cv082_11979.txt

edward_NP
burns_NP
tackles_VBZ
his_PP$
third_OD
picture_NN
with_IN
no_DT
looking_VBG
back_RP
,_,
and_CC
like_IN
his_PP$
previous_JJ
two_CD
,_,
it_PP
is_BEZ
a_DT
working-class_JJ
relationship_NN
picture_NN
._.
however_RB
,_,
unlike_IN
his_PP$
previous_JJ
work_NN
,_,
the_DT
film_NN
dwells_NNS
on_IN
a_DT
more_DT
personal_JJ
story_NN
,_,
and_CC
with_IN
a_DT
female_JJ
protagonist_NN
._.
and_CC
in_IN
no_DT
looking_VBG
back_RP
,_,
he_PP
stumbles_VBZ
,_,
making_VBG
a_DT
slow_JJ
,_,
boring_JJ
film_NN
without_IN
the_DT
spark_NN
that_CS
enlivened_VBN
his_PP$
previous_JJ
work_NN
._.
claudia_NN
(_(
lauren_NP
holly_NN
)_)
is_BEZ
a_DT
small_JJ
town_NN
waitress_NN
who_WP
is_BEZ
feeling_VBG
stifled_VBN
by_IN
her_PP$
life_NN
._.
she_PP
's_BEZ
at_IN
a_DT
turning_NN
point_NN
in_IN
her_PP$
life_NN
,_,
and_CC
feels_VBZ
as_CS
if_CS
she_PP
's_BEZ
going_VBG
nowhere_RB
._.
her_PP
boyfriend_NN
,_,
michael_NP
(_(
jon_NP
bon_???
jovi_???
)_(
,_,
is_BEZ
broke_VBN
and_CC
in_IN
a_DT
dead_JJ
end_NN
job_NN
._.
if_CS
she_PP
were_BED
to_IN
marry_VB
him_PP
,_,
she'd_???
never_RB
get_VB
a_DT
chance_NN
to_IN
escape_NN
this_DT
town_NN
._.
enter_VB
charlie_NP
(_(
edward_NP
burns_NP
)_)
,_,
claudia_NN
's_POS
old_JJ
flame_NN
._.
he_PP
skipped_VBD
town_NN
several_DT
years_NNS
before_IN
,_,
without_IN
any_DT
explanations_NNS
._.
._.
._.
even_JJ
for_IN
claudia_NN
._.
he_PP
has_HVZ
come_VBN
back_RP
to_IN
town_NN
to_IN
see_VB
her_PP$
,_,
and_CC
suddenly_RB
she_PP
is_BEZ
torn_VBN
._.
should_MD
she_PP
stay_VB
with_IN
stable_JJ
michael_NP
,_,
and_CC
never_RB
escape_VB
her_PP$
hometown_JJ
._.
._.
._.
or_CC
should_MD
she_PP
ignore_VB
her_PP$
instincts_NNS
and_CC
fall_VB
for_IN
charlie_NP
again_RB
._.
part_NN
of_IN
the_DT
answer_NN
lies_VBZ
in_IN
the_DT
character_NN
of_IN
her_PP$
mother_NN
(_(
blythe_NP
danner_NN
)_)
,_,
who_WP
fell_VBD
for_IN
the_DT
wrong_JJ
man_NN
._.
._.
._.
and_CC
has_HVZ
spent_VBN
her_PP$
life_NN
pining_VBG
for_IN
claudia_NN
's_POS
father_NN
to_IN
return_NN
._.
now_RB
it_PP
seems_VBZ
that_CS
claudia_NN
is_BEZ
about_IN
to_IN
make_NN
the_DT
same_DT
mistakes_NNS
._.
at_IN
only_RB
a_DT
little_JJ
past_NN
ninety_CD
minutes_NNS
,_,
no_DT
looking_VBG
back_RP
is_BEZ
rather_RB
short_JJ
for_IN
its_PP$
genre_NN
._.
unfortunately_RB
,_,
it_PP
seems_VBZ
much_DT
much_DT
longer_RBR
._.
the_DT
storyline_JJ
is_BEZ
simple_JJ
and_CC
uninspired_JJ
,_,
and_CC
there_EX
's_BEZ
a_DT
lack_NN
of_IN
energy_NN
to_IN
the_DT
whole_JJ
proceedings_NNS
,_,
which_WDT
makes_VBZ
the_DT
entire_JJ
drama_NN
rather_RB
tedious_JJ
._.
edward_NP
burns_NP
makes_VBZ
a_DT
misstep_NN
by_IN
casting_NN
himself_PPX
in_IN
the_DT
crucial_JJ
role_NN
as_IN
the_DT
egomaniacal_JJ
old_JJ
flame_NN
._.
there_EX
's_BEZ
no_DT
one_CD
to_IN
restrain_VB
his_PP$
ego_NN
,_,
which_WDT
reigns_VBZ
unchecked_JJ
._.
he_PP
walks_VBZ
into_IN
the_DT
room_NN
and_CC
lauren_NP
holly_NN
swoons_NNS
._.
._.
._.
yeah_UH
,_,
right_NN
._.
lauren_NP
holly_NN
does_DOZ
what_WDT
she_PP
can_MD
with_IN
her_PP$
central_JJ
character_NN
._.
but_CC
we_PP
never_RB
understand_VB
why_WRB
her_PP
character_NN
makes_VBZ
such_DT
pathetically_RB
bad_JJ
decisions_NNS
._.
._.
._.
and_CC
we_PP
never_RB
really_RB
care_NN
._.
bon_???
jovi_???
is_BEZ
the_DT
only_RB
sympathetic_JJ
character_NN
in_IN
the_DT
whole_JJ
movie_NN
._.
his_PP$
acting_JJ
talents_NNS
are_BER
much_RB
greater_JJR
than_CS
they_PP
might_MD
seem_VB
,_,
but_CC
he_PP
is_BEZ
given_VBN
a_DT
mostly_RB
bland_JJ
and_CC
ineffective_JJ
role_NN
to_IN
work_NN
with_IN
._.
there_EX
's_BEZ
not_XNOT
much_DT
to_IN
recommend_VB
in_IN
no_DT
looking_VBG
back_RP
._.
it_PP
's_BEZ
not_XNOT
that_DT
the_DT
film_NN
is_BEZ
bad_JJ
._.
._.
._.
it_NN
's_POS
simply_RB
boring_JJ
._.
there_EX
's_BEZ
no_DT
zest_NN
in_IN
any_DT
aspect_NN
of_IN
the_DT
film_NN
,_,
and_CC
no_DT
reason_NN
to_IN
spend_NN
ninety_CD
minutes_NNS
watching_VBG
it_PP
._.