Review: mr. deeds is not really a film as much as it is a loose collection of not-so-funny gags , scattered moments of lazy humor . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: merely bad rather than 
Sentiment: negative

Review: , the attention process tends to do a little fleeing of its own . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: is complex from the start -- and , refreshingly , stays that way 
Sentiment: positive


Review: enactments , however fascinating they may be as history , are too crude to serve the work especially well .