Review: those relationships , including that between the son and his wife , and the wife and the father , and between the two brothers , with incredible subtlety and acumen 
Sentiment: positive

Review: unfolds in a low-key , organic way that encourages you to accept it as life and go with its flow 
Sentiment: positive

Review: characteristically engorged and 
Sentiment: negative

Review: as sharp 
Sentiment: positive


Review: is a frustrating patchwork : an uneasy marriage of louis begley 's source novel ( about schmidt ) and an old payne screenplay .