In this task, you must classify if a given review is positive/negative, indicating your answer as P or N.
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Question: along his carreer , mel gibson has collected several successes , not only from an economic point of view but also from an artistic point of view .
for all that , i think no one could guess the skills and abilities now disclosed in braveheart .
the australian actor decided to produce and direct a film about sir william wallace , a popular scotch hero of the 13th century , where he would also perform the principal role . accepting so huge challenge , mel gibson run the risk of stain all his work of years , with a suppoosed failure , just to see recognized , by everyone , all his potentialities and , that way , to consolidate his position in hollywood .
it was , definitely , an enormous risk
but i 'm sure mel knew exactly well what he was going to face .
braveheart is , in fact , a magnificent and magisterial film .
for three hours we are completely absorbed by the narrative 's rhyitm which never gives place to a single moment of monotony or uninterest .
the william wallace 's story is the story of so many others brave liberty 's defenders who fought and gave the life for that essential value , along the centuries .
seeing himself and his people victims of injustices and violent repression , william wallace dares to face the powerful edward i , king of england , in a war by the autonomy of scotland .
as the victories succeed the number of fighters with wallace goes growing up .
his courage and inteligence are admired by everyone , including the princess isabelle of wales , wife of edward 's son .
however , william wallace was also surrounded by enemies and some of them were closer than he thought .
braveheart may not be an historically corrected movie but the nature of its message make us think about the importance that we give to liberty , nowadays .
mel gibson directs with a lot of brilliancy a brilliant cast .
patrick mcgoohan has a very nice performance
as edward i , the king longshank .
the scene when he waits for the death and loses his voice is really good .
sophie marceau , as princess isabelle , has along the movie no more than fifteen minutes of performance but mel gibson gave to those minutes such a very special treatment that princess isabelle soon becomes one of the major characters in braveheart .
i also liked the performances of angus macfadyen , as robert the bruce , and , of course , mel gibson , as william wallace .
however , i think this time the mel gibson 's work as director was much better than his work as actor .
the excellent music composed by james horner is another thing that helps braveheart to be the success that it really is .
when we join that music to the beautiful scotch landscapes , view by the camera of john toll , then we realize all the beauty of this film .
braveheart is , in my opinion ,
one of the best movies of 1995 !
i 've heard some people saying that mel gibson is gon na be a new david lean .
for now , let 's see if braveheart equalizes the 6 oscars of lawrence of arabia .
it wo n't be easy !
it 's gon na be one more challenge for mel gibson .

Answer: P


Question: i am starting to write this review before going to see strawberry and chocolate , cuba 's oscar nominee for best foreign film , directed by tomas gutierrez alea ( who also directed the sometimes and in some circles critically acclaimed memorias del subdesarrollo-- " memories of underdevelopment " .
i saw memorias as part of a cuban cinema class back in the late ' 70s ; it merged the politics of the cuban revolution with mundane elements of the human condition .
i knew then that memorias was probably a state - sanctioned political missive , and now expect strawberry will follow suit .
fellow internetters , primarily in the newsgroup dedicated to cuba ( soc . culture .
cuba ) , have mentioned that strawberry is a harsh criticism of the revolution and its current state of affairs .
i have jumped to the conclusion that strawberry is nothing more than a veiled attempt at espousing the party line -- it probably looks like political criticism , but it ai n't so .
having some first hand and extensive anecdotal knowledge of castro 's repressiveness , i ca n't conceive of his tolerating honest and adversarial criticism of the revolution , and i ca n't imagine his letting anyone even suggest his failure as a leader of a failed movement .
as kids say these days , duh ! , the revolution 's current state needs no criticism ; its physical and spiritual crumbling is self evident .
the proper questions to put relate to castro 's legitimacy .
i bet the film takes castro 's power for granted , and that this or any other movie , produced under cuba 's state control , can not question his right to run cuba 's political show ( ongoing now for more than 36 years ) .
that 's why i just ca n't believe strawberry is an honest criticism of the regime .
let 's see what happens after the room goes dark and the screen lights up .
i saw the film -- twice .
i was right ; castro remained intact .
strawberry negotiates the relationship between a young " dialectic materialist , " as he describes himself , and a homosexual photographer ( diego ) in 1979 cuba .
the young man ( david ) is the son of peasants ; a symbol of the revolution 's reason for being .
grateful to the revolution for the opportunity to receive a university education , he studies political science instead of literature , his avocation , because he perceives it is his duty .
therein lies a likely unintended irony , since cuba has no need for political theoreticians .
cuba 's government is castro .
diego 's lifestyle is the antithesis of revolutionary life .
he enjoys the finer things -- tea , opera , art .
he does not do " voluntary work " for the revolution .
his small apartment is a sensual oasis .
the moniker " bourgeois " figuratively hangs over his head during the early parts of the movie .
however , he is a " revolucionario " in his own way .
the supporting roles are filled by : an aging busybody with a heart of gold and a troubled psyche ; david 's roommate , who rally takes the communist party line to its expected extreme ;
david 's ex - girlfriend , who dumped him for another guy , yet wants to bed him before she leaves for italy with her husband ; german , a gay sculptor whose work diego is attempting to exhibit , and who strikes a faustian pact with the government .
gutierrez alea and co - director
juan carlos tabio
do a fine job at almost showing that homosexuals can be revolutionaries too .
heck , towards the end of the film you begin to think the guy deserves a medal for his patriotic fervor .
he really loves the revolution ( as supposedly does everybody else in cuba ) and wants to make it better by exposing and correcting some of its flaws .
real criticism is missing though .
this movie is political window dressing .
luis aguilar leon 's op .
ed .
piece on fresa in the miami herald ( 10 march 1995 , at 21a ) did not color my judgment ; it presaged my intuition .
aguilar leon expressed my sentiment about this film 's political angle best : like many artistic manifestations in cuba , strawberry and chocolate sprang from a totally manipulated environment .
as art critic ivan de la nuez well states in the latest issue of the magazine postmodern notes , the silenced artists are those who refuse to accept " the charade in which artists can provoke up to a point , while the institutions legitimize themselves by forbidding them to go beyond that point .
" although terrible propaganda , this is otherwise a fine film .

Answer: P


Question: the stereotypical american male has an undeniable fetishistic love of sports cars .
producer jerry bruckheimer plays upon that attraction with a movie so loaded with testosterone and laced titillatingly with shot after frenetic shot of powerful muscle cars , sleek foreign road huggers and iconic speed machines that many males will leave the theater in an orgasmic haze .
gone is 60 seconds is an orgy of maleness gone horribly awry
.
cage is legendary retired car thief , memphis raines ( do n't you love cute movie names ) , who must call upon his time worn skills to save his thick - headed brother ( ribisi ) from being killed . seems a murderous crime boss ( eccleston ) with a fetish for wood ( insert your own joke ) hired brother kip to steal a ridiculous amount of expensive , exotic autos .
fifty cars , to be exact .
poor kip screws the pooch and bungles the job badly .
if the cars are n't delivered in three days , bossman has a casket carved out just for kip .
literally .
if only someone could save him . hmmmm . . wonder what memphis is doing ?
in order to give the film some emotional heft , there are several subplots designed to tug at our heartstrings or give us the thrill of . . .
yawn , excuse me , dramatic tension .
shadowing memphis is an old law enforcement foe ( lindo ) who 's looking to send memphis away .
will he catch him ?
there 's old flame sway ( jolie ) , who had her heart broken by memphis years ago .
will they get back together ?
shortsighted , thrill seeker kip idolizes his brother , yet resents him for moving away from the family .
will they reconnect ?
raines old mentor ( duvall )
has long since left the life of crime .
will memphis get him finally caught as he pulls him back into the life , one more time ?
can you answer all these questions correctly in 2 seconds without seeing the film first ?
i 'll bet you can .
following the opening credits , which fill you in on the accomplishments of the raines family through a montage of old photos , we was taken full throttle into the splendor that is memphis .
he 's first shown living the good life teaching young children to drive go - carts .
in a later scene , as misfit brother kip knowingly tells memphis he has the stolen car situation under control , all the while making breakfast , a metaphor is made of shakespearean proportions .
just as a pan of grease flares up with kip clueless to how to quell it ,
big brother memphis calmly and efficiently throws some salt on it .
looks like everything might turn out alright after all .
you know this because the music swells on the crest of violins .
that 's about as strong as the characterization gets , which is a shame
.
bruckheimer has a real talent for loading his movies with an obscene amount of talent given the task at hand .
monumentally underused jolie portrays an empty headed sexpot whose idea of sex revolves around cars and memphis .
or maybe it 's just the cars .
duvall trots out his ornery , but sweet old codger outfit .
i 'm sure he 's still laughing at taking a paycheck for this one .
lindo projects a warm hearted , but tightly focused detective that almost transcends the material .
the biggest waste of resources is vinnie jones , who plays a mute accomplice of memphis . without saying a word , he is easily the most charismatic person in the movie .
like a blast of nitrous oxide , he attacks each scene with a straightforward zeal .
too bad his minutes onscreen are so few .
somehow , bruckheimer manages to attract top hollywood acting talent to high concept ,
poorly written movies , gussies up the film with lots of gold hues and pleasingly stylized action and they sell like proverbial hotcakes .
every time something clever happens it 's counterbalanced by something so overtly wrong that it jerks you back into realizing you 're watching a movie
.
there 's a innovative usage of black lighting that goes from being a novelty to a part of the plot .
it 's counterbalanced by an extremely feeble attempt at humor by having an asian american repeatedly failing a driver 's test .
imagine the yuks .
there 's a segment where one of the thieves shows another his cool fake fingerprint trick .
it 's countered by the lame semi - subplot of a car being stolen with a bunch of heroin in the trunk .
the ramifications are never explored .
then there 's the ridiculousness of the many cops who actually shoot at fleeing cars .
not only is it stupid , but it 's against the law .
this is a movie made of pretty , but tepid car chases strung together by just enough character interaction to move the plot along .
gone in 60 seconds
aptly describes how long it 'll take for this marginally entertaining , but empty film to leave your memory .

Answer:
N