Review: sluggish pacing 
Sentiment: negative

Review: exactly how genteel and unsurprising the execution turns out to be 
Sentiment: negative

Review: the adjective ` gentle ' 
Sentiment: positive

Review: hates criticism so much that he refuses to evaluate his own work 
Sentiment: negative


Review: though tom shadyac 's film kicks off spookily enough , around the halfway mark it takes an abrupt turn into glucose sentimentality and laughable contrivance .