Review: works well enough , since the thrills pop up frequently 
Sentiment: positive

Review: the movie is hardly a masterpiece , but it does mark ms. bullock 's best work in some time . 
Sentiment: positive

Review: too intensely focused on the travails of being hal hartley to function as pastiche , no such thing is hartley 's least accessible screed yet . 
Sentiment: negative

Review: a delightful entree in the tradition of food movies . 
Sentiment: positive


Review: this stuck pig of a movie flails limply between bizarre comedy and pallid horror .