Instruct: Classify a given Amazon review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: The story is given away up front...the rest is filler

This movie starts out well, with engaging characters and enough intrigue to pique my interest. So I was really suprised when the whole story was laid bare within the first half hour -- I kept expecting some sort of twist to take things to a different level. Instead, some rather nonsensical plotting occurs in order to stretch things out. Even the characters are just filler, with no believable motivation behind their actions; they're just doing what needs to be done, saying what needs to be said, to get the story from point A to point B. I could've watched the first half hour, then skipped ahead to the last ten minutes, and been just as satisfied as if I'd watched the whole thing (and I wasn't very satisfied). If you're interested in what this movie might have to offer and haven't seen The Omen or The Ring, I suggest watching one of those films instead. Still, Case 39 is a pretty creepy movie.