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

Q: studio expectations must not have been high for " great expectations " -- the film 's release date was pushed from late december to late january at what appeared to be the last minute , therefore putting any academy awards chances it has off until this time in 1999 .
it 's actually a smart move , because while this updated take on the charles dickens tale is n't quite oscar fodder , it * is * strong enough to be distinguished from the cinematic dumping ground that usually makes up the first five or six weeks of any given year .
" great expectations " also demonstrates how to modernize a classic story right , especially after the excruciatingly wretched excesses of baz luhrmann 's " william shakespeare 's romeo + juliet .
" " great expectations " opens somewhere in 1970s florida ( the original story is set in 19th - century england ) , as eight - year - old finn ( jeremy james kissner ) meets a trio of people who will have a profound effect on his life in the future .
there 's icy , 11-year - old estella ( raquel beaudene ) , a pseudo - playmate of finn 's ; ms .
dinsmoor ( anne bancroft ) , estella 's auntie who 's quite off - kilter over a past romance that never took off ; and a mysterious prisoner ( robert de niro ) whom finn saves the life of .
finn , who lives with his sister 's affable boyfriend ( lone star 's chris cooper ) , fancies himself an aspiring artist , and proves his prowess by whipping up an unusual portrait of estella using only ms .
dinsmoor 's lipstick , eyebrow pencil and the wallpaper from her dilapidating mansion .
flash forward into
the ' 90s ( after a brief stop in the ' 80s ) , and finn ( now played by ethan hawke ) , despondent over a strange hot - and - cold relationship with the elusive estella ( gwyneth paltrow ) , receives quite a bit of money from an unknown benefactor ; it 's enough cash to send him to new york to focus on a career in art .
there , finn seems to gain everything he could ever want -- wealth , prestige and a high place in the glamorous art world .
when estella resurfaces -- albeit with an aloof fianc ?
( hank azaria ) --
finn also sees the chance to renew their mutual attraction .
but she 's not the only ghost from finn 's past that 's going to be paying him a visit .
comparisons with the afore - mentioned " romeo + juliet " seem inevitable since these films are the only ones in recent memory to plop classic drama into a current setting .
" great expectations " is a much better venture , though , because it treats its source with even - handed respect , where " romeo " was never quite sure whether to be a spoof , a homage or both .
the movie is a visual banquet thanks to emmanuel lubezki 's sexy cinematography ; notably , he captures a revisited fountain kiss between the two leads with a luscious , erotic charge that 's steamier than the film 's ( surprisingly muted ) love scenes .
the eclectic rock soundtrack compliments the on - screen action beautifully , especially new songs by tori amos , mono and duncan sheik .
acting credits are first - rate , often hiding the screenplay 's occasional slip - ups .
hawke is sincere and solid as a leading man ( something we also learned from " gattaca " ) , and his finn is quite a likeable guy .
paltrow 's estella , on the other hand , is rather underdeveloped .
while the actress is at her icily seductive best , we 're not told very much about her character , and as a result , it 's often hard to understand why finn would appreciate her beyond a physical level ( but , oh , * what * a physical level ) ; sometimes , we root for finn although we do n't quite understand why she 's fueling his fire .
robert de niro is nice and sophisticated in the benevolent kind of role he rarely gets to play ; on the other end of the acting spectrum is bancroft , a macabre , throaty delight who mambos and sucks down cigarettes with an eerie enthusiasm that would make norma desmond jealous .
alfonso cuaron 's visually elegant direction helps to distract from the dry moments that pop up more frequently around the movie 's climax .
another problem is predictability ; you can guess your way through the plot even if you are n't familiar with the story .
despite its script flaws , though , " great expectations " is undeniably romantic without being corny or gloppy .
and frankly , it 's nice to see a film that embraces softened sensuality other than explicit sexuality .
perhaps that renovated release date , awfully close to valentine 's day , will end up helping " great expectations " ' seemingly average box office chances after all .

A: P
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Q: trailing the success of brit humour in the movie industry with the likes of the semi - dramatic the commitments and the nearly slapstick a fish called wanda , the full monty is one film which delivered the depth of the former and the humour magnitude of the latter .
the film opens with a narrated documentary reel showing the improving economic and living standards of sheffield in the 60 's , then cut to the harsh reality of the present .
sheffield has become some sort of a semi - slum with the only visible increase in anything was the amount of layoffs from steel - factories ;
a once flourishing industry .
gaz ( carlyle ) spends most of his time in the worker 's club , a sort of place where jobless people sit around to wait for job offers .
he and his ` plump ' friend dave ( addy ) as well as their former foreman gerald ( wilkinson ) have been sitting around the club for months without any ` call for duty ' .
what seemingly was just a passing hard time for gaz suddenly transformed itself into desperation when he can not afford the 700 pounds of child - support money to his ex - wife .
suddenly finding himself facing the possiblity of losing custody of his son , he goes on to concoct an enterprising wild - idea to get the money he desperately requires .
dave and gerald too have problems of their own .
on top of his lack of employment , dave is also faced with the paranoia of his wife leaving him because of his current financial state as well as
his`plump ' appearance while gerald have been cheating on his wife by not telling her of his layoff for as long as 6 months , leaving home for ` work ' when he was actually a long - standing member of the worker 's club .
there we have it ; people with real problems and a not - so - practical solution for them .
gaz manages to get the support from them and sure enough they managed to get a few other poor jobless blokes to join in their gag : to perform a strip - act at the local pub .
in gaz 's own words while looking at an add for a strip - act featuring hunky ` beautiful ' men , ` if women are willing to pay for this , they sure as well will pay for real - men ' .
the full monty is very simple in nature and not a trace ambitious at all .
it is a small film which delves in the harsh - reality of unemployment and the desperation it drives people to .
it also is a very light movie to watch despite the theme it delves in because it has a lot of human - factor going for it .
never for once , was it trying to be manipulative at all , the full monty was true to itself all the way .
while the hilarity level of this film soared unexpectedly high , audience will find that they are in no way being cheated of a laugh , something lacking in many comedy films ( wannabes ? ) from hollywood .
other than carlyle , who acted as the psychotic begbie in trainspotting , the rest of the actors were definitely very new to me on - screen . however ,
the acting presented in this film is more than satisfying .
carlyle 's work here is a stark contrast to his character in trainspotting , implying real acting skill and flexibility on - screen
. kudos to the people involved in this film , especially to director peter cattaneo for being able to put together an excellent film which is has so much potential in ending up as your just - another - striptease .
already a critical and financial success for such a small film , the full monty is a humble film which deserves applause throughout .
while titanic managed to feast the eyes and soul in an epic way , the full monty gives one the same satisfaction ? ? . in half the time .

A: P
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Q: let 's say you live at the end of an airport runway .
large jetliners continuously pass over your house , rattling your windows and allowing few moments of peace .
let 's say the ground beneath your feet is also contaminated with toxic substances , and high voltage power lines run across steel towers only yards from your home .
now let 's say an airport conglomerate wants to buy your property in order to lengthen the runway , and offers you more than it 's worth .
would n't you jump in the air and have your bags packed before you landed ?
of course you would .
but what if this bit of land was your idea of paradise , and the house your castle ?
that 's what they are to darryl kerrigan ( michael caton ) , and although he 's happy that a multi - national corporation would like to buy his home , sorry , it 's not for sale .
unfortunately , the corporation wields quite a bit of influence over the australian government , which serves darryl and his family with what amounts to an eviction notice .
not about to take this lying down , darryl enlists the help of his inept attorney friend dennis denuto ( tiriel mora ) and makes a determined , albeit pathetic , attempt to fight back .
the castle , an australian comedy by rob sitch , is perhaps one of the simplest movies i 've seen in recent memory , yet also one of the funniest .
in fact , it is this film 's reliance on simplicity which makes it so successful .
the good guys and the bad guys are clear , the humor is straightforward , and the storyline is as uncomplicated as it gets .
it 's the perfect setup for a relaxing , hilarious good time , and as much as i hate to admit it
, i liked the fact that i did n't have to think all that much while watching this film .
i just sat back and enjoyed myself .
the situation is one we 've seen before : regular joe fights back against the government , or big business , or whatever .
what makes this film different is its characters .
darryl thinks he 's got the best life in the world - he tells his family that living next to power lines is a constant reminder of the success of mankind , he asks who would ever want to go out and eat in a fancy restaurant when he 's got the meat loaf feast prepared by his wife sal ( anne tenny ) , and he swells with pride when his son dale ( stephen curry )
digs a hole in the yard .
steve kerrigan ( anthony simcoe ) constantly combs the buy and sell ads looking for " investments " like jousting sticks and overhead projectors , while wayne kerrigan is in jail , as a result of dennis denuto 's incompetent courtroom maneuvers .
the great thing about the kerrigans is that they are n't so stupid that they get annoying .
they 're just a group of simpletons whose naive nature is perfectly harmless and even endearing .
we look upon them with a little bit of pity , but a whole lot of affection .
screenwriters sitch , santo cilauro , tom gleisner , and jane kennedy pit
this lovable bunch of unlikely crusaders against a stoic court system and a condescending business conglomerate , further polarizing the extremes and deepening our feelings for the kerrigans .
sympathy for their situation , the laughter they bring us , and the family 's wonderful characterization , simple as it may be , leaves us with a degree of emotional investment that causes us to actually care about what happens to them .
i suppose one might wonder how deep characterization can go when your characters are as inane as the kerrigans , but trust me , it works .
i particularly noted that the writers did not have to use slapstick in order to get laughs .
do n't get me wrong - slapstick , when executed well , can be genius .
it 's just that too often , a film will resort to it 's use as a shortcut to amusing the audience , not always successfully .
instead , the jokes in the castle are all hinged upon the dialog uttered by these people who have no idea that they are totally skewed to the rest of the world .
when they are by themselves , the are funny , and when they are with normal people , they are hilarious .
one of the few problems i saw with this film was a detour taken about midway though .
the kerrigans go out to a vacation spot for seemingly no reason other than to pack in a few more jokes and increase the film 's running time .
luckily
, it 's a funny little detour
that , while slightly distracting from the film 's main drive , is still quite enjoyable .
with all the levity abound in the castle , the film still manages to take on a pretty heavy concept , that of the innate right of a citizen to keep his property , an issue which has been bandied about in courts across the civilized world with differing outcomes .
i 'm not certain the courtroom monologue near the end of the film would actually hold up in real life , but it brings to the forefront the essence of the constitution ( of australia ) and certainly sounds impressive at any rate . and , for that matter , it 's more than i would have expected out of a light hearted film like this .

A:
P
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