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

[Q]: call " hush " " stop or my mom will kill .
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or " mommy fearest .
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or " the hand that robs the cradle .
" call it whatever you want , but certainly do n't see it unless you 're in desperate need of a bad movie - induced chuckle -- " hush " scores
so many unintentional guffaws that it almost qualifies as a guilty pleasure .
chalk its losses up to frequent stupidity lapses and apparent post - production tinkering ( it was supposed to open about a year ago ) , the latter of which appears to have given " hush " a send - off that 's downright infuriating .
it 's too bad that " hush " is so laughable , because the on - screen talent -- including the pairing of gwyneth paltrow and jessica lange -- is nothing to laugh at .
paltrow and johnathon schaech play helen and jackson , a photogenic new york couple on their way to spend christmas vacation at his wealthy , well - to - do family 's horse farm / estate kilronan .
jackson 's mother martha ( lange ) runs kilronan all by herself , and her genteel southern hospitality makes helen feel welcome immediately -- even if her first meeting with martha takes place while helen is in the altogether , caught red - handed after a bedroom romp with her husband - to - be .
but it seems that martha 's friendly smile masks a much more threatening demeanor ; she 's what you 'd call someone who loves too much .
martha eagerly , deviously wants a grandchild , and then helen will be expendable , as far as she 's concerned .
if there 's one reason to catch " hush , " it 's lange .
she treats the pedestrian screenplay better than it deserves to be treated , injecting martha ( poorly written though she may be ) with a little empathy to level out the psycho - playing field .
when she delves into martha 's dark side ,
predictable cliches
-- chain - smoking , staring in mirrors , praying in a confessional to a priest who is n't there , poking a hole in helen 's diaphragm so she 'll become pregnant ( and she does ) -- abound , but
it 's moderately entertaining junk
because lange is such an interesting actress to watch .
veteran performer nina foch is smart and tart as jackson 's wheelchair - bound paternal grandmother .
the rest of the cast looks ill and uncomfortable , especially paltrow .
but can you really blame them ?
the character relationships in " hush " hold a certain amount of promise , at least until their psychological impact is blown out of the water by sheer stupidity .
idiotic situations
( martha yells at a nearby horse so it will bolt up and knock helen over ) compliment idiotic dialogue
( " why did you yell ?
" helen yells back at martha ) , and the film takes the form of one of the shoddier fill in the blank - from - hell flicks ever made .
you can see through a great deal of martha 's actions and lies from their conception ; why do people who have known this woman for years longer than we have never figure things out ? does nobody communicate or read the newspaper in this town ?
if any of her potential victims thought , acted or behaved like normal people , " hush " would be a really short movie .
and then there 's the climax and ending , which abruptly come when helen starts having contractions after eating some pound cake spiked with a labor - inducing drug normally used on horses .
after a really weird chase scene , martha calmly knits in a rocking chair while forcing helen to give birth in a bed all by herself .
i wo n't spoil what happens next except to say that it 's contradictory , illogical and ( probably , since i 'm no doctor ) medically impossible .
the final scene offers no closure , no resolution , no confrontation whatsoever .
it 's just there , dangling amidst silent displeasure .
no one should like this ending , regardless of their feelings on the preceding material .
perhaps " hush " 's title is a plea to silence its audience 's likely bitter word of mouth while exiting the theater .
[A]: N


[Q]: it happens every year -- the days get longer , the weather gets warmer and the studios start releasing their big - budget blockbusters .
this year 's crop already seems inferior to that of past summers , even 1997 's lackluster trio of batman & robin , the fifth element and the lost world .
the marketing blitz in 1998 has been centered on godzilla ( " heeere , lee - zerd , lee - zerd . . . " ) , which does n't make me optimistic about future summers .
godzilla is , of course , based on a series of cult movies ( translation : really bad movies only a few people can tolerate ) from japan that turn up really late at night on ted turner - owned cable stations .
that this big - budget remake wo n't rise above its roots is fairly obvious .
the credits show us the origin of godzilla .
in five words : nuclear explosion creates giant lizard .
sounds like an enquirer headline , does n't it ?
the mushroom cloud is followed by the inevitable " discovery " sequence .
this time , a japanese guy is eating noodles with chopsticks while watching sumo wrestling ( if that ai n't a stereotype . . . )
when he discovers the telltale radar blip .
people die .
cut to our protagonist , played by matthew broderick .
he makes his first appearance wearing headphones , warbling along to " singin ' in the rain .
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it 's a none - too - subtle sign that he wishes he were in a classier movie .
no dice , bueller .
from the beginning , poor matthew has to do embarassing things like fondle giant earthworms and stand in godzilla 's enormous footprint .
every disaster movie has to have a know - it - all scientist , and this time broderick is it .
as the world 's leading expert on radiated earthworms ( and would n't you love to have that printed on your business card ? ) , broderick is invaluable to the government .
he immediately dispels vicki lewis ' theory that godzilla is a dinosaur because , hey , you ca n't take seriously the intellectual arguments of " newsradio " cast members .
broderick instead hits the nail on the head , announcing godzilla is a radiated lizard .
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the radiation is n't an anamoly , " he announces , and lightning strikes .
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i believe this is a mutated abberation , " he continues , and lightning strikes again .
it 's vocabulary lightning , you see ,
activated by words of four syllables or more .
meanwhile , we 're introduced to our new york cast , headed by an ambitious broadcast journalist ( maria patillo ) , broderick 's former love .
gee , what are the odds their paths will cross again at a dramatically important time ?
poor patillo has been trying to get ahead in the news business for years but has been held down by heartless anchorman harry shearer .
italian cameraman hank azaria tells her she 's not ruthless enough : " nice does n't get you anywhere in this town .
it 's dog eat dog .
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actually , it 's lizard eat city , as godzilla emerges from the atlantic to begin a rampage on the big apple 's core .
the filmmakers provide us with a one - note drunk fisherman who hooks godzilla .
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i think i 've got a bite , " he announces as a gigantic tidal wave begins rushing toward him .
you can guess what happens next .
similar reactions spring forth as the monster prowls the city .
hearing the rumble of approaching footsteps , one new yorker remarks , " please do n't tell me that 's another parade .
" please do n't tell me that 's the best line you could come up with .
mayor ebert is not pleased . played by the principal from " head of the class , " he continually makes the wrong decision when given an option , and bickers with his assistant gene .
i guess the filmmakers knew they 'd be getting two thumbs down from the critics and did n't even bother to kiss ass .
the problem is , if you 're going to attack siskel and ebert , you should at least make it funny .
dialogue like , " did n't we agree that we were n't going to have any sweets until after the election ?
" followed by , " back off , gene , " just does n't work for me .
other lame running jokes include everyone mispronouncing the broderick character 's last name and frenchman jean reno 's inability to find a good cup of coffee in new york .
there 's even more fun to be had as godzilla progresses .
as the beast heads back into hiding , broderick suggests the military lure it out with food .
cue twelve dump trucks , all dropping fish into a new york intersection .
( broderick :
that 's a lot of fish . )
that ambush fails , but broderick soon figures out why godzilla came to new york by buying $ 50 worth of home pregnancy tests and running lizard blood through them .
yep , godzilla 's with children , which makes you wonder just what kind of creature would be horny enough to have sex with godzilla .
that 's until broderick explains that godzilla reproduces asexually , like linda tripp .
godzilla comes to us from the makers of independence day , so
it has a lot of dumb action scenes , destructive special effects and shallow subplots .
look no further than patillo 's betrayal of broderick
( patillo : what have i done , animal ?
what have i become ? ) and the climactic " godzilla 's nest " sequence in madison square garden .
the main difference is , independence day was about the experience .
it had a real global , patriotic element to it , and some genuinely fun characters .
godzilla has lots of rain and lightning , reptilian action ripped off from jurassic park and endless product placement from the likes of kodak , blockbuster , juicy fruit , swatch , sprint and bumble bee tuna .
yes , bumble bee actually paid to be known as the official tuna of godzilla .
that fact alone is twice as interesting as anything in the movie .
[A]: N


[Q]: vampire lore and legend has always been a popular fantasy element , substantiated by not only the sheer number of movies about the subject , but also the proliferation of cults and sects of adherents .
and , unlike any of the more outlandish myths , the vampire holds some real - world probability ( one study claims 1 , 000 bloodsuckers exist worldwide , and places 50 in los angeles ) .
but lest the nasties be mistaken for simple comic book bad guys , john carpenter would like to remind us that they are - and always have been - a truly frightening element of the thriller genre . and remind us he does in his latest film , vampires .
there was some question , as halloween weekend approached , of how well vampires would do in comparison to new line cinema 's immensely successful blade , released in august .
the two films take noticeably different stands on the vampire issue , and do n't even agree on some basic points of the slaying method .
( for instance , blade 's main weapons are silver and garlic , whereas main character jack crow 's technique is a wooden stake to the heart . )
blade also gives more of a face to the vampire civilization , while carpenter would like us to remain in the dark about how the pasties operate .
both have their advantages , and here , carpenter 's style lends itself to a darker breed of suspense rather than the action movie that blade director stephen norrington delievered .
when it 's all said and done , though , the vampires still kill and die with a bloody flourish ; the level for gore is indeed set to maximum .
this time , our hero is vatican - sponsored slayer jack crow ( james woods ) .
he 's a cynical , battle - worn veteran , and the best of his bunch .
he and his team are responsible for cleaning out the american southwest , and after exterminating a nest one night , they run up against a super - vampire ( termed a " master " ) named valek ( thomas ian griffith ) .
valek kills all of jack 's team except for his partner , tony montoya ( daniel baldwin ) , and as the two regroup , they learn that valek is the original vampire - now over six hundred years old .
apparently , valek and his minions have been sweeping the southwest for decades in search of a cross that will enable them to walk in the daytime .
so with the aid of a priest named adam ( tim guinee ) and a bitten hooker ( sheryl lee ) as bait , they track valek down for the final confrontation .
the script for vampires , written by don jakoby and based on the john steakley novel , is perhaps the wittiest piece of screenplay to see production all year .
crow , in particular , is a fun source of one - liners , and woods does every one of them with perfect stoicism .
baldwin , lee , and guinee are all fine supports , adding to the character pool , but the other true highlight of the movie is thomas ian griffith 's bad guy .
griffith 's intense expression is perfect for the role , and the only downside is that he 's got to talk sometime .
luckily , he 's got few lines , and manages to pull off a rather thrilling performance .
all said , fans will surely be impressed by this picture , and those who found apt pupil a bit limp will be excited by this one . certainly a worthwhile visit to the theaters .
[A]:
P