Review: ... a sour little movie at its core ; an exploration of the emptiness that underlay the relentless gaiety of the 1920 
Sentiment: negative

Review: a hokey piece of nonsense that tries too hard to be emotional . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: goes to absurd lengths to duck the very issues it raises 
Sentiment: negative

Review: about 3/4th the fun of its spry 2001 predecessor -- but it 's a rushed , slapdash , sequel-for-the-sake - of-a-sequel with less than half the plot and ingenuity 
Sentiment: negative


Review: is all too predictable and far too cliched to really work