Review: ... may put off insiders and outsiders alike . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: part because the consciously dumbed-down approach wears thin 
Sentiment: negative

Review: straightforward and old-fashioned in the best possible senses of both those words , possession is a movie that puts itself squarely in the service of the lovers who inhabit it . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: a glass of flat champagne 
Sentiment: negative


Review: zings all the way through with originality , humor and pathos