Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: John Grisham should keep his books to himself.

Very bad rendition of his best-selling book lacks Grisham's real voice of legal ethics and tight plot point in order to cry about the gun argument to an annoying tee. The screenplay feels like a summery than a story, and the direction needed more to it for me to feel compelled to sit though the movie. I feel sorry for all the actors involved for giving their all for this lackluster of a movie. I will also give special notice to Gene Hackman and Rachel Weisz for giving outstanding performances in a movie that really did not deserve it, and to Dustin Hoffman, who took a bit part and made something special out of it. Despite their efforts,the movie remains a good reason for authors to not sell their works to filmmakers because they will butcher it for their own views. .