Review: , but director carl franklin adds enough flourishes and freak-outs to make it entertaining 
Sentiment: positive

Review: a bittersweet contemporary comedy about benevolent deception , which , while it may not rival the filmmaker 's period pieces , is still very much worth seeing . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: that loses sight of its own story 
Sentiment: negative

Review: between them , de niro and murphy make showtime the most savory and hilarious guilty pleasure of many a recent movie season . 
Sentiment: positive


Review: this is a good script , good dialogue , funny even for adults .