .
0negative
[ 2.962890625, -2.31640625 ]
there is very little dread or apprehension , and though i like the creepy ideas , they are not executed with anything more than perfunctory skill .
0negative
[ 2.169921875, -1.6962890625 ]
feels haphazard , as if the writers mistakenly thought they could achieve an air of frantic spontaneity by simply tossing in lots of characters doing silly stuff and stirring the pot .
0negative
[ 3.263671875, -2.572265625 ]
thanks to haynes ' absolute control of the film 's mood , and buoyed by three terrific performances , far from heaven actually pulls off this stylistic juggling act .
1positive
[ -2.96875, 2.912109375 ]
if you are an actor who can relate to the search for inner peace by dramatically depicting the lives of others onstage , then esther 's story is a compelling quest for truth .
1positive
[ -3.05859375, 3.009765625 ]
because of an unnecessary and clumsy last scene , ` swimfan ' left me with a very bad feeling .
0negative
[ 3.15625, -2.51953125 ]
the problem with this film is that it lacks focus .
0negative
[ 3.08203125, -2.4296875 ]
very psychoanalytical -- provocatively so -- and also refreshingly literary .
1positive
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the film is beautifully mounted , but , more to the point , the issues are subtly presented , managing to walk a fine line with regard to the question of joan 's madness .
1positive
[ -3.4609375, 3.41796875 ]
leigh 's film is full of memorable performances from top to bottom .
1positive
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exquisitely nuanced in mood tics and dialogue , this chamber drama is superbly acted by the deeply appealing veteran bouquet and the chilling but quite human berling .
1positive
[ -3.587890625, 3.505859375 ]
a warm but realistic meditation on friendship , family and affection .
1positive
[ -3.734375, 3.56640625 ]
this flick is about as cool and crowd-pleasing as a documentary can get .
1positive
[ 2.421875, -1.8544921875 ]
there 's ... tremendous energy from the cast , a sense of playfulness and excitement that seems appropriate .
1positive
[ -3.6796875, 3.59765625 ]
a fast , funny , highly enjoyable movie .
1positive
[ -3.796875, 3.69140625 ]
against all odds in heaven and hell , it creeped me out just fine .
1positive
[ -2.33984375, 2.33984375 ]
martin and barbara are complex characters -- sometimes tender , sometimes angry -- and the delicate performances by sven wollter and viveka seldahl make their hopes and frustrations vivid .
1positive
[ -3.376953125, 3.310546875 ]
i got a headache watching this meaningless downer .
0negative
[ 3.166015625, -2.447265625 ]
nervous breakdowns are not entertaining .
0negative
[ 3.2734375, -2.53515625 ]
generally , clockstoppers will fulfill your wildest fantasies about being a different kind of time traveler , while happily killing 94 minutes .
1positive
[ -1.61328125, 1.54296875 ]
enormously entertaining for moviegoers of any age .
1positive
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delivers the same old same old , tarted up with latin flava and turned out by hollywood playas .
0negative
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offers much to enjoy ... and a lot to mull over in terms of love , loyalty and the nature of staying friends .
1positive
[ -2.66796875, 2.57421875 ]
a disappointment for those who love alternate versions of the bard , particularly ones that involve deep fryers and hamburgers .
0negative
[ 3.150390625, -2.4296875 ]
a good piece of work more often than not .
1positive
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despite the 2-d animation , the wild thornberrys movie makes for a surprisingly cinematic experience .
1positive
[ -3.1875, 3.080078125 ]
the primitive force of this film seems to bubble up from the vast collective memory of the combatants .
1positive
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indifferently implausible popcorn programmer of a movie .
0negative
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all that 's missing is the spontaneity , originality and delight .
0negative
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( næs ) directed the stage version of elling , and gets fine performances from his two leads who originated the characters on stage .
1positive
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this time mr. burns is trying something in the martin scorsese street-realist mode , but his self-regarding sentimentality trips him up again .
0negative
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griffiths proves she 's that rare luminary who continually raises the standard of her profession .
1positive
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it is great summer fun to watch arnold and his buddy gerald bounce off a quirky cast of characters .
1positive
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the mesmerizing performances of the leads keep the film grounded and keep the audience riveted .
1positive
[ -3.466796875, 3.427734375 ]
that is a compliment to kuras and miller .
1positive
[ -3.150390625, 3.041015625 ]
the film is based on truth and yet there is something about it that feels incomplete , as if the real story starts just around the corner .
0negative
[ 2.828125, -2.19921875 ]
this is a winning ensemble comedy that shows canadians can put gentle laughs and equally gentle sentiments on the button , just as easily as their counterparts anywhere else in the world .
1positive
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the special effects and many scenes of weightlessness look as good or better than in the original , while the oscar-winning sound and james horner 's rousing score make good use of the hefty audio system .
1positive
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one of the more intelligent children 's movies to hit theaters this year .
1positive
[ -2.873046875, 2.923828125 ]
the overall effect is less like a children 's movie than a recruitment film for future hollywood sellouts .
0negative
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if steven soderbergh 's ` solaris ' is a failure it is a glorious failure .
1positive
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it 's too self-important and plodding to be funny , and too clipped and abbreviated to be an epic .
0negative
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or emptying rat traps .
0negative
[ 2.318359375, -1.701171875 ]
unfortunately , it 's not silly fun unless you enjoy really bad movies .
0negative
[ 2.3828125, -1.935546875 ]
sometimes seems less like storytelling than something the otherwise compelling director needed to get off his chest .
0negative
[ 2.369140625, -1.84765625 ]
instead , he shows them the respect they are due .
1positive
[ -2.3359375, 2.21875 ]
the fly-on-the-wall method used to document rural french school life is a refreshing departure from the now more prevalent technique of the docu-makers being a visible part of their work .
1positive
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the tale of tok ( andy lau ) , a sleek sociopath on the trail of o ( takashi sorimachi ) , the most legendary of asian hitmen , is too scattershot to take hold .
0negative
[ 2.458984375, -1.9228515625 ]
without ever becoming didactic , director carlos carrera expertly weaves this novelistic story of entangled interrelationships and complex morality .
1positive
[ -2.716796875, 2.76171875 ]
the movie is what happens when you blow up small potatoes to 10 times their natural size , and it ai n't pretty .
0negative
[ 2.783203125, -2.189453125 ]
a dumb movie with dumb characters doing dumb things and you have to be really dumb not to see where this is going .
0negative
[ 2.904296875, -2.25390625 ]
this is a shameless sham , calculated to cash in on the popularity of its stars .
0negative
[ 3.125, -2.380859375 ]
this is human comedy at its most amusing , interesting and confirming .
1positive
[ -3.1875, 3.119140625 ]
an unclassifiably awful study in self - and audience-abuse .
0negative
[ 2.865234375, -2.220703125 ]
if the first men in black was money , the second is small change .
0negative
[ 2.49609375, -1.943359375 ]
a psychological thriller with a genuinely spooky premise and an above-average cast , actor bill paxton 's directing debut is a creepy slice of gothic rural americana .
1positive
[ -2.826171875, 2.880859375 ]
an interesting story with a pertinent ( cinematically unique ) message , told fairly well and scored to perfection , i found myself struggling to put my finger on that elusive `` missing thing . ''
1positive
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featuring a dangerously seductive performance from the great daniel auteuil , `` sade '' covers the same period as kaufmann 's `` quills '' with more unsettlingly realistic results .
1positive
[ -2.16015625, 2.23046875 ]
very bad .
0negative
[ 3.349609375, -2.630859375 ]
there 's enough melodrama in this magnolia primavera to make pta proud yet director muccino 's characters are less worthy of puccini than they are of daytime television .
0negative
[ 2.255859375, -1.6865234375 ]
there are simply too many ideas floating around -- part farce , part sliding doors , part pop video -- and yet failing to exploit them .
0negative
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jaglom ... put ( s ) the audience in the privileged position of eavesdropping on his characters
1positive
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... a story we have n't seen on the big screen before , and it 's a story that we as americans , and human beings , should know .
1positive
[ -2.408203125, 2.3046875 ]
the movie achieves as great an impact by keeping these thoughts hidden as ... ( quills ) did by showing them .
1positive
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( t ) here 's only so much anyone can do with a florid , overplotted , anne rice rock 'n' roll vampire novel before the built-in silliness of the whole affair defeats them .
0negative
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holm ... embodies the character with an effortlessly regal charisma .
1positive
[ -3.404296875, 3.24609375 ]
no aspirations to social import inform the movie version .
0negative
[ 2.91015625, -2.31640625 ]
why make a documentary about these marginal historical figures ?
0negative
[ 2.33203125, -1.7734375 ]
while there 's something intrinsically funny about sir anthony hopkins saying ` get in the car , bitch , ' this jerry bruckheimer production has little else to offer
1positive
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it 's played in the most straight-faced fashion , with little humor to lighten things up .
0negative
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vera 's technical prowess ends up selling his film short ; he smoothes over hard truths even as he uncovers them .
0negative
[ -1.8017578125, 1.8212890625 ]
fancy a real downer ?
0negative
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my wife is an actress is an utterly charming french comedy that feels so american in sensibility and style it 's virtually its own hollywood remake .
1positive
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not only unfunny , but downright repellent .
0negative
[ 2.349609375, -1.8486328125 ]
the heavy-handed film is almost laughable as a consequence .
0negative
[ 2.8359375, -2.17578125 ]
it deserves to be seen by anyone with even a passing interest in the events shaping the world beyond their own horizons .
1positive
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we root for ( clara and paul ) , even like them , though perhaps it 's an emotion closer to pity .
1positive
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but it could have been worse .
0negative
[ 2.634765625, -2.1328125 ]
pacino is brilliant as the sleep-deprived dormer , his increasing weariness as much existential as it is physical .
1positive
[ -3.025390625, 2.982421875 ]
a swashbuckling tale of love , betrayal , revenge and above all , faith .
1positive
[ -3.123046875, 3.01171875 ]
the piquant story needs more dramatic meat on its bones .
0negative
[ 2.58984375, -1.9169921875 ]
there are some wonderfully fresh moments that smooth the moral stiffness with human kindness and hopefulness .
1positive
[ -3.7421875, 3.603515625 ]
in the end , the movie collapses on its shaky foundation despite the best efforts of director joe carnahan .
0negative
[ 3.146484375, -2.384765625 ]
another in-your-face wallow in the lower depths made by people who have never sung those blues .
0negative
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a quiet treasure -- a film to be savored .
1positive
[ -3.326171875, 3.220703125 ]
the sort of film that makes me miss hitchcock , but also feel optimistic that there 's hope for popular cinema yet .
1positive
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intriguing documentary which is emotionally diluted by focusing on the story 's least interesting subject .
1positive
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however it may please those who love movies that blare with pop songs , young science fiction fans will stomp away in disgust .
0negative
[ 2.607421875, -2.001953125 ]