Review: certainly raises the film above anything sandler 's been attached to before . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: keeps dickens evergreen : the exuberant openness with which he expresses our most basic emotions 
Sentiment: positive

Review: stirs us 
Sentiment: positive

Review: permitting its characters more than two obvious dimensions and repeatedly placing them in contrived , well-worn situations 
Sentiment: negative


Review: a bad sign when you 're rooting for the film to hurry up and get to its subjects ' deaths just so the documentary will be over