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: suffers through this film 
Sentiment: negative

Review: a beguiling evocation of the quality that keeps dickens evergreen : the exuberant openness with which he expresses our most basic emotions 
Sentiment: positive


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