Review: is nothing short of a great one . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: hard to be funny in a way that 's too loud , too goofy and too short of an attention span 
Sentiment: negative

Review: , roiling black-and-white inspires trembling and gratitude . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: while parker and co-writer catherine di napoli are faithful to melville 's plotline , they and a fully engaged supporting cast ... have made the old boy 's characters more quick-witted than any english lit 
Sentiment: positive


Review: proved too difficult a text to ` lick , ' despite the efforts of a first-rate cast