Review: falls short 
Sentiment: negative

Review: for all its shoot-outs 
Sentiment: positive

Review: the endlessly repetitive scenes of embarrassment 
Sentiment: negative

Review: apparently hoping that the audience will not notice the glaring triteness of the plot device 
Sentiment: negative


Review: nothing more or less than an outright bodice-ripper -- it should have ditched the artsy pretensions and revelled in the entertaining shallows .