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

[EX Q]: 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 .
[EX A]: P

[EX Q]: the new austin powers film continues a movie tradition begun in the eighties .
produce something , anything , that will get the high school and junior high kids in the theater because they buy more soda and popcorn than senior citizens .
the usual hallmarks of this filmmaking tradition are all here .
gross humor , sex jokes , silly sight gags , more sex jokes .
and the film is a strong contender in the current race to be cruder , grosser and more outrageous than that last film .
what the film is not , however , is funny .
the plot centers around the return of dr .
evil , who goes back in time to steal austin powers ' mojo ( a liquid with red stuff in it extracted from austin 's pelvis ) which gives austin his sexual prowess and the charisma to defeat his enemies .
austin must go after him , and returns to the swinging sixties where free love and sexy secret agents had their heyday .
i almost avoided this film because i did not like the original .
but the films premise sounded like an excellent comic vehicle and the film received many good reviews .
i wish i had stuck to my first impression .
myers is trying to be the jerry lewis of this generation .
and he has the talent to do it , at least as an actor .
but the material he is working with here , much of it his own , falls short of anything resembling comic genius .
this movie tries to carry the day with sight gags about drinking distilled feces , a five - hundred - pound fat man 's butt crack , and a barrage of sex jokes aimed at the level of the average 15 year old .
after some of these scenes , one has to wonder how gross the next generation of films will have to go to get an audiences attention .
the direction also helps the film achieve a new low point in cinematic humor .
for the most part , i felt as if i was watching a saturday morning chalderns live action tv show .
there is no sense of comic timing or subtlety .
the director just throws the material at us , giving us nothing except the hope that anyone with a camera could be a film director .
i am sure the film will have appeal to many of the under 22 crowd , at least the one 's who have yet to discover literacy .
certainly the movie is directed towards the generation that prefers everything described as ' in your face , kick you in the teeth , take no prisoners ,
( action - verb + blah blah blah ) .
' if you see the film and you find you 're not laughing , there is nothing wrong with you .
it just means you grew up since seventh grade .
[EX A]: N

[EX Q]: set in harlem during the great depression , rival gangster " families " go to war over control of " the numbers " , an illegal gambling lottery .
" runners " take bets from potential lottery winners and deliver them to private locations for drawings .
the undisputed leader of the harlem numbers is the madame queen ( cicely tyson ) who is challenged by dutch schulz ( tim roth ) , a ruthless hoodlum .
by turning against the queen , dutch defies his partner , the infamous lucky luciano ( andy garcia ) , who wishes to respect the queen and keep the peace .
the queens ' army strengthens when an acquaintance , ellsworth " bumpy " johnson ( lawrence fishburne ) is released from prison and becomes a bodyguard for her .
he proves himself worthy in short time as he thwarts an assassination attempt ( on himself and the queen ) , and later takes control of the queens army when she is jailed for tax evasion .
bumpy 's reign is not as restrained and subdued as the queen and he declares all out war on dutch .
bloody gang warfare ensues .
bumpy faces many obstacles during his reign .
his new army questions his methods .
his girlfriend ( vanessa l. williams ) and the queen disagree with his violent solutions .
most importantly ( in his eyes ) , dutch has become a more formidable foe than he imagined , and seeks help from lucky luciano to assassinate him .
there have been so many movies dealing with organized crime that it must be hard to write an original story dealing with it .
this movie is not original at all .
in fact , i was angered by how many similarities
there was between this film and , arguably , the best gangster movie of all time , the godfather .
if you are going to borrow ideas from another movie and not give credit , why not borrow from a lesser known movie ( say , millers crossing ? ) .
how could the credited screenwriter chris brancato not give credit to mario puzo himself ?
here are just some of the major similarities
( i stopped counting at 10 ) .
crooked cop assaults blood relative of the leader .
gang extracts revenge on crooked cop .
wife ( or girlfriend ) questions her partners ' murderous activities and leaves him .
high ranking " officer " betrays the leader .
blood relative of the leader murdered .
war erupting between the " families " .
high - ranking officer disapproves of the leader in front of other family members .
new leader runs family differently from previous leader .
large meeting with all families involved .
the setup in this movie is done rather well .
i enjoyed the portrayal of the network of " runners " sprinting through the streets collecting bets for the queens lottery .
this was the way of life in harlem , and most people involved with the queen did so because it was the only way to support their families and put food on the table .
number running was the only way for the harlem population to find work .
i also enjoyed the interaction between the angry , violent dutch and the calm , patient lucky .
after about the 30 - 40 minute mark all of the similarities with the godfather start appearing , one after the other ( and in short order ) .
it was a huge distraction , and an insult to my intelligence .
who was the screenwriter kidding here ?
some of the individual performances were well done .
andy garcia was very convincing as lucky
, unfortunately his screen time is reduced to a supporting role .
tim roth effectively plays the cocky villain , much like his roles in " the cook , the thief , his wife and her lover " and " rob roy " .
the good performances and convincing setup during the first third of the movie do not make up for the lackluster story that follows .
a couple of coincidences is one thing , over a dozen is an insult .
directed by bill duke ellsworth bumpy johnson .
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.. lawrence fishburne dutch schultz .
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tim roth lucky luciano .
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andy garcia the queen .
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.. cicely tyson francine hughes .
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vanessa l. williams illinois gordon .
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chi mcbride written by randy turgeon , january 22 , 1998
[EX A]:
N