Review: cheesy screenplay 
Sentiment: negative

Review: painful , obnoxious 
Sentiment: negative

Review: to be something of a sitcom apparatus 
Sentiment: negative

Review: as hannibal would say , yes , ` it 's like having an old friend for dinner ' . 
Sentiment: positive


Review: form at once visceral and spiritual , wonderfully vulgar and sublimely lofty -- and as emotionally grand as life .