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

Q: Shankman ... and screenwriter Karen Janszen bungle their way through the narrative as if it were a series of Bible parables and not an actual story .

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

A: NEG
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Q: A backhanded ode to female camaraderie penned by a man who has little clue about either the nature of women or of friendship .

A:
NEG
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