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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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this is one of the most funny and entertaining comedies of the year
and it just happens to be animated .
there are some great voice over commentaries from hollywood 's most famous celebrities , some fabulous animation and a compelling story .
this is the best we 've seen from disney since " beauty and the beast " ( 1996 ) .
this film begins an unspecified time following the happily - ever - after conclusion to toy story .
in the aftermath of their earlier adventures , buzz ( voice of tim allen ) and woody ( voice of tom hanks ) are now fast friends and all the toys live in perfect harmony , content with their " lives " .
one day , andy broke woody 's arm off , while playing with him .
woody is now officially discarged and worthless , left with his nightmares , where he lies in a trash can with the other discards .
later andy 's mother decides to have a yard sale , and she collects a few old toys from her son 's room .
since one of these discards is a member of the moving toy gang , woody goes to the rescue , leaving the safety of the house for the uncertainty of the front lawn in order to bring the toy back .
although his mission is successful , he is placed in a serious predicament when a toy collector named al ( voice of wayne knight ) spies woody while hunting through the wares available at the sale .
the cowboy toy represents the final collectible needed to complete his collection of merchandise from the old tv series , " woody 's roundup .
" if he can acquire woody , al can ship everything to a toy museum in japan for a huge profit .
so , after andy 's mother refuses to sell the wooden cowboy
, al steals him , and it 's up to the other toys , led by buzz , to go into the city to save their friend .
and so , buzz , rex ( voice of wallace shawn ) , hamm ( voice of john ratzenberger ) , mr .
potatohead ( voice of don rickles ) , and slinky ( voice of jim varney ) , go out on a dangerous journey to rescue their friend , they find themselves confronting things like busy streets and other buzz lightyear toys .
there are car chases , gun fights and finally the confrontation between buzz and his nemesis ( who , by the way , resembles darth vader ) .
meanwhile , woody learns that he was once a tv celebrity and has a family - a cowgirl named jessie ( voice of joan cusack ) , a horse named bullseye , and a father figure called the prospector ( voice of kelsey grammar ) .
they offer him another life , as a celebrity -- a toy in a museum in japan .
he is now forced to choose between being loved intensively by andy for a little while ( before he grows up ) and be forgotten , or be admired by children for generations .
the problem is , if woody escapes from al 's clutches and returns home , they will end up back in the lonely darkness of storage .
a real effort is made in the technical department .
the animation is rich and colorful , with lots of wonderful details .
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" cinematography " is also extremely improved since toy story ; there are a lot of complicated swings , turns and close - ups that really make an impression .
lighting and filters are used to create a mood ( as in a surprisingly emotional moment - jessie 's remembrance of her days when she was a beloved toy ) the film contains a lot of in - side jokes ( such as the one about videogames ) , and entertaining parodies on " jurassic park " and " star wars " .
the film ends with the " failed takes " , the kind of scenes that we are used to see after comedy shows on tv .
these outtakes are some of the funniest scenes in the film . but what in the end makes " toy story 2 " a memorable experience is not the jokes , its multiple parodies or marvelous animation .
it is its heart and emotions -- the story about the meaning of friendship , love and even life itself .
it is not difficult to predict that " toy story 2 " would be a huge economical success , but its artistic achievement was unexpected .
unexpected because the first film was n't much more than a demonstration of special effects .
but mostly it was unexpected because disney has n't produced anything spectacular in years and is constantly surpassed by companies such as dreamworks and warner brs .
but here the director has changed the atmosphere of the film , making it more accessible and interesting for persons older that 9 years .
this is a big step - away from the ancient laws of disney - animation .
off course , this is not " antz " , it is not as intelligent ; this is not a landmark and no masterpiece , but i promise that you 'll find it as funny and enjoyable as i have .
whether this is the best animated film of the year , i dare not say .
my choice would probably be " the iron giant " , but ( along side with " american pie " ) this is the comedy of the year .
i almost lost my hopes for disney , but " toy story 2
" proves that disney has n't lost their ability to entertain .
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P


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susan granger 's review of " the watcher " ( universal ) just what we need : another lurid , trashy serial killer saga .
this time , keanu reeves plays an elusive homicidal maniac who engages in a gruesome ticking - clock cat - and - mouse game with james spader , a burnt - out fbi agent who has suffered a traumatic nervous breakdown after too many years on the job with the lapd .
to taunt spader , who has relocated to chicago , reeves packs up his trusty piano wire and moves too .
before long , he starts mailing photographs of the lonely , unsuspecting young women who are his intended windy city victims , challenging spader , along with the chicago police department , to stop him within 24 hours before he strikes again .
in the midst of this murderous frenzy , there 's spader 's psychologist , played by marisa tomei , who is even less convincing as a medical professional than jennifer lopez in " the cell .
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writers david elliot , clay ayers and darcy meyers , along with first - time director joe charbanic ( helmer of music videos for reeves ' band dogstar ) , dwell on the warped thrill of the methodology and the chase , revealing , early on , exactly whodunit since the killer says he and the cop " need each other to give meaning to our lives .
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plus , as reeves explains , " we 're all stacked right on top of each other , but we do n't notice each other any more .
" after that , it 's all sound effects and tricky camera - work , along with a muddled , discordant soundtrack .
james spader 's acting technique can be described as ' wooden deadpan ' while keanu reeves maintains his perpetually monotone ' dude ' persona which sometimes works , sometimes does n't .
chris ellis , as spader 's self - important colleague , is the only cast member who manages to be convincing .
on the granger movie gauge of 1 to 10 , " the watcher " is an appallingly awful , amateurish 2 .
the real torture is watching it .
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N


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the cartoon is way better .
that 's the bottom line on disney 's incredibly hyped live action version of its 1961 animated feature .
the alliance between disney and slapstick king john hughes has produced a frenetic " home alone " with puppies , and not much else .
when production of this remake was announced , the big question seemed to be " why ?
the original cartoon still works , so what 's the point ?
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the answer , it appears , is to give disney an excuse for yet another massive merchandising campaign .
the story , for those of you who missed childhood , is simple .
two dalmatians , pongo and perdy , fall in love at first sight .
they drag their " human pets " together , and in a short time both couples marry .
the heavenly match - ups turn chaotic when pongo and perdy 's new - born pups are stolen ; their dog - napping engineered by the evil cruella devil , who wants them for their pelts .
everyone in the animal kingdom then joins in a frantic effort to save the puppies .
in the original movie , the animated pooches had a broad range of facial expressions and distinct personalities .
we also could hear them talk , which quickly established a crucial element to the charm of the film , the dog 's view of humans as their pets .
in the new version , the dogs are mute and expressionless .
hughes attempts to give them character with repeated shots of the dalmatians draping their heads over each other and licking their faces and necks .
while he drew the desired " aww , they 're so cute " reaction from the audience , it was quickly followed by several people whispering " i wonder what kind of food they smeared on the dog 's heads to get them licking like that ?
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the canines ' lack of personality would be easier to take if the human beings had a little .
joely richardson and jeff daniels are stunningly bland in their lead roles .
in previous films , daniels successfully played off his white bread persona .
in " something wild " , he revealed the rebellious thrill - seeker beneath his neutral demeanor .
in " terms of endearment " , his hapless appearance masked a cold , manipulative womanizer .
here , he and richardson are so consistently bland
that it 's a wonder their images even stick to the film .
glenn close , however , has no problems establishing a distinct personality .
as the villainous icon cruella devil , she tears up the screen in a deliciously over - the - top performance .
close matches the intensity of the animated cruella by becoming a cartoon herself .
with a two - tone fright wig , red gloves with long nails attached to the fingertips , garish animal skin outfits and stiletto heels , close bursts through her scenes like a force of nature .
she 's clearly having a ball playing this monstrous icon , and her wicked glee is infectious .
when she spits out lines like " you 've won the battle , but i 'm about to win the wardrobe ! , " the film comes briefly to life .
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101 dalmatians " is crammed with john hughes ' typical heavy - handed approach to comedy .
after an ingenuous opening showing pongo 's morning routine as he gets daniels prepared for the day , the film quickly tumbles into lame slapstick
as the pooch drags daniels on a careening trek through a city park .
a little slapstick goes a long way , but hughes just keeps laying it on .
the second half of the film , where local animals team up to rescue 99 nondescript dalmatian puppies from devil and her henchmen , is a tedious home alone clone , with the bad guys enduring a variety of sadistic assaults worthy of an itchy & scratchy cartoon , including a thug getting his testicles fried on an electric fence .
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101 dalmatians " has cute puppies and a hoot of a performance from glenn close , but not enough to warrant enduring third rate slapstick , bland characters , and unconvincing animatronic raccoons high - fiving one another . rent the cartoon !
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N