Review: the film 's shortcomings 
Sentiment: negative

Review: mending a child 's pain for his dead mother via communication with an old woman straight out of eudora welty 
Sentiment: negative

Review: roman polanski 's autobiographical gesture at redemption is better than ` shindler 's list ' - it is more than merely a holocaust movie 
Sentiment: positive

Review: bad and baffling from the get-go 
Sentiment: negative


Review: the story that emerges has elements of romance , tragedy and even silent-movie comedy .