Instruct: Classify a given Amazon review as either positive or negative.
Query: GIVE ME A BREAK

After all of the thousands of words, arguments and heated passions that this movie has inspired since long before its release, it is a real downer to find out, upon viewing it, that it is a crummy movie. The subject matter -- the final suffering and crucifixion of Jesus Christ -- could not be more compelling, even for non-believers. But somehow Mel Gibson has managed to squeeze so much slow-motion blood out of the proceedings, without giving us any context for the character of the actual man, that the story is oddly passionless. And talk about over the top! The beatings, mutilations, and general bloodletting are so graphic that they teeter on snuff -- match this with the ridiculous horror-movie images of a slithery he-she as Satan, and you've got what could best be described as a gore-fest. Yuck. The two stars are for Jim C., who suffers nobly in a very realistic prosthetic nose, and the cinematography, which is at times lovely.