Review: it 's touching and tender and proves that even in sorrow you can find humor . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: those reputedly `` unfilmable '' novels that has bucked the odds to emerge as an exquisite motion picture in its own right 
Sentiment: positive

Review: roman polanski directs the pianist like a surgeon mends a broken heart ; very meticulously but without any passion . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: on that score , the film certainly does n't disappoint . 
Sentiment: positive


Review: less than the sum of its underventilated père-fils confrontations