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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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robert altman 's cookie 's fortune is that rare movie that does not depend on sentimentality to be uplifting and to make its viewers feel good .
it is a sunny , delightful , dreamy comedy , filled with lovely performances , skillful direction and topped off with an understated , clever , extraordinary script .
as this is an ensemble piece , it is forced to start of slowly as it introduces us to its characters , all of them residing in a southern town called holly springs .
first we meet willie ( charles s. dutton ) , an honest man with a slight drinking habit .
we then see that willie takes care of an elderly lady nicknamed cookie , who is slowly losing her grip on sanity and is being filled with loneliness , despair , and want of her dead husband .
we cut to camille ( glenn close ) who is obsessively directing a play with her sister cora ( julianne moore ) .
then we briefly get acquainted with emma ( liv tyler ) , an apparent relative of cookie , who is a down - but - not - out teen outcast , still full of love and hope even though she has no real place to live .
we also fleetingly see emma 's lover jason ( chris o'donnell ) , an ambitious but far too excitable young cop .
we are now about one quarter through the two hour picture , and robert altman decides that it is time to set the plot in motion .
we see the ecstatic cookie stare hopefully at a picture of her husband .
she exclaims " here i come ! " and then puts a pillow to her face and shoots herself .
soon after , her niece camille stops by to get a fruit salad bowl , comes upstairs , finds cookie dead and flips out .
convinced that suicide is a disgrace and that she will have none of that in her family , she eats the suicide note and convinces her slightly slow ( yet sweet ) sister that it was a murder .
she makes sure that she stages it like a murder as well ; scattering jewelry all over the floor , breaking a few cabinets , windows and doors , and then throwing the gun out in the back yard .
the only reasonable suspect is willie , who immediately gets taken into custody , and put in a jail cell
( they all know he did n't do it , so the cell stays open and he plays scrabble with the sheriff and the faithful emma ) .
meanwhile , the unperturbed camille continues her none - too - subtle manipulations trying to further cover up for the murder while at the same time making her easter play a success .
so begins cookie 's fortune , a film aptly described by critic scott renshaw as " a southern spin on fargo , " except that this one is far funnier and much more enjoyable than the coen brothers ' darker , somewhat disturbing and slightly overrated escapade .
robert altman 's slight picture is in some ways reminiscent of something like midnight in the garden of good and evil as well , in that both films focus ( on and off ) on the eccentricities of the residents in a southern us town .
indeed , most of the characters in cookie 's fortune are loads of fun to observe , and a portion of them are fascinating and surprisingly multi- dimensional .
glenn close turns in an insubstantial ( in terms of her career ) but magnificent performance
as the conniving camille and is also the source of a good portion of the many laughs that we enjoy in this movie , and she is perfectly cast as the prolific " aunt alexandria " character , endlessly obsessed with family dignity .
the equally essential role of willie is handled with an intangible grace by veteran thespian charles
s. dutton
( mimic , a time to kill ) there is nothing like a movie which leaves you feeling all warm and fuzzy
inside hours , even days after the film ends .
cookie 's fortune is such a movie .
i loved the light , kindhearted approach altman ( whose last project was the dark , intense drama the gingerbread man ) took towards the tricky subject matter .
i enjoyed the talented ensemble cast .
i even liked the trite " in the south everybody is related to everybody " cliche that is inevitably employed by the time this movie draws to a close .
i 'm not sure
why cookie 's fortune had such an all - around pleasing effect on me .
perhaps it 's that good ol' southern charm .
answer:
P


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another ' independent film ' , this comedy , which was brought by miramax for $ 5 million , is good fun
.
favreau and vaughn
( the lost world : jurassic park , 1997 ) play mike and trent , two everyday 20somethings on the lookout for women .
the film just basically follows their plight on the lookout for lurve , and along the way we get to meet some of their friends , see their attempts at chatting up girls , and just basically get a insight into their lives .
and all of this is great fun .
swingers does n't rely on huge special effects , or big name stars to provide entertainment .
no , it just has a great script and superb little known actors .
the script , by favreau , is great .
mike is always missing is girlfriend , who has n't called him for six months , and every time he meets a girl , he always end up telling her about the ex .
the audience feels for this pathetic little man , thanks to the great script .
vaughn is ' the money ' ( swingers speak for ' the best ' ) as the womanizing trent , always on the lookout for a new girl .
some of his chat - up lines are awful , but he always seems to get the girl thanks to his ' hard man ' nature .
vaughns character also gets the best laugh in the film , towards the end in a diner .
the conversations that go on between mike and trent are great , but it never quite reaches tarantino standards ( which i suspect the film was trying to reach . )
there are some excellent , laugh out loud jokes in the film , and some superbly funny set pieces ( such as favreau cringe - worhy battle with a answer machine that always cut him off before he finishes his sentence .
embarrassing to him , hilarious to the audience . )
mike & trents friends are also good , although there characters seem a bit underwritten , and we never really learn as much as we would like about them .
although this is primarily mike and trents film , it would of been nice to learn a bit more about their friends .
they just seem to wander aimlessly in the background .
but again , the lines they say are usually pretty good , and they do have some funny parts .
it 's just a shame that they did n't have more meatier roles .
the acting is superb .
as said above , vaughn is superb as trent , he 's definitely the best thing in the film .
favreau is also good , acting as ' the little man ' very well , and the way he always feels sorry for himself is very funny .
graham ( boogie nights , 1997 ) has a small but good role as lorraine , a girl mike finally falls in love with .
she hardly features in the film at all , but she still manages to make an impact on the audience .
swingers , then , is funny , but it does have some flaws .
firstly , the running time is a bit too short .
the film comes to an abrupt halt , and i actually wanted the film to carry on longer .
it never really comes to a satisfying conclusion , which is a shame , as most films are too long !
also , this type of film has been done too many times , such as sleep with me ( 1994 ) .
but these small flaws do n't really spoil what is a funny , entertaining comedy .
answer:
P


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i cried during _
babe
_ .
i admit it .
the special effects , the story , the great dialogue were woven together so delicately and successfully that my mind lost track that this was a " children 's film " --so much so that , yes , i got a little overly sentimental .
such , my friend , is the power of cinema .
when word came out that they were using this newly developed f / x for a doctor dolittle update , in which eddie murphy plays the title character , and many great comic actors supply the voices , my anticipation rose to great expectations .
they ca n't possibly drop the ball on this one .
ca n't miss .
ca n't possibly miss .
they missed .
what went wrong ?
after much thought , i supply three general rules .
( 1 ) do n't let a television actress - turned - comedy movie director near an urbanite script ( i .
e . , penny marshall 's dreadful " preacher 's wife " ) .
betty thomas worked wonders with " the brady bunch movie " , but the same sitcom - airiness does n't quite work here .
it 's as if she lifted a generic sitcom , and iced it with light doses of modern r&b .
take away the black cast , take away the atrocious soundtrack , and you have the residue of some mid-80 's kirk cameron show .
( 2 ) the greater the cast , the less the individual cast - member has to do ( i .
e . , " con air " ) .
it is great to have the comic voices of jenna elfman , garry schandling , john leguizimo , ellen degeneres , and gilbert godfried in your lineup , but they have nothing to do but improvise their underdeveloped , stereotyped characters , one - line - at - a - time .
it 's even worse , because sometimes their voices are so unrecognizable that you do n't get the satisfaction of linking the voice to the comedian until the credits .
now there are three character actors who do get special treatment : albert brooks brings dignity to nearly every project he 's in , and the scenes as a depressed tiger do resonate a certain poignancy .
norm mcdonald fares nearly as well , as a stray dog who learns to bond with dolittle .
but there 's little humor here .
that rests on the shoulders of chris rock , sorely miscast and unfunny as the voice of their wise - ass guinea pig .
even the mouth is ill - synched .
( 3 ) do n't let the special effects technicians walk away with the script .
there 's a certain timing that 's mandatory in comedy .
to have this timing usurped by the brilliancy of computer generated mouths or lifelike creations of jim henson 's creature shop , is a travesty .
this is not to say that special effects filled comedies or muppet movies are n't well - timed laughfests ; with the right director , they can be and have .
here , betty thomas is clearly over her head .
i wish i could commend the special effects , but they 're merely average .
count the number of times where the animal 's mouth is turned away from the camera , or too far to notice , or ill - synched .
this is less a " babe " and more of a " look who 's barking " clone .
you may be wondering , ' how does eddie murphy fare ? '
well , he came back with the exceptional " nutty professor " , and i do n't doubt he can come back again .
here , he 's tied into a straight man and given little to do .
the exceptions are when he fears he 's going crazy : a far cry from his smarter - than - you'd expect routine that he 's more adept at .
it 's unfortunate that he is where richard pryor was ten years ago , making lame comedies without the same bite he had given in his early years .
after all this , what 's left ?
butt jokes .
a _ lot _ of butt jokes .
i guess for kids that may be funny , but i was stone - faced .
if there 's a lesson the film may be telling us , is that animals have feelings too , and they care way too much for your butt .
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N