Review: hitting all of its assigned marks to take on any life of its own 
Sentiment: negative

Review: this hastily mounted production exists only to capitalize on hopkins ' inclination to play hannibal lecter again , even though harris has no immediate inclination to provide a fourth book . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: is a rancorous curiosity : a movie without an apparent audience 
Sentiment: negative

Review: has made the near-fatal mistake of being what the english call ` too clever by half . ' 
Sentiment: negative


Review: its pulpy core conceit