Review: if hill is n't quite his generation 's don siegel ( or robert aldrich ) , it 's because there 's no discernible feeling beneath the chest hair ; it 's all bluster and cliché . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: have an interest in the characters you see 
Sentiment: positive

Review: to convince us that acting transfigures esther 
Sentiment: negative

Review: the movie barely makes sense , with its unbelievable naïveté and arbitrary flashbacks . 
Sentiment: negative


Review: an intelligent flick that examines many different ideas from happiness to guilt in an intriguing bit of storytelling