In this task, you must classify if a given review is positive/negative, indicating your answer as P or N.
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Question: this movie is based off the wildly popular video - game series of the same name .
before this film , the game had a few spin - off cartoons-
which were ok .
but the idea of doing a movie is insane .
it should have been animated , if it should have been done at all .
instead the people do the best they can with a talented cast .
yet it still fails .
the plot is completely different from the game 's plot-
i 'm not complaining about that .
the story involves the mario bros .
having a plumbing business in brooklyn and having to compete with a rival company .
eventually they find a construction site by their nemesis , which happens to be enviromentally un - safe .
so , due to luigi 's ( john leguizamo ) girlfriend - princess daisy - they go and investigate .
they get transported to a blade runner - esque world lead by king koopa ( dennis hopper ) .
somehow a plot dealing with all the dinosaurs being mutated and transported to an alternate futuristic mega - city jumbles in .
the plot is fine- better than the movie deserves .
the acting is ok .
this seems to be more of a visual film .
the special effects are good , especially on the robotic yoshi .
however the film drags and is no fun .
and it leaves itself open to a sequel , which probably wo n't ever be made .
this movie begins sort of promising , but ends up leaving a weird taste in your mouth .
so if you want to watch a sort of odd movie starring the excellent dennis hopper , then watch super mario bros .
: the movie .
you could do worse .
but you could definitely do better . . .

Answer: N


Question: so many students strive to get into schools such as harvard of princeton , but they just do n't get the good grades .
so many students would do anything to reach their goal of getting into this schools .
legend has it that if your roommate commits suicide , the remaining roommates will get an automatic 4 . 0 .
chris ( michael vartan ) and
tim ( matthew lillard ) are two guys who really want the 4 . 0 to get into harvard .
how far will they go to get their 4 . 0 ?
chris and tim are also roommates with rand , played by randall batinkoff .
the two scheme to murder rand , make it look like a suicide , so they can supposedly get their 4 . 0 .
they have heard this rumor many places , and they are willing to take the chance to find out .
rand is a very , very mean person .
he treats his girlfriend natalie , played by tamara craig thomas , like she does n't matter at all .
she is very afraid of him , and she especially afraid now that she must tell him she is pregnant .
she does tell him , and he becomes enraged .
that night would be the last night of rand 's life .
tim and chris give rand a bottle of rat poison , making him think that it is beer .
rand drinks down the poison , and then dies .
now , tim pushes him off of a mountain with a suicide note near the site to make it look like he killed himself .
it does not take long until the suicide note is found , but the body is n't found .
the police question chris and tim about rand to try and find any information .
feeling extreme guilt , chris is having a very hard time , especially with his girlfriend , emma , played by keri russell .
she wants to know more , but he will not even speak with her .
will he give in ?
will tim turn chris in ?
will chris turn tim in ?
will they turn themselves in ?
all of these questions were running through my mind while watching this slick suspense film .
the events in the curve are very surprising , original , and fun .
the plot sounds much like dead man on campus , but that is not the deal with this film .
this film is a very serious one , with not many laughs .
there are many twists and turns that make this film different from most films .
the ending in particular is completely unpredictable and satisfying .
it is a terrific , suspenseful ending that i could never predict would happen . hands down to dan rosen who wrote this wild ride .
the sound really stood out in the film .
it is quite eerie and it really adds to the feel of the film .
the way the movie is filmed is also great .
all of the technical aspects , as well as the acting and directing aspects are very well done .
the performances in the curve are very good .
matthew lillard gets to play another creepy role , just like in 1996 's scream .
( a+ )
he is very strange in this film as well .
i like him in this sort of role , rather than the roles he has been playing in comedies such as senseless
and she 's all that .
michael vartan is fantastic as chris , who has extremely mixed emotions about the entire murder and the 4 . 0 . michael vartan was also superb in never been kissed , where he co - starred with drew barrymore as a teacher who fell in love with his student .
keri russell also gives a great performance .
she should be a good actress in the horror department of the film .
tamara craig thomas is also realistic , especially coping with the death of her boyfriend .
some very strong supporting performances came from smaller roles , such as bo dietl and anthony griffith who play two detectives investigating the case .
the bottom line-
i might just have to curve that a- into an a .
* note-
the curve premiered at the sundance film festival in early 1998 .
it was decided the film would not be released widely .
it is now available at blockbuster video only , and for rent only .
see you at the video store !

Answer: P


Question: after watching " rat race " last week , i noticed my cheeks were sore and realized that , when not laughing aloud , i had held a grin for virtually all of the film 's 112 minutes .
saturday night , i attended another sneak preview for the movie and damned if i did n't enjoy it as much the second time as the first .
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rat race " is a great goofy delight , a dandy mix of energetic performances , inspired sight gags and flat - out silliness
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hands down , this is the most fun film of the summer .
the movie begins with zippy retro - style opening credits that look like they were torn straight out of a ' 60s slapstick comedy , featuring animated photos of the cast attached to herky - jerky bodies bounding around the screen .
then comes the setup .
donald sinclair ( john cleese ) , the extremely rich owner of the venetian hotel and casino in las vegas , enjoys concocting unusual bets for his high rolling clients .
to that end , he places a half dozen very special tokens in his slot machines .
gathering together the lucky token holders , he explains , " today you have a chance to play a game where the odds of winning are one in six .
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the competition is simple : each contestant gets a key that opens a locker in silver city , n .
m . , containing $ 2 million in cash .
there is a transmitter in every key , so that sinclair and his cronies can keep track of who is ahead .
the race has no rules ?
whichever contestant reaches the locker first gets the money .
since it would be wrong to spoil any of the jokes , let 's use the next few paragraphs to profile the racers .
decked out in flashy , trashy clothing and sporting big hair , vera baker ( whoopi goldberg ) is in town to reunite with the daughter she gave up for adoption as a baby .
she finds that grown - up merrill ( lanai chapman ) is erudite , conservative and more than a little bit wary of this stranger trying to jump into her life .
thrown together , it becomes clear that both women share a fierce competitive nature .
owen templeton ( cuba gooding jr . ) is currently the most hated man in america .
an nfl referee , he cost gamblers all over the country enormous amounts of money by blowing a call in a high - profile game .
after escaping from a vengeful cab driver , owen gets to new mexico by masquerading as the driver for a busload of lucy ricardo impersonators heading to a convention .
mr .
pollini ( rowan atkinson ) is a cheerful , odd little italian man on holiday in america .
he also is narcoleptic and falls asleep at the most inopportune times .
pollini hitches a ride with zack ( wayne knight ) , a hyper - tense ambulance driver carrying a human heart across country for a transplant operation .
randy pear ( jon lovitz ) promised his wife beverly ( kathy najimy ) and two kids a fun - filled vacation in las vegas .
fearful that beverly will be angry over his involvement in the race , he claims that he must travel to silver city for a job interview .
beverly insists the family stay together , so they hop in the mini - van and tear off into the desert .
brothers duane ( seth green ) and blaine ( vince vieluf )
cody are young , crooked and stupid .
blaine has a speech impediment due to his poorly self - done tongue piercing , and duane is the only person who can come close to understanding him .
the boys will stop at nothing to reach their goal .
finally , nick shaffer ( breckin meyer ) is a no - nonsense lawyer - in - training who recruits helicopter pilot tracy faucet ( amy smart ) for the journey .
at first glance , they seem blandly wholesome , but all that changes when tracy buzzes the home of her boyfriend shawn ( dean cain ) and spies him swimming with another woman .
director jerry zucker ( " airplane , " " ghost " )
leaps from racer to racer , periodically returning to las vegas where sinclair and mr .
grisham ( dave thomas ) , his personality - impaired right hand man , continue cooking up bizarre bets for the gamblers .
as with any zucker production , a few jokes fall flat , but the momentum of the comedy zooms past those missteps .
high points for me include a bit involving kathy bates as a roadside squirrel salesperson and an intricately set up gag that carries jon lovitz and family from a bizarre museum to an outdoor rally , with an utterly tasteless and screamingly funny pay - off .
had i been part of the filmmaking team , i would have ditched a joke where a key is dropped into a baby 's clothes and instead had the key get lost in the cleavage of a dozing society matron .
it would have drawn the same laugh without the squirm - inducing hint of child molestation .
i also would have selected a different band for a concert sequence .
my god , do we really need yet another movie with smash mouth performing " all star ? " but enough carping .
" rat race " is a riot , with terrific no - holds - barred performances from the diverse cast . see it , see it again and when the dvd comes out , buy it , because a movie this hilarious will surely have outtakes to die for .

Answer:
P