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: shakespeare .
you hardly understood it in high school .
why would you want more of it now that your english grade does n't count on it ?
if this is your attitude , then i 'll say right off the bat that kenneth branagh 's hamlet is probably not for you , and you might as well stop reading right now .
if , however , you are a lover of the bard , or at the very least are open - minded about a challenging script , read on , for there is something rotten in the state of denmark .
namely , the king has died , and his widow the queen has we d
the king 's brother , claudius , but prince hamlet suspects foul play .
his suspicions are confirmed when the ghost of his father appears and relates the story of his murder at his own brother 's hands .
hamlet , enlisting the help of his friend
horatio , conspires to capture the conscience of the new king to expose his treachery . . .
.
and the game is afoot . . . .
the first things you notice about this production are the sets and costumes .
with external scenes filmed at blemheim palace in england ( also the one of the sites for the recent the avengers ) , the grandiose quality of the setting is immediately established .
interior scenes are similarly graced with intricate and flamboyant rooms and chambers .
the hamlet castle 's grand throne room is an impressive piece of work incorporating high ceilings , mirror - panel doors , and bridges which connect opposite sides of a second - story loft .
costuming is equally grand , drawing upon both history and imagination . .
not quite the denmark of the 1600 's , the characters ' attire is something of a cross between that era and turn of the century russia , very effectively giving the film more of a timeless feel .
it is not surprising that tim harvey and alexandra byrne were nominated for best art direction and best costume design oscars , respectively .
in addition to directing , kenneth branagh also plays the title character .
as the revenge - driven royal heir , branagh provides a riveting performance of emotional highs and lows .
from the anticipation of seeing his father 's ghost , to the melancholy of finding the burial site of his childhood jester , to his eventual wrath , branagh delivers in spades .
every scene truly revolves around hamlet , as much a tribute to branagh 's acting and directing
as to shakespeare 's manuscript .
hamlet seems to be a who 's who of shakespearean - trained actors , so watching them perform the craft for which they have much love is a delight in itself .
julie christie , as hamlet 's mother gertrude , and derek jacobi
as his murderous uncle claudius both fill the classic roles superbly , as do many of the supporting players .
kate winslet as hamlet 's lover ophelia , does an outstanding job demonstrating the character 's plummet to the depths of dispair and madness .
richard briers as ophelia 's father , polonius , and michael moloney as her brother , laertes , are equally convincing .
nicholas farrell as hamlet 's trusted friend horatio , and timothy spall and reece dinsdale as the two - timing rosencrantz and guildenstern round out the excellent core cast .
hamlet also seems to be a film in which someone tried to stuff as many well known actors as possible .
in some cases , this made for interesting scenes .
billy crystal is surprisingly good as the gravedigger who unearths the skull of yorick , whom hamlet knew quite well .
crystal proves himself able to deliver the lines with both the timing of a classic actor and the verbal countenance of a comedian , and the result is a very funny scene .
however , charleton heston , whom many might think would butcher shakespeare , is the biggest surprise of all .
as the player king , the leader of a troupe of traveling actors , he is absolutely breathtaking when narrating the story of priam and hecuba .
part of his monologue is overlaid with a visual enactment of the story ( with sir john gielgud and judi dench ) , but this is most unfortunate , for it robs heston of some of the attention which he deserves at this time .
his off - camera speaking , while gripping , sort of downplays the scene to a narration done by any other well - voiced actor .
i wish branagh had chosen to allow us to envision in our own minds the scene which heston lays out , and let the venerable actor have the attention .
unfortunately , there were some casting choices which led to poor distractions .
jack lemmon , an excellent actor , just ca n't do shakespeare .
as marcellus , the guard who sees the elder hamlet 's ghost , lemmon sadly underperforms and is shown up left and right by those around him .
gerard depardieu , another talented actor , is wasted when given little more than the utterances of " yes , my lord " and " no , my lord " in the role of reynaldo .
richard attenborough has a ( literally ) walk - on role , showing up at the eleventh hour as the english ambassador .
i think he had two lines .
then there is rufus sewell as fortinbras of norway .
when i went to see dangerous beauty earlier this year , two ladies behind me kept commenting about how handsome he was .
if bulging eyes are your idea of handsome , well i guess comic actor marty feldman was some kind of sex symbol to you .
hamlet is a complicated tale of treachery and revenge in which triumph and defeat become one .
branagh attempts to help us out with some of the intricacies by visually representing some of the more elusive stretches of dialogue by presenting them as flashback - type images .
this only works about half the time , and i wonder if it would have been just as well to do without them .
you do n't have to be some kind of genius to appreciate shakespeare , but it is quite difficult to understand unless you have the time to read or hear it carefully and repeatedly .
the alternate method of comprehension is that with which most of us are familiar , the high school english course .
in it , you are hopefully fortunate enough to have an educator willing to help you with the plot points and nuances essential to understanding a play written in the rigmarole known as the king 's english .
or i suppose you could just read the cliff notes .
A:
P