Review: sorvino makes the princess seem smug and cartoonish , and the film only really comes alive when poor hermocrates and leontine pathetically compare notes about their budding amours . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: the charms of the lead performances 
Sentiment: positive

Review: to hand it to director george clooney for biting off such a big job the first time out 
Sentiment: positive

Review: i stopped thinking about how good it all was , and started doing nothing but reacting to it - feeling a part of its grand locations , thinking urgently as the protagonists struggled , feeling at the mercy of its inventiveness , gasping at its visual delights . 
Sentiment: positive


Review: painful as the grey zone