Review: fails to give his audience a single character worth rooting for ( or worth rooting against , for that matter ) . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: juliette binoche 's sand is vivacious , but it 's hard to sense that powerhouse of 19th-century prose behind her childlike smile . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: the high-concept scenario soon proves preposterous , the acting is robotically italicized , and truth-in-advertising hounds take note : there 's very little hustling on view 
Sentiment: negative

Review: translation : ` we do n't need to try very hard . ' 
Sentiment: negative


Review: , this movie is a phlegmatic bore , so tedious it makes the silly spy vs. spy film the sum of all fears , starring ben affleck , seem downright hitchcockian .