Review: `` ... something appears to have been lost in the translation this time 
Sentiment: negative

Review: would have likely wound up a tnt original 
Sentiment: negative

Review: if it had been only half-an-hour long or a tv special , the humor would have been fast and furious -- at ninety minutes , it drags . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: one of those reputedly `` unfilmable '' novels that has bucked the odds to emerge as an exquisite motion picture in its own right 
Sentiment: positive


Review: stays close to the ground