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The Pattern library has sentiment analysis built-in, pretty fun toolkit to play around with.

http://www.clips.ua.ac.be/pages/pattern-en#sentiment

In Pattern, sentiment analysis is a one-liner:

    >>> from pattern.en import sentiment
    >>> print sentiment(
    >>>     "The movie attempts to be surreal by incorporating various time paradoxes,"
    >>>     "but it's presented in such a ridiculous way it's seriously boring.") 

    (-0.34, 1.0)

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