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

[Q]: it 's a curious thing - i 've found that when willis is not called on to carry the whole movie , he 's much better and so is the movie .
even though , in the sixth sense he is the " name " , he does n't have the pivotal role .
that honour goes to haley osment who plays cole sear ( cute pun , seer ) a 9 year old boy who can see ghosts .
if osment was cute or precious , the director going for the maudlin , this would be nothing more than a movie - of - the - week , thankfully , osment is not only better than that , but in some instances , blows everyone else off the screen in a bravura performance .
we get to see his fears , vulnerabilities , strengths and intelligence which makes the sixth sense one of the best movies i 've seen this year .
the whole cast matches him in quality , with willis giving a fairly low key performance that matches the subject matter .
one thing about this movie , its target .
this is n't a sfxfest like the haunting or a gorefest , this is more what i 'd call a supernatural drama , more interested in characters than in dazzling you with makeup .
one caveat :
there 's a lovely twist in the movie , something like the usual suspects , where you end up replaying the movie in your head rethinking what you have just seen .
i was extremely lucky to see it as a sneak preview in toronto , before any hype or critical reviews were out , so i went in with no biases .
if anyone want to talk to about the movie before you see it , do n't let them .
let the director explain on his own pace and you 'll enjoy the movie vastly more .
[A]: P


[Q]: jake kasdan , son of one of the best screenwriters around , breaks into filmmaking by writing and directing this hard - to - categorize detective story : part mystery , part comedy , part character study and part romance .
for the most part , kasdan manages to combine the genres successfully and create a captivating film .
daryl zero ( bill pullman ) is a modern day sherlock holmes .
the parallel is present down to his love of music ( though zero plays the guitar rather than the violin ) , and his addiction to drugs ( amphetamines , rather than morphine ) .
he even titles his cases with such sherlockian epigrams as the case of the mismatched shoelaces , the case about the man who lied about his age , or the case of the hired gun who made way way too many mistakes .
however zero 's observance of the fine art of detachment , though it makes him a brilliant private investigator , makes him somewhat of a self - imposed outcast in society .
he could do nothing without the legwork of his trusty assistant dr .
watson
, i mean steve arlo
( ben stiller ) .
arlo is not happy with his job .
he is thrilled to be around zero 's brilliance , but his bizarre behavior , and strange requests , are frustrating to the former lawyer .
and they 're even more so to his girlfriend , jess ( angela featherstone ) , who is fed up that her boyfriend 's boss means more to arlo than her .
this is the situation when a new case comes knocking .
gregory stark ( ryan o'neill ) hires zero to find his lost keys .
it seems that he kept a safety deposit box key on the ring , and the box apparently contains some incriminating evidence .
now , stark is being blackmailed , and needs to reclaim his key before the nightmare can end .
to solve this case , zero reluctantly crawls out of his shell .
however , this is when he is vulnerable . . .
and this time he falls for charms of a wily paramedic , gloria sullivan ( kim dickens ) , who may be involved in the blackmail scheme .
for the first time , zero has to question his own objectivity , as he finds his client less and less sympathetic .
zero effect is weakest in its obviously " wacky " scenes depicting daryl zero 's odd behavior .
such scenes might be appropriate in an out - and - out satire , making zero an ace ventura - ish character . however ,
there 's a much meatier movie in here . . .
it just takes a while to get out .
that 's not to say that there 's not a place for humor in this film .
in fact , some of the best scenes are ben stiller 's wonderfully underplayed comic moments of absolute disgust and frustration with his employer .
however , the over - the - top scenes never quite gel with the rest of the film , and they are n't funny enough to stand on their own .
once the investigation is underway , however ,
zero 's brilliance really begins to shine .
his lightning quick inferences are as fascinating as many of sherlock 's own .
as the mystery begins to unfold , zero 's deductions lead the plot in interesting directions , but never lose the viewer .
zero effect works well during its romantic scenes as well .
zero 's relationship with gloria is low - key , but it hits all the right notes .
however , we are always kept distant from gloria 's character .
she 's given plenty of development , but we never understand what she is thinking .
perhaps that may be intentional : to place the audience in zero 's zone of detachment .
but , on the whole , it is frustrating .
bill pullman , when he 's not spacing out , creates a vibrant character in daryl zero .
there 's one moment when zero briefly connects to the world which he has managed to detach from for many years ,
and it is shockingly moving . . . expressing a seriousness that heretofore was unassociated with the character , but one which fits in well .
and , although it is sometimes hard to take a detective called " zero " seriously , it is at this moment that the viewer understands the meaning behind the name .
although zero effect is a bit awkward in places , it is a strong debut for kasdan , and shows great promise .
[A]: P


[Q]: the classic story & the production which ruined it marking the centennial anniversary of the 1896 h .
g .
wells
classic , new line cinema , armed with a stellar cast and expert make - up effects man stan winston ( alien , predator , terminator etc ) churns out yet another hollywood film based on the classic novel .
of course , the production is no doubt much more superior compared to the earlier 2 movies , one of which was made back in the 1933 and the other in the 1977 , under the title the island of lost souls ( sounds like a much better title . . ) .
the story begins with edward douglas ( thewlis ) , a un representative sent to oversee a peace treaty somewhere in the south pacific , who is saved from the brink of death by montgomery ( kilmer ) after his plane crashes into the sea .
douglas soon learns that montgomery is working for dr .
moreau , who incidently , owns the island and also a reputable geneticist who has been awarded the nobel prize .
his host 's reluctance to allow him to freely move around the island becomes clear when he stumbled into moreau 's lab , when a monstrous birth was in progress .
even worse , the other workers in the lab are not exactly normal " people .
"
douglas stumbles across yet another shocking discovery when he is led to the beast - people community , which considers dr .
moreau their maker .
using shock - therapy and the law , dr .
moreau has long been able to keep his beast
- people civilised to some extent but there are a few animal - men who are just too savage to be controlled .
the island of dr .
moreau questions the ability of men playing god .
dr .
moreau is a man obsessed with creating a race of beings which is free from hate and violence .
. .
but the savage within every beast is not something one can suppress for long .
moreau has no doubt a very interesting premise within its grasp .
even so , the production has failed to make the most out of it .
there are too many characters to put your attention to and the worst thing is , the characters are not " prioritized " so when the audience is led to believe that a particular character is important , before they know it , he or she or it perishes . . . .
rather ungloriously at times too .
perhaps there is some redemption in the development of the beast people , especially aissa ( balk ) , the most human of moreau 's creations .
the two very important characters , montgomery and dr .
moreau himself receive no development at all
and it is in this area that the script fails miserably .
more screen time could have been used for character interaction and development .
i really would have liked it better if , say , they delved more into dr .
moreau 's obsession , montgomery 's purpose in the story and justification to as why the beast - people had to rebel .
maybe the nature of the screenplay , which incidently , does not incorporate much action sequences in the film , forced the filmmakers to " cut a long story short " and make it more of an action film than anything else ( it 's still summer , and movies have to be " marketable " ) .
the special effects too , are really nothing for anyone to shout about
.
at most , i would say the beast - men looked just a bit more realistic than those apes in planet of the apes .
this h .
g .
wells classic really has potential to be a good film .
unfortunately , after 2 adaptations , they still could not decide on how and what to focus their attention on to really bring out that important message which makes up the entire essence of the story .
as a third outing , the island of dr .
moreau accomplishes little and is nothing more than an inferior version of ` the planet of the apes ' .
the flying inkpot rating system :
* wait for the tv2 broadcast .
*
* a little creaky , but still better than staying at home with gotcha !
*
* * pretty good , bring a friend .
*
*
* * amazing , potent stuff .
*
*
*
* * perfection . see it twice .
[A]:
N