Task: Sentiment Analysis
Input (English): making his directorial debut , actor jon favreau brings along his swingers co - star , vince vaughn , for this tale of two mugs on a career trajectory to nowheresville .
favreau , who also wrote the script , is bobby , vaughn is ricky .
by day they are construction workers .
they also are wanna - be contenders , but neither has had much success .
their last bout pitted them against each other and was a draw , leaving bobby 's record at 5 - 5 - 1 . these two l .
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not - so - wise guys also work for max ( peter falk ) , a mid - level mobster , who is patient and understanding with bobby , but who hates ricky 's guts .
max has an easy job for bobby ; fly to new york and make a simple delivery to a gangster named ruiz ( a smooth and silky sean combs ) .
bobby , because of his lifelong friendship with ricky , pleads with max to give his pal another chance and let him tag along to the big apple .
against his better judgment , max agrees .
of course ricky , a motormouth who inserts both feet everytime he speaks , nearly screws up everything . while bobby tries to stay calm and professional , ricky begins swaggering and throwing money around as if he was john gotti or tony soprano .
the constrast in styles and
the chemistry between favreau and vaughn is what makes made so enjoyable to watch .
favreau with his hound - dog face and slow - burn personality could be a modern - day oliver hardy , only much wiser .
vaughn is like someone vaccinated with a phonograph needle , he just keeps yakking and yakking , unaware of the havoc he creates .
yet despite bobby 's constant aggravation and agitation with his partner , a bond of affection and loyalty binds them .
the contrast between the two friends is interesting to watch .
bobby is button - downed , tightly - wound , always waiting for the next shoe -courtesy of ricky - to drop .
ricky is mostly oblivious to the problems he creates and is genuinely surprised when he comes under attack for his faux paus .
in new york , the two lackeys are like fish out of water , stumbling from one situation to another , trying to keep alive .
combs is elegant , cool and low - key menacing as the gangsta they are sent to meet .
falk is amusing in his small role , while famke janssen nearly breaks your heart as bobby 's lowlife girlfriend .
more than anything , made is a movie with heart .
it is loud , obnoxious and very talkative .
but the cameraderie between bobby and ricky holds the key to its interest .
favreau does a commendable job in his directorial debut .
he is a player to be watched as he can only improve with experience .
Output (English): P