Review: a rollicking ride , with jaw-dropping action sequences , striking villains , a gorgeous color palette , astounding technology , stirring music and a boffo last hour that leads up to a strangely sinister happy ending . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: the narrator and the other characters try to convince us that acting transfigures esther 
Sentiment: negative

Review: 's a lot to ask people to sit still for two hours and change watching such a character , especially when rendered in as flat and impassive a manner as phoenix 's 
Sentiment: negative

Review: has a laundry list of minor shortcomings 
Sentiment: negative


Review: a mournful undercurrent