Review: the worst kind of filmmaking , the kind that pretends to be passionate and truthful but is really frustratingly timid and soggy 
Sentiment: negative

Review: most of whom wander about in thick clouds of denial 
Sentiment: negative

Review: 's hard to imagine acting that could be any flatter 
Sentiment: negative

Review: relieved that his latest feature , r xmas , marks a modest if encouraging return to form 
Sentiment: positive


Review: work in the same vein as the brilliance of animal house