Review: with dickens ' words and writer-director douglas mcgrath 's even-toned direction , a ripping good yarn is told . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: the poor acting 
Sentiment: negative

Review: enriched by an imaginatively mixed cast of antic spirits , 
Sentiment: positive

Review: an old-fashioned drama of substance about a teacher 's slide down the slippery slope of dishonesty after an encounter with the rich and the powerful who have nothing but disdain for virtue . 
Sentiment: positive


Review: also nice