In this task, you must classify if a given review is positive/negative, indicating your answer as P or N.

Example input: 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 )
Example output: N
Example explanation: The phrases used in the review convey a negative sentiment (e.g. "presents it in a very bad package").
Q: running time approximately 1hr
40mins reviewed by jack choo rating : the movie starts with a rather se7en - ish opening sequence , rather cool and sets the mood for things to come .
the story propels the audience into a neo - reality ; somewhat very close to conscious reality but laced with weird tinges of blue and red .
existenz is actually the name of a new virtual - reality game .
supposedly , vr games are highly popular as is considered a legal - drug in this neo - reality .
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*
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* ( leigh ) is the ultimate game creator and introduces her ultimate game - experience in the form of existenz .
players are required to have bio - ports embedded in their spine , which plugs to a game - pod in order to enjoy the immersive experience .
during a secretive beta - testing - cum - teaser meeting for this new game , an assassination attempt on
*
* * life occurs and she runs off with fellow bodyguard
*
* * ( law ) .
*
* * is more of a realists than anything else , afraid that he 'll lose reality if he begin to play these games but
*
* * requires his help to immerse together with her into existenz to check if the program is still functioning properly after the assassination attempt .
as they soon discover , they are transported between realities within existenz uncovering more than they initially expected .
existenz has all the cronenberg - gore that is expected of him .
even so , this film is no - where near his cult classics such as videodrome or scanners .
not even half as suspenseful as the commercially successful the fly .
existenz can probably be looked upon as his 90 's version of videodrome , even so ,
it is a poor follow - up .
while in most of his famed films , his penchant for gore always hit the right note with theme of the film and plot .
in existenz , the gory sequences are no more attached to spirit of the film and seem to be an act of over - indulgence than anything else .
jennifer jason leigh and jude law ,
both commendable actors , looked aloof and miss - directed throughout the entire film .
the scripting and acting barely pulls the film out of the b - grade category .
it was obvious that cronenberg worked on a really tight - budget and
it seems that he handled that pretty well in the production design and values created for this film ( the opening sequence , though , probably formed a considerable portion of the budget ! ) which is actually quite good .
existenz is too predictable and cliched in these times .
10 years ago , it would have been another classic for cronenberg .
cronenberg fans however , ( those people who enjoy seeing friends getting queasy over mutilation on film ) should not give this film a miss as some form of appreciation can still be offered by you .
A:
N