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: you may not have heard of lucas , or if you have , you might not think much of it .
probably because it stars corey haim , or maybe because it 's about a little geek who collects insects , or maybe because it does n't feature slick one - liners or the chart topping soundtrack albums that were almost a requirement for teen films in the 80 's . however , you have been missing out on a true masterpeice , the best film of 1986 , and the best film about adolescent life ever made .
corey haim stars as lucas bligh , a tiny 14 year old with scruffy hair , thick glasses , and an interest in insects and other outdoor life .
one day he stops by the tennis courts and sees what must be an angel to him .
her name is maggie , a 16 year old who certainly is a beauty , with lovely red hair and a sweet , innocent complexion .
maggie seems to be a little disturbed by this little kid watching her , but somehow he interests her , and soon they are talking and getting to know one another .
they gradually become good friends , and spend the summer together doing various things , such as studying insects ( namely locusts , who come out of hiding once every 17 years ) , playing tennis , and listening to a symphony orchestra through a manhole cover .
lucas is obviously in love with maggie , and while she is charmed by him , it 's clear that she would never consider him anything more than a very good friend .
this is not clear to lucas , however .
he still beleives that maggie is his soulmate , and he dreads the impending start of school because he knows what 's about to happen .
we soon find out why in a painful scene where lucas is humiliated by the jocks during a pep rally .
they throw him on stage , right in front of his beloved maggie .
surprisingly , he turns the tables on the jocks with some clowning around , but he takes it too far , and is embarassed in front of the entire school .
the next scene is brilliant .
maggie follows lucas outside of the pep rally .
she tries to talk to him as if nothing happened .
he rails back against her , in a cruel unfair fashion .
in lesser movies this would 've turned into a confrontation between the two characters .
but maggie is written smarter than that .
she understands what lucas is feeling and knows exactly what to say to console him .
next we are introduced to another great character named cappie ( charlie sheen ) .
he is a jock with a typical cheerleader girlfriend .
what 's interesting about him is that he sticks up for lucas and protects him from the other jocks .
of course anyone with a brain can tell what 's gon na happen next .
cappie will cause conflict in maggie and lucas ' relationship .
this begins in classic scene in the school laundry room when cappie and maggie are alone .
she 's been assigned to show him how to operate the washer / dryer so he can clean his shirt .
maggie is charmed by cappie 's tender undertsanding demeanor , not to mention his shirtless body .
this scene is so delicate and sweet , but cappie still has a girlfriend , preventing either one from acting on their desires .
desperately trying to puncture the tension , cappie begins to kick basketballs around the room .
it 's not long before cappie does break up with his girlfriend ( in the films only subpar scene ) .
lucas finally figures out what 's going on when he tries to pick maggie up for the dance .
this causes him to take severe actions to prove himself to maggie and himself , such as try out for the football team .
the last third of the film revolves around this attempt .
while the idea seems cliched , the way it is executed is not .
there are many surprises
during the last half hour which lead to an ending so emotionally involving it should make the most heartless of cynics get choked up .
dave grusin 's memorable score , played at the perfect moments , certainly helps .
lucas is filled with great performances .
forget everything you know about corey haim .
back in 1986
he had talent , and that is proven here as he delivers a perfect fully 3-dimensional performance filled with anger , humor , and pain .
kerri green is very appealing
as maggie , showing us why she cares about lucas so much and why he is so attracted to her .
sheen 's cappie is almost too good to be true , but sheen makes him beleivable , especially when he explains the reason why he protects lucas .
there are other wonderful minor characters such as ciro popitti 's ben , a friend of lucas , whose diminutive stature does not mean he will take crap from the jocks .
also turning up in a few key scenes is winona ryder as rina , the girl who admires lucas from afar .
when people talk about the great teen angst films of the 80s , you hear john hughes this and john
hughes that .
lucas seems to be lost among the crowd of his so - called classics .
but hopefully , like with heathers and say anything , lucas can begin to find it 's own loyal following and help people realize there were more to the 80s than anthony michael hall and molly ringwald .
it deserves more than that , but i do n't want to be greedy .

Answer: P


Question: what do you get when you rip - off good movies like woody allen 's bananas and martin scorsese 's after hours ?
you 'd think you 'd get the best of both films .
instead you get woo .
falling in somewhere between def jam 's how to be a player ( which was awful ) and booty call ( which was ok ) , woo is yet another in the embarassing genre of showing african - americans to be nothing more than sexual buffoons .
the whole film plays out as a black version of after hours , as wild woman woo ( jada pinkett smith ) goes out on a blind date with straight - laced tim ( tommy davidson ) .
mayhem follows them .
for some unknown reason ( read :
contrived screenplay ) davidson puts up with all of woo 's antics for the entire night , which include her destroying his bathroom mirror , stealing things from his house , violently questioning him ( accusing and belittling him actually ) about previous girlfriends , causing a riot in an elegant restaurant , and other various infuriating things that any normal person would n't tolerate .
but for the sake of this bad movie ?
sure , why not ?
there are a few chuckles in the film , the best being the scene swiped directly from bananas .
in this case , davidson is running from thugs , gets into a subway car as the doors are closing , starts to taunt the thugs , then the doors open back up again .
a good joke , but a stolen one .
another chuckle is provided by billy dee williams ' cameo as himself .
movies like woo are seemingly released every three months or so , and not one of them has ever been a hit .
woo wo n't be one either .
so
why was it made ?
and more importantly , is n't there anyone else besides me who thinks these films are offensive ?
everyone involved should really reconsider their careers at this point .
[ r ]

Answer: N


Question: true faith and its expression through organized religion is a difficult subject for a motion picture to tackle head - on , which is probably why so few of them do it .
even the most religious directors - like martin scorsese or ingmar bergman - usually address issues of faith in implicit rather than explicit religious terms .
so it 's not hard to see why it took robert duvall fifteen years to get " the apostle " onto the big - screen .
as a matter of fact , even after fifteen years he still never managed to get financial backing , and he ended up paying for it with $ 5 million of his own money .
he also wrote the script , directed the film , and starred as the central character , a fiery texas preacher named euliss " sonny " dewey .
few filmmakers have the courage and sheer audacity to take on that kind of financial , technical , and creative responsibility single - handedly , and it 's testament to
what an intensely personal project this was for duvall .
and , thankfully , every bit of that personal investment translates on - screen into power and honest emotion .
sonny is an energetic , pentecostal preacher who has been speaking ( actually shouting ) from behind the pulpit since he was twelve .
he spends much of his time traveling about the country , evangelizing with other preachers at tent revivals .
unlike most hollywood characterizations of intense preachers , sonny is not a phony or a swindler , and the film 's purpose is not to unearth hypocrisy and sin in either sonny or the church .
duvall makes it abundantly clear that sonny truly believes in what he says , although like all humans , he has weaknesses .
one of his weaknesses become apparent when he finds out that , not only does his long - suffering wife , jessie ( farrah fawcett ) , want to leave him for another man in the congregation , but the two of them have secretly plotted to remove him as preacher .
faced with the loss of two things
he loves passionately- his church and his family - that same raw power that allows sonny to get entire congregations rocking and swaying transforms into a violent temper .
at his son 's baseball game , sonny snaps and smashes his wife 's lover in the face with a baseball bat , inflicting a wound that may be fatal .
not knowing what else to do , sonny disappears .
he throws away his identification , drives his car into a lake , and takes a bus to louisiana , hoping to start over again .
in the tiny , mostly poor coastal town of bayou boutte , sonny once again finds his calling .
after befriending a simple auto mechanic ( walt goggins ) and tracking down the town 's ex - minister ( john beasley ) , sonny sets up his own church , the one way to heaven temple .
re - christening himself as " the apostle e .
f .
, " he quickly draws together an eager congregation , and together they realize real change in each other 's lives .
but , always , sonny 's past is lurking a step behind him , waiting to swallow his progress .
duvall has made his intentions in making " the apostle " clear .
in a recent article in " newsweek , " he wrote : " filmmakers hardly ever depict spirituality with such a strong emphasis on the holy spirit , and when they do , it tends to be patronizing - full of charlatans and snake handlers . . .
but what i really wanted to do was try to understand what these preachers go through and what they believe , and to portray it in an accurate way .
" the strength of duvall 's convictions turn out to be the strength of his film
- " the apostle " always rings true , even in the most painful moments , because we know he 's being sincere with the subject matter .
after fifteen years of traveling the country , listening to all shapes and sizes of ministers and taking studious notes on what they said , duvall has captured the energy and vitality of what it means to be truly spiritual .
his sonny is a man who speaks directly to god and expects to be spoken right back to .
"
i 've always called you jesus and you 've always called me sonny , " he says .
when neighbors call and complain that he is being too loud one night in one his rants with the man upstairs , sonny 's mother ( june carter cash ) just hangs up on them because she knows there 's no sense trying to interrupt him .
the main theme to emerge from " the apostle " is the fact that good can come from any situation .
sonny 's act of violence toward another human being is inarguably a horrific thing , and duvall never shrinks from that fact .
however , that very same act of violence is what brings sonny to bayou boutte , where he finds people whom he desperately needs and who desperately need him .
in his short time in louisiana , he does a world of good , and when the police finally show up to take him away , he goes quietly , knowing that he deserves the punishment that is awaiting him .
and , as a scene during the final credits shows , he even turns his punishment into a positive opportunity for change and betterment .
it is that strength in sonny 's character that makes him so appealing and magnetic to others - he is flawed , but he is powerful enough to overcome those flaws .
weak men are the ones who simply accept their weaknesses and lack the desire to better themselves .
watching duvall on - screen , it 's not hard to imagine that he would have been a magnificent preacher if he had chosen that vocation over acting .
as sonny , he completely inhabits the character , and his performance is certainly the best of the year . because he spent so much time absorbing the traits , methods , quirks , and personalities of real preachers , duvall was able to create a complete character who always feels indelibly human .
as a director , duvall feels that less is more .
his camera simply takes in what goes on in front of it , with very little intrusion .
there are no fancy crane shots or extended dollies or excessive close - ups .
duvall knew that the power of the film 's characters ( enhanced by the fact that he cast mostly non - professional churchgoers and actual ministers ) did n't need to be artificially enhanced .
in this way , " the apostle " almost plays out like a documentary , not only in its technical simplicity , but more importantly , in its sense of reality .

Answer:
P