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 never been a member of the robin williams fan club .
a little bit of his improvisationaly schtick goes a long way , and i sometimes feel as though i 'm watching a 40-year - old class clown .
in his films , williams has often tried to balance his mania with touchy - feely emotion , leading to wildly uneven performances .
mrs .
doubtfire seemed ready - made for the same problems , but instead it proves to be williams ' best comic screen project yet .
while it still contains some characteristic self - indulgence , mrs .
doubtfire is nonetheless an engaging belly - laugh comedy served up with high energy .
williams stars as daniel hillard , a cartoon voiceover artist with a penchant for irresponsible behavior .
one such incident proves one too many for wife miranda ( sally field ) , and she files for a divorce .
unemployed , living in a disastrously unkempt apartment and faced with limited time with his three beloved children , daniel decides to respond to miranda 's ad for an afternoon housekeeper .
he turns to his brother frank ( harvey fierstein ) , a theatrical makeup artist , and emerges as euphegenia doubtfire , a matronly 65-year - old englishwoman .
daniel uses his access to the house to keep an eye on miranda 's flirtation with a wealthy client ( pierce brosnan ) , to spend time with the children , and to learn something about responsible parenting , all the while trying to keep his identity hidden from the people who know him best .
mrs .
doubtfire has to overcome a mountain of implausibilities to work , and basically it does so .
the most crucial is that no one in the family recognizes daniel , and thanks to the fantastic special makeup that 's instantly believable .
it may be one of the most convincing transformations ever committed to film , making dustin hoffman 's dorothy michaels look like milton berle .
more problematic was a series of calls daniel makes to miranda posing as nannies from hell ; it 's a bit hard to swallow that she does n't recognize any of the voices as her husband 's .
perhaps the biggest contrivance we 're asked to swallow is that daniel could make a quick change into mrs .
doubtfire in a few minutes .
there 's more to realistic makeup than slapping on a latex mask .
fortunately , these are inconsistencies which only attract attention as the credits roll .
during the film , i was generally too busy laughing .
after getting off to a slow start involving too much of williams ' riffing , mrs .
doubtfire kicks into high gear once the wig and pads are in place .
daniel 's frantic attempt to fool a court officer is wonderful , as is the climactic restaurant sequence , even though i saw the resolutions coming a mile away .
clearly , most of the credit for doubtfire 's success goes to robin williams .
it took putting him in drag , but for once he plays a comic character that is n't just robin williams with a different name .
he thoroughly inhabits euphegenia doubtfire , and seems to relish the scenes in which he gets to play her as blunt and foul - mouthed .
wisely , he never aims for saintly .
his responses to the intrusion of new suitor stu are often petty , but the kind of thing most of us might do with the benefit of anonymity .
it 's one of mrs .
doubtfire 's charms that neither daniel nor miranda is perfect , just people trying to be better .
as miranda , sally field is solid in a background role , and pierce brosnan is nicely understated as stu .
the children are also good , although mara wilson is almost oppressively cute as the youngest .
the supporting players merely step aside and allow williams to do his thing .
it 's easy to see mrs .
doubtfire as little more than tootsie warmed over , and it 's true that there are both broad themes and specific details in common .
but mrs .
doubtfire manages to carve out its own space , particularly through the surprisingly honest moments involving a judge 's decision and the ultimate status of daniel and miranda 's relationship .
there 's nothing dazzlingly new in mrs .
doubtfire , but
there are plenty of laughs , and good comedies are always in short supply .
and it 's nice to see
robin williams just act for a change .
Solution:
P