Review: the film 's hero is a bore 
Sentiment: negative

Review: this painfully unfunny farce traffics in tired stereotypes and encumbers itself with complications ... that have no bearing on the story 
Sentiment: negative

Review: an abyss 
Sentiment: negative

Review: a touching drama about old age and grief with a tour de 
Sentiment: positive


Review: phillip noyce and all of his actors -- as well as his cinematographer , christopher doyle -- understand the delicate forcefulness of greene 's prose , and