Review: informative , intriguing , observant , often touching ... gives a human face to what 's often discussed in purely abstract terms . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: the movie 's wildly careening tone and an extremely flat lead performance do little to salvage this filmmaker 's flailing reputation . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: achieves its main strategic objective : 
Sentiment: positive

Review: juliette binoche 's sand is vivacious , but it 's hard to sense that powerhouse of 19th-century prose behind her childlike smile . 
Sentiment: positive


Review: an imaginatively mixed cast of antic spirits