TASK DEFINITION: In this task, you are given sentences from movie reviews. The task is to classify a sentence as "POS" if the sentiment of the sentence is positive or as "NEG" if the sentiment of the sentence is negative
PROBLEM: When the precise nature of Matthew 's predicament finally comes into sharp focus , the revelation fails to justify the build-up .

SOLUTION: NEG

PROBLEM: Director Douglas McGrath takes on Nickleby with all the halfhearted zeal of an 8th grade boy delving into required reading .

SOLUTION: NEG

PROBLEM: The French director has turned out nearly 21\/2 hours of unfocused , excruciatingly tedious cinema that , half an hour in , starts making water torture seem appealing .

SOLUTION:
NEG