Review: skillfully 
Sentiment: positive

Review: romantic comedy and dogme 95 filmmaking may seem odd bedfellows , but they turn out to be delightfully compatible here . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: ms. shreve 's novel proved too difficult a text to ` lick , ' despite the efforts of a first-rate cast . 
Sentiment: negative

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


Review: despite its rough edges and a tendency to sag in certain places