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

If you can get past the taboo subject matter , it will be well worth your time .
POS

... a somber film , almost completely unrelieved by any comedy beyond the wistful everyday ironies of the working poor .
NEG

Was that movie nothing more than a tepid exercise in trotting out a formula that worked five years ago but has since lost its fizz ?

NEG