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

Q: when casting the key part of the voice of moses , most people 's first candidate would probably not be the controversial actor val kilmer ( the saint and the island of dr .
moreau ) , but he was dreamworks 's choice in their first traditionally animated movie , the prince of egypt .
the selection of kilmer proved to be a wise one , but the biggest risk dreamworks took was n't in the casting department .
the radical departure was that they decided to use the medium of animation to make a biblical epic , a la cecil b .
demille , to move our hearts and minds rather than to tickle our funny bones .
in the press kit producer penney cox says that they wanted to make a film for adults based on sophisticated themes but one that did not exclude children .
animated movies for adults that are appropriate for kids and that are not comedies , now
that is something fresh
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let me admit up - front that i was quite skeptical as to whether dreamworks could pull it off .
dreamworks 's antz seemed to be a movie not quite appropriate for any age group .
the prince of egypt may be harder to market than antz , but it is much more satisfying .
like antz and unlike the more modest casting of pixar 's a bug 's life , the prince of egpyt has half of hollywood doing the voices .
danny glover is the voice of jethro , jeff goldblum of aaron , steve martin of hotep , helen mirren of the queen , michelle pfeiffer of tzipporah , martin short of huy and patrick stewart of seti .
you can figure out for yourself who does the voice of god .
the movie , which is weakest in the story department , is a cliff 's notes version of demille 's the ten commandments .
the script by kelly asbury and lorna cook has an obsession with touching briefly on every classic event in moses 's life .
demille took over three and a half hours in order to do it justice .
at less than half of that , the prince of egypt rushes through so much material that it does n't establish sufficient depth for us to bond with the characters .
we meet moses when the queen finds him floating in his little basket .
we watch him grow up and become best bud and a chariot racing partner to ramses ( ralph fiennes ) , the future pharaoh .
moses is a free spirit and a practical joker until he finds out his true identity as a jew .
( " all i 've ever known to be true is a lie , " moses complains . )
after finding out his real identity , he sees for the first time the oppression of the jewish slaves that are all around him .
after leaving egypt , moses comes back to ask ramses to let moses 's people go .
this leads to the classic scene of the parting of the red sea , which is one of many places where computers were used to enhance the traditionally hand - drawn animation of the most of the production .
it is the absolutely stunning visuals that make the movie so compelling .
drawn with a rich palette of luxurious roses , blues and golds , the picture looks sumptuous from its first frame to its last .
the construction of the temple is shown in blowing dust , and other scenes are shot with the glow of a rising sun .
the most original visual sequence in the film occurs during a dream moses
has .
done with an explicit two - dimensional look , the colorful images painted on the temple walls come to life to tell their own animated story .
even though it has its weaknesses , the prince of egypt is a noble attempt to carve out a new genre -- serious animated movies for adults that are acceptable for the entire family .
this awe - inspiring movie deserves to be seen .
the prince of egypt runs about 1 : 30 .
it is rated pg for thematic elements and would be fine for the whole family .
how old a kid would need to be to be interested depends on the child , but those over 8 will probably like it .

A: P
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Q: i was anxious to see this for a long time .
a friend of mine recommended this to me because he has a crush on neve campbell , and he wanted to prove that she 's as hot as he thinks he is .
he proved it for me all right , but
the reasons i enjoy this film go way beyond that .
scream treads on familar ground , horror movie with , as star neve campbell puts it , " some stupid killer stalking some big breasted girl who ca n't act who 's always running up the stairs when she should be running out the front door .
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it 's very familar , your typical horror film .
so why , you may ask after watching it , does it seem so new and original ? because it treats itself as if it has n't been done before , and thus the viewer is disilusioned into believing that it is not old , familar tired stuff .
this raises another question : how does it do this ?
simple : the characters .
they 're not your typical stupid horror film victims who do n't know what the hell to do when being chased by a guy in a ski mask and a machette .
they are horror fans , they know how stuff happens in a horror movie , they know what to do and what not to do , and that makes it scary , and even funny at certain times .
you can tell this just by watching the opening scene where casey becker ( drew barrymore ) is making popcorn , getting ready to watch a video , and some guy who sounds like a killer calls her up to play a game with her that involves horror movie triva that , if she gets it wrong , will get her and her boyfriend killed .
she knows what to answer when he asks her horror film questions , she just ca n't answer his final question , " what door am i at ? " and that gets her killed .
that scene works because in a normal horror film , half the things that happen in that scene would never happen .
the plot is typical horror stuff : sidney prescott ( an impressive neve campbell ) , an attractive young high school student who 's mother was killed a year ago tommorrow , is being stalked by a killer who 's previously murdered one of her classmates ( casey , naturally ) , and everybody in this small , california town is a suspect , including sidney 's boyfriend , billy loomis .
but as i said before , these people know how horror movies work , and that 's what makes it so appealing .
that and the references to horror movies , like when casey says , " the first ( nightmare on elm street ) was scary , but the rest sucked .
" which is obviously director wes craven ( who does a good job of poking fun of the genre that made him a legend ) patting himself on the back as he directed the first nightmare movie and none of the others , and when tatum , sidney 's friend , mentions the director , wes carpenter , which is obviously an homage by writer kevin williamson to not only craven , but also director john carpenter .
the cast is well chosen , neve campbell pulls off a good heroine
( and unlike most horror film heroines , she * can * act ) , drew barrymore does a good janet leigh impression for what little time she has in the film , and david arquette is impressive .
also good
( and funny ) in his role is henry winkler ( " the fonz " )
as the school principal .
i took half a point off for the unnecessary ( albeit limited ) appearance by friends ' courteney cox as reporter , gail edwards , sidney 's rival because she covered her mother 's disappearance .
i hate that show
, i hate those actors .
they 're untalented , overexposed , and overpaid , imho , and i would think wes craven is smart enough to know those actors are overexposed enough , but i suppose he is n't .

A: P
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Q: capsule : this is a harrowing look at a rarely dramatized chapter of wwii , life in a japanese prison camp .
to end all wars is a moving film about the struggle of prisoners to retain their humanity and their dignity .
the somewhat religious interpretation may not be to everyone 's taste .
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+3 ( -4 to +4 ) more than any other people the japanese seem capable of acting with one goal and not letting any other consideration get in their way .
this may be a holdover from the code of bushido when loyalty to ones master was the only law .
during world war ii , of course , the one goal was winning the war .
this led them to do some very inhuman things in pursuit of that goal .
when the japanese had captured prisoners , they were very much treated in whatever way would be optimum for achieving the one goal .
minimum resources were to be spent in maintaining prisoners in keeping with maximal positive output .
while the germans , not known for their kindness in those days , had a 6 % mortality rate among captured prisoners of war , the mortality rate of japanese prisoners of war was 27 % .
the best thing for the war effort was working prisoners nearly to death on the thailand to burma railroad .
that railroad was needed if japan was to attack india as it planned to do .
the best thing for the effort was not to waste much food on the prisoners so short and amazingly wretched food was the order of the day .
and just being in the jungle without proper medical aid took its toll .
in the public mind japan has never been held as accountable for war atrocities as was germany .
filmmakers have been reticent to tell the story , perhaps for fear of offending the japanese .
there are comparatively few films about the japanese pow camps .
certainly there was david lean 's the bridge on the river kwai .
there were some low - budget british exploitation films and that was about it .
then there were tv series " a town like alice " and " tenko .
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lest the experience be forgotten we have a new film to end all wars directed by david cunningham and written by brian godawa .
it is based on the account of ernest gordan who survived the horror of that world war ii prison camp and went on to become for 26 years the dean of the chapel at princeton university .
the film while realistic shows the conditions in the camp as being considerably more brutal and sadistic than bridge on the river kwai portrayed them .
the story opens with six or so soldiers being marched into the prison camp only to be immediately placed in front of a firing squad .
it turns out to be a grim joke , one of many that the sadistic japanese play to amuse themselves .
beating and torture are commonplace events .
men already imprisoned tell the new arrivals to enjoy the last of their health ; it will not last long with parasites and disease almost inevitable .
however , unlike as in kwai , the prisoners want to avoid going to the hospital , called by the prisoners the death house .
so goes a war within a war with the prisoners trying to maintain their humanity and with the japanese trying to make them interchangeable and highly expendable cogs in a rail - laying machine .
this is more than just a battle of who will win the war but a battle of ideologies .
the japanese believe that the individual is nothing , that conformity to group 's norms is all that gives a life meaning .
conformity is purpose .
before the film is over there will be some surprising revelations about the character of the prisoners and the character of those running the camp .
if this story showed nothing but sadism from the japanese it would be one kind of story .
if the british ( with one american , by the way ) and the japanese learned to respect each other it would be another kind of story .
it is neither .
it is a stirring and believable account of camp life .
the color has been distorted in the film to give a washed out yellow .
this serves a double purpose for cunningham .
it gives an effect of technicolor film that has been left in heat .
it also creates a distancing effect .
the only touch that seems a little out of place is the use of gaelic music .
this is a powerful and philosophical view of the prison camp experience .
i rate it a 9 on the 0 to 10 scale and a +3 on the -4 to +4 scale .

A:
P
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