Review: divine secrets of the ya-ya sisterhood suffers from a ploddingly melodramatic structure 
Sentiment: negative

Review: yakusho , as always , is wonderful as the long-faced sad sack 
Sentiment: positive

Review: surprisingly gentle 
Sentiment: positive

Review: executed with such gentle but insistent sincerity , with such good humor and appreciation of the daily grind that only the most hardhearted scrooge could fail to respond . 
Sentiment: positive


Review: the entire point of a shaggy dog story , of course , is that it goes nowhere ,