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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
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Howard and his co-stars all give committed performances , but they 're often undone by Howard 's self-conscious attempts to find a ' literary ' filmmaking style to match his subject .
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NEG

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Davis the performer is plenty fetching enough , but she needs to shake up the mix , and work in something that does n't feel like a half-baked stand-up routine .
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NEG

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... in no way original , or even all that memorable , but as downtown Saturday matinee brain candy , it does n't disappoint .
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POS