Review: allows us to be transported into the life of wladyslaw szpilman , who is not only a pianist , but a good human being 
Sentiment: positive

Review: stylish exercise 
Sentiment: positive

Review: does mark ms. bullock 's best work in some time 
Sentiment: positive

Review: appears to have been modeled on the worst revenge-of-the-nerds clichés the filmmakers could dredge up . 
Sentiment: negative


Review: `` based on true events , '' a convolution of language that suggests it 's impossible to claim that it is `` based on a true story '' with a straight face .