Review: the fascination comes in the power of the huston performance , which seems so larger than life and yet so fragile , and in the way the ivan character accepts the news of his illness so quickly but still finds himself unable to react . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: you might want to take a reality check before you pay the full ticket price to see `` simone , '' and consider a dvd rental instead . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: what saves it ... and makes it one of the better video-game-based flicks , is that the film acknowledges upfront that the plot makes no sense , such that the lack of linearity is the point of emotional and moral departure for protagonist alice . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: but no-nonsense human beings they are and 
Sentiment: positive


Review: it 's a frightful vanity film that , no doubt , pays off what debt miramax felt they owed to benigni .