Task: Sentiment Analysis
Input (English): the best thing about , " lake placid " is that it 's only 80 minutes long and when it 's over
you 're glad that you did n't waste more than an hour and a half of your time
.
it 's nothing more than a bad rip - off of , " jaws
" ( and i think that 's being kind . )
it was written by david e .
kelly ( " ally mcbeal " ) as a horror - comedy but
fails at both , miserably
.
i was never scared and i think that i only laughed once .
the crocodile even fails in comparison to the snake in , " anaconda .
"
the plot begins when a man is eaten in half by the giant crocodile in black lake in maine .
that brings the local sheriff ( brendan gleeson ) and a fish - and - game warden ( bill pulman ) to investigate .
also , a paleontologist ( bridget fonda ) from new york is sent to look at a tooth and an eccentric millionaire / crocodile lover ( oliver platt )
flies in because he wants to swim beside the beast .
soon there is tension between everybody because half the people want to kill the croc and the other half want to save it .
there 's also an eccentric old lady ( betty white ) who lives by the lake and has a few secrets .
as i mentioned before kelley and director steve
minor ( h20 ) do n't go for a serious approach towards the material but
they also do n't have anything sly or satirical or witty to say either .
the betty white character is completely unfunny and none of the other characters are really that interesting
, they 're all basically idiots .
if they had any brains the croc would n't have been that much of a challenge to catch
and they would n't have put themselves in half of the situations that they did .
but then again , if they were smart there would n't be a movie .
basically , " lake placid " is best undiscovered .
Output (English): N