this movie packs a punch. there are a few every now and then that make me think deeply and and disturb me a lot. i could see myself in this same predicament  passively allowing things to happen around me and not standing up for the right and decent thing and just trying to avoid trouble. how often do we avoid making waves or sticking our necks out. how often does our inaction condone the evil actions of others. we would never join them and we tell ourselves and we recognize that what they are doing is bad and but do we do anything about it. lawrence newman (william h. macey) is a low key and nerdy office worker who has paid off his home in brooklyn and ny in the waning days of world war ii. he rarely gets engaged in what is going on around him and has never married and rarely socializes and just goes to work and cares for his invalid mother. then a series of events in his very white little neighborhood pull him out of his complacent shell into a maelstrom of events. it starts as he witness from his bedroom window the rape of a puerto rican girl by the son of his neighbor. soon after he gets glasses because of poor vision. as he is now better able to see and he becomes less able to deal with the circumstances of his life. the one bright spot is a new love in his life and and he marries and hoping to continue on in his normalcy. then the virulent anti semitism on that street catches him and despite his credentials as a presbyterian wasp. as things spiral further out of control and he discovers he must make an important decision  does he take a stand or does he simply go away. i cannot how anybody can view this movie without being affected and having to think very much about themselves and what they really stand for. post war anti semitism is the setting here and but there is injustice at all times and in all places. it is for the individual to decide where he or she stands. 
this movie packs a punch. there are a few every now and then that make me think deeply and and disturb me a lot. i could see myself in this same predicament  passively allowing things to happen around me and not standing up for the right and decent thing and just trying to avoid trouble. how often do we avoid making waves or sticking our necks out. how often does our inaction condone the evil actions of others. we would never join them and we tell ourselves and we recognize that what they are doing is bad and but do we do anything about it. lawrence newman (william h. macey) is a low key and nerdy office worker who has paid off his home in brooklyn and ny in the waning days of world war ii. he rarely gets engaged in what is going on around him and has never married and rarely socializes and just goes to work and cares for his invalid mother. then a series of events in his very white little neighborhood pull him out of his complacent shell into a maelstrom of events. it starts as he witness from his bedroom window the rape of a puerto rican girl by the son of his neighbor. soon after he gets glasses because of poor vision. as he is now better able to see and he becomes less able to deal with the circumstances of his life. the one bright spot is a new love in his life and and he marries and hoping to continue on in his normalcy. then the virulent anti semitism on that street catches him and despite his credentials as a presbyterian wasp. as things spiral further out of control and he discovers he must make an important decision  does he take a stand or does he simply go away. i cannot how anybody can view this movie without being affected and having to think very much about themselves and what they really stand for. post war anti semitism is the setting here and but there is injustice at all times and in all places. it is for the individual to decide where he or she stands. ---------------------------------Answer Question Below----------------------------------

Judge the movie review above, you need to make a function call:
    If you feel the movie review is positive
        print "This is a semantically positive review."
    Otherwise, if you feel the movie review is negative
        print "This is a semantically negative review."
