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

it is easy to label something sentimental or tear jerking when one has not experienced the heartache of losing a child ? whether that may be in life or in death .
after having said that , i will also say that this movie does all of the above very well .
one gets that choking sensation in the throat ( because of grief ) when one brother forgives another for a costly mistake , or when a husband hugs his wife after a long estrangement .
there is no ocean , no drownings
and it does not conjure up memories of yet another ?
ordinary people ' .
in fact the only thing remotely connected to the ocean is probably tap water and the toilet flushing ( not that this literally happened in the movie ) .
so what are the lessons learnt :
1 . do n't take your children to class reunions .
2 . do n't leave them alone in the lobby , not even for a second .
michelle pfeiffer once again plays the role of a highly - strung wife and mother , a trend that started with ? a thousand acres ' and ?
one fine day ' .
my comment is that she is exceptionally fine strung in this movie , so much so that when she has a nervous break down , the veins on her temples bulge impressively .
whoopi golberg also puts in an understated performance , playing a lesbian cop , with a name that makes one want to reach for a lollipop .
lastly , who are the ideal companions for this sort of movie ?
my grandmother comes to mind .
P

when i originally saw the trailer for " analyze this " a few months ago , i must admit ,
i thought it looked kind of lame .
and then when the commercials started popping up a week or two ago , i thought it looked outright bad
.
but then when " analyze this " finally opened a few days ago , an odd thing happened .
it got great reviews .
critics were proclaiming it " hilarious " and a " dead - on parody of mob movies " .
well , with praise like that , i figured , it must be good
and so i headed off to the theater .
you know that expression that says always trust your gut instincts ?
well , turns out that expression is more valid than i ever gave it credit for .
" analyze this " is slow , unfunny , and badly acted .
do n't get me wrong , i think that deniro is one of the top ten greatest actors of the century , but he is just out of his league here .
i think the problem is he did n't quite know how to approach this material .
he plays his character , mob boss paull vitti , somewhere in between the realm of comedy and drama . if he had played the character straight , along the lines of leslie nielson in the " naked gun " series , he probably would have been a lot more successful .
as it is , though , he plays the character completely serious at some moments , and for laughs at others .
this does n't work .
it creates an uneven character that never breaks out of the deniro mold ; you always know it 's him . and the movie is badly paced , too .
it never takes off .
it just crawls from one scene to another without any forward momentum .
i think the blame for this should be placed on the script .
it 's obvious the writer had a good idea for a movie , mob boss faces breakdown and needs the services of a psychiatrist , but once this is established , the movie does n't really go anywhere .
the formula of the film seems to be this : billy crystal says no to deniro , deniro forces him , and much wackiness ensues .
this formula of sorts is repeated several times throughout the movie .
i 've said it before and i 'll say it again : the only thing that matters to me in a comedy is whether or not it 's funny .
if " analyze this " had been funny , the pacing and bad acting would n't have bothered me .
i would have been too busy laughing to notice .
but as it is , i only chuckled a few times .
the only really funny scene is a dead - on parody of " the godfather " .
sadly , though , i do n't think anyone in the audience i saw it with realized it was a parody , because i was the only one laughing .
but my sense of humour , i have come to realize , is vastly different from the general population .
i loathed " there 's something about mary " , yet loved " baseketball " .
now , if you want a movie that * i * think is funny , go out and see " office space " .
it 's full of genuine laughs and wo n't leave you glancing at your watch every 10 minutes , as " analyze this " did .
N

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i know what you did last summer , " the first high - profile slasher thriller to be released after 1996 's " scream , " and written by the same screenwriter , kevin williamson , is a stylish , effective horror film that became 1997 's biggest hit of the fall season .
while " scream " was a more knowing film about the genre , " i know what you did last summer " is more reminiscent of a straight - forward slasher flick , but it is far more intelligent than such bottom - of - the - barrel guilty pleasures as all nine of the " friday the 13th " films ( well , okay ,
" jason goes to hell
" was pure hell to sit through ) .
the film starts off with four talented , aspiring teenage friends who have just graduated from high school in their small boating town of southport , n .
c .
it is the 4th of july , and they will soon be heading their separate ways .
kind - hearted julie ( jennifer love hewitt ) , and outsider ray ( freddie prinze jr . ) will be headed off to college , while helen ( sarah michelle gellar ) , who has just been honored croaker queen in the town , and her ignorant jock boyfriend , barry ( ryan phillippe ) , are going to new york to become an actress and football player .
when the four of them travel to a nearby mountain - side beach for the evening , they are dismayed after hitting a man in the road on their way home .
distraught and confused , they decide they ca n't go to the police because they will be charged with manslaughter ,
so they devise a plan to throw the apparently dead victim off a peer into the ocean , in hopes no one will find him .
julie is apprehensive about it , but is forced into it by barry .
switch to exactly a year later , julie , still unable to come to terms with what she did , reluctantly returns home from college to find that all three of her old friends are still in the town because their career plans did not work out .
almost immediately , julie recieves an ominous letter that simply reads , " i know what you did last summer , " and that is the start of their problems as they find themselves being terrorized by a mysterious figure dressed in fisherman gear and yielding a giant hook .
"
i know what you did last summer , " is a successful horror film for a number of reasons .
the cinematography by denis crossan could very well be described as hitchcockian , as it put shadows , fog , steam , and other clever devices to add atmosphere to the proceedings .
the characters , particularly julie and helen , are realistically written , and the film amazingly deals with their broken relationship in a few scenes , which is largely uncharacteristic in films of this sort .
and last , the film creates a few dazzling and scary set - pieces that are some of the most memorable
i 've seen in a horror movie , particularly the suspenseful , superbly shot sequence involving helen at her family 's store with the killer inside with her .
perhaps the best character is that of missy egan ( anne heche )
, a lonely backwoods woman whose brother was the one julie thinks they hit .
heche 's performance is a standout , as she is able to create a full character in only about ten minutes of screen time .
"
i know what you did last summer , " could have been a great horror movie if not for a few problems .
prinze jr .
gives a performance to be desired here , and much of his dialogue sounds wooden coming out of his mouth .
also , the climax of the film almost completely loses its frightening grip after it unveils the mystery killer , who is a decidedly bad actor and should not have been given any lines .
luckily , the penultimate scene saves the disappointing finale , which includes an expertly crafted " jump - in - your - seat " scare .
in the main roles , hewitt and gellar are highly talented , and hewitt , especially , is one of the best screamers i 've ever heard .
she honestly could give jamie lee curtis a little competition for the best " scream queen . " and gellar is touching as a young woman who , in the course of one year , finds her dream of being an actress ultimately shattered .
although not up to the level of either " scream " movies , or the more recent , " urban legend , " " i know what you did last summer " is a respectable , smartly - scripted slasher film that firmly proved good horror movies were once again being made .
P