Review: sayles ... once again strands his superb performers in the same old story . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: rigid and evasive 
Sentiment: negative

Review: to understand why anyone in his right mind would even think to make the attraction a movie 
Sentiment: negative

Review: 's no energy . 
Sentiment: negative


Review: a pleasant enough romance with intellectual underpinnings , the kind of movie that entertains even as it turns maddeningly predictable .