In this task, you must classify if a given review is positive/negative, indicating your answer as P or N.
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Question: the film " magnolia " can be compared to a simple flower as its title and movie poster suggests .
the dozens of characters introduced and developed are like the petals on the flower .
they all come from the same stem and as the flower begins to develop they grow farther and farther apart .
the numerous characters in the film are all closely connected no matter how different they are from one another socially .
from a humiliated but kind cop to an aging game show host , each one of these characters is suffering the same kind of pain .
they are each seriously lonely and seek the perfect companion to end this loneliness .
whether this companion is a distant family member or a spouse , each character begs for one and spends the whole film searching for the perfect one .
" magnolia " is a clever , well thought out film from prodigy director - writer paul thomas anderson of " boogie nights " fame .
the detailed character analyses and the powerful script make " magnolia " memorable .
however , what really is impressive is that even though there are tons of characters in several unrelated stories , the film is never confusing .
anderson 's control over transitioning from one story to another story is masterful .
he also knows exactly when to cut to another subplot since not one of " magnolia 's " scenes drag on too long .
any three hour film that does not deliver even one uninteresting scene is definitely worth recommending .
from the fascinating beginning to the risky yet surprisingly satisfying ending the film just does n't get boring
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it is obvious that anderson put a lot of time into connecting each subplot .
this is the ultimate game of six degrees of separation .
every character is connected to every other character by at the most two degrees .
for example , cop john c .
reilly is connected to game show host phillip baker hall through hall 's daughter melora walters who once went on a date with reilly .
the fact that each character is so different from the others yet so similar shows that there are universal pains that all classes , races , and genders suffer .
anderson 's explanation to prove this point is both accurate and convincing .
the only mistake anderson made in trying to connect his characters was by making his actors all sing an aimee mann song simultaneously .
this was foolish not only because it was unbelievable and hilariously erroneous but also
because it had a broadway musical feel to it and this movie is about as far apart from your typical broadway musical than you can get .
the performances in " magnolia " are perfection .
this is a classic example of flawless casting and flawless ensemble acting .
anderson allows many of hollywood 's best supporting actors to blossom at what they do best , character acting .
all of the main characters in each story are perfect because they are able to reveal more emotions and attitudes in their brief time on the screen then most movie stars can do in a feature length film .
worth noting is tom cruise , who stepped out of his usual superficial starring role and into a funny but depressing
tour de force performance .
he was probably noticed more than the other actors in the film by award givers because his role here is so much different and impressive than those in the past ( however any actor in this film could be nominated for best supporting actor without any complaints )
the only problem i had with the acting was that a few of the characters felt seriously edited down such as melinda dillon 's character as phillip baker hall 's wife .
she seemed to be thrown in towards the end
and i felt very little sympathy for her because i had not seen her enough earlier in the film .
" magnolia " uses several effective metaphors to describe its characters .
anderson has the talent to make the audience sympathetic towards numerous people in only a few hours .
to see that anderson is able to perfectly portray
this many different types of people shows that he has a keen sense of diversity .
diversity is what makes a director successful for a long period of time .
i predict a lot of diversity and success from anderson in the future .

Answer: P


Question: capsule : earthy , experimental , difficult , shockingly frank ( even for 1997 ! ) , and ultimately refreshing story of a black man on the run from the cops .
the first few minutes of sweet sweetback 's baad asssss song ( yes , i checked --
that 's the correct number of ss )
are without dialogue , just eerie montages of sounds .
a young boy , obviously malnourished , is taken in and fed up by several loving mother - surrogate figures .
then one of them takes the boy to bed for a sexual initation ( underneath the title credits ) that 's far more confrontatory and shocking than any ten basic instincts -- probably because it has the directness and clumsiness of real life , something we 're not used to seeing on screen .
this is one tough movie to swallow , no matter who you are , but that probably reflects more on how pallid and unchallenging movies have gotten lately .
( i suspect the sex scenes in movies like el topo and salo would probably melt the synapses of most modern audiences . )
the plot is simple but not simpleminded .
sweetback , hassled by two white cops who are apparently just looking for an excuse to beat up on a black man , breaks his bonds and runs like hell .
along the way he moves through a good many of the kinds of environments that we are only just now being seen in a more serious light in the movies -- or at all , for that matter : the slums , the missions , the ghetto .
in other , lesser , movies , sweetback would be machine - gunning everything in sight and the end credits would roll over a pile of bodies ; in this one , we get taken on a kind of a tour of the depressing and anarchic world that sweetback takes for granted .
ssbas first appeared in 1971 and was promptly rated x ( " by an all - white jury " , as director melvin van peebles crowed in his legendary ad campaigns ) , and it 's hardly surprising why .
there 's a good deal of sex in the movie , but it 's handled in a way that 's unsettlingly frank -- a frankness that spills over into the rest of the movie .
in one scene , sweetback visits a friend 's house in the hope of getting sanctuary there , and the other man chats him up while on the toilet .
we 're not used to coming this close to people in real life , let alone in the movies -- especially not people who are not made out to be glamorous .
the movie is also full of experimental stylistics that are relatively unused today , but probably because of that seem curiously fresh and new in van peebles ' hands .
one scene , in which a man is interrogated by the cops , is loaded full of menacing energy as they fire off a gun inches from his ears , and suggest his deafness through a cleverly edited soundtrack .
another note : ssbas is not so much anti - white ( that would be too easy ) as anti - authority , and as the movie goes on to demonstrate , authority exists in many forms -- governments , churches , and even the paranoid inside of one 's own mind .
ssbas is ultimately about thirsting for freedom -- and it looks like we could use a little more of that in our movie diet , god knows .

Answer: P


Question: capsule : the verma family is having a wedding and all the relatives will come for the multi - day festivities .
mira nair 's film is pleasant enough with a little human drama , a few family secrets , some sadness and some happiness .
you have seen it all before , but perhaps not from india .
the photography is colorful and the music is very agreeable
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low +2 ( -4 to +4 ) mira nair previously directed salaam bombay and mississippi masala .
her newest film , written by sabrina dhawan , is very similar to previous films like betsy 's wedding but it is set in new delhi .
a wealthy family is having a wedding .
an indian wedding is a multi - day affair as much a family reunion as a nuptial .
even more than in the us , it is an excuse for a lavish and extravagant family get - together .
the film shows us what the family does together and at the same time follows several family members ' individual story lines .
aditi verma is marrying hemant , an indian engineer working in the us .
she had previously had a relationship with vikram , her supervisor .
latit , her father ( played by naseeruddin shah ) , is juggling many problems , not the least of which is worrying about the caterer has hired pk dubey .
dubey is a rather eccentric man with a taste for eating the marigolds he uses for decoration .
even dubey will soon be romantically entangled when he becomes interested in alice , one of the family servants .
several family members arrive giving rise to several plotlines involving sex , family secrets , or both .
there are heartbreaks and there are people falling in love .
some of the subjects covered are probably near taboo for indian films .
western audiences will appreciate a look at unfamiliar indian customs like women painting their hands with henna .
on the other hand it was not clear ( to me at least ) if scenes like the family singing together are typical of indian culture or if they are a convention of indian musical films .
this seems a particularly westernized family with the father wearing american designer sweaters and the family speaking mostly english .
the latter will , however , help with an international release .
sabrina dhawan 's screenplay is vibrant with witty dialog .
we have seen films with plotting very much like this , but the indian setting makes a great deal of difference .
director mira nair calls the film an affirmation of life .
i rate it a 7 on the 0 to 10 scale and a low +2 on the -4 to +4 scale .

Answer:
P