Review: are true to the essence of what it is to be ya-ya 
Sentiment: positive

Review: latest effort is not the director at his most sparkling 
Sentiment: negative

Review: seems just as expectant of an adoring , wide-smiling reception 
Sentiment: negative

Review: it 's undone by a sloppy script 
Sentiment: negative


Review: permeates all its aspects -- from the tv movie-esque , affected child acting to the dullest irish pub scenes ever filmed .