Review: beautifully directed and convincingly acted . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: very difficult 
Sentiment: negative

Review: is the case of a pregnant premise being wasted by a script that takes few chances and manages to insult the intelligence of everyone in the audience 
Sentiment: negative

Review: a shoddy male hip hop fantasy filled with guns , expensive cars , lots of naked women and rocawear clothing . 
Sentiment: negative


Review: in old-fashioned screenwriting parlance , ms. shreve 's novel proved too difficult a text to ` lick , ' despite the efforts of a first-rate cast .