Review: 's lovely and amazing , from her own screenplay , jumps to the head of the class of women 's films that manage to avoid the ghetto of sentimental chick-flicks by treating female follies with a satirical style . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: a film that 's flawed and brilliant in equal measure . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: opera-ish story 
Sentiment: negative

Review: so well 
Sentiment: positive


Review: the sally jesse raphael atmosphere of films like philadelphia and american beauty