Review: the action here is unusually tame , the characters are too simplistic to maintain interest , and the plot offers few surprises 
Sentiment: negative

Review: cheats on itself and retreats to comfortable territory 
Sentiment: negative

Review: unfilmable '' novels 
Sentiment: negative

Review: improbable melodrama ( gored bullfighters , comatose ballerinas ) with subtly kinky bedside vigils and sensational denouements , and yet at the end 
Sentiment: positive


Review: turned out to be a one-trick pony