Review: costner 's warm-milk persona is just as ill-fitting as shadyac 's perfunctory directing chops , and some of the more overtly silly dialogue would sink laurence olivier . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: lingering terror punctuated by sudden shocks and not constant bloodshed 
Sentiment: positive

Review: it puts washington , as honest working man john q. archibald , on a pedestal , then keeps lifting the pedestal higher . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: has skin looked as beautiful , desirable , even delectable , as it does in trouble every day 
Sentiment: positive


Review: plays like a bad soap opera