Text - [drumline] is entertaining for what it does , and admirable for what it doesn't do .
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Text - the actors don't inhabit their roles -- they're trapped by them , forced to change behavior in bizarre unjustified fashion and spout dialog that consists mostly of platitudes .
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Text - too lazy to take advantage of its semi-humorous premise .
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Text - one of the greatest romantic comedies of the past decade .
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Text - choppy , overlong documentary about 'the lifestyle . '
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Text - would've been nice if the screenwriters had trusted audiences to understand a complex story , and left off the film's predictable denouement . then nadia's birthday might not have been such a bad day after all .
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Text - the search for redemption makes for a touching love story , mainly because blanchett and ribisi compellingly tap into a spiritual aspect of their characters' suffering .
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Text - adams , with four scriptwriters , takes care with the characters , who are so believable that you feel what they feel .
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Classify the following: a summary of the plot doesn't quite do justice to the awfulness of the movie , for that comes through all too painfully in the execution .