In this task, you must classify if a given review is positive/negative, indicating your answer as P or N.
One example: 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
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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
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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 is here: N
Explanation: The phrases used in the review convey a negative sentiment (e.g. "presents it in a very bad package").

Now, solve this: this is a stagy film adapted from roger rueff 's play " hospitality suite . ' ' its about three travelling salesmen attending an industrial convention , whose chicago company has sent them to wichita , where the company has paid all their expenses for them to rent a hospitality suite on the 16th floor of the hotel , where they aim to score a substantial account from the big kahuna , someone named dick fuller , who is the head of a big industrial corporation .
he is someone they have never met before , but they want to sell him industrial lubricants
and they want desperately to land this new account , it is their only reason for coming to the convention .
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the big kahuna " revels in salesmen - talk among the three white christian males , two of them , larry ( spacey ) and phil ( devito ) , who are veteran salesmen , having teamed together for the last twelve years , while bob ( facinelli ) is a young man who has just recently been hired by the firm and works in the research department .
these three are virtually imprisoned in their small hospitality suite waiting to meet the big kahuna , as the focus of this claustrophobic film is on their interactions in the hospitality suite .
the three salesmen have different things on their mind that is troubling them and a different attitude to their job , and they are each going through internal changes that are profoundly altering their life .
the outstanding cast tries to figure out in their own way what they are doing and why .
what comes into question is their opinions on life and death , on god and morality , and on how they make a living .
these are tough questions and the truth seems to be somewhere in their sales pitch .
their dialogue is acerbic , witty , and analytical .
following in the long tradition of salesmen films -- from death of a salesman , the tin men , and glengarry glen ross , as this film tries to get you to see what there is about salesmanship that gets these men high .
in this case , it is landing the big kahuna .
they each are trying to see why he 's on top and why they are chasing after him .
what makes this film different than the others , is its blatant religious message , comparing orthodox religion to what they do , as both must sell their product .
and how after each one 's psyche is stripped clean by the other , there is a pause and some lesson about life has sunk in that is pertinent to each .
the goal in the movie is not in literally landing the big kahuna , but in finding out what bill of goods they sold themselves that made them be salesmen .
larry and phil have one way of doing things and have no qualms of incorporating a sales pitch as part of their life .
bob thinks he is above the fray and he pitches every chance he can get about his belief in jesus christ .
his vacuous character and smug outlook on life are covered by a disarming smile and an eagerness for him to prove in his actions the words of jesus he literally believes in .
bob is a baptist , who takes a very non - questioning and literal attitude about religion .
to just look at another woman and lust after her is a sin , according to the way he reads the bible .
when asked by larry why he married his wife , he seems puzzled and ca n't even say because he loves her , only that marriage is something sacred to him .
the contrast in their personalities is stark .
larry is all business , he simply wants to close the sale .
he comes into the room pumped for the convention , using his attack mode to establish how serious he is about being a salesman .
he criticizes phil for being so placid , for getting such a small suite , for having the cheap food tray of carrot sticks rather than the one of stuffed shrimp , and for being burned - out .
he tells him to go on a vacation .
get a woman .
while phil is reflective on where all his best years have gone for him and is contemplating a career change , now that he is 52 and is painfully divorcing his wife , after having lived too lonely a life on the road for too long .
he now finds himself suffering from some troubling dreams and questioning what he believes in .
he has always been a charmer , shaking everyone 's hand , trying to please his clients while trying to make the sale .
larry is more aggressive as a salesman , he is always a heart attack away from every big sale .
in contrast , bob is only in his twenties and everything seems fresh to him .
this is his first time for him on the road .
when dick fuller does n't arrive at the party the salesmen throw , larry becomes confrontational and asks phil if he spoke to the man himself about the gathering .
when told that he spoke to the secretary , larry throws a tantrum and is resigned to going back to their home office without the new account .
but when they start talking to bob , whom they forced to act as the bartender , they are surprised to learn that fuller did indeed come but was wearing another man 's name tag and that bob spent the entire evening consoling the tycoon over his recently deceased dog and then talking to him about jesus .
bob then tells the boys about a private party fuller is attending afterwards , and that he invited bob to attend .
larry and phil ca n't fathom how bob did n't make a sales pitch .
but they soon take another tact and decide to prep bob on how to get fuller 's attention about their company 's product as they sent him off to meet fuller , and will await his return in the hotel room .
these two sharp salesmen are reduced to waiting for this smug kid to come back and tell them he saved their ass .
the irony of their situation is played out in the darkness of the hotel room , as they stay up late into the night trying to make sense out of their lives .
these three performers were outstanding , each understanding what their role called for , each coming through with a marvelous performance .
the only problem with the film , is that its more of a play than a cinematic experience .
but the insightful dialogue and refreshing dramatics , give it an intelligent selling point and make it a good product to see .
Solution:
P