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
.
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 )
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: i 've always been a kevin kline fan , silverado , fish called wanda , pirates of penzance , and even his hamlet on pbs ' great performances .
the minute i saw the trailer for this film , i resolved to see it .
besides the fact that kline starred , it looked like a hilarious film .
i got sucker punched by the trailer to an extent , however , as i also thought , " wow , if there 's this much funny stuff in the trailer , there must be a ton of laughs in the rest of the film .
"
( oops ) i packed up the wife and headed to les cinemas del diablo ( my name for our local multi - multi - plex . )
the film began . . . .
the film concerns an english / drama teacher at a suburban high school , named howard brackett .
he loves poetry and great literary works , but his class is more interested in his famous former student , played by matt dillon .
( i 'd put in his name , but my wife wo n't let me take notes during a movie and i 've forgotten it . )
they continually interrupt his long poetic expositions with fawning questions about him .
brackett has been engaged to another teacher ( played by joan cusack ) for three years , and has finally gotten up the gumption to marry her .
the wedding , however , becomes the big question mark of the film as this famous student of his says during the live oscar broadcast that brackett is a homosexual .
kline spends most of the first two - thirds of the film frantically trying to convince everyone that he is n't .
the whole town begins to examine every detail of his life and begins to identifying all those things that confirm his sexual preference .
his closest friends do n't help matters , bringing nothing but barbara streisand laserdiscs to his stag party .
there are some genuinely hilarous moments , one involving a tape geared towards helping men assert their masculinity .
kline is hounded by a gay reporter played by tom selleck , who waxes poetic on the benefits of coming out , while at the same time doing his best to exploit the situation for his own sleazy tabloid machinations .
the movie moves along fine and slowly builds to the climax of the wedding .
kline stands at the altar and is asked to take his vows . . .
if you want to be surprised , do n't read , i am going to reveal the ending . . . .
instead of saying " i do " in front of his parents and most of the town , and even some cameras , he says " i 'm gay .
" this is where the movie , in my opinion falls apart .
most of the humor in the film had come from kline 's insistence that he was straight , while at the same time , loving poetry and being a senstivie guy , dressing well , and occaisionally acting prissy .
it reminded me of the " effeminate heterosexual " sketch from saturday night live .
it was funny
, it was sustainably funny , and kline 's performance made it doubly so .
however , after the wedding , the film drags on .
they should have attempted to come to a quick conclusion , but it then gets into the serious side of what he 's done .
he reconciles with his parents and his friends , some of which had turned on him .
there are several scenes which seemed like a waste of time , the scene with his mother and her friends , which was hilarious , seemed pointless , and the scene with tom selleck in the bar with joan seemed pointless .
finally , even though i am not catholic , i found the scene with the priest to be condescending .
the preist can not believe that a man was engaged for three years and had not consumated the relationship , proclaiming to brackett in the third person , " he 's gay .
"
it got a chuckle from the audience , but i was distracted by it , and began to tire of the film .
by the time the wedding had come and gone , i found myself hoping it would be over soon .
( much like this review you are saying )
overall , if i have to quantify it , i say , rising action gets
*
* * * and climax and falling action gets .
see it in economy time .
Solution:
N