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Default Re: Which way is correct?

It depends on the context. It could mean I don't like it very much or it could be a polite way of saying I don't like it at all - though there's not really very much difference between them. So, if you were in the middle of watching the movie on the internet and talking to a friend, the conversation might be :
A: Do you like the film?
B: No, not really. Shall we watch something else

but if you were at the Venice film festival and talking to the director during the interval...
A : Do you like the film?
B : Not really, no. It's not my sort of thing, I'm afraid. I'm not a great fan of war films...
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