sh0416/sst2-openai · Datasets at Hugging Face

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0	A mawkish self-parody that plays like some weird Masterpiece Theater sketch with neither a point of view nor a compelling reason for being.
1	Trapped presents a frightening and compelling 'What if?'
1	All right, so it's not a brilliant piece of filmmaking, but it is a funny (sometimes hilarious) comedy with a deft sense of humor about itself, a playful spirit and a game cast.
0	A bland, obnoxious 88-minute infomercial for Universal Studios and its ancillary products.
1	Henry Bean's thoughtful screenplay provides no easy answers, but offers a compelling investigation of faith versus intellect
1	Not since Ghostbusters has a film used Manhattan's architecture in such a gloriously goofy way.
1	...a triumph of emotionally and narratively complex filmmaking.
1	It may not be a huge cut of above the rest, but I enjoyed Barbershop.
0	Glazed with a tawdry B-movie scum.
1	The film occasionally tries the viewer's patience with slow pacing and a main character who sometimes defies sympathy, but it ultimately satisfies with its moving story.
0	...familiar and predictable, and 4/5ths of it might as well have come from a Xerox machine rather than (writer-director) Franc.
1	Call it magic realism or surrealism, but Miss Wonton floats beyond reality with a certain degree of wit and dignity.
0	This is as lax and limp a comedy as I've seen in a while, a meander through worn-out material.
1	The performances of the four main actresses bring their characters to life.
1	Neatly constructed thriller.
1	The emotion is impressively true for being so hot-blooded, and both leads are up to the task.
1	Rife with the rueful, wry humor springing out of Yiddish culture and language.
1	Rarely, indeed almost never, is such high-wattage brainpower coupled with pitch-perfect acting and an exquisite, unfakable sense of cinema.
1	A lovably old-school Hollywood confection.
1	It never quite makes it to the boiling point, but manages to sustain a good simmer for most of its running time.
1	One of the year's best films, featuring an Oscar-worthy performance by Julianne Moore.
0	Why would anyone cast the magnificent Jackie Chan in a movie full of stunt doubles and special effects?
0	It's surprisingly bland despite the heavy doses of weird performances and direction.
1	If you're willing to have fun with it, you won't feel cheated by the high infidelity of Unfaithful.
0	The script is a disaster, with cloying messages and irksome characters.
0	But it also comes with the laziness and arrogance of a thing that already knows it's won.
1	What's really so appealing about the characters is their resemblance to everyday children.
0	The bottom line, at least in my opinion, is Imposter makes a better short story than it does a film.
1	Wilco fans will have a great time, and the movie should win the band a few new converts, too.
0	Fails so fundamentally on every conventional level that it achieves some kind of goofy grandeur.
0	Nohe has made a decent 'intro' documentary, but he feels like a spectator and not a participant.
0	Although no pastry is violated, this nasty comedy pokes fun at the same easy targets as other rowdy raunch-fests -- farts, boobs, unmentionables -- without much success.
0	The movie is too amateurishly square to make the most of its own ironic implications.
0	Even as I valiantly struggled to remain interested, or at least conscious, I could feel my eyelids ... getting ... very ... heavy ...
1	A mix of gritty realism, crisp storytelling and radiant compassion that effortlessly draws you in.
1	Watching this gentle, mesmerizing portrait of a man coming to terms with time, you barely realize your mind is being blown.
1	Hashiguchi uses the situation to evoke a Japan bustling atop an undercurrent of loneliness and isolation.
0	Despite its sincere acting, Signs is just another unoriginal run of the mill sci-fi film with a flimsy ending and lots of hype.
1	Making such a tragedy the backdrop to a love story risks trivializing it, though Chouraqui no doubt intended the film to affirm love's power to help people endure almost unimaginable horror.
1	It's a masterpeice.
0	Incoherence reigns.
0	The drama was so uninspiring that even a story immersed in love, lust, and sin couldn't keep my attention.
0	Disreputable doings and exquisite trappings are dampened by a lackluster script and substandard performances.
1	Works because Reno doesn't become smug or sanctimonious towards the audience.
1	It cooks Conduct in a low, smoky and inviting sizzle.
1	Wow, so who knew Charles Dickens could be so light-hearted?
1	(A) wonderfully loopy tale of love, longing, and voting.
0	... Tara Reid plays a college journalist, but she looks like the six-time winner of the Miss Hawaiian Tropic Pageant, so I don't know what she's doing in here ...
1	This film can only point the way -- but thank goodness for this signpost.
0	A major waste...generic.
1	See it.
1	It's not just a feel-good movie, it's a feel movie.
0	The problematic characters and overly convenient plot twists foul up Shum's good intentions.
1	Tres Greek writer and star Nia Vardalos has crafted here a worldly-wise and very funny script.
0	This is a film about the irksome, tiresome nature of complacency that remains utterly satisfied to remain the same throughout.
1	A deeply felt and vividly detailed story about newcomers in a strange new world.
1	Really is a pan-American movie, with moments of genuine insight into the urban heart.
1	...plenty of warmth to go around, with music and laughter and the love of family.
0	This overlong infomercial, due out on video before month's end, is tepid and tedious.
0	But how it washed out despite all of that is the project's prime mystery.
1	The animated sequences are well done and perfectly constructed to convey a sense of childhood imagination and creating adventure out of angst.
1	This cinema verite speculation on the assassination of John F. Kennedy may have been inspired by Blair Witch, but it takes its techniques into such fresh territory that the film never feels derivative.
1	(City) reminds us how realistically nuanced a Robert De Niro performance can be when he is not more lucratively engaged in the shameless self-caricature of 'Analyze This' (1999) and 'Analyze That,' promised (or threatened) for later this year.
1	Fast and funny, an action cartoon that's suspenseful enough for older kids but not too scary for the school-age crowd.
0	It's so tedious that it makes you forgive every fake, dishonest, entertaining and, ultimately, more perceptive moment in Bridget Jones's Diary.
1	Watching these two actors play against each other so intensely, but with restraint, is a treat.
0	This is one of the biggest disappointments of the year.
0	Real-life strongman Ahola lacks the charisma and ability to carry the film on his admittedly broad shoulders.
0	A mimetic approximation of better films like Contempt and 8 1/2.
1	Nettelbeck has crafted an engaging fantasy of flavours and emotions, one part romance novel, one part recipe book.
0	It's just hard to believe that a life like this can sound so dull.
1	There is a welcome lack of pretension about the film, which very simply sets out to entertain and ends up delivering in good measure.
0	There's not a single jump-in-your-seat moment and believe it or not, Jason actually takes a backseat in his own film to special effects.
1	As relationships shift, director Robert J. Siegel allows the characters to inhabit their world without cleaving to a narrative arc.
1	Nicks sustains the level of exaggerated, stylized humor throughout by taking your expectations and twisting them just a bit.
0	Here the love scenes all end in someone screaming.
1	A lot smarter than your average Bond.
1	A soul-stirring documentary about the Israeli/Palestinian conflict as revealed through the eyes of some children who remain curious about each other against all odds.
1	Enormously enjoyable, high-adrenaline documentary.
0	too many scenarios in which the hero might have an opportunity to triumphantly sermonize, and too few that allow us to wonder for ourselves if things will turn out okay.
1	Kiarostami has crafted a deceptively casual ode to children and managed to convey a tiny sense of hope.
0	Stale first act, Scrooge story, blatant product placement, some very good comedic songs, strong finish, dumb fart jokes.
1	That rare film whose real-life basis is, in fact, so interesting that no embellishment is needed.
1	For more than two decades Mr. Nachtwey has traveled to places in the world devastated by war, famine and poverty and documented the cruelty and suffering he has found with an devastating, eloquent clarity.
0	In fact, it doesn't even seem like she tried.
1	Superb production values & Christian Bale's charisma make up for a derivative plot.
1	Visually striking and viscerally repellent.
1	Though intrepid in exploring an attraction that crosses sexual identity, Ozpetek falls short in showing us Antonia's true emotions ... But at the very least, His Secret Life will leave you thinking.
0	Stealing Harvard doesn't care about cleverness, wit or any other kind of intelligent humor.
0	Rarely has a film's title served such dire warning.
0	Dripping with cliche and bypassing no opportunity to trivialize the material.
1	It's an interesting effort (particularly for JFK conspiracy nuts), and Barry's cold-fish act makes the experience worthwhile.
1	An unexpectedly sweet story of sisterhood.
0	Just because A Walk to Remember is shrewd enough to activate girlish tear ducts doesn't mean it's good enough for our girls.
0	The explosion essentially ruined -- or, rather, overpowered -- the fiction of the movie for me.
1	The script is smart, not cloying.
0	Its initial excitement settles into a warmed over pastiche.
1	An uncluttered, resonant gem that relays its universal points without lectures or confrontations.
0	Depicts the sorriest and most sordid of human behavior on the screen, then laughs at how clever it's being.
0	On its icy face, the new film is a subzero version of Monsters, Inc., without the latter's imagination, visual charm or texture.

0

A mawkish self-parody that plays like some weird Masterpiece Theater sketch with neither a point of view nor a compelling reason for being.

1

Trapped presents a frightening and compelling 'What if?'

1

All right, so it's not a brilliant piece of filmmaking, but it is a funny (sometimes hilarious) comedy with a deft sense of humor about itself, a playful spirit and a game cast.

0

A bland, obnoxious 88-minute infomercial for Universal Studios and its ancillary products.

1

Henry Bean's thoughtful screenplay provides no easy answers, but offers a compelling investigation of faith versus intellect

1

Not since Ghostbusters has a film used Manhattan's architecture in such a gloriously goofy way.

1

...a triumph of emotionally and narratively complex filmmaking.

1

It may not be a huge cut of above the rest, but I enjoyed Barbershop.

0

Glazed with a tawdry B-movie scum.

1

The film occasionally tries the viewer's patience with slow pacing and a main character who sometimes defies sympathy, but it ultimately satisfies with its moving story.

0

...familiar and predictable, and 4/5ths of it might as well have come from a Xerox machine rather than (writer-director) Franc.

1

Call it magic realism or surrealism, but Miss Wonton floats beyond reality with a certain degree of wit and dignity.

0

This is as lax and limp a comedy as I've seen in a while, a meander through worn-out material.

1

The performances of the four main actresses bring their characters to life.

1

Neatly constructed thriller.

1

The emotion is impressively true for being so hot-blooded, and both leads are up to the task.

1

Rife with the rueful, wry humor springing out of Yiddish culture and language.

1

Rarely, indeed almost never, is such high-wattage brainpower coupled with pitch-perfect acting and an exquisite, unfakable sense of cinema.

1

A lovably old-school Hollywood confection.

1

It never quite makes it to the boiling point, but manages to sustain a good simmer for most of its running time.

1

One of the year's best films, featuring an Oscar-worthy performance by Julianne Moore.

0

Why would anyone cast the magnificent Jackie Chan in a movie full of stunt doubles and special effects?

0

It's surprisingly bland despite the heavy doses of weird performances and direction.

1

If you're willing to have fun with it, you won't feel cheated by the high infidelity of Unfaithful.

0

The script is a disaster, with cloying messages and irksome characters.

0

But it also comes with the laziness and arrogance of a thing that already knows it's won.

1

What's really so appealing about the characters is their resemblance to everyday children.

0

The bottom line, at least in my opinion, is Imposter makes a better short story than it does a film.

1

Wilco fans will have a great time, and the movie should win the band a few new converts, too.

0

Fails so fundamentally on every conventional level that it achieves some kind of goofy grandeur.

0

Nohe has made a decent 'intro' documentary, but he feels like a spectator and not a participant.

0

Although no pastry is violated, this nasty comedy pokes fun at the same easy targets as other rowdy raunch-fests -- farts, boobs, unmentionables -- without much success.

0

The movie is too amateurishly square to make the most of its own ironic implications.

0

Even as I valiantly struggled to remain interested, or at least conscious, I could feel my eyelids ... getting ... very ... heavy ...

1

A mix of gritty realism, crisp storytelling and radiant compassion that effortlessly draws you in.

1

Watching this gentle, mesmerizing portrait of a man coming to terms with time, you barely realize your mind is being blown.

1

Hashiguchi uses the situation to evoke a Japan bustling atop an undercurrent of loneliness and isolation.

0

Despite its sincere acting, Signs is just another unoriginal run of the mill sci-fi film with a flimsy ending and lots of hype.

1

Making such a tragedy the backdrop to a love story risks trivializing it, though Chouraqui no doubt intended the film to affirm love's power to help people endure almost unimaginable horror.

1

It's a masterpeice.

0

Incoherence reigns.

0

The drama was so uninspiring that even a story immersed in love, lust, and sin couldn't keep my attention.

0

Disreputable doings and exquisite trappings are dampened by a lackluster script and substandard performances.

1

Works because Reno doesn't become smug or sanctimonious towards the audience.

1

It cooks Conduct in a low, smoky and inviting sizzle.

1

Wow, so who knew Charles Dickens could be so light-hearted?

1

(A) wonderfully loopy tale of love, longing, and voting.

0

... Tara Reid plays a college journalist, but she looks like the six-time winner of the Miss Hawaiian Tropic Pageant, so I don't know what she's doing in here ...

1

This film can only point the way -- but thank goodness for this signpost.

0

A major waste...generic.

1

See it.

1

It's not just a feel-good movie, it's a feel movie.

0

The problematic characters and overly convenient plot twists foul up Shum's good intentions.

1

Tres Greek writer and star Nia Vardalos has crafted here a worldly-wise and very funny script.

0

This is a film about the irksome, tiresome nature of complacency that remains utterly satisfied to remain the same throughout.

1

A deeply felt and vividly detailed story about newcomers in a strange new world.

1

Really is a pan-American movie, with moments of genuine insight into the urban heart.

1

...plenty of warmth to go around, with music and laughter and the love of family.

0

This overlong infomercial, due out on video before month's end, is tepid and tedious.

0

But how it washed out despite all of that is the project's prime mystery.

1

The animated sequences are well done and perfectly constructed to convey a sense of childhood imagination and creating adventure out of angst.

1

This cinema verite speculation on the assassination of John F. Kennedy may have been inspired by Blair Witch, but it takes its techniques into such fresh territory that the film never feels derivative.

1

(City) reminds us how realistically nuanced a Robert De Niro performance can be when he is not more lucratively engaged in the shameless self-caricature of 'Analyze This' (1999) and 'Analyze That,' promised (or threatened) for later this year.

1

Fast and funny, an action cartoon that's suspenseful enough for older kids but not too scary for the school-age crowd.

0

It's so tedious that it makes you forgive every fake, dishonest, entertaining and, ultimately, more perceptive moment in Bridget Jones's Diary.

1

Watching these two actors play against each other so intensely, but with restraint, is a treat.

0

This is one of the biggest disappointments of the year.

0

Real-life strongman Ahola lacks the charisma and ability to carry the film on his admittedly broad shoulders.

0

A mimetic approximation of better films like Contempt and 8 1/2.

1

Nettelbeck has crafted an engaging fantasy of flavours and emotions, one part romance novel, one part recipe book.

0

It's just hard to believe that a life like this can sound so dull.

1

There is a welcome lack of pretension about the film, which very simply sets out to entertain and ends up delivering in good measure.

0

There's not a single jump-in-your-seat moment and believe it or not, Jason actually takes a backseat in his own film to special effects.

1

As relationships shift, director Robert J. Siegel allows the characters to inhabit their world without cleaving to a narrative arc.

1

Nicks sustains the level of exaggerated, stylized humor throughout by taking your expectations and twisting them just a bit.

0

Here the love scenes all end in someone screaming.

1

A lot smarter than your average Bond.

1

A soul-stirring documentary about the Israeli/Palestinian conflict as revealed through the eyes of some children who remain curious about each other against all odds.

1

Enormously enjoyable, high-adrenaline documentary.

0

too many scenarios in which the hero might have an opportunity to triumphantly sermonize, and too few that allow us to wonder for ourselves if things will turn out okay.

1

Kiarostami has crafted a deceptively casual ode to children and managed to convey a tiny sense of hope.

0

Stale first act, Scrooge story, blatant product placement, some very good comedic songs, strong finish, dumb fart jokes.

1

That rare film whose real-life basis is, in fact, so interesting that no embellishment is needed.

1

For more than two decades Mr. Nachtwey has traveled to places in the world devastated by war, famine and poverty and documented the cruelty and suffering he has found with an devastating, eloquent clarity.

0

In fact, it doesn't even seem like she tried.

1

Superb production values & Christian Bale's charisma make up for a derivative plot.

1

Visually striking and viscerally repellent.

1

Though intrepid in exploring an attraction that crosses sexual identity, Ozpetek falls short in showing us Antonia's true emotions ... But at the very least, His Secret Life will leave you thinking.

0

Stealing Harvard doesn't care about cleverness, wit or any other kind of intelligent humor.

0

Rarely has a film's title served such dire warning.

0

Dripping with cliche and bypassing no opportunity to trivialize the material.

1

It's an interesting effort (particularly for JFK conspiracy nuts), and Barry's cold-fish act makes the experience worthwhile.

1

An unexpectedly sweet story of sisterhood.

0

Just because A Walk to Remember is shrewd enough to activate girlish tear ducts doesn't mean it's good enough for our girls.

0

The explosion essentially ruined -- or, rather, overpowered -- the fiction of the movie for me.

1

The script is smart, not cloying.

0

Its initial excitement settles into a warmed over pastiche.

1

An uncluttered, resonant gem that relays its universal points without lectures or confrontations.

0

Depicts the sorriest and most sordid of human behavior on the screen, then laughs at how clever it's being.

0

On its icy face, the new film is a subzero version of Monsters, Inc., without the latter's imagination, visual charm or texture.