Instruct: Classify a review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: I had hopes, but the earlier reviews were right, it's not very good

I wanted to like it going in, and while it doesn't do anything wrong exactly, it doesn't do the humor very well, and obviously for a comedy that equals failure. The tender moments where the hapless Sitter teaches the kids how to be better people are actually effective and probably the best parts of the movie. All the other subplots (girlfriend, drug dealer, new potential girlfriend, father, old high school acquaintance with a grudge)seem very false and contrived as does the third, adopted, child - his role is completely a waste, unfunny, probably racist and totally unrealistic. The other two kids were likeable enough behind terrible scripting. I don't blame Jonah Hill, he was reasonably funny, he just didn't have much to work with. I blame the director, and I'd say if you didn't like Pineapple Express, like I didn't, you likely won't enjoy The Sitter either.