Review: to paraphrase a line from another dickens ' novel , nicholas nickleby is too much like a fragment of an underdone potato . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: spiffy bluescreen technique and 
Sentiment: positive

Review: various characters express their quirky inner selves 
Sentiment: positive

Review: faint of heart or conservative of spirit , but for the rest of us -- especially san francisco lovers 
Sentiment: positive


Review: is never much worse than bland or better than inconsequential