Review: in favor 
Sentiment: positive

Review: not all of the stories work and the ones that do are thin and scattered , but the film works well enough to make it worth watching . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: me feeling refreshed and hopeful 
Sentiment: positive

Review: meandering and pointless french coming-of-age import 
Sentiment: negative


Review: a boring , pretentious muddle that uses a sensational , real-life 19th-century crime as a metaphor for -- well , i 'm not exactly sure what -- and has all the dramatic weight of a raindrop .