Review: fails to give his audience a single character worth rooting for ( or worth rooting against , for that matter ) . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: juliette binoche 's sand is vivacious , but it 's hard to sense that powerhouse of 19th-century prose behind her childlike smile . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: ratliff 's two previous titles , plutonium circus and purgatory county show his penchant for wry , contentious configurations , and this film is part of that delicate canon 
Sentiment: positive

Review: sometimes quite funny 
Sentiment: positive


Review: , this movie is a phlegmatic bore , so tedious it makes the silly spy vs. spy film the sum of all fears , starring ben affleck , seem downright hitchcockian .