Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: Dog of a movie in need of a leash.

I don't get it. How on earth could anyone give this stale slice of mediocrity a favorable review?The acting was so banal it made the second-rate, cheese-ball story line seem Shakespearean. And let me go on record and say the screenplay came across as having been cobbled from every sappy `boy meets girl' endeavor to flop on the wide screen.The music was touted as being so powerful its contribution to the movie may well make it the "best musical film of our generation". Puleeze!! I noticed a poster of Leonard Cohen's 1973 'Live Songs' on one of the walls in the boy's bedroom . Do yourself a favor and buy the Leonard Cohen album. It's a thing of beauty and will sustain your soul for the rest of your life. Avoid this trite affair at all costs. No should have to suffer thru Once ... not even once.