Review: the film with a creepy and dead-on performance 
Sentiment: positive

Review: piercingly affecting ... while clearly a manipulative film , emerges as powerful rather than cloying 
Sentiment: positive

Review: this is a frustrating patchwork : an uneasy marriage of louis begley 's source novel ( about schmidt ) and an old payne screenplay . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: , in spite of clearly evident poverty and hardship , bring to their music 
Sentiment: positive


Review: been smoother or more confident