Review: is terrific , although the actors must struggle with the fact that they 're playing characters who sometimes feel more like literary conceits than flesh-and-blood humans 
Sentiment: positive

Review: the story compelling 
Sentiment: positive

Review: what madonna does here ca n't properly be called acting -- more accurately , it 's moving and it 's talking and it 's occasionally gesturing , sometimes all at once 
Sentiment: negative

Review: respectable 
Sentiment: positive


Review: lies in the ease with which it integrates thoughtfulness and pasta-fagioli comedy