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In this task, you must classify if a given review is positive/negative, indicating your answer as P or N.
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eric rohmer 's " pauline at the beach , " is one of those small , deliberately paced , but charming foreign films in which not much happens plot wise , but a lot happens to the characters emotionally .
the film takes place during a few weeks of august at the normandy coast , and centers on six different characters , primarily pauline ( amanda langlet ) , a wise beyond her years 15-year - old who has come to stay for the summer with her older cousin , marion ( arielle dombasle ) .
on the first day at the beach , marion runs into an old high school flame ( fedoore atkine ) , and although he wants to rekindle their relationship , she is more interested in an older , more seductive womanizer ( pascal greggory ) , who is also secretly having an affair with a candy vendor ( rosette ) .
while pauline watches as an outsider at what is happening between all of the adults , she forms a relationship of her own with a young teenage boy ( simon de la brosse ) .
" pauline at the beach , " is not a film in which big dramatic things occur , and there is not a clear - cut , tidy conclusion to the story .
instead , it is a picture that simply observes its characters in every day life , and the surprises come from little character details .
the film is quite talky and slow moving , and so it is pretty safe to say it is n't for those who are only a fan of action movies , but is a treat for those viewers who often like to venture outside of the big - budget genre and see a good art film .
this is the first film by acclaimed director eric rohmer ( 1969 's " my night at mauds , " and 1971 's " claire 's knee " ) that i have seen , but his direction is assured and intelligent , as is the screenplay , which he also wrote .
" pauline at the beach , " is a film worth seeing .
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P


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renee zellweger stars as sonia , a young jewish wife and mother frustrated by the constraints of her hasidic community in brooklyn .
her husband ( glenn fitzgerald ) is a religious scholar whose all - in - a - day's - work attitude on sex fails to tame the " fire " she feels within , as so she confesses to the rebbe ( after hearing her fiery confession , the rebbe suddenly gets frisky with his pleasantly surprised wife -- and dies the next morning ) .
sensing her frustration , her husband 's brother ( christopher eccleston ) gives her a job in his jewelry brokering business in exchange for raw , passionless sex that just fans sonia 's still - burning flame .
on the job , sonia befriends ramon ( allen payne ) , a cool blast of hunky puerto rican water who does his own jewelry designs when not working as a grunt in an upscale jewelry store .
can fire - taming be far be that far behind for the ever - smoldering sonia ?
just about everything in writer - director boaz yakin 's rings false , starting with the improbably cast zellweger , who does an adequate enough acting job but simply looks too waspy for the role .
a better fit would have been julianna margulies , who outshines zellweger as sonia 's take - no - crap sister - in - law .
some of sonia 's baby steps toward liberation , such as indulging in a non - kosher egg roll in chinatown , come off as silly .
yakin attempts to spice up the proceedings with a touch of magical realism -- in the form of the recurring presence of sonia 's long - dead brother 's ghost -- make the story feel even more trite than it already is .
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i did n't know what to expect .
it 's like something you chase for so long , but then you do n't know how to react when you get it .
i still do n't know how to react .
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--michael
jordan , on winning his first nba championship in 1991 .
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or , my thoughts after meeting him on november 21 , 1997
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N


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it is hard to imagine that a movie which includes abortion and incest as prominent plot devices could be so sensitive , so delicate , so insightful and yes , even so enjoyable
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somehow , the cider house rules manages to keep an even keel in the face of the harsh subject matter and allows a substantial amount of heart to shine through .
set in the 1940 's , the film tells the story of a unique young man named homer wells ( tobey maguire , ride with the devil ) .
an orphan , twice rejected as an infant by possible adoptive parents , he grows up in the care and under the tutelage of dr .
wilbur larch ( michael caine , little voice ) , father figure to the orphans of st .
cloud , obstetrician or abortionist to the unhappily pregnant women who come there seeking his help .
figuring that as long as homer was going to stay at the orphanage , he might as well be of use , dr .
larch begins teaching him all he knows about obstetrics .
soon homer is delivering babies like a professional .
he refuses to perform abortions , instead wondering why the couples just did n't behave more responsibly .
larch , too old and experienced to have such youthful ideals , marvels that homer " continues to have such high expectations of people .
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such is the result of an insulated upbringing .
though skilled in certain medical procedures , homer remains woefully naive and ignorant about most everything else .
he finally figures that in order to find his place in the world , he must go out into it .
befriending a young couple who had come to see dr .
larch , he hitches a ride with them and parlays that into landing a job as an apple picker with a group of black migrant workers at the orchard where they lived .
thus , homer begins his worldly instruction , with new friend candy kendall ( charlize theron , the astronaut 's wife ) a willing tutor .
tobey maguire is well cast yet again as an inherently good man who is seeking answers to life 's questions . . .
many of which he was unaware needed to be asked .
he demonstrates a quiet strength and thoughtful curiosity that is both warm and appealing .
michael caine is , in a word , brilliant as the caring caretaker of these orphans , many of whom he helped to bring into the world . calling them " princes of maine , kings of new england " in his ritualistic goodnight , mr .
caine manages to communicate the love and commitment larch has towards these children without becoming maudlin or saccharine .
delroy lindo ( a life less ordinary ) has many powerful moments as mr .
rose , the strong and charismatic leader of the apple pickers whom homer joins .
director lasse hallstrom (
what 's eating gilbert grape ? ) and screenwriter / novelist john irving ( the world according to garp ) , who adapted his own work for this movie deserve much of the credit for the balanced approach to the sensitive subject matter .
regardless of one 's personal stand on the divisive matter of abortion , it is hard to imagine anyone becoming offended by the evenhanded treatment used by these filmmakers .
the title is a reference to a list of rules posted in the quarters of the illiterate apple pickers .
figuring the rules did n't apply to them since they did n't have a hand in writing them , they decide to ignore the list and make up their own rules as they go along .
dr .
larch , in his own way , acts similarly .
there is a danger in that line of reasoning .
god has also given us a set of rules .
unlike the list posted in the cider house , god 's rules , if followed , promise us benefits beyond our imagination .
and yet , many continue to ignore his " rules " preferring to make up their own as they go through life .
" trust in the lord with all thine heart ; and lean not unto thine own understanding .
" proverbs 3 : 5 [ kjv ]
just as a builder follows a designer 's blueprint or a conductor follows a composer 's score , why should n't we follow the rules of life given to us by life 's architect for our own blessing ?
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P