Review: a tactic to cover up the fact that the picture is constructed around a core of flimsy -- or , worse yet , nonexistent -- ideas 
Sentiment: negative

Review: director juan jose campanella could have turned this into an argentine retread of `` iris '' or `` american beauty , '' but instead pulls a little from each film and creates something more beautiful than either of those films . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: supposed to feel funny and light 
Sentiment: negative

Review: sloughs one 's way through the mire of this alleged psychological thriller in search of purpose or even a plot 
Sentiment: negative


Review: it 's dumb , but more importantly , it 's just not scary .