Review: taylor 's cartoonish performance and the film 's ill-considered notion 
Sentiment: negative

Review: was a better film 
Sentiment: positive

Review: but tongue-in-cheek preposterousness has always been part of for the most part wilde 's droll whimsy helps `` being earnest '' overcome its weaknesses and parker 's creative interference ... 
Sentiment: positive

Review: that deftly , gradually reveals a real human soul buried beneath a spellbinding serpent 's smirk 
Sentiment: positive


Review: fudges fact and fancy with such confidence that we feel as if we 're seeing something purer than the real thing