Review: watch witherspoon 's talents wasting away inside unnecessary films like legally blonde and sweet home abomination , i mean , alabama 
Sentiment: negative

Review: an admirable reconstruction 
Sentiment: positive

Review: is a variant of the nincompoop benigni persona , here a more annoying , though less angry version of the irresponsible sandlerian manchild , undercut by the voice of the star of road trip 
Sentiment: negative

Review: a sleep-inducingly slow-paced crime drama with clumsy dialogue , heavy-handed phoney-feeling sentiment , and an overly-familiar set 
Sentiment: negative


Review: as one of ( witherspoon 's ) better films