devs9/sst3 · Datasets at Hugging Face

text stringlengths 4 283	label int64 0 2	label_text stringclasses 3 values
those unfamiliar with mormon traditions may find the singles ward occasionally bewildering .	1	Neutral
mr. goyer 's loose , unaccountable direction is technically sophisticated in the worst way .	0	Negative
abderrahmane sissako 's heremakono -lrb- waiting for happiness -rrb- is an elegiac portrait of a transit city on the west african coast struggling against foreign influences .	1	Neutral
what might 've been an exhilarating exploration of an odd love triangle becomes a sprawl of uncoordinated vectors .	1	Neutral
a weird little movie that 's amusing enough while you watch it , offering fine acting moments and pungent insights into modern l.a. 's show-biz and media subcultures .	2	Positive
a wonderful , ghastly film .	2	Positive
the movie weighs no more than a glass of flat champagne .	0	Negative
the film is flat .	0	Negative
stealing harvard will dip into your wallet , swipe 90 minutes of your time , and offer you precisely this in recompense : a few early laughs scattered around a plot as thin as it is repetitious .	0	Negative
shiner can certainly go the distance , but is n't world championship material	2	Positive
but windtalkers does n't beat that one , either .	0	Negative
-lrb- lee -rrb- treats his audience the same way that jim brown treats his women -- as dumb , credulous , unassuming , subordinate subjects .	0	Negative
the problem with antwone fisher is that it has a screenplay written by antwone fisher based on the book by antwone fisher .	0	Negative
whenever you think you 've seen the end of the movie , we cut to a new scene , which also appears to be the end .	0	Negative
a zinger-filled crowd-pleaser that open-minded elvis fans -lrb- but by no means all -rrb- will have fun with .	2	Positive
co-writer\/director jonathan parker 's attempts to fashion a brazil-like , hyper-real satire fall dreadfully short .	0	Negative
his best film remains his shortest , the hole , which makes many of the points that this film does but feels less repetitive .	1	Neutral
smart and fun , but far more witty than it is wise .	2	Positive
o fantasma is boldly , confidently orchestrated , aesthetically and sexually , and its impact is deeply and rightly disturbing .	2	Positive
a film about female friendship that men can embrace and women will talk about for hours .	2	Positive
` it looks good , sonny , but you missed the point . '	0	Negative
there 's nothing remotely topical or sexy here .	0	Negative
fincher takes no apparent joy in making movies , and he gives none to the audience .	0	Negative
even after 90 minutes of playing opposite each other bullock and grant still look ill at ease sharing the same scene .	0	Negative
scenario that will give most parents pause ... then , something terrible happens .	1	Neutral
blood work is laughable in the solemnity with which it tries to pump life into overworked elements from eastwood 's dirty harry period .	0	Negative
the slapstick is labored , and the bigger setpieces flat .	0	Negative
the pool drowned me in boredom .	0	Negative
if jews were catholics , this would be catechism	1	Neutral
-lrb- sports -rrb- admirable energy , full-bodied characterizations and narrative urgency .	2	Positive
here is a vh1 behind the music special that has something a little more special behind it : music that did n't sell many records but helped change a nation .	2	Positive
it 's never dull and always looks good .	2	Positive
competently directed but terminally cute drama .	2	Positive
swimfan , like fatal attraction , eventually goes overboard with a loony melodramatic denouement in which a high school swimming pool substitutes for a bathtub .	1	Neutral
a sweet , tender sermon about a 12-year-old welsh boy more curious about god than girls , who learns that believing in something does matter .	2	Positive
loses its sense of humor in a vat of failed jokes , twitchy acting , and general boorishness .	0	Negative
in the era of the sopranos , it feels painfully redundant and inauthentic .	0	Negative
i will be .	2	Positive
it 's tough to be startled when you 're almost dozing .	0	Negative
represents the depths to which the girls-behaving-badly film has fallen .	0	Negative
an impenetrable and insufferable ball of pseudo-philosophic twaddle .	0	Negative
the film is an earnest try at beachcombing verismo , but it would be even more indistinct than it is were it not for the striking , quietly vulnerable personality of ms. ambrose .	0	Negative
it 's the element of condescension , as the filmmakers look down on their working-class subjects from their lofty perch , that finally makes sex with strangers , which opens today in the new york metropolitan area , so distasteful .	0	Negative
a return to pure disney magic and is enjoyable family fare .	2	Positive
distances you by throwing out so many red herrings , so many false scares , that the genuine ones barely register .	0	Negative
the fact that it is n't very good is almost beside the point .	0	Negative
it takes you somewhere you 're not likely to have seen before , but beneath the exotic surface -lrb- and exotic dancing -rrb- it 's surprisingly old-fashioned .	2	Positive
bolstered by exceptional performances and a clear-eyed take on the economics of dealing and the pathology of ghetto fabulousness .	2	Positive
it is a happy , heady jumble of thought and storytelling , an insane comic undertaking that ultimately coheres into a sane and breathtakingly creative film .	2	Positive
meant to reduce blake 's philosophy into a tragic coming-of-age saga punctuated by bursts of animator todd mcfarlane 's superhero dystopia .	1	Neutral
perhaps the grossest movie ever made .	0	Negative
viveka seldahl and sven wollter will touch you to the core in a film you will never forget -- that you should never forget .	2	Positive
it 's quite another to feel physically caught up in the process .	1	Neutral
... instead go rent `` shakes the clown '' , a much funnier film with a similar theme and an equally great robin williams performance .	0	Negative
merchant has n't directed this movie so much as produced it -- like sausage .	1	Neutral
the documentary is much too conventional -- lots of boring talking heads , etc. -- to do the subject matter justice .	0	Negative
my wife 's plotting is nothing special ; it 's the delivery that matters here .	1	Neutral
an engrossing and infectiously enthusiastic documentary .	2	Positive
i wo n't argue with anyone who calls ` slackers ' dumb , insulting , or childish ... but i laughed so much that i did n't mind .	1	Neutral
nothing sticks , really , except a lingering creepiness one feels from being dragged through a sad , sordid universe of guns , drugs , avarice and damaged dreams .	0	Negative
the film 's gamble to occasionally break up the live-action scenes with animated sequences pays off , as does its sensitive handling of some delicate subject matter .	2	Positive
the attempt to build up a pressure cooker of horrified awe emerges from the simple fact that the movie has virtually nothing to show .	0	Negative
wes craven 's presence is felt ; not the craven of ' a nightmare on elm street ' or ` the hills have eyes , ' but the sad schlock merchant of ` deadly friend . '	0	Negative
but tongue-in-cheek preposterousness has always been part of for the most part wilde 's droll whimsy helps `` being earnest '' overcome its weaknesses and parker 's creative interference ...	2	Positive
as the princess , sorvino glides gracefully from male persona to female without missing a beat .	2	Positive
run for your lives !	0	Negative
for every cheesy scene , though , there is a really cool bit -- the movie 's conception of a future-world holographic librarian -lrb- orlando jones -rrb- who knows everything and answers all questions , is visually smart , cleverly written , and nicely realized .	2	Positive
an impressive hybrid .	2	Positive
the chateau ... is less concerned with cultural and political issues than doting on its eccentric characters .	0	Negative
highly recommended as an engrossing story about a horrifying historical event and the elements which contributed to it .	2	Positive
-lrb- macdowell -rrb- ventures beyond her abilities several times here and reveals how bad an actress she is .	0	Negative
pap invested in undergraduate doubling subtexts and ridiculous stabs at existentialism reminding of the discovery of the wizard of god in the fifth trek flick .	0	Negative
the disjointed mess flows as naturally as jolie 's hideous yellow ` do .	0	Negative
he does this so well you do n't have the slightest difficulty accepting him in the role .	2	Positive
where bowling for columbine is at its most valuable is in its examination of america 's culture of fear as a root cause of gun violence .	1	Neutral
none of his actors stand out , but that 's less of a problem here than it would be in another film : characterization matters less than atmosphere .	1	Neutral
unless bob crane is someone of particular interest to you , this film 's impressive performances and adept direction are n't likely to leave a lasting impression .	0	Negative
a surprisingly funny movie .	2	Positive
if you thought tom hanks was just an ordinary big-screen star , wait until you 've seen him eight stories tall .	1	Neutral
drug abuse , infidelity and death are n't usually comedy fare , but turpin 's film allows us to chuckle through the angst .	2	Positive
a not-so-divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood with a hefty helping of re-fried green tomatoes .	0	Negative
allegiance to chekhov , which director michael cacoyannis displays with somber earnestness in the new adaptation of the cherry orchard , is a particularly vexing handicap .	0	Negative
not only a coming-of-age story and cautionary parable , but also a perfectly rendered period piece .	2	Positive
sparkling , often hilarious romantic jealousy comedy ... attal looks so much like a young robert deniro that it seems the film should instead be called ` my husband is travis bickle ' .	2	Positive
a harrowing account of a psychological breakdown .	2	Positive
a mature , deeply felt fantasy of a director 's travel through 300 years of russian history .	2	Positive
wait for pay per view or rental but do n't dismiss barbershop out of hand .	1	Neutral
lucky break is perfectly inoffensive and harmless , but it 's also drab and inert .	1	Neutral
the movie is a trove of delights .	2	Positive
the filmmakers needed more emphasis on the storytelling and less on the glamorous machine that thrusts the audience into a future they wo n't much care about .	0	Negative
but it does somehow manage to get you under its spell .	2	Positive
in his u.s. debut , mr. schnitzler proves himself a deft pace master and stylist .	2	Positive
yet another arnold vehicle that fails to make adequate use of his particular talents .	0	Negative
it will guarantee to have you leaving the theater with a smile on your face .	2	Positive
an uncomfortable movie , suffocating and sometimes almost senseless , the grey zone does have a center , though a morbid one .	0	Negative
sweet gentle jesus , did the screenwriters just do a cut-and-paste of every bad action-movie line in history ?	0	Negative
-lrb- sam 's -rrb- self-flagellation is more depressing than entertaining .	0	Negative
dramas like this make it human .	2	Positive
although estela bravo 's documentary is cloyingly hagiographic in its portrait of cuban leader fidel castro , it 's still a guilty pleasure to watch .	2	Positive
but the cinematography is cloudy , the picture making becalmed .	0	Negative

those unfamiliar with mormon traditions may find the singles ward occasionally bewildering .

1

Neutral

mr. goyer 's loose , unaccountable direction is technically sophisticated in the worst way .

0

Negative

abderrahmane sissako 's heremakono -lrb- waiting for happiness -rrb- is an elegiac portrait of a transit city on the west african coast struggling against foreign influences .

1

Neutral

what might 've been an exhilarating exploration of an odd love triangle becomes a sprawl of uncoordinated vectors .

1

Neutral

a weird little movie that 's amusing enough while you watch it , offering fine acting moments and pungent insights into modern l.a. 's show-biz and media subcultures .

2

Positive

a wonderful , ghastly film .

2

Positive

the movie weighs no more than a glass of flat champagne .

0

Negative

the film is flat .

0

Negative

stealing harvard will dip into your wallet , swipe 90 minutes of your time , and offer you precisely this in recompense : a few early laughs scattered around a plot as thin as it is repetitious .

0

Negative

shiner can certainly go the distance , but is n't world championship material

2

Positive

but windtalkers does n't beat that one , either .

0

Negative

-lrb- lee -rrb- treats his audience the same way that jim brown treats his women -- as dumb , credulous , unassuming , subordinate subjects .

0

Negative

the problem with antwone fisher is that it has a screenplay written by antwone fisher based on the book by antwone fisher .

0

Negative

whenever you think you 've seen the end of the movie , we cut to a new scene , which also appears to be the end .

0

Negative

a zinger-filled crowd-pleaser that open-minded elvis fans -lrb- but by no means all -rrb- will have fun with .

2

Positive

co-writer\/director jonathan parker 's attempts to fashion a brazil-like , hyper-real satire fall dreadfully short .

0

Negative

his best film remains his shortest , the hole , which makes many of the points that this film does but feels less repetitive .

1

Neutral

smart and fun , but far more witty than it is wise .

2

Positive

o fantasma is boldly , confidently orchestrated , aesthetically and sexually , and its impact is deeply and rightly disturbing .

2

Positive

a film about female friendship that men can embrace and women will talk about for hours .

2

Positive

` it looks good , sonny , but you missed the point . '

0

Negative

there 's nothing remotely topical or sexy here .

0

Negative

fincher takes no apparent joy in making movies , and he gives none to the audience .

0

Negative

even after 90 minutes of playing opposite each other bullock and grant still look ill at ease sharing the same scene .

0

Negative

scenario that will give most parents pause ... then , something terrible happens .

1

Neutral

blood work is laughable in the solemnity with which it tries to pump life into overworked elements from eastwood 's dirty harry period .

0

Negative

the slapstick is labored , and the bigger setpieces flat .

0

Negative

the pool drowned me in boredom .

0

Negative

if jews were catholics , this would be catechism

1

Neutral

-lrb- sports -rrb- admirable energy , full-bodied characterizations and narrative urgency .

2

Positive

here is a vh1 behind the music special that has something a little more special behind it : music that did n't sell many records but helped change a nation .

2

Positive

it 's never dull and always looks good .

2

Positive

competently directed but terminally cute drama .

2

Positive

swimfan , like fatal attraction , eventually goes overboard with a loony melodramatic denouement in which a high school swimming pool substitutes for a bathtub .

1

Neutral

a sweet , tender sermon about a 12-year-old welsh boy more curious about god than girls , who learns that believing in something does matter .

2

Positive

loses its sense of humor in a vat of failed jokes , twitchy acting , and general boorishness .

0

Negative

in the era of the sopranos , it feels painfully redundant and inauthentic .

0

Negative

i will be .

2

Positive

it 's tough to be startled when you 're almost dozing .

0

Negative

represents the depths to which the girls-behaving-badly film has fallen .

0

Negative

an impenetrable and insufferable ball of pseudo-philosophic twaddle .

0

Negative

the film is an earnest try at beachcombing verismo , but it would be even more indistinct than it is were it not for the striking , quietly vulnerable personality of ms. ambrose .

0

Negative

it 's the element of condescension , as the filmmakers look down on their working-class subjects from their lofty perch , that finally makes sex with strangers , which opens today in the new york metropolitan area , so distasteful .

0

Negative

a return to pure disney magic and is enjoyable family fare .

2

Positive

distances you by throwing out so many red herrings , so many false scares , that the genuine ones barely register .

0

Negative

the fact that it is n't very good is almost beside the point .

0

Negative

it takes you somewhere you 're not likely to have seen before , but beneath the exotic surface -lrb- and exotic dancing -rrb- it 's surprisingly old-fashioned .

2

Positive

bolstered by exceptional performances and a clear-eyed take on the economics of dealing and the pathology of ghetto fabulousness .

2

Positive

it is a happy , heady jumble of thought and storytelling , an insane comic undertaking that ultimately coheres into a sane and breathtakingly creative film .

2

Positive

meant to reduce blake 's philosophy into a tragic coming-of-age saga punctuated by bursts of animator todd mcfarlane 's superhero dystopia .

1

Neutral

perhaps the grossest movie ever made .

0

Negative

viveka seldahl and sven wollter will touch you to the core in a film you will never forget -- that you should never forget .

2

Positive

it 's quite another to feel physically caught up in the process .

1

Neutral

... instead go rent `` shakes the clown '' , a much funnier film with a similar theme and an equally great robin williams performance .

0

Negative

merchant has n't directed this movie so much as produced it -- like sausage .

1

Neutral

the documentary is much too conventional -- lots of boring talking heads , etc. -- to do the subject matter justice .

0

Negative

my wife 's plotting is nothing special ; it 's the delivery that matters here .

1

Neutral

an engrossing and infectiously enthusiastic documentary .

2

Positive

i wo n't argue with anyone who calls ` slackers ' dumb , insulting , or childish ... but i laughed so much that i did n't mind .

1

Neutral

nothing sticks , really , except a lingering creepiness one feels from being dragged through a sad , sordid universe of guns , drugs , avarice and damaged dreams .

0

Negative

the film 's gamble to occasionally break up the live-action scenes with animated sequences pays off , as does its sensitive handling of some delicate subject matter .

2

Positive

the attempt to build up a pressure cooker of horrified awe emerges from the simple fact that the movie has virtually nothing to show .

0

Negative

wes craven 's presence is felt ; not the craven of ' a nightmare on elm street ' or ` the hills have eyes , ' but the sad schlock merchant of ` deadly friend . '

0

Negative

but tongue-in-cheek preposterousness has always been part of for the most part wilde 's droll whimsy helps `` being earnest '' overcome its weaknesses and parker 's creative interference ...

2

Positive

as the princess , sorvino glides gracefully from male persona to female without missing a beat .

2

Positive

run for your lives !

0

Negative

for every cheesy scene , though , there is a really cool bit -- the movie 's conception of a future-world holographic librarian -lrb- orlando jones -rrb- who knows everything and answers all questions , is visually smart , cleverly written , and nicely realized .

2

Positive

an impressive hybrid .

2

Positive

the chateau ... is less concerned with cultural and political issues than doting on its eccentric characters .

0

Negative

highly recommended as an engrossing story about a horrifying historical event and the elements which contributed to it .

2

Positive

-lrb- macdowell -rrb- ventures beyond her abilities several times here and reveals how bad an actress she is .

0

Negative

pap invested in undergraduate doubling subtexts and ridiculous stabs at existentialism reminding of the discovery of the wizard of god in the fifth trek flick .

0

Negative

the disjointed mess flows as naturally as jolie 's hideous yellow ` do .

0

Negative

he does this so well you do n't have the slightest difficulty accepting him in the role .

2

Positive

where bowling for columbine is at its most valuable is in its examination of america 's culture of fear as a root cause of gun violence .

1

Neutral

none of his actors stand out , but that 's less of a problem here than it would be in another film : characterization matters less than atmosphere .

1

Neutral

unless bob crane is someone of particular interest to you , this film 's impressive performances and adept direction are n't likely to leave a lasting impression .

0

Negative

a surprisingly funny movie .

2

Positive

if you thought tom hanks was just an ordinary big-screen star , wait until you 've seen him eight stories tall .

1

Neutral

drug abuse , infidelity and death are n't usually comedy fare , but turpin 's film allows us to chuckle through the angst .

2

Positive

a not-so-divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood with a hefty helping of re-fried green tomatoes .

0

Negative

allegiance to chekhov , which director michael cacoyannis displays with somber earnestness in the new adaptation of the cherry orchard , is a particularly vexing handicap .

0

Negative

not only a coming-of-age story and cautionary parable , but also a perfectly rendered period piece .

2

Positive

sparkling , often hilarious romantic jealousy comedy ... attal looks so much like a young robert deniro that it seems the film should instead be called ` my husband is travis bickle ' .

2

Positive

a harrowing account of a psychological breakdown .

2

Positive

a mature , deeply felt fantasy of a director 's travel through 300 years of russian history .

2

Positive

wait for pay per view or rental but do n't dismiss barbershop out of hand .

1

Neutral

lucky break is perfectly inoffensive and harmless , but it 's also drab and inert .

1

Neutral

the movie is a trove of delights .

2

Positive

the filmmakers needed more emphasis on the storytelling and less on the glamorous machine that thrusts the audience into a future they wo n't much care about .

0

Negative

but it does somehow manage to get you under its spell .

2

Positive

in his u.s. debut , mr. schnitzler proves himself a deft pace master and stylist .

2

Positive

yet another arnold vehicle that fails to make adequate use of his particular talents .

0

Negative

it will guarantee to have you leaving the theater with a smile on your face .

2

Positive

an uncomfortable movie , suffocating and sometimes almost senseless , the grey zone does have a center , though a morbid one .

0

Negative

sweet gentle jesus , did the screenwriters just do a cut-and-paste of every bad action-movie line in history ?

0

Negative

-lrb- sam 's -rrb- self-flagellation is more depressing than entertaining .

0

Negative

dramas like this make it human .

2

Positive

although estela bravo 's documentary is cloyingly hagiographic in its portrait of cuban leader fidel castro , it 's still a guilty pleasure to watch .

2

Positive

but the cinematography is cloudy , the picture making becalmed .

0

Negative