Review: a british cast 
Sentiment: positive

Review: has the chops of a smart-aleck film school brat and the imagination of a big kid ... 
Sentiment: positive

Review: while parker and co-writer catherine di napoli are faithful to melville 's plotline , they and a fully engaged supporting cast ... have made the old boy 's characters more quick-witted than any english lit 
Sentiment: positive

Review: period trappings 
Sentiment: negative


Review: as an introduction to the man 's theories and influence , derrida is all but useless ; as a portrait of the artist as an endlessly inquisitive old man , however , it 's invaluable .