In this task, you are given sentences from movie reviews. The task is to classify a sentence as "POS" if the sentiment of the sentence is positive or as "NEG" if the sentiment of the sentence is negative

The pitch must have read like a discarded House Beautiful spread .
POS

It 's petty thievery like this that puts flimsy flicks like this behind bars
NEG

... a somber film , almost completely unrelieved by any comedy beyond the wistful everyday ironies of the working poor .

NEG