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

Q: every once in a while , when an exceptional family film comes along , i will attempt to champion it by challenging parents to put their money where their mouths have been ; with all the hubbub over the lack of films suitable for children , it is remarkable how many non - disney films disappear in a couple of weeks .
now i see that in so doing , i have unfairly ghettoized these films .
so i am issuing my challenge not just to parents , but to anyone who wants to support smart , funny , energetic film - making : see matilda .
see it in a theater , rather than shrugging and waiting for it on video .
see
the best film i have seen in 1996 .
not the best children 's film .
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the best film . period .
based on a story by roald dahl , it tells of young matilda wormwood ( mara wilson ) , an extraordinarily bright girl whose great misfortune it is to have a pair of deeply stupid parents : harry ( danny devito ) , a crooked used car salesman ; and zinnia ( rhea perlman ) , a simple - minded bingo addict .
the wormwoods barely notice matilda exists , and when they do , it is only to scold her for spending too much time reading books .
when they finally do send her to school , it is to crunchem hall , a bleak place run by cruel , child - hating miss agatha trunchbull ( pam ferris ) .
but things begin to look up for matilda when she discovers a sympathetic teacher , miss honey ( embeth davidtz ) , who nurtures her natural inquisitiveness .
matilda also discovers another special talent -- the ability to move things with her mind -- which allows her to help herself and miss honey to overcome miss trunchbull 's cruelty .
it was this spring 's james and the giant peach which inspired me to note that the best and most lasting tales for children tended to have more than a hint of darkness to them , and you can bet that the roald dahl responsible for the gleeful ghoulishness of james and willy wonka and the chocolate factory has more of the same in store with matilda .
and just as james benefited from the dark sensibilities of henry selick and tim burton , matilda soars on the cock - eyed direction of danny devito .
devito made black humor a key element in throw momma from the train and the war of the roses , and he contributes some memorable images .
in one scene , an unfortunate girl is made an example of by miss trunchbull when she is picked up by her pig - tails and flung through the air like a throwing hammer ; later , an overweight boy is forced to eat an entire massive cake after he is caught stealing a dessert .
matilda is just twisted enough to be a perfect fairy tale .
it is also characteristic of the best children 's tales that they manage to teach lessons in such a way that children almost do n't realize that they are learning them .
there is a hilarious moment when matilda 's television - addicted father snatches away the book she is reading ( in a wicked joke , he thinks _
moby dick _ is pornographic ) and forces her to watch an inane game show ( hosted by jon lovitz ) in which contestants are smeared with adhesive and placed in a booth filled with cash blowing around .
matilda is a story which promotes the value of intellectual curiosity over passive entertainment , and it does so while poking holes in that most frustrating of notions for a child -- that because " i 'm big and you 're little
, i 'm right and you 're wrong .
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more specifically , it has as
its heroine an intelligent , self - confident girl who struggles successfully against other people 's notions of how she should behave .
it is no coincidence that matilda was co - written by robin swicord , who contributed the superb recent adaptation of little women .
finally , matilda has that quality i find rarest and most treasured in family entertainment : it is family entertainment in the truest sense of the word .
devito knows enough to make matilda fast - paced and appealing to children , taking a deliciously nasty performance by pam ferris as miss trunchbull and making it the focal point of some priceless physical comedy , including a great chase through her dark house .
the child actors are winning but never obnoxiously adorable , with mara wilson making matilda a clever and extremely likeable character .
but there are also many , many delights for adults , including my favorite scene in which matilda uses her powers to frighten miss trunchbull by having chalk write on a chalkboard by itself while matilda 's classmates recite in sing - song fashion ; there is also a deadpan cameo by paul reubens as an fbi agent staking out matilda 's father .
i ca n't imagine anyone of any age leaving matilda feeling as though his or her intelligence had been insulted .
matilda is a film which left me glowing with good feeling .
i will see it again , and years from now i will watch it with my children .
and now i will stop , because somewhere near you matilda is about to begin , and there is a seat in that theater you should be in , if you have a child or ever were a child .

A: P
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Q: beware of movies with the director 's name in the title .
take " john carpenter 's ghosts of mars " ( please ) .
if the carpenter brand name was n't superglued to the title , this embarrassment would surely have bypassed theaters entirely and gone straight to its proper home on the usa network .
and i would have been spared a headache .
the latest from the director of " starman , " " halloween " and " escape from new york " is a lousy western all gussied up to look like a futuristic horror flick .
the production is set on mars in 2176 , where humanity looks for relief from the overpopulation strangling their home world .
six hundred and forty thousand people in a matriarchal society live and work at outposts all over the red planet , terra - forming to make it more hospitable for future generations .
a matriarchal society .
terra - forming . sounds pretty intriguing , eh ?
well , do n't get your hopes up .

A: N
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Q: i 've always been told that there are two things in life that are unavoidable - death and taxes .
oddly , i 've never given much thought to either of the two .
maybe if i did , at least i 'd stop getting collection notices from uncle sam .
yes , let me make a resolution to devote myself to better record keeping , hold on to all my receipts , and to do what it takes to have the satisfaction that my returns are mistake - free and will keep me from incurring penalties .
it seems that the issue of death may not be so different , at least envisioned here in this film .
as this tender love story goes , if you do good things and have a clear conscience when you die , you ascend to a place of great peace and beauty .
the dreams , wishes , and fantasies that you had when you were alive come true .
for those who die with a burdened soul , however , they wind up in that other place .
chris and annie ( a winsome robin williams and a radiant annabella sciorra ) seem like the perfect couple that deserve all that heaven has to offer .
their love for each other is strong and their bond is undeniable .
but tragic events eventually tear apart the fabric of annie 's happiness .
and when chris dies after a terrible car accident , she commits suicide - a tortured soul who blames herself .
despair is perhaps the greatest sin , and she will wallow in her guilt throughout eternity .
chris , on the other hand , has made it to heaven , and upon learning of annie 's fate , he journeys to hell to find her and to try to free her from her nightmare .
this film brims with imagination , containing a lush imagery that shows the arcadia that is heaven and the bitterness and frightfulness
that is hell .
it seems that heaven and hell could very well be a product of our fantasies or nightmares .
it 's shape and look is as infinite as our imagination .
as chris explores his new fantastic world and discovers things both amazing and wondrous , he also begins to learn more about himself .
certain questions baffle him at first .
why does his home in heaven ooze with paint ?
what is the significance of the asian stewardess ?
why does he have an all - too - willing guide ( cuba gooding , jr . ) to help him find annie ?
but as he slowly begins to realize the answers , it makes him stronger and gives him a greater chance to save annie .
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dreams " is both visually and tellingly beautiful .
alas , i have one regret .
the movie did well to gather more and more emotional speed , but the denouement was curiously unsatisfying .
it seemed as if it was racing to some kind of great finish , but its intensity seemed to wane in its final moments .
however , your eyes will still well up with tears and
you 'll find lots to savor .
the storytelling is purposeful and well constructed .
the journey is imaginative .
and i was surprised by how much i enjoyed this film .

A:
P
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