Review: phillip noyce and all of his actors -- as well as his cinematographer , christopher doyle -- understand the delicate forcefulness of greene 's prose , and it 's there on the screen in their version of the quiet american 
Sentiment: positive

Review: klein , charming in comedies like american pie and dead-on in election , 
Sentiment: positive

Review: acknowledges upfront that the plot makes no sense , such that the lack of linearity is the point of emotional and moral departure for protagonist alice 
Sentiment: negative

Review: from the exoticism of its seas of sand to the fierce grandeur of its sweeping battle scenes 
Sentiment: positive


Review: along looking for astute observations and coming up blank