Review: flatly 
Sentiment: negative

Review: the dramatic scenes are frequently unintentionally funny , and the action sequences -- clearly the main event -- are surprisingly uninvolving . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: walked away from this new version of e.t. just as i hoped i would -- with moist eyes 
Sentiment: positive

Review: the sorriest and 
Sentiment: negative


Review: a wannabe comedy of manners about a brainy prep-school kid with a mrs. robinson complex founders on its own preciousness -- and squanders its beautiful women .