Review: be surefire casting 
Sentiment: positive

Review: lackluster script 
Sentiment: negative

Review: because its flabbergasting principals , 14-year-old robert macnaughton , 6-year-old drew barrymore and 10-year-old henry thomas , convince us of the existence of the wise , wizened visitor from a faraway planet 
Sentiment: positive

Review: a remarkable movie 
Sentiment: positive


Review: , with increasingly amused irony , the relationship between reluctant captors and befuddled captives .