Review: blandly go where we went 8 movies ago 
Sentiment: negative

Review: the narrator and the other characters try to convince us that acting transfigures esther 
Sentiment: negative

Review: 's a lot to ask people to sit still for two hours and change watching such a character , especially when rendered in as flat and impassive a manner as phoenix 's 
Sentiment: negative

Review: told with the intricate preciseness of the best short story writing 
Sentiment: positive


Review: a mournful undercurrent