Detailed Instructions: In this task, you must classify if a given review is positive/negative, indicating your answer as P or N.
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Problem: plot : two teen couples go to a church party , drink and then drive .
they get into an accident .
one of the guys dies , but his girlfriend continues to see him in her life , and has nightmares .
what 's the deal ?
watch the movie and " sorta " find out . . .
critique : a mind - fuck movie for the teen generation that touches on a very cool idea , but presents it in a very bad package .
which is what makes this review an even harder one to write , since i generally applaud films which attempt to break the mold , mess with your head and such ( lost highway & memento ) , but there are good and bad ways of making all types of films , and these folks just did n't snag this one correctly
.
they seem to have taken this pretty neat concept , but executed it terribly .
so what are the problems with the movie ?
well , its main problem is that it 's simply too jumbled
.
it starts off " normal " but then downshifts into this " fantasy " world in which you , as an audience member ,
have no idea what 's going on
.
there are dreams , there are characters coming back from the dead , there are others who look like the dead , there are strange apparitions , there are disappearances , there are a looooot of chase scenes , there are tons of weird things that happen , and most of it is simply not explained .
now i personally do n't mind trying to unravel a film every now and then , but when all it does is give me the same clue over and over again , i get kind of fed up after a while , which is this film 's biggest problem .
it 's obviously got this big secret to hide , but it seems to want to hide it completely until its final five minutes .
and do they make things entertaining , thrilling or even engaging , in the meantime ?
not really .
the sad part is that the arrow and i both dig on flicks like this , so we actually figured most of it out by the half - way point , so all of the strangeness after that did start to make a little bit of sense , but it still did n't the make the film all that more entertaining .
i guess the bottom line with movies like this is that you should always make sure that the audience is " into it " even before they are given the secret password to enter your world of understanding .
i mean , showing melissa sagemiller running away from visions for about 20 minutes throughout the movie is just plain lazy ! !
okay , we get it .
. .
there are people chasing her and we do n't know who they are .
do we really need to see it over and over again ?
how about giving us different scenes offering further insight into all of the strangeness going down in the movie ?
apparently , the studio took this film away from its director and chopped it up themselves , and it shows .
there might 've been a pretty decent teen mind - fuck movie in here somewhere , but i guess " the suits " decided that turning it into a music video with little edge , would make more sense .
the actors are pretty good for the most part , although wes bentley just seemed to be playing the exact same character that he did in american beauty , only in a new neighborhood .
but my biggest kudos go out to sagemiller , who holds her own throughout the entire film , and actually has you feeling her character 's unraveling .
overall , the film does n't stick
because it does n't entertain , it 's confusing , it rarely excites and
it feels pretty redundant for most of its runtime , despite a pretty cool ending and explanation to all of the craziness that came before it .
oh ,
and by the way , this is not a horror or teen slasher flick . . .
it 's just packaged to look that way because someone is apparently assuming that the genre is still hot with the kids .
it also wrapped production two years ago and has been sitting on the shelves ever since .
whatever . .
. skip it !
where 's joblo coming from ?
a nightmare of elm street 3 ( 7/10 ) - blair witch 2 ( 7/10 ) - the crow ( 9/10 ) - the crow : salvation ( 4/10 )
- lost highway ( 10/10 ) - memento ( 10/10 ) - the others ( 9/10 ) - stir of echoes ( 8/10 )
Solution: N
Explanation: The phrases used in the review convey a negative sentiment (e.g. "presents it in a very bad package").

Problem: i can already feel the hate letters pouring in on this one , folks .
i loved the wedding singer .
but it gets worse .
if i so much as mention titanic in the same sentence .
. .
hell , same paragraph as the wedding singer
, i 'm bound to be lynched .
well lynch me then , because i thought adam sandler and drew barrymore had the most convincing chemistry in recent memory , with titanic as the only exception .
right away , you 're ready to discount my review , are n't you ?
you 're thinking that i ca n't possibly know what i 'm talking about .
after all , this is adam sandler right ? ? ?
well , there 's more .
. .
i actually got choked up , and more than once .
yes , the man who brought us billy madison and happy gilmore was able to bring sincere tears to my eyes .
but before you shrug me off as an imbecile , i urge you to see the movie and see for yourself .
the wedding singer is the story of robby hart ( sandler ) , a 1985 rock star wannabe whose soul achievement in life has been performing cover tunes at wedding receptions for the past five years or so .
but when his own wedding results in a no - show for the bride ( angela featherstone as linda ) , robby begins to re - examine his life , and wonder why true love does n't exist for people like him .
in the process of performing at these receptions , robby meets a waitress named julia , played with wholesome sweetness by drew barrymore , whose reputation is anything but this character .
julia too is engaged , and when robby finds himself without a wife , his free time allows him to help her plan her own wedding , seeing as how her fiance , the " miami vice " loving glenn ( matthew glave ) , does n't seem all that interested .
as the time goes by , we learn the reason glenn is do dispassionate about the wedding - he 's merely marrying julia to prevent a breakup , something he wants to avoid even if he does sleep around with tons of other women .
it 's obvious that robby is going to fall for julia and feel a strong need to rescue her , but what is a lighthearted romantic comedy for ?
this is n't sleepless in seattle , but i 'd actually compare it to that before i 'd compare it to happy gilmore .
while the wedding singer maintains some of that post - snl cornball humor ,
its sincerity and charm carry it a
very , very long way
.
sandler is great in his role , and yes , if you allow it , you can take him seriously .
barrymore seems perfect along side him , and although the two more likely represent gen - x moronism and party - girl ditzism ( respectively ) , the two go together like bread and butter as a mid - eighties couple .
one scene in particular , where julia ponders the future in a mirror , is so well done , i was on the verge of tears .
unfortunately , sandler is going to make a lot of people shrug this one off as a no - brainer , but it 's got so much surprise substance packed inside that
i 'm encouraging everyone to go see it
.
in fact , the entire theater applauded when the film ended , and laughs were so consistent , some jokes were probably missed due to the uproar .
the 1985 setting was milked for everything it was worth , and for those of us that are old enough to remember it , it was a bodacious trip back ( and done very well ) .
sandler shows a new side to himself while maintaining all his original charm
( or is it anti - charm ? ) .
while the wedding singer only deserves three stars due to artistic merit , grading it on pure enjoyability would give this one four stars .
it 's hilarious , and it 's touching .
it 's got that great cheezy humor , but it also takes sandler to a higher level than anyone expected .
this is one to see again and again
.
is it possible the wedding singer could be one of the sweetest romantic comedies of 1998 ?
my " magic
8-ball " predicts it is certain .
Solution:
P