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In this task, you must classify if a given review is positive/negative, indicating your answer as P or N.
question:
apparently , when crap calls , jim carrey answers .
here he is , mugging it up in countless unfunny ways for the fifth time , his second go - around in the role of pet detective ace ventura .
that means more talking ass - cracks , penis jokes and cries of " al - l - l - l - l - l - l - l - l - l - lrighty then .
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it all adds up to a sequel that makes the original resemble schindler 's list in terms of dramatic merit , or lack of .
granted , there are a few laughs amid the constant barrage of pre - school humor , but anyone who appreciates good comedy will bang their head against the wall ten times for every minor chuckle .
it 's a painful experience for anyone with a brain .
ace is distraught after accidentally dropping a racoon into a canyon ( in a parody of the opening scene of sylvester stallone 's cliffhanger , jim carrey being the only person who can make stallone look like a college professor in terms of intellect , or lack of ) and decides to retire to the mountains of tibet to gain a higher level of consciousness ( or , in his case , a level of consciousness ) .
but he is pulled out of retirement to the tune of $ 20 , 000 to retrieve a sacred white bat for an african tribe .
why africa ?
so carrey can disguise himself nude inside a fake rhino and later climb out the rear end as a tourist family watches ( " look , the rhino 's about to give birth ! " ) .
if that seems like hee - haw humor to you , by all means , see the movie .
if not , claim your place in human civilization with the rest of us .
obviously , there are quite a few nonmembers of civilization who made this movie , like the first ace ventura film ( i use the word " film " only because it was filmed ,
not because there 's any level of artistic merit . ) , a huge success .
in fact , carrey only has a career because of the decline of intelligence in our culture .
you may say to me , " but andrew , look at jerry lewis .
he was born with a negative i .
q . and look how popular he was thirty years ago .
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maybe , but i still say jerry lewis is a notch or two up on the comedic ladder because he never actually did an impression in a movie of a rabid bulldog biting off a man 's testicles . . .
lewis at least had the dignity to save that performance for when company came over .
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N


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a number of critics have decided that it 's open season on freddie prize jr . , slamming the young actor as an utterly talentless pretty boy on career cruise control in sound - alike , disposable teen fluff like " head over heels , " " boys and girls , " " down to you " and " she 's all that . " while the prinze oeuvre is hard to defend , his talent is not .
i first saw him in the independent dark comedy " the house of yes , " where he gave a subtle , impressive performance as the younger brother in one of america 's freakiest families .
prinze has the acting chops ; he just needs to take a few supporting roles in some grown - up movies to show the non - believers that he has what it takes .
" summer catch " certainly wo n't help his case .
inoffensive , but utterly generic ,
the baseball - related romantic comedy does little more than kill time .
the story deals with the love affair between tenley ( jessica biel ) , a wealthy cape cod girl and ryan ( prinze ) , a local boy from a working class family who dreams of becoming a big - time baseball star .
ryan 's preoccupation with his new honey - bunny drives her elitist father ( bruce davison ) crazy and endangers his position as pitcher with a cape cod summer league team .
it 's a wonder the kid has any time to pitch , as his time is occupied with making out with tenley , fighting with her dad ,
bonding with his own dad ( fred ward , who deserves better than this ) , fighting with his brother ( jason gedrick ) and carousing at a neighborhood bar with his teammates .
the filmmakers desperately want to make a quirky , character - heavy baseball movie like " bull durham , " but have n't got a clue how to get there . and
so they glide from one clich ?
to the next for 108 minutes .
the only bit of originality comes from marc blucas in a minor role as a center - fielder from texas .
in an early barroom scene , blucas , best known as demon - fighting riley finn from " buffy the vampire slayer , " hears a young woman compliment a guy on his ass , then turns to teammate matthew lillard and states , " he does have a nice ass .
a bubble butt .
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when lillard gives him an " are you insane ?
" look , blucas calmly says , " it 's nothing sexual , " then goes on to evaluate the hind - ends of some other players , including lillard 's .
speaking of asses , prinze does not bare his in the movie .
the actor has a no nudity clause in his contract , so two stunt - butts were employed for a couple of semi - nude shots .
blucas , whose character secretly dates a large woman throughout the story , gets another unique moment late in the film .
sick of hearing teammates make " fat chick " jokes
, he climbs on top of a table and loudly declares his love of amply - sized ladies .
while his speech still ends up objectifying women , it remains a nice change of pace in a numbingly ordinary movie .
trivial tidbit : " summer catch " marks a scooby doo summit .
marc blucas appears in " jay and silent bob strike back " as fred from the scooby doo gang , while freddie prinze jr .
plays the same character in the upcoming big budget film version of the old cartoon .
answer:
N


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the fugitive " is probably one of the greatest thrillers ever made .
it takes realistic , believable characters and tells an exciting story
that 's totally believable throughout .
this is n't an over - the - top action flick for the sake of action , this is an intelligent adventure story with a real sense of mystery to it and
it works perfectly .
harrison ford stars as dr .
richard kimble , a man who is wrongly accused and convicted of murdering his wife .
the entire premise of the story revolves around this murder , but is not told in a straightforward manner .
we constantly see flashbacks to the murder from kimble 's perspective .
hints are dropped from various times of the night kimble 's wife , helen ( sela ward ) was murdered .
we do n't get to see who the killer is until much further into the story .
in fact , we might even have a little doubt about kimble 's innocence ourselves .
the film does n't spend much time on the details of kimble 's trial and conviction as it is not the point of the story .
one of the greatest action scenes ensues as we get a botched escape attempt by his fellow inmates which leads to a fantastic train wreck .
but it does not at all seem gratuitous or formulated
, it is actually suspenseful to watch .
this movie is so incredible because it 's able to take elements like these and make them wholly original and believable .
tommy lee jones almost steals the show as deputy sam gerard , a u . s .
marshall who is an expert in hunting fugitives .
from the moment he appears we know a huge game of cat and mouse is about to occur .
kimble and gerard are equally matched as there is no way to tell how one is going to outsmart the other .
most of the film deals with richard 's complex investigation as he tries to find the one - armed man who killed his wife .
ford does not have a lot of lines here , so it is stuart and twohy 's script and davis 's outstanding direction that make the film as great as it is .
just watching richard use his keen intelligence and wits , disguising himself , and doing his own detective work is very interesting .
we know just as little as he does as to why his wife was killed , so as he learns more so do we .
meanwhile gerard and his staff are using all their skills to hunt him down .
at one point they run into each other and a great chase ensues , but richard is just too smart for them .
he leaves clues for gerard to show his innocence and to help him solve the mystery .
one of the greatest charms to the film is its sense of humor .
there is a great sense of comradeship between gerard and his two closest deputies cosmo renfo ( pantoliano ) and biggs ( roebuck ) .
they are trying to catch what they believe to be a dangerous murderer , yet they constantly start up small talk with each other , making funny wisecracks and one - liners , but not in any kind of distracting manner .
the final act concludes with another terrific chase .
richard figures out who the killer is and confronts him , and
although we get a typical fight scene , the case is far from solved .
the man who ordered the murder has been under our nose all along , and we do n't realize this until the end when both richard and gerard put the pieces together .
maybe the finally scene is a bit much , but it still has a believable atmosphere to it .
we 're so relieved when justice is served .
it 's not the plot is that makes " the fugitive " great , it 's all the motions the characters go through to make for an intriguing story .
watching a seemingly average man go through as much as this is what makes the movie so adventurous .
if only hollywood could produce more movies like this .
( 10/31/96 )
( 1/29/97 )
( 6/13/97 )
[ see also : " nick of time " ]
answer:

P