Review: appeals to the storytelling instincts of a slightly more literate filmgoing audience 
Sentiment: positive

Review: an overly sillified plot and stop-and-start pacing 
Sentiment: negative

Review: the sentimental script has problems 
Sentiment: negative

Review: why bother if you 're going to subjugate truth to the tear-jerking demands of soap opera 
Sentiment: negative


Review: diggs and lathan are among the chief reasons brown sugar is such a sweet and sexy film .