Review: of filmmaking , the kind that pretends to be passionate and truthful but is really frustratingly timid and soggy 
Sentiment: negative

Review: to treat its characters , weak and strong , as fallible human beings , not caricatures , and to carefully delineate the cost of the inevitable conflicts between human urges and an institution concerned with self-preservation 
Sentiment: positive

Review: its metaphors 
Sentiment: positive

Review: contrived to be as naturally charming as it needs to be 
Sentiment: positive


Review: a skillfully assembled , highly polished and professional adaptation