Review: too stagey , talky -- and long -- for its own good . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: the rules of attraction gets us too drunk on the party favors to sober us up with the transparent attempts at moralizing . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: has neither the charisma nor the natural affability that has made tucker a star 
Sentiment: negative

Review: mel gibson can gasp , shudder and even tremble without losing his machismo 
Sentiment: positive


Review: the lack of naturalness makes everything seem self-consciously poetic and forced ... it 's a pity that ( nelson 's ) achievement does n't match his ambition