Review: the strain of its plot contrivances and its need to reassure 
Sentiment: negative

Review: will be upstaged by an avalanche of more appealing holiday-season product 
Sentiment: negative

Review: will be delighted with the fast , funny , and even touching story 
Sentiment: positive

Review: bad seeds 
Sentiment: negative


Review: with fewer deliberate laughs , more inadvertent ones and stunningly trite songs