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

Q: as a revolutionary war hero in the patriot , mel gibson provides another macho man performance for hollywood audiences .
you know the type : his shirt is always shredded , his face always scarred , he has a soft spot for his loved ones and a " to kill " list for his enemies .
oscar - hungry director / executive producer roland
emmerich did not intend to , but he made the stereotypical action hero for the 18th century .
as gibson delivers lines like , " before this war is over , i am going to kill you , " schwarzenegger in commando or stallone in cobra immediately come to mind .
oddly enough , the patriot is as much an epic three - hour - tear - fest like gladiator , as
it is a ninety - minute guilty pleasure .
at times absorbing , at others enjoyably insipid , this is good , bloody summer fun .
i probably would have despised this film had it not been released over the july 4th weekend .
some of the images are so zealously americanized ( the flag is used as a lifesaving weapon for example ) , that independence day seems the only appropriate time of year to wholeheartedly accept it .
like emmerich 's id4 , this is obvious propaganda where the americans are the hapless underdogs motivated by freedom for all .
sure it 's predictable and melodramatic , but for a moment after leaving the theater , i was dumbfounded with patriotism .
and is n't that the point of the patriot ?
gibson plays benjamin martin , the lionized french and indian war veteran , who , at the beginning of the film , is emotionally suffering after his loving wife passed away .
he is left to father seven children at his south carolina estate along with black servants ( not slaves ! ) . as the revolutionary war rumbles miles away , martin swears to keep his family close and away from the battlefields .
but when the oldest son enlists anyway and another is murdered by a wicked redcoat colonel ( jason isaacs ) , martin quickly decides to save the day ( or save the fate of america as presented by emmerich ) .
forming a band of aggressive farmers and using guerilla tactics considered unfair in the art of war , martin becomes the number one target of the british army .
the best parts of the patriot are the scenes in which martin and his rugged militia men outsmart the british armies left and right .
every time the farmers attacked the unsuspecting enemy , to see the disbelief on british general cornwallis ' ( tom wilkinson ) face was priceless entertainment .
and as the tension gradually formulates with the running time , a final battle is inevitable .
as for the numerous battle scenes , they are expertly done . clearer and more realistic
than those of gladiator , the gruesome images are what give this film an r rating .
you really get a sense of how warfare was performed during that time period .
everything is performed in an orderly ( but still quite gory ) fashion - one side shoots , then the other side , then the remaining soldiers charge .
it 's organized , strategic and , according to martin , ineffective .
there is a very interesting contrast between the traditional battle style and martin 's take - no - prisoners method .
what drives martin to these supposedly unfair actions , are the originally brutal tactics of colonel tavington . played wonderfully by jason isaacs , tavington is the type who loves to glare down from his horse at civilians , who nervously avoid eye contact .
this character is viciously evil ; he kills women and children and then laughs about it on the way home ; even his eyes are evil .
his portrayal has sparked some controversy in britain , some claim that he falsely represents his countrymen as " cowardly " and " sadistic .
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i disagree with this accusation .
tavington does not represent his country ; his unnecessary executions shock his own colleagues and even anger his general .
besides tavington , the redcoats remain stick figures that are neither glorified nor patronized . and stick figures make the easiest enemies in these kinds of movies - why give the audience a reason to love the bad guys ?
heck , why not spend the entire film glossing up the good guys ?
the patriot is three hours of fictional fireworks .
with an action hero seeking revenge and a comic book villain ready to take him down , it 's a lethal weapon for the colonial times .
god bless america !
and god bless the patriot !

A: P
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Q: adam sandler is n't known for appearing in deep , thought - provoking films , but he 's still a really funny guy .
most of his movies are successful not because of the film making behind them , but because they let sandler do what he does best without a stupid plot to drown him out .
big daddy is the first film in which the story seems more important than sandler 's comic performance , and it 's a miserable failure
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sandler plays a thirty - something loser who gets attached to an orphaned young boy ( played by cole and dylan sprouse ) .
as one might expect from the synopsis , director dennis dugan resorts to the usual bag of manipulative and sentimental sequences , including a repulsive courtroom battle and a lot of teary scenes in which characters say " good - bye " to one another ; in addition , there 's a ridiculous amount of disgusting toilet humor ( urine and vomit both get more screen time than sandler himself ) .
there 's a hilarious running joke featuring a female doctor who previously worked at hooters , and the film features passable performances from sandler , joey lauren adams ( as the love interest ) , and the two young boys , but the film on the whole is trite and disappointingly unfunny .

A: N
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Q: sometimes a stellar cast can compensate for a lot of things , and " pushing tin " certainly features some name stars who are going places : billy bob thornton , cate blanchett , angelina jolie , and oh yes john cusack who might not realize it at first , but he 's actually the * veteran * among this quartet of fine - looking people .
sometimes a terrific cast like this can compensate for a lackluster screen treatment of an idea that has " hip comedy " written all over it , compensate for workmanlike but uninspired direction , compensate for an obnoxious score that would have anyone but the tone deaf screaming for the exits , compensate for clich ?
d characterizations , compensate for embarrassing " you have to be joking " situations .
etc .
in " pushing tin , " thornton , blanchett , jolie , and cusack do n't have an earthly .
from the opening sequence the film is in big trouble :
squiggly , " quirky " credits , fake - looking passenger planes circling new york , and anne dudley 's in - your - ear music making us wonder how she ever got that best original score nomination for " the full monty , " let alone won it .
but i , for one , was n't ready to walk just yet .
so quickly we descend into a tightly - edited air traffic controllers montage which screams to us in large capital letters these people have a difficult job , yes , what with their frantic , mile - a - minute instructional personas , juggling planes and passenger 's lives like some huge , real , mid - air video game .
hip , cool , demonic auctioneer nick
" the zone " falzone ( cusack ) is the best in the biz .
of course .
until some hipper , cooler , leather - clad flyboy assist in the guise of russell bell ( thornton ) shows up to challenge falzone 's finite air space .
boys will be boys and some heavy duty testosterone starts exuding , then the macho one - upmanship begins .
it does n't stop with seeing who can juggle three 747s within a cat 's whisker of each other .
oh no .
there are some broken hoop dreams , some wanna - see -
how - fast - i - can - drives , and then the ultimate showdown : was that my wife i saw you with last night ?
director mike newell ( " four weddings and a funeral " ) must have read a different draft of this script because the one that 's being acted out up there between newark , jfk , and la guardia does n't have an ounce of subtlety , and newell has made some awfully good - and funny - movies before .
the antics of these air traffic controllers will make you cringe .
they 'll make you frown in disbelief .
they 'll have you constantly looking at your watch .
but wait !
there 's still 100 minutes to go ! !
the film 's only saving grace is blanchett , whose connie falzone is a spunky , brash , long island housewife who wants to better herself by taking art classes .
this is a wonderful accomplishment for the fine actress who has previously played a red - headed australian gambler ( " oscar and lucinda " ) and a tempestuous british monarch ( " elizabeth " ) .
but she 's not enough to save the picture .
thornton looks terrific and performs solidly but his character is a joke .
jolie ( as russell 's knock 'em dead wife ) is n't bad , but the up - and - coming actress disappoints by allowing herself to be displayed like a plaything .
cusack cracks gum , dons shades , and acts hip throughout but , like everything else in the film ,
his performance is forced .
in the last ten minutes or so , for some inexplicable reason , things start coming together and you begin to get a sense of how this film might have been , like the trailer teases .
but it 's too little too late .
a fine cast aside , " pushing tin " is nothing more than an embarrassment .

A:
N
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