In this task, you are given sentences from movie reviews. The task is to classify a sentence as "POS" if the sentiment of the sentence is positive or as "NEG" if the sentiment of the sentence is negative

into How Long Is This Movie ?
NEG

With Dickens ' words and writer-director Douglas McGrath 's even-toned direction , a ripping good yarn is told .
POS

Howard and his co-stars all give committed performances , but they 're often undone by Howard 's self-conscious attempts to find a ` literary ' filmmaking style to match his subject .

NEG