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serviceable at best , slightly less than serviceable at worst .	1	Neutral
both heartbreaking and heartwarming ... just a simple fable done in an artless sytle , but it 's tremendously moving .	2	Positive
the series ' message about making the right choice in the face of tempting alternatives remains prominent , as do the girls ' amusing personalities .	2	Positive
the santa clause 2 's plot may sound like it was co-written by mattel executives and lobbyists for the tinsel industry .	0	Negative
it 's surprisingly decent , particularly for a tenth installment in a series .	2	Positive
the party scenes deliver some tawdry kicks .	1	Neutral
true to its animatronic roots : ... as stiff , ponderous and charmless as a mechanical apparatus ... ` the country bears ' should never have been brought out of hibernation .	0	Negative
the piano teacher is not an easy film .	0	Negative
degenerates into hogwash .	0	Negative
absurdities and clichés accumulate like lint in a fat man 's navel .	0	Negative
those who are not acquainted with the author 's work , on the other hand , may fall fast asleep .	0	Negative
sex with strangers is fascinating ...	2	Positive
unlike trey parker , sandler does n't understand that the idea of exploiting molestation for laughs is funny , not actually exploiting it yourself .	0	Negative
byler is too savvy a filmmaker to let this morph into a typical romantic triangle .	2	Positive
smug , artificial , ill-constructed and fatally overlong ... it never finds a consistent tone and lacks bite , degenerating into a pious , preachy soap opera .	1	Neutral
green ruins every single scene he 's in , and the film , while it 's not completely wreaked , is seriously compromised by that .	0	Negative
a minor film with major pleasures from portuguese master manoel de oliviera ...	2	Positive
not everything in the film works , including its somewhat convenient ending .	1	Neutral
stealing harvard ca n't even do that much .	0	Negative
leguizamo and jones are both excellent and the rest of the cast is uniformly superb .	2	Positive
if the predictability of bland comfort food appeals to you , then the film is a pleasant enough dish .	0	Negative
the story suffers a severe case of oversimplification , superficiality and silliness .	0	Negative
a technical triumph and an extraordinary bore .	0	Negative
the characters ... are paper-thin , and their personalities undergo radical changes when it suits the script .	0	Negative
neither quite a comedy nor a romance , more of an impish divertissement of themes that interest attal and gainsbourg -- they live together -- the film has a lot of charm .	2	Positive
likely to have decades of life as a classic movie franchise ?	2	Positive
what they see in each other also is difficult to fathom .	0	Negative
this is a fascinating film because there is no clear-cut hero and no all-out villain .	2	Positive
another trumpet blast that there may be a new mexican cinema a-bornin ' . '	2	Positive
it 's clear that mehta simply wanted to update her beloved genre for the thousands of indians who fancy themselves too sophisticated for the cheese-laced spectacles that pack 'em in on the subcontinent .	1	Neutral
what might have been readily dismissed as the tiresome rant of an aging filmmaker still thumbing his nose at convention takes a surprising , subtle turn at the midway point .	0	Negative
expands the limits of what a film can be , taking us into the lives of women to whom we might not give a second look if we passed them on the street .	2	Positive
does not go far enough in its humor or stock ideas to stand out as particularly memorable or even all that funny .	0	Negative
it 's obvious -lrb- je-gyu is -rrb- trying for poetry ; what he gets instead has all the lyricism of a limerick scrawled in a public restroom .	1	Neutral
despite the film 's shortcomings , the stories are quietly moving .	2	Positive
from blushing to gushing -- imamura squirts the screen in ` warm water under a red bridge '	2	Positive
delight your senses and crash this wedding !	2	Positive
the best thing i can say about this film is that i ca n't wait to see what the director does next .	2	Positive
... wallace is smart to vary the pitch of his movie , balancing deafening battle scenes with quieter domestic scenes of women back home receiving war department telegrams .	2	Positive
the screenplay comes across , rather unintentionally , as hip-hop scooby-doo .	1	Neutral
a true-blue delight .	2	Positive
about as enjoyable , i would imagine , as searching for a quarter in a giant pile of elephant feces ... positively dreadful .	0	Negative
it leaves little doubt that kidman has become one of our best actors .	2	Positive
what ensues are much blood-splattering , mass drug-induced bowel evacuations , and none-too-funny commentary on the cultural distinctions between americans and brits .	0	Negative
an enjoyable experience .	2	Positive
and they succeed merrily at their noble endeavor .	2	Positive
very much a home video , and so devoid of artifice and purpose that it appears not to have been edited at all .	0	Negative
no , even that 's too committed .	0	Negative
the entire movie is in need of a scented bath .	0	Negative
i spied with my little eye ... a mediocre collection of cookie-cutter action scenes and occasionally inspired dialogue bits	0	Negative
it shares the first two films ' loose-jointed structure , but laugh-out-loud bits are few and far between .	1	Neutral
director david jacobson gives dahmer a consideration that the murderer never game his victims .	1	Neutral
the hours , a delicately crafted film , is an impressive achievement in spite of a river of sadness that pours into every frame .	2	Positive
it 's all a rather shapeless good time ...	1	Neutral
a direct-to-void release , heading nowhere .	1	Neutral
are we dealing with dreams , visions or being told what actually happened as if it were the third ending of clue ?	0	Negative
soderbergh seems capable only of delivering artfully lighted , earnest inquiries that lack the kind of genuine depth that would make them redeemable .	1	Neutral
this movie is so bad , that it 's almost worth seeing because it 's so bad .	0	Negative
no better or worse than ` truth or consequences , n.m. ' or any other interchangeable actioner with imbecilic mafia toolbags botching a routine assignment in a western backwater .	0	Negative
well , this movie proves you wrong on both counts .	0	Negative
much of it is funny , but there are also some startling , surrealistic moments ...	2	Positive
those who are only mildly curious , i fear , will be put to sleep or bewildered by the artsy and often pointless visuals .	0	Negative
its engaging simplicity is driven by appealing leads .	2	Positive
theological matters aside , the movie is so clumsily sentimental and ineptly directed it may leave you speaking in tongues .	0	Negative
this 90-minute postmodern voyage was more diverting and thought-provoking than i 'd expected it to be .	2	Positive
ignoring that , he made swimfan anyway	0	Negative
but , no , we get another scene , and then another .	1	Neutral
we never truly come to care about the main characters and whether or not they 'll wind up together , and michele 's spiritual quest is neither amusing nor dramatic enough to sustain interest .	0	Negative
as a hybrid teen thriller and murder mystery , murder by numbers fits the profile too closely .	1	Neutral
like schindler 's list , the grey zone attempts to be grandiloquent , but ends up merely pretentious -- in a grisly sort of way .	0	Negative
a touching drama about old age and grief with a tour de force performance by michel piccoli .	2	Positive
video games are more involving than this mess .	0	Negative
if there ai n't none , you have a problem .	1	Neutral
an obvious copy of one of the best films ever made , how could it not be ?	0	Negative
it gets bogged down by hit-and-miss topical humour before getting to the truly good stuff .	1	Neutral
the plan to make enough into ` an inspiring tale of survival wrapped in the heart-pounding suspense of a stylish psychological thriller ' has flopped as surely as a soufflé gone wrong .	0	Negative
dog soldiers does n't transcend genre -- it embraces it , energizes it and takes big bloody chomps out of it .	2	Positive
wow , a jump cut !	1	Neutral
third time 's the charm ... yeah , baby !	2	Positive
weighty and ponderous but every bit as filling as the treat of the title .	2	Positive
i found myself more appreciative of what the director was trying to do than of what he had actually done .	1	Neutral
would you laugh if a tuba-playing dwarf rolled down a hill in a trash can ?	1	Neutral
makes the case for a strong education and good teachers being more valuable in the way they help increase an average student 's self-esteem , and not strictly in the knowledge imparted .	2	Positive
a giddy and provocative sexual romp that has something to say .	2	Positive
what 's not to like about a movie with a ` children 's ' song that includes the line ` my stepdad 's not mean , he 's just adjusting ' ?	2	Positive
equilibrium the movie , as opposed to the manifesto , is really , really stupid .	0	Negative
suffers from over-familiarity since hit-hungry british filmmakers have strip-mined the monty formula mercilessly since 1997 .	0	Negative
eventually arrives at its heart , as simple self-reflection meditation .	2	Positive
in a summer overrun with movies dominated by cgi aliens and super heroes , it revigorates the mind to see a feature that concentrates on people , a project in which the script and characters hold sway .	2	Positive
schneider 's mugging is relentless and his constant need to suddenly transpose himself into another character undermines the story 's continuity and progression .	1	Neutral
for most movies , 84 minutes is short , but this one feels like a life sentence .	0	Negative
what begins as a conventional thriller evolves into a gorgeously atmospheric meditation on life-changing chance encounters .	2	Positive
explosions , jokes , and sexual innuendoes abound .	1	Neutral
it was filled with shootings , beatings , and more cussing than you could shake a stick at .	1	Neutral
it 's rare for any movie to be as subtle and touching as the son 's room .	2	Positive
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 .	2	Positive
spielberg 's realization of a near-future america is masterful .	2	Positive
amidst the action , the script carries arnold -lrb- and the viewers -rrb- into the forbidden zone of sympathizing with terrorist motivations by presenting the `` other side of the story . ''	2	Positive
as gory as the scenes of torture and self-mutilation may be , they are pitted against shimmering cinematography that lends the setting the ethereal beauty of an asian landscape painting .	2	Positive
maelstrom is a deliberately unsteady mixture of stylistic elements .	1	Neutral

serviceable at best , slightly less than serviceable at worst .

1

Neutral

both heartbreaking and heartwarming ... just a simple fable done in an artless sytle , but it 's tremendously moving .

2

Positive

the series ' message about making the right choice in the face of tempting alternatives remains prominent , as do the girls ' amusing personalities .

2

Positive

the santa clause 2 's plot may sound like it was co-written by mattel executives and lobbyists for the tinsel industry .

0

Negative

it 's surprisingly decent , particularly for a tenth installment in a series .

2

Positive

the party scenes deliver some tawdry kicks .

1

Neutral

true to its animatronic roots : ... as stiff , ponderous and charmless as a mechanical apparatus ... ` the country bears ' should never have been brought out of hibernation .

0

Negative

the piano teacher is not an easy film .

0

Negative

degenerates into hogwash .

0

Negative

absurdities and clichés accumulate like lint in a fat man 's navel .

0

Negative

those who are not acquainted with the author 's work , on the other hand , may fall fast asleep .

0

Negative

sex with strangers is fascinating ...

2

Positive

unlike trey parker , sandler does n't understand that the idea of exploiting molestation for laughs is funny , not actually exploiting it yourself .

0

Negative

byler is too savvy a filmmaker to let this morph into a typical romantic triangle .

2

Positive

smug , artificial , ill-constructed and fatally overlong ... it never finds a consistent tone and lacks bite , degenerating into a pious , preachy soap opera .

1

Neutral

green ruins every single scene he 's in , and the film , while it 's not completely wreaked , is seriously compromised by that .

0

Negative

a minor film with major pleasures from portuguese master manoel de oliviera ...

2

Positive

not everything in the film works , including its somewhat convenient ending .

1

Neutral

stealing harvard ca n't even do that much .

0

Negative

leguizamo and jones are both excellent and the rest of the cast is uniformly superb .

2

Positive

if the predictability of bland comfort food appeals to you , then the film is a pleasant enough dish .

0

Negative

the story suffers a severe case of oversimplification , superficiality and silliness .

0

Negative

a technical triumph and an extraordinary bore .

0

Negative

the characters ... are paper-thin , and their personalities undergo radical changes when it suits the script .

0

Negative

neither quite a comedy nor a romance , more of an impish divertissement of themes that interest attal and gainsbourg -- they live together -- the film has a lot of charm .

2

Positive

likely to have decades of life as a classic movie franchise ?

2

Positive

what they see in each other also is difficult to fathom .

0

Negative

this is a fascinating film because there is no clear-cut hero and no all-out villain .

2

Positive

another trumpet blast that there may be a new mexican cinema a-bornin ' . '

2

Positive

it 's clear that mehta simply wanted to update her beloved genre for the thousands of indians who fancy themselves too sophisticated for the cheese-laced spectacles that pack 'em in on the subcontinent .

1

Neutral

what might have been readily dismissed as the tiresome rant of an aging filmmaker still thumbing his nose at convention takes a surprising , subtle turn at the midway point .

0

Negative

expands the limits of what a film can be , taking us into the lives of women to whom we might not give a second look if we passed them on the street .

2

Positive

does not go far enough in its humor or stock ideas to stand out as particularly memorable or even all that funny .

0

Negative

it 's obvious -lrb- je-gyu is -rrb- trying for poetry ; what he gets instead has all the lyricism of a limerick scrawled in a public restroom .

1

Neutral

despite the film 's shortcomings , the stories are quietly moving .

2

Positive

from blushing to gushing -- imamura squirts the screen in ` warm water under a red bridge '

2

Positive

delight your senses and crash this wedding !

2

Positive

the best thing i can say about this film is that i ca n't wait to see what the director does next .

2

Positive

... wallace is smart to vary the pitch of his movie , balancing deafening battle scenes with quieter domestic scenes of women back home receiving war department telegrams .

2

Positive

the screenplay comes across , rather unintentionally , as hip-hop scooby-doo .

1

Neutral

a true-blue delight .

2

Positive

about as enjoyable , i would imagine , as searching for a quarter in a giant pile of elephant feces ... positively dreadful .

0

Negative

it leaves little doubt that kidman has become one of our best actors .

2

Positive

what ensues are much blood-splattering , mass drug-induced bowel evacuations , and none-too-funny commentary on the cultural distinctions between americans and brits .

0

Negative

an enjoyable experience .

2

Positive

and they succeed merrily at their noble endeavor .

2

Positive

very much a home video , and so devoid of artifice and purpose that it appears not to have been edited at all .

0

Negative

no , even that 's too committed .

0

Negative

the entire movie is in need of a scented bath .

0

Negative

i spied with my little eye ... a mediocre collection of cookie-cutter action scenes and occasionally inspired dialogue bits

0

Negative

it shares the first two films ' loose-jointed structure , but laugh-out-loud bits are few and far between .

1

Neutral

director david jacobson gives dahmer a consideration that the murderer never game his victims .

1

Neutral

the hours , a delicately crafted film , is an impressive achievement in spite of a river of sadness that pours into every frame .

2

Positive

it 's all a rather shapeless good time ...

1

Neutral

a direct-to-void release , heading nowhere .

1

Neutral

are we dealing with dreams , visions or being told what actually happened as if it were the third ending of clue ?

0

Negative

soderbergh seems capable only of delivering artfully lighted , earnest inquiries that lack the kind of genuine depth that would make them redeemable .

1

Neutral

this movie is so bad , that it 's almost worth seeing because it 's so bad .

0

Negative

no better or worse than ` truth or consequences , n.m. ' or any other interchangeable actioner with imbecilic mafia toolbags botching a routine assignment in a western backwater .

0

Negative

well , this movie proves you wrong on both counts .

0

Negative

much of it is funny , but there are also some startling , surrealistic moments ...

2

Positive

those who are only mildly curious , i fear , will be put to sleep or bewildered by the artsy and often pointless visuals .

0

Negative

its engaging simplicity is driven by appealing leads .

2

Positive

theological matters aside , the movie is so clumsily sentimental and ineptly directed it may leave you speaking in tongues .

0

Negative

this 90-minute postmodern voyage was more diverting and thought-provoking than i 'd expected it to be .

2

Positive

ignoring that , he made swimfan anyway

0

Negative

but , no , we get another scene , and then another .

1

Neutral

we never truly come to care about the main characters and whether or not they 'll wind up together , and michele 's spiritual quest is neither amusing nor dramatic enough to sustain interest .

0

Negative

as a hybrid teen thriller and murder mystery , murder by numbers fits the profile too closely .

1

Neutral

like schindler 's list , the grey zone attempts to be grandiloquent , but ends up merely pretentious -- in a grisly sort of way .

0

Negative

a touching drama about old age and grief with a tour de force performance by michel piccoli .

2

Positive

video games are more involving than this mess .

0

Negative

if there ai n't none , you have a problem .

1

Neutral

an obvious copy of one of the best films ever made , how could it not be ?

0

Negative

it gets bogged down by hit-and-miss topical humour before getting to the truly good stuff .

1

Neutral

the plan to make enough into ` an inspiring tale of survival wrapped in the heart-pounding suspense of a stylish psychological thriller ' has flopped as surely as a soufflé gone wrong .

0

Negative

dog soldiers does n't transcend genre -- it embraces it , energizes it and takes big bloody chomps out of it .

2

Positive

wow , a jump cut !

1

Neutral

third time 's the charm ... yeah , baby !

2

Positive

weighty and ponderous but every bit as filling as the treat of the title .

2

Positive

i found myself more appreciative of what the director was trying to do than of what he had actually done .

1

Neutral

would you laugh if a tuba-playing dwarf rolled down a hill in a trash can ?

1

Neutral

makes the case for a strong education and good teachers being more valuable in the way they help increase an average student 's self-esteem , and not strictly in the knowledge imparted .

2

Positive

a giddy and provocative sexual romp that has something to say .

2

Positive

what 's not to like about a movie with a ` children 's ' song that includes the line ` my stepdad 's not mean , he 's just adjusting ' ?

2

Positive

equilibrium the movie , as opposed to the manifesto , is really , really stupid .

0

Negative

suffers from over-familiarity since hit-hungry british filmmakers have strip-mined the monty formula mercilessly since 1997 .

0

Negative

eventually arrives at its heart , as simple self-reflection meditation .

2

Positive

in a summer overrun with movies dominated by cgi aliens and super heroes , it revigorates the mind to see a feature that concentrates on people , a project in which the script and characters hold sway .

2

Positive

schneider 's mugging is relentless and his constant need to suddenly transpose himself into another character undermines the story 's continuity and progression .

1

Neutral

for most movies , 84 minutes is short , but this one feels like a life sentence .

0

Negative

what begins as a conventional thriller evolves into a gorgeously atmospheric meditation on life-changing chance encounters .

2

Positive

explosions , jokes , and sexual innuendoes abound .

1

Neutral

it was filled with shootings , beatings , and more cussing than you could shake a stick at .

1

Neutral

it 's rare for any movie to be as subtle and touching as the son 's room .

2

Positive

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 .

2

Positive

spielberg 's realization of a near-future america is masterful .

2

Positive

amidst the action , the script carries arnold -lrb- and the viewers -rrb- into the forbidden zone of sympathizing with terrorist motivations by presenting the `` other side of the story . ''

2

Positive

as gory as the scenes of torture and self-mutilation may be , they are pitted against shimmering cinematography that lends the setting the ethereal beauty of an asian landscape painting .

2

Positive

maelstrom is a deliberately unsteady mixture of stylistic elements .

1

Neutral