Review: bartleby is a fine , understated piece of filmmaking . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: director shekhar kapur and screenwriters michael schiffer and hossein amini have tried hard to modernize and reconceptualize things , 
Sentiment: positive

Review: advised to sit near the back and squint to avoid noticing some truly egregious lip-non-synching 
Sentiment: negative

Review: weaver and lapaglia are both excellent , in the kind of low-key way that allows us to forget that they are actually movie folk . 
Sentiment: positive


Review: maintains a surprisingly buoyant tone throughout , notwithstanding some of the writers ' sporadic dips