Task: Assign the sentence to a corresponding ordinal class that best reflects the inferred mental state of the writer, based on the intensity of positive or negative sentiment expressed. 2: very positive, 1: positive, 0: neutral, -1: negative, -2: very negative.
Sentence: as if to prove a female director can make a movie with no soft edges , kathryn bigelow offers no sugar-coating or interludes of lightness .
Intensity class: 