Example: in the pianist , polanski is saying what he has long wanted to say , confronting the roots of his own preoccupations and obsessions , and he allows nothing to get in the way .
Class: dudaim


Example: exciting documentary .
Class: dudaim


Example: it strikes hardest when it reminds you how pertinent its dynamics remain . fifty years after the fact , the world's political situation seems little different , and [director phillip] noyce brings out the allegory with remarkable skill .
Class: dudaim


Example: despite auteuil's performance , it's a rather listless amble down the middle of the road , where the thematic ironies are too obvious and the sexual politics too smug .
Class: unetched


Example: the story suffers a severe case of oversimplification , superficiality and silliness .
Class: unetched


Example: the film virtually chokes on its own self-consciousness .
Class: unetched


Example: a wretched movie that reduces the second world war to one man's quest to find an old flame .
Class: unetched


Example: khouri manages , with terrific flair , to keep the extremes of screwball farce and blood-curdling family intensity on one continuum .
Class: dudaim
Considreing the above, classify the following: i found myself more appreciative of what the director was trying to do than of what he had actually done .