Review: to make an old-fashioned nature film that educates viewers with words and pictures while entertaining them 
Sentiment: positive

Review: a creaky `` pretty woman '' retread , with the emphasis on self-empowering schmaltz and big-wave surfing that gives pic its title an afterthought 
Sentiment: negative

Review: because it aims so low 
Sentiment: negative

Review: an overly sillified plot and 
Sentiment: negative


Review: huppert 's show to steal and she makes a meal of it , channeling kathy baker 's creepy turn as the repressed mother on boston public just as much as 8 women 's augustine .