Review: , it must be said that he is an imaginative filmmaker who can see the forest for the trees . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: while parker and co-writer catherine di napoli are faithful to melville 's plotline , they and a fully engaged supporting cast ... have made the old boy 's characters more quick-witted than any english lit major would have thought possible . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: seems content to dog-paddle in the mediocre end of the pool , and it 's a sad , sick sight 
Sentiment: negative

Review: near-masterpiece 
Sentiment: positive


Review: what it was that made the story relevant in the first place