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

dora ( fernanda montenegro ) sits behind a make - shift desk at rio+s major train station .
she , in her colorful demeanor , offers a service that is unheard of in the states .
she writes letters for the illiterate , who pass through , to try to find lost relatives , find love , or search after lost debts .
she+s
quirky , she+s elderly , she+s caring .
totally trustworthy , right ? not a chance .
once home , she never sends these letters , saving money on postage , and relishing in the drama contained therein with her neighbor irene ( mar ?
lia
p ? ra ) .
one of the letters is sent by a young mother with her nine - year old son , looking for their father .
shortly thereafter , she gets hit by a bus , and the son is orphaned .
days go by , and the boy , named josu ?
, roams around the station , hungry , desperate , and somewhat clueless to his predictament .
through a series of circumstances too precious to elaborate upon , dora somehow takes a responsibility in trying to find josu ?
+ s father .
this means leaving the security of rio , traveling to the outskirts of brazil , where unpaved roads , religious devotees and the poverty - stricken become commonplace .
films like this remind me as to what i enjoy about some foreign films .
it is an opportunity for me to get a fresh breath in another part of the world , so distant from my own .
it does so entertainingly , and so heart - wrenchingly
.
and yet , it+s backdrop is merely that .
the focus is on the minute transformation of dora , of how she learns to love this little kid , without being cloying or sentimental .
the most interesting backdrop is the amount of religious dedication is in the film .
dora being an amoral scam - artist , could care less about the amount of bickering between the candle - lighting of the catholics versus the bumper - sticker mentality of the evangelicals .
but neither side is trivialized .
she even begins to develop an affection for a non - drinking evangelical , who sees the problems with dora , if not initially .
fernanda montenegro surprisingly got an oscar nomination for this very delicate performance , but the true marvel is that of vinicius de oliveira , who plays josu ? .
he , like the discoveries of j ?
r ?
mie renier
( _ la promesse _ ) and giorgio cantarini
( _ life is beautiful _ ) , prove that the true acting discoveries may be outside of the united states .
he is a natural , and never once grating .
send a memo to jonathan taylor thomas .
P

ingredients :
neophyte lawyer , legal situations , corrupt insurance company , synopsis : rudy baylor ( matt damon ) is an ethical kid fresh out of law school who must juggle three legal situations at the same time .
rudy 's girlfriend is attacked by her violent husband ; rudy 's elderly landlady wants to arrange her will so that her children are excluded , and ; the family of rudy 's friend with leukemia is suing the corrupt insurance company that would n't pay for a bone marrow transplant .
rudy is new to being a lawyer and is thoroughly outgunned , but luckily he is aided by a sleazy ambulance chaser ( danny devito ) who has failed the bar exam six times as well as by the kindly presiding judge ( danny glover ) .
jon voight plays leo
f .
drummond , the intimidating and arrogant leader of the all - powerful insurance company 's team of lawyers who will do anything to oppose justice .
will rudy defeat leo ?
will he enjoy being a lawyer ?
opinion :
the good news is that this movie has a happy ending , and it features a guy trying to do the right thing .
director francis ford coppola does this film a little differently than the stereotypical law movie .
in the typical lawyer movie there 's one big case and the movie focuses on solving it , and somewhere along the line surprise witnesses and motives turn up before the good guy wins ( after lots of gripping courtroom drama ) .
however , coppola 's movie is deliberately more low key . ' the rainmaker ' plays out like a personality sketch of young rudy as he gets emotionally involved with and tries to save various little quirky side characters .
in the background rudy 's voice narrates his feelings and makes half - cynical jokes about the legal profession in general .
two factors combine to make this movie less heavy than it can be .
first , rudy 's time is split juggling three cases , rather than concentrating on a single high - stakes case .
also , rudy 's use of voice narration in place of acting makes the film lose some of its dramatic edge .
the end result is an entertaining low key law movie where the good guys win , and rudy narrates his way into coming of age .
P

airplane ! is considered among many to be the epitome of satire film - making .
after all , it 's brought to us by one of the best known satire writing / directing teams .
even if most people do n't recognize the names behind the films , they are bound to recognize the titles : airplane ! , top secret , the naked gun , and hot shots to name a few .
but although the zucker / abrahams / zucker team was first introduced with the kentucky fried movie in 1977 , airplane ! remains the true cornerstone of their work , and their directorial debuts .
in the seventies , disaster films seemed to be at an all time high .
films like earthquake , the towering inferno , and the poseidon adventure were big hits .
there was also a series about the disasters that can arise when traveling by plane - a series that spanned the entire decade .
and so , in 1980 , we were introduced to a new airplane disaster film .
this time the disaster had nothing to do with a maniacal hijacker or crashing into the ocean . . .
it had to do with bad fish .
airplane !
is the story of ted striker ( robert hays ) - an ex - fighter - pilot who has never gotten over the fact that a decision he had to make in the midst of war led to the death of six , er , seven comrades . unable to stop living in the past , ted 's world fell apart .
he spent his time moving from city to city without ever having a stable job , and eventually , as we begin this film , is getting dumped by his lover , flight attendant elaine dickinson ( julie hagerty ) .
in a desperate attempt not to lose her , ted buys a ticket for the same flight elaine is working .
unfortunately , she is unsympathetic and even criticizes ted for following her , which leaves him wallowing in self - pity .
in the midst of it all , something happens .
someone gets sick .
then another .
then another .
soon , the whole plane is full of deathly - ill chicago - bound people .
.
.
and when the pilots get sick ( played by peter graves , kareem abdul - jabbar , and frank ashmore ) , who will save the day ?
( gee , i wonder ) of course the main draw here is the non - stop " whiz - bang " comedy , with a hefty dose of both visual and spoken gags .
although i had seen this movie a few times before ,
i was still laughing thru the entire thing .
the most fun character by far is the doctor , played by leslie nielsen .
he 's a dry , subtle , sterotypically straight - faced doctor that ends up saying some of the funniest lines of the film .
in a film like this , you 're not really expecting an elaborate production , so one ca n't complain about the amateurish quality .
what you can complain about is the absolutely annoying johnny , played by stephen stucker .
this character is pointless , nauseating , and very unfunny .
i do n't know why he was put in there , and i do n't think anybody will find a good excuse .
and when the film nears an end , it slows down quite a bit , almost getting old .
you got ta give it to a movie that only runs 88 minutes and can feel two hours long .
aside from that , airplane !
is really a top - notch spoof that will likely forever be known as a spoof classic .
it would be a good choice to pop in the vcr with a group of friends , especially if they have n't seen it .
and if they ask what the plot is , just tell 'em
" it 's a synopsis of the basic storyline of the film , but that 's not important right now .
"
if you 've seen the film , you 'll understand ; - )

P