Review: proves himself a deft pace master and stylist . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: action man cliché atop wooden dialogue 
Sentiment: negative

Review: will be lulled into a coma 
Sentiment: negative

Review: , nicholas nickleby is too much like a fragment of an underdone potato . 
Sentiment: negative


Review: instead of a witty expose on the banality and hypocrisy of too much kid-vid , we get an ugly , mean-spirited lashing out by an adult who 's apparently been forced by his kids to watch too many barney videos .