Review: take on a striking new significance for anyone who sees the film 
Sentiment: positive

Review: overlong 
Sentiment: negative

Review: touches the heart and the funnybone thanks to the energetic and always surprising performance by rachel griffiths 
Sentiment: positive

Review: just like a splendid meal 
Sentiment: positive


Review: director george hickenlooper has had some success with documentaries , but here his sense of story and his juvenile camera movements smack of a film school undergrad , and his maudlin ending might not have gotten him into film school in the first place .