Review: to be grandiloquent 
Sentiment: negative

Review: there 's something fishy about a seasonal holiday kids ' movie ... that derives its moment of most convincing emotional gravity from a scene where santa gives gifts to grownups . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: from two fatal ailments -- a dearth of vitality and a story that 's shapeless and uninflected 
Sentiment: negative

Review: evokes the style and flash of the double-cross that made mamet 's `` house of games '' and last fall 's `` heist '' so much fun . 
Sentiment: positive


Review: the entire point of a shaggy dog story , of course , is that it goes nowhere , and this is classic nowheresville in every sense .