Review: another routine hollywood frightfest in which the slack execution italicizes the absurdity of the premise 
Sentiment: negative

Review: his secret life enters the land of unintentional melodrama and tiresome love triangles 
Sentiment: negative

Review: are simply too bland to be interesting . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: wonderfully sprawling soap opera 
Sentiment: positive


Review: the only question ... is to determine how well the schmaltz is manufactured -- to assess the quality of the manipulative engineering .