Review: an excellent job 
Sentiment: positive

Review: just about more stately than any contemporary movie this year ... a true study , a film with a questioning heart and mind that is n't afraid to admit it 
Sentiment: positive

Review: when he moves his setting to the past , and relies on a historical text , he loses the richness of characterization that makes his films so memorable 
Sentiment: negative

Review: while dutifully pulling on heartstrings , directors dean deblois and chris sanders valiantly keep punching up the mix . 
Sentiment: positive


Review: is worse : the part where nothing 's happening , or the part where something 's happening