Review: the script manages the rare trick of seeming at once both refreshingly different and reassuringly familiar . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: could be looking at his 12th oscar nomination by proving that he 's now , more than ever , choosing his roles with the precision of the insurance actuary 
Sentiment: positive

Review: as many good ideas as bad is the cold comfort that chin 's film serves up with style and empathy 
Sentiment: positive

Review: stevens ' vibrant creative instincts are the difference between this and countless other flicks about guys and dolls . 
Sentiment: positive


Review: an intelligent , multi-layered and profoundly humanist ( not to mention gently political ) meditation on the values of knowledge , education , and the