Review: too sappy for its own good 
Sentiment: negative

Review: that ends up slapping its target audience in the face by shooting itself in the foot 
Sentiment: negative

Review: about a brainy prep-school kid with a mrs. robinson complex 
Sentiment: positive

Review: takes on nickleby with all the halfhearted zeal of an 8th grade boy delving into required reading 
Sentiment: negative


Review: a very ambitious project for a fairly inexperienced filmmaker