Review: frequent flurries of creative belly laughs and genuinely enthusiastic performances ... keep the movie slaloming through its hackneyed elements with enjoyable ease . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: a new film from bill plympton , the animation master , is always welcome . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: a smartly written motion picture 
Sentiment: positive

Review: new best friend does not have , beginning with the minor omission of a screenplay 
Sentiment: negative


Review: i like all four of the lead actors a lot and they manage to squeeze a few laughs out of the material ,