Review: sends you away a believer again and quite cheered at just that . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: at his most critically insightful 
Sentiment: positive

Review: from two fatal ailments -- a dearth of vitality and a story that 's shapeless and uninflected 
Sentiment: negative

Review: evokes the style and flash of the double-cross that made mamet 's `` house of games '' and last fall 's `` heist '' so much fun . 
Sentiment: positive


Review: the entire point of a shaggy dog story , of course , is that it goes nowhere , and this is classic nowheresville in every sense .