Review: it 's a spectacular performance - ahem , we hope it 's only acting . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: is a step down 
Sentiment: negative

Review: , combined with so much first-rate talent ... could have yielded such a flat , plodding picture 
Sentiment: negative

Review: is a frustrating patchwork : an uneasy marriage of louis begley 's source novel ( about schmidt ) and an old payne screenplay 
Sentiment: negative


Review: represents adam sandler 's latest attempt to dumb down the universe