Review: come from a xerox machine rather than ( writer-director ) franc 
Sentiment: negative

Review: rough-hewn vanity project 
Sentiment: negative

Review: a stale , overused cocktail 
Sentiment: negative

Review: a bad soap opera 
Sentiment: negative


Review: lacks the compassion , good-natured humor and the level of insight that made ( eyre 's ) first film something of a sleeper success