Review: the script manages the rare trick of seeming at once both refreshingly different and reassuringly familiar . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: could be looking at his 12th oscar nomination by proving that he 's now , more than ever , choosing his roles with the precision of the insurance actuary 
Sentiment: positive

Review: starts out ballsy and stylish but fails to keep it up and settles into clichés . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: stevens ' vibrant creative instincts are the difference between this and countless other flicks about guys and dolls . 
Sentiment: positive


Review: an intelligent , multi-layered and profoundly humanist ( not to mention gently political ) meditation on the values of knowledge , education , and the