Instruct: Classify a given review into positive or negative sentiment.
Query: A whole lot better than expected....

My 4 year old daughter had seen this already at the movies and absolutely loved it. So when we were at Wal-Mart the other day and she spotted the DVD for sale, she just had to have it. I watched it with her, not expecting much. Lo and behold, I found myself really liking this movie. Yes, it is formulaic, but that isn't neccessarily a bad thing if done well, as it is in this movie. Now, there is plenty corny parts about it, but there were enough genuine laughs in it to more than balance that out. But I have to say, the acting jobs by Bruce Greenwood and Hayden Pantierre were really good and convincing. There are a lot of genuinely bad kids movies out there, and I am happy to say that "Racing Stripes" is definitely NOT one of them.