Review: is carried less by wow factors than by its funny , moving yarn that holds up well after two decades . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: becomes predictably conventional . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: rent `` shakes the clown '' , a much funnier film with a similar theme and an equally great robin williams performance 
Sentiment: negative

Review: ... begins with promise , but runs aground after being snared in its own tangled plot . 
Sentiment: negative


Review: tadpole may be one of the most appealing movies ever made about an otherwise appalling , and downright creepy , subject -- a teenage boy in love with his stepmother .