In this task, you must classify if a given review is positive/negative, indicating your answer as P or N.

[Q]: when i originally saw the trailer for " analyze this " a few months ago , i must admit ,
i thought it looked kind of lame .
and then when the commercials started popping up a week or two ago , i thought it looked outright bad
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but then when " analyze this " finally opened a few days ago , an odd thing happened .
it got great reviews .
critics were proclaiming it " hilarious " and a " dead - on parody of mob movies " .
well , with praise like that , i figured , it must be good
and so i headed off to the theater .
you know that expression that says always trust your gut instincts ?
well , turns out that expression is more valid than i ever gave it credit for .
" analyze this " is slow , unfunny , and badly acted .
do n't get me wrong , i think that deniro is one of the top ten greatest actors of the century , but he is just out of his league here .
i think the problem is he did n't quite know how to approach this material .
he plays his character , mob boss paull vitti , somewhere in between the realm of comedy and drama . if he had played the character straight , along the lines of leslie nielson in the " naked gun " series , he probably would have been a lot more successful .
as it is , though , he plays the character completely serious at some moments , and for laughs at others .
this does n't work .
it creates an uneven character that never breaks out of the deniro mold ; you always know it 's him . and the movie is badly paced , too .
it never takes off .
it just crawls from one scene to another without any forward momentum .
i think the blame for this should be placed on the script .
it 's obvious the writer had a good idea for a movie , mob boss faces breakdown and needs the services of a psychiatrist , but once this is established , the movie does n't really go anywhere .
the formula of the film seems to be this : billy crystal says no to deniro , deniro forces him , and much wackiness ensues .
this formula of sorts is repeated several times throughout the movie .
i 've said it before and i 'll say it again : the only thing that matters to me in a comedy is whether or not it 's funny .
if " analyze this " had been funny , the pacing and bad acting would n't have bothered me .
i would have been too busy laughing to notice .
but as it is , i only chuckled a few times .
the only really funny scene is a dead - on parody of " the godfather " .
sadly , though , i do n't think anyone in the audience i saw it with realized it was a parody , because i was the only one laughing .
but my sense of humour , i have come to realize , is vastly different from the general population .
i loathed " there 's something about mary " , yet loved " baseketball " .
now , if you want a movie that * i * think is funny , go out and see " office space " .
it 's full of genuine laughs and wo n't leave you glancing at your watch every 10 minutes , as " analyze this " did .
[A]: N


[Q]: "
when you get out of jail , you can kill him .
" starring ashley judd , tommy lee jones , bruce greenwood .
rated r. double jeopardy is a lurid , prepostrous thriller that 's also one of the year 's most enjoyable .
it 's an uncompromisingly brutal , cheerfully anarchic , hyperactive actioner
that has a mission and never diverts from it .
there is not a moment here when the events on screen do n't have a direct bearing on the plot ; once the film gets going it never stops .
it has been branded as the female version of the fugitive and that 's probably a correct assessment of the plot , but the film itself has little in common with the 1993 andrew davis / harrison ford collaboration besides the presence of star tommy lee jones .
not even bothering with character introduction , director bruce beresford floors the gas pedal from the get - go and never finds the brake .
we meet , rather hastily , libby and nick parsons ( ashley judd and bruce greenwood , respectively ) a seemingly happy married couple , with a son matty , age 4 .
they go out on a sailboat one night , and after a period of some rockin ' sex , they go to sleep .
libby hears a strange noise , wakes up and discovers that she is covered with blood .
she follows a red trail to the upper deck , where she finds a knife and , out of astonishment , picks it up .
at that convenient moment , the coast guard shows up and libby is arrested .
her lawyer , a friend , puts up a defense in court , but though we know she is innocent , the evidence against her is too compelling .
her friend adopts her son and she goes to prison .
once in prison , she makes a phone call to her friend .
her friend gives her son the phone .
nick walks in the room .
little matty screams " daddy !
"
the phone goes dead .
libby realizes that the man she is imprisoned for killing is n't even dead .
she gets some advice from a prisoner / former lawyer , who tells her that since the state already convicted her of killing her husband , they ca n't convict her of the same crime again , meaning that when she gets paroled she can kill him and they ca n't touch her .
after a weirdly short amount of time , she gets out of parole .
she is sent to live at a house with other recent parolees , under the command of parole officer travis lehman ( tommy lee jones ) .
she sets out on a mission to find her husband and get her son back , which turns out to be much more difficult than anticipated .
she winds up tracking him all the way to new orleans where she finds out that he has long killed his girlfriend and her son 's " adopter " .
double jeopardy is based on an assumption that is legally false .
the law stating that nobody can be convicted twice for the same crime assumes that it is the same crime : same time , same place , same circumstances .
it 's not like it matters .
this is a rollickingly good thriller ; intense , exciting , fast and furious .
it 's silly alright , but this is the kind of film you just do n't question .
in some films , plausibility is everything .
double jeopardy , however , is not concerned with making sense : its sole purpose is to entertain , and it does .
judd helps the film tremendously in a difficult role .
this is her breakout box - office performance , and she is terrific .
she brings some emotion to what could have been a one - dimensional role , giving the movie a little soul to go along with its effective chase scenes and action set pieces .
tommy lee jones basically just reprises the role for which he won an oscar in the fugitive , but the movie makes good use of his stone - faced wit .
thankfully , too , double jeopardy refrains from developing a romance between libby and travis ; a subplot which doubtlessly would have interfered with the film 's story .
this is one of those movies where cops are the bad guys , and i took a sort of sick pleasure in that .
the sheer anarchy of the proceedings was nothing short of wonderful , as ashley judd kicks the crap out of every authority figure in the book .
after all the idealistic hollywood features featuring hero cops , deft fbi agents and the virtues of the american legal system , it 's great to see a movie that does n't so much demonstrate their fallacy as it delights in their failure .
double jeopardy is really good , but it is n't the kind of good that is remembered or recognized with awards .
it 's one of those movies better viewed with the brain turned off , otherwise , your brain will be busy ruining your experience .
this is a thriller that is n't concerned with being smart or plausible .
instead it diverts all attention to the action , which , this year , is second to none .
[A]: P


[Q]: are you like me ?
do you get annoyed seeing people talk on their cellulars in public places , shouting out loud , not giving a ratt 's ass about anyone around them , and basically just wallowing in their own self - importance ?
well if you are , than you will most likely agree with my rating of this film since it basically features a trio of annoying ladies bickering away on the phone for an hour and a half . . .
only to make up and hug in the end .
aaaaaaaahhhh .
. .
plot :
three grown - up sisters living their own separate lives , begin to re - establish their communication lines when their dear old dad falls ill .
critique : this would be a good movie if it was n't for the fact that it 's got very little to say , features uncaring people sharing annoying phone conversations ,
is
chockfull of bad acting moments and provides less emotional satisfaction than any third - rate after - school special .
and i 'm being nice !
how junk like this gets made is beyond me , but happy am i that the ephron sisters will finally be dealt a professional blow , considering the regurgitation level of their material had just about reached its limit .
the only true emotional moment demonstrated between meg ryan 's character and her dad in this film is when he hugs her and swings her around at a christmas tree lot .
wow . . .
how deep .
of course , the same christmas tune that 's played in every ephron flick chimes out in the background , while characters continue to build " bonds " among one another by making reference to old , quaint movies or movie stars .
stop me .
. .
i 'm gon na cry again !
this film is a mess .
the characters are boring and irritating to watch , the plot has something to do with three selfish sisters talking on the phone a whole lot , kind of liking their father ( but not really ) and then finally realizing the error of their ways , while sharing an " emotional " moment about movie stars from the 50s .
admittedly , i was not expecting much from a film whose television trailer features meg ryan screaming every two seconds and a big dog rolling its eyes , but even i was surprised at the level of ineptitude when it came to some of the acting efforts put forth in this film .
meg did fine as the sister who cries a lot , looking as adorable as ever , but someone please put lisa kudrow inside a permanent home of limited range , cause this woman basically is that very same character that she plays in every single movie / tv show that she 's in .
enough already ! and diane keaton must 've spent more time thinking about her role behind the camera in this one , cause
her acting was amateurish at best .
neither one convinced in " emotional " scenes .
granted , they gave walter matthau the best lines in the film and that 's probably where my rating of three points comes from .
all in all ,
this movie is not funny
( unless you 're one to chuckle at train wrecks ) , provides zero drama ( unless you consider loud phone conversations moving ) , generates absolutely no emotion ( although i did tear up when meg hugged a coffee machine ) and ends on a perfectly pretentious note ( " oh no , please do n't get any flour on my donna karan dress ! ) . ugh .
i suggest that all ladies take their husbands / boyfriends to see this movie if they are pissed off at them about something !
that 'll teach 'em to mess with you !
oh and incidentally , mrs .
joblo also likened this movie to a piece of cow dung flailing in the wind , so there !
then again .
. .
maybe you 'll like it . : )
[A]:
N