Review: the comedy was funny 
Sentiment: positive

Review: stupid , infantile , redundant , sloppy , 
Sentiment: negative

Review: to endure every plot contrivance that the cliché-riddled genre can offer 
Sentiment: negative

Review: can only assume that the jury who bestowed star hoffman 's brother gordy with the waldo salt screenwriting award at 2002 's sundance festival were honoring an attempt to do something different over actually pulling it off 
Sentiment: negative


Review: it is a likable story , told with competence .