Review: ` linklater fans , or pretentious types who want to appear avant-garde will suck up to this project ... ' 
Sentiment: negative

Review: is forgettable 
Sentiment: negative

Review: shtick 
Sentiment: negative

Review: hollywood has taken quite a nosedive from alfred hitchcock 's imaginative flight to shyamalan 's self-important summer fluff . 
Sentiment: negative


Review: passionate , irrational , long-suffering but cruel as a tarantula , helga figures prominently in this movie , and helps keep the proceedings as funny for grown-ups as for rugrats .