Instruct: Classify Amazon reviews into positive or negative sentiment
Query: The longest three hours ever

After a whizbang opening that really gets your hopes up, Magnolia rapidly becomes unwatchable. You, the viewer, get treated to a 10 minute version of "One is the Lonliest Number" (at earshattering volume), a seemingly endless parade of pathetic, one-dimensional losers who are impossible to care about, an actual music video (! ), two major characters dying of cancer, and finally an EVENT which is supposed to tie everything together in some sort of profound way (it doesn't.) PT Anderson seems like too nice a guy to tell his actors to tone things down. I can't remember the last time I saw so much hammy acting: everybody is crying and screaming and/or cursing all of the time. Anderson is great at moving the camera, and he has a good eye for lighting and composition. He would make a wonderful commercial director. And the special effects during the EVENT are a lot of fun to watch. After watching this film I really appreciated what Robert Altman accomplished with "Short Cuts".