Review: a light-hearted way the romantic problems 
Sentiment: positive

Review: phillip noyce and all of his actors -- as well as his cinematographer , christopher doyle -- understand the delicate forcefulness of greene 's prose , and it 's there on the screen in their version of the quiet american 
Sentiment: positive

Review: its splendor 
Sentiment: positive

Review: anyone who wants to start writing screenplays can just follow the same blueprint from hundreds of other films , sell it to the highest bidder and walk away without anyone truly knowing your identity . 
Sentiment: negative


Review: those so-so films that could have been much better