Review: 's lovely and amazing , from her own screenplay , jumps to the head of the class of women 's films that manage to avoid the ghetto of sentimental chick-flicks by treating female follies with a satirical style . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: seems content to dog-paddle in the mediocre end of the pool , and it 's a sad , sick sight . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: opera-ish story 
Sentiment: negative

Review: school experience that plays better only for the film 's publicists or for people who take as many drugs as the film 's characters 
Sentiment: negative


Review: the sally jesse raphael atmosphere of films like philadelphia and american beauty