Review: embody the worst excesses of nouvelle vague without any of its sense of fun or energy 
Sentiment: negative

Review: love , memory , history 
Sentiment: positive

Review: slaloming through its hackneyed elements with enjoyable ease 
Sentiment: positive

Review: has fashioned an absorbing look at provincial bourgeois french society . 
Sentiment: positive


Review: the vitality of the actors keeps the intensity of the film high , even as the strafings blend together .