Review: a pretentious and ultimately empty examination of a sick and evil woman . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: proves tiresome , with the surface histrionics failing to compensate for the paper-thin characterizations and facile situations . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: fontaine 's willingness to wander into the dark areas of parent-child relationships without flinching 
Sentiment: positive

Review: yet it 's not quite the genre-busting film it 's been hyped to be because it plays everything too safe . 
Sentiment: negative


Review: which , while it may not rival the filmmaker 's period pieces , is still very much worth seeing